George C. Hitchcock Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 8

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf076

Staff Only

Scrapbooks of Hitchcock, Yale class of 1890.

Dates

Creation: 1885-1890

Creator

Hitchcock, George C. (George Collier), 1867-1949 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)

Extent

2.00 items

2 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

George Collier Hitchcock was born December 28, 1867 to Henry and Mary Collier Hitchcock of St. Louis. He graduated from Yale University in 1890 and went on to earn his law degree from St. Louis Law School and Harvard Law in 1893. In 1901 he married Elizabeth Lawrence Fiske of Boston, with whom he had at least five children. The family lived at 5363 Waterman Ave. in St. Louis. Hitchcock managed estates and practiced law, eventually becoming a judge. He died of myocarditis on May 27, 1949.