Edith Maria Linnea Carlborg, daughter of Hilda (Nestor) and woodcarver Otto Carlborg, was born February 26, 1888 in Linkoping, Sweden. She had a sister, Astrid H., and a brother, Hugo O.E. EMLC grew up in Minnesota and Providence, where she attended Classical High School. She graduated from the Women's College in Brown University (later Pembroke College) in 1911 and then "student taught" Latin at the Hope Street High School in Providence for a year. After taking a summer library course at Simmons College in Boston, EMLC became a cataloger in the Brown University libraries until her retirement in 1953. She then worked for three years parttime as an assistant in Special Collections. EMLC received an MA in Germanic languages and literature from Brown University in 1916. EMLC was secretary of the class of 1911 for many years. For further biographical information, see her biographical file in the University Archives.
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Edith Marie Linnea Carlborg papers, MS-1U-C4, Brown University Library.
These papers consist primarily of correspondence (not all written to EMLC), programs and invitations from the class of 1911; also included is material documenting EMLC's library work and a few items she collected. For more class correspondence and reunion material, see the University Archives Classified 1-ZP files.
The papers are arranged in a single series.
Acquired by the University Archives prior to 1950.
Tickets for Providence-Boston train, Museum of Fine Arts. Once card printed by and from EMLC's brother Hugo, carbon copy letter from Anne C.E. Allinson.
Also includes Brown University Library card with list of books andreference books with which "a modern man" should be familiar,announcement with poem by Harry Lyman Koopman. EMLC was editor of the library staff bulletin.
Re: mission work in India. Some re: women missionaries