Eleanor L. Nicholes papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 1185

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Eleanor L. Nicholes papers (1849-1996) contain correspondence, news clippings, research files, and articles.

Dates

1849-1996

Creator

Nicholes, Eleanor L. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Note

Eleanor Louise Nicholes (1915-1997) was born on 14 January 1915 in American Fork, Utah, the second of nine children born to Joseph K. and Olive Maiben Nicholes. She received a B.A. in English Literature from Brigham Young University in 1936 and taught in the Utah public school system until 1942.

She was commissioned as a second Lieutenant in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1943 and served as a hospital administrative officer until the end of World War II, when she resumed her education. She was awarded the Ph.D. from New York University in 1950. Her dissertation, “The Shadowed Mind: Effects of the Schizophrenic Process on the Poetry of John Clare,” reflected her lifelong interest in both literature and psychology.

After obtaining an M.A. in Library Science from the University of Minnesota, Nicholes served as rare books librarian at the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library in New York from 1954 to 1960. She was awarded a Fellowship by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) in 1960, which allowed her to travel to London and supported her research for a never-completed biography of English novelist and East India Company administrator, Thomas Love Peacock. She was Special Collection’s Librarian at Wellesley College for many years, retiring from that position in 1982. Nicholes returned to Utah in 1986. She served on the board of the Friends of the University of Utah Library and was active in the American Association of University Women. She died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 14 November 1997.

Extent

12 Linear Feet (11 boxes and 1 map case folder)

Additional Description

Abstract

The Eleanor L. Nicholes papers (1849-1996) contain correspondence, news clippings, research files, and articles related to the career of librarian and author.

Arrangement

Organized into eight series: I. Personal; II. Correspondence; III. Career; IV. Politics; V. Subjects; VI. Articles and Reprints; VII. Oversize; VIII. Map Case.