Elsie Corbit Woods diary
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1934-1938, of a woman from southern Illinois (possibly Carbondale) who came to Oregon to join her husband, William Patrick Woods, in 1937. Brief entries are written in a printed five-year diary and include details of everyday life, housework, cooking, work at the telephone company in Illinois, family, friends, travel, and the author's emotional life.
Dates
- 1934-1938
Creator
- Woods, Elsie Corbit, 1906-1977 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Diary of a woman from southern Illinois who came to Oregon to join her husband, William Patrick Woods, in 1937. Brief entries include details of everyday life, housework, cooking, work at the telephone company in Illinois, family, friends, travel, and the author's emotional life.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jan Hopkins, April 2009 (Lib. Acc. 26734).
Creator
- Woods, Elsie Corbit, 1906-1977 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Elsie Corbit Woods diary
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012; revised 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
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