Overview
Diary kept by Anna Catherine Skoog.
Dates
- Creation: 1931-1935
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the diary created by Anna Catherine Skoog as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 folderCollection contains Anna Catherine Skoog's five-year diary detailing social events, school experiences, books read, attending church, and movie viewing, etc. Last page of diary includes list of nicknames used in entries. Collection also includes a partial transcription.
BIOGRAPHY
Anna Catherine Skoog was born on January 21, 1917. She lived in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2006-M184
The diary of Anna Catherine Skoog was acquired by the Schlesinger Library from Dan Casavant in 2006.
Processing Information
Processed: October 2006
By: Anne Engelhart
Updated and additional description added: March 2021
By: Cat Lea Holbrook
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by the Zetlin Sisters Fund and the Jane Rainie Opel '50 Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch01828
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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