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​​Mary Walker Eldridge Diary collection​

 Collection
Identifier: MG 175

Scope and Contents

This collection includes diary entries, newspapers, clippings and mementos from her personal daily life and family life in Moscow, Idaho and Europe.

Dates

  • Creation: 1907-1949

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Mary Evelyn Walker Eldridge was born in Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan on Jan 12, 1876. She died in New Jersey in July 1949 at the age of 74 and was buried in Moscow, Idaho. She died of pneumonia caused from a complication resulting from a stroke suffered a month before. Her husband Jay Glover Eldridge was the Dean of the Faculty and College Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Idaho. Jay Glover was also the president of the Moscow Choral Society from 1930 to 1931, a leader in the regional Presbyterian Church organization, and Grand master of the Masonic Lodge in Idaho. They had three children together, Hugh W., Grace Berigan, and Robert.

Extent

0.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Personal diary entries of daily and family life in Moscow, ID and Europe, as well as newspapers, clippings and mementos.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Found in collection.

Title
Guide to ​​Mary Walker Eldridge Diary​ collection
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by ​​Daniel Olortegui​.
Date
2024
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

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository