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Box 2

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Box 2

 File — Box: 2
Identifier: id215253
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Diaries and scrapbooks, 1934-1997, of Eva L. Webb (1911-2007) of Corry, Pennsylvania. Diary entries vary in length and regularity and some years are skipped altogether. There are two scrapbooks consisting mainly of greeting cards and a few clippings, one for her wedding in May 1940 and the other for her hospitalization for appendicitis in 1941.

Dates: 1934-1997; Majority of material found within 1934-1941, 1961-1971

Diaries, 1934-1941

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id215257
Scope and Contents

Four diaries from 1934-1941. The first diary is a five year diary from 1934-1938 and the other three are one year diaries encompassing 1939, 1940, 1941. Earlier diary entries were written while she was still Eva Drake, her maiden name. Topics discussed in the diaries include the weather, life on her parents' farm, productions Eva acted in, day-to-day activities, and significant life events like getting married.

Dates: 1934-1941

Diaries, 1950-1960, 1982, 1990, 1997

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id215258
Scope and Contents

Four diaries from 1950-1960, 1982, 1990, and 1997. The first diary is a 5-year diary that has sporadic entries throughout and was used from 1950-1960. Entries made for 1950 had greater continuity than entries made in later years. Later year entries were limited to significant events like a 50th anniversary or the death of a loved one. The other three diaries are one year diaries and contain day-to-day events from 1982, 1990, and 1997.

Dates: 1950-1960, 1982, 1990, 1997

Scrapbook, 1940

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Identifier: id215259
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook from 1940 containing greeting cards and news clippings from Eva Webb’s wedding and bridal shower.  Scrapbook contains 21 unique wedding greeting cards and 47 bridal shower greeting cards (not all unique).

Dates: 1940

Scrapbook, 1941

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Identifier: id215260
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook  of 1941 get well soon cards for Eva Webb. Scrapbook contains 42 greeting cards. Three of the greeting cards are in the ‘black face’ style.

Dates: 1941