
IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
RUBY CRUMLEY MITCHELL
(1880-?)
DIARIES, 1904,
1930-1966
5 linear inches
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ACQUISITION: |
The diaries
(donor no. 314) were donated by Pat
Ellerbroek in 1995. |
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ACCESS: |
The diaries
are open for
research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
»Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PROCESSED
BY: |
Your name, year»Natalie S. Brody, 1995. |
Biography/Scope and Content
Note
Ruby Buena Vista Crumley Mitchell was born in Rhodes, Iowa, on April 9,
1880. In 1900 she married and moved to
Los Angeles.
The diaries
consist of brief entries concerning her daily life, including details of her
social activities. Apart from one diary
written in her twenty-fourth year, the diaries were written sporadically from
the time she was in her fifties until her eighties.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Diaries (6 folders)
1904, 1930, 1932-1934
1935-1939
1940-1944
1945-1946, 1948-1949, 1951
1958-1962
1963-1966