Biographical Sketch

Ruby Vanette Elliot was born 22 September 1872 in Centreville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Calvin Hudson McCauley, a prominent railroad attorney, and his wife Juliette (McGibney). She attended Syracuse University from 1892-1893 and married John Seaver Elliot in July of 1895 in Syracuse, N.Y. The two were later divorced and census records and a passport application indicate that Ruby later lived in Garden City, N.Y. and worked as a secretary. She seems to have been collecting bookplates as early as 1917, and the collection contains her notes about bookplate collections and sources, as well as a few notes from correspondents sending along their bookplates for her collection.