Name/Title
An AutobiographyEntry/Object ID
2026.24.1Description
Custom bound two-volume "Extra Illustrated" edition of An Autobiography by Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau, 1916. Date and owner of custom binding unknown, bound by the Atelier Bindery, New York. The text block has been divided in half, and extra pages have been added throughout, on which photographs and printed images have been mounted. Volume I contains pages 1 - 172, and Volume II contains 173 - 322. Both volumes contain a title and copyright page. Bound in green leather with brown leather spines, allover gilt detailing, gilt edged paper, and blue/gold marbled endpapers.
Volume I contains the following additional images: E. L. Trudeau in middle age; Edward H. Harriman; Dr. and Mrs. Trudeau and Ho Yen [?] in a boat "Bedouin," Dr. and Mrs. Trudeau with Francis in a horse-drawn wagon; an unidentified man; the grounds and main building at Paul Smith's Hotel; an unidentified young man [possibly Ned Trudeau?]; an unidentified man; the main building and boathouse at Paul Smith's Hotel; Dr. Alfred L. Loomis, E. L. Trudeau with a guide and buck; Dr. and Mrs. Trudeau on a screened porch [possibly at camp]; St. Luke's Church; the first St. John's in the Wilderness Church; Dr. Trudeau at a desk with Ho Yen; Anson Phelps Stokes; William Hall Penfold; the south gates at Trudeau Sanatorium; the south gates at Trudeau Sanatorium with people walking on the road; an automobile driving through Trudeau Sanatorium; part of Anderson Cottage; the parking area near Blumenthal Cottage; Ladd Cottage; the campus near Anderson Cottage; the Superintendent's Cottage; an unidentified cottage on the Sanatorium grounds; the grounds near Dodge Cottage; Moore Cottage; the Laboratory at Trudeau Sanatorium; Wheeler Cottage; Baker Chapel; the Mellon Library; Reid Nurse's Home; Ludington Infirmary; Nathan Cottage; Gillender Memorial; Schiff Cottage; Little Red; Penfold Cottage; sanatorium grounds; Rosenfeld Cottage; Anderson Cottage; Inslee Cottage; an unidentified cottage; Trudeau Cottage; and cars on the road through the Sanatorium.
Volume I contains the following additional images: Hon Whitelaw Reid; Residence of Dr. Trudeau; George C. Cooper (2); Dr. Edward R. Baldwin [signed photograph]; Francis Trudeau in a fur coat; the Baker/Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage with a clipping about the cottage; the Gutzon Borglum Stevenson plaque; Chatte Trudeau; the Ampersand Hotel; portrait of Chatte Trudeau; a camp/tent platform site [possibly one of the Trudeau Family camps and/or at Paul Smith's]; the interior of Baker Chapel; Hazel Martyn Trudeau Lavery; Walter B. James; Baker Chapel; Trudeau's camp, Little Rapids; Dr. Trudeau and a guide [possibly Fitz Hallock] on a porch; an elevated view of various cottages on the Trudeau Sanatorium grounds; the Sage Fountain near the Administration Building; Hoffman Cottage; Childs Infirmary; an unidentified cottage at Trudeau Sanatorium; Straus Cottage; an unidentified cure cottage [not on Sanatorium grounds?]; the Bacteriologist's Cottage; Hall Cottage; an unidentified small cottage with screened porches; Scholfield Memorial Workshop; the back of the Main Building/Post Office/Service Building; Asiel Cottage; Phoenix Cottage; Ludington Memorial Infirmary; Kerbs I; Kerbs I; an unidentified cottage with two story porches [possibly the Resident Physician's Cottage after remodeling]; the Animal House; Sheldon and Albert Medical & Reception Pavilion; the Main Building; Ludington Infirmary; a landscape view [Baker?]; a landscape view; the Edward Livingston Trudeau Memorial statue; a group of nurses with flowers next to the ELT Memorial; Dr. Alfred L. Loomis; the ELT Memorial from the rear with the surrounding landscape; and the ELT Memorial from the side, with a portion of an unidentified cottage behind.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Physicians, Tuberculosis, ScrapbooksDimensions
Dimension Description
Each volumeHeight
9 inWidth
6-1/2 inDepth
1-1/2 inBook Details
Author
Trudeau, Edward Livingston
