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Guide to the Owen and Leone Elliott Papers

Collection Overview
Date Span:1957-1981
Creator:Elliott, Owen and Leone
Extent:.50 linear feet.
Collection Number:MSC0842
Repository:University of Iowa Special Collections
Summary:Cedar Rapids business people and collectors who donated their silver collection to the University of Iowa Museum of Art. This collection is made up of a series of correspondence and inventories of the Elliotts' library.

Owen and Leone Elliott were Cedar Raids business people and collectors of silver and Daumier prints.

This collection is made up of a series of correspondence and inventories of the Elliotts' library.

Alternate Extent Statement: Photograph in Box 1.

Access: This collection is open for research.

Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.

Acquisition: These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by the Elliotts.

Preferred Citation: Owen and Leone Elliott Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.

Repository:University of Iowa Special Collections
Address:Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:319-335-5921
Curator:Greg Prickman
Email:lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Website:http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/

Browse by Series:
Series 1: GENERAL

  • Series 1: GENERAL
  • Box 1:
  • Correspondence, including Howard Bowen, Paul Engle, Frank Sieberling, Harlan Sifford, James Johnson Sweeney, [Walter Delp?], and Willard [no surname]
  • Inventory of books in the Elliotts' library: Art books
  • Inventory of books in the Elliotts' library: General books
  • Packet of materials for an exhibit of the Daumier prints of Owen and Leone Elliott in Newton, Iowa
  • Sunley, Bernard, including an invitation to a banquet at Claridge's given posthumously by Mr. Sunley, as well as a photo sent at Christmas 1963 of Sunley with Elizabeth, the Queen Mother - 1963