Lillian Robertson Blankenbeckler diary

Collection

Identifier: Coll 235

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Diary kept in a single ledger book by an Oregon woman who lived in Portland, Cannon Beach, and elsewhere. Entries were not made consistently, but many were highly detailed. Includes daily life, school, work, friends, family, and travel. Diary begins when the author was 14 in 1910 and attended Sellwood School in Portland.

Dates

circa 1910-1974

Creator

Blankenbeckler, Lillian Robertson, approximately 1896- (Person)

Biographical note

Lillian Robertson was born around 1896. She attended Sellwood School in Portland, Oregon, lived at 621 Clatsop (the address prior to street renumbering), and graduated from Portland's Washington High School in 1916. She had a house at Cannon Beach, Oregon, which was built in 1924. She married Roy D. Blankenbeckler in 1939 and lived for many years at 1831 SE Knapp Street in Portland.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Diary by an Oregon woman who lived in Portland, Cannon Beach, and elsewhere. Diary begins when the author was 14 in 1910 and attended Sellwood School in Portland. Entries relate to daily life, school, work, friends, family, and travel.