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Eva M. Mountain Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00826

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

Diary, 1965-1969 of Eva M. Mountain (1915-1997) of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. She described daily chores and social life of herself and her husband Clifton R. Mountain.  Eva Mountain worked at the Mayo Regional Hospital and included significant events at the hospital like deaths or births. She frequently mentions her son Stuart Rodney Mountain, who was attending college at Husson College. She also mentions local events and from time to time she comments on national and international occurrences.

Also included are some loose items from the back of the diary, like notes with people's names and addresses and a few newspaper clippings.

Dates

  • Creation: 1965-1969

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Biographical Information:

Eva M. Mountain (1915-1997) was the wife of Clifton R. Mountain (1912-1996) of Dover, Foxcroft, Maine.

Extent

0.01 Linear Foot

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Physical Description

1 volume.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and processed  in October 2009 by Ute Schechter. Further process and finding aid description added by Jonathan Katora in March 2013.

Title
Guide to the Eva M. Mountain Diary
Author
Finding Aid Authors: Ute Schechter.
Date
2009-10-15
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The collection description/finding aid is written in English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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