Collection number: MC 156
Size: 2 boxes (0.66 cu.ft.)
About Eliot Grant Fitch
Eliot Grant Fitch, son of Grant Fitch, a well-known successful banker at the National Exchange Bank in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attended St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire between 1910-1913. While at St. Paul’s, Fitch wrote his mother on an almost daily basis. Although he was an enthusiastic young man who was involved in many extra-curricular activities, including football, hockey, and squash, Fitch was a mediocre student of Latin, Algebra, Geometry, English, German, and French. After attending St. Paul’s, he entered Yale, his father’s alma mater, and trained in the Yale Battery of the National Guard. At Yale he studied anthropology, geology, and history with a GPA of around 2.5. In 1919 he developed serious heart problems, resulting from scarlet fever, and was advised to withdraw from the National Guard and take a year off from Yale.
About the Eliot Grant Fitch Papers
The Eliot Grant Fitch Papers contain over 265 manuscript letters, spanning the years 1910-1920. The majority of the correspondence is from Fitch to his “dearest little mother” Ida Eliot Fitch, and covers the years 1910-1913. Also included are 21 letters to Fitch from his girlfriend, Esther, who was attending a finishing school in New York City, one letter from Ida Fitch to Eliot, a letter to Ida Fitch from “Ruth” and 2 miscellaneous letters.
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Eliot Grant Fitch Papers, 1910-1920, MC 156, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA
Acquisitions Information
Purchased: Carman Valento, Philadelphia, PA, 1966 (Accession number: 96.019)
Collection Contents
| Box 1 | |
|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 1 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, July 10, 1910-November 12, 1910 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, November 14-28, 1910 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, December 1-20, 1910 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, January 14-31, 1911 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, February 4-21, 1911 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, February 22-March 13, 1911 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, March 15-June 19, 1911 |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, September 21-October 10, 1911 |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, October 13-30, 1911 |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, November 1-24, 1911 |
| Box 1, Folder 11 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, November 27-December 18, 1911 |
| Box 1, Folder 12 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, January 11-23, 1912 |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, January 25-February 16, 1912 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, February 17-February 29, 1912 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, March 1-14, 1912 |
| Box 2 | |
| Box 2, Folder 1 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, March 15-April 1, 1912 |
| Box 2, Folder 2 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, April 2-May 27, 1912 |
| Box 2, Folder 3 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, May 28-October 31, 1912 |
| Box 2, Folder 4 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, November 6-December 17, 1912 |
| Box 2, Folder 5 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, January 9-February 7, 1913 |
| Box 2, Folder 6 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, February 24-April 19, 1913 |
| Box 2, Folder 7 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, April 10-December 2, 1916 |
| Box 2, Folder 8 | From Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, December 3, 1916-June 24, 1920 |
| Box 2, Folder 9 | Postcards from Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, January 16, 1911-March 23, 1912 |
| Box 2, Folder 10 | Postcards from Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, undated |
| Box 2, Folder 11 | Postcards from Eliot Grant Fitch to Ida Eliot Fitch, undated |
| Box 2, Folder 12 | From Esther to Eliot Grant Fitch, March 2, 1916-May 19, 1916 |
| Box 2, Folder 13 | From Esther to Eliot Grant Fitch, November 30, 1916-May 5, 1917 |
| Box 2 | |
| Box 2, Folder 14 | From Ida Eliot Fitch to Eliot Grant Fitch, undated |
| Box 2, Folder 15 | From Ruth to Ida Eliot Fitch, December 18, 1911 |
| Box 2, Folder 16 | Miscellaneous: 2 letters from Eliot Grant Fitch to his father (Nov 13, 1912 and undated); a luncheon ivitation to Miss Fitch from Miss Ilsely, and a St. Paul’s School fourth form English exam from April 4, 1912 |