Persons and Russ family papers, 1903-2000.
Collection Number: 6435
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Persons and Russ family papers, 1903-2000.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6435
Abstract:
Diaries, correspondence, and personal and professional files of Anne Julienne Russ,
with the diaries and correspondence of some members of her family: her mother Doris
Russ, her grandmother Persons, her grandmother Russ, and her great grandmother Lotridge.
Doris Russ' diaries include passages about dealing with her cancer, and Anne's papers
include personal reflections on the death of her mother. Also, several yearbooks,
including: her high school yearbook, the Uptonian (Mount Upton, NY), where she was
class president, plus the '54 Uptonian showing her mother, Doris Russ, an English
teacher and librarian. The Anne Russ diaries include reflections on many aspects of
her life, reading, work, and friends and her delight in her daughter.
Creator:
Russ, Anne J.
Quanitities:
3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Professor of sociology and director of secondary education program at Wells College
and mother of Dorinne Barbara Russ. Her teaching interests included the sociology
of education, Latin America, and women's studies. She explored the ways ethnicity,
class, and gender influcence organizations and institutions. Her education included
a B.S., State University of New York at Cortland, M.A., Southern Methodist University,
and Ph.D., Cornell University. Born July 21, 1937, Russ died from cancer on March
5, 2001.
Diaries, correspondence, and personal and professional files of Anne Julienne Russ,
with the diaries and correspondence of some members of her family: her mother Doris
Russ, her grandmother Persons, her grandmother Russ, and her great grandmother Lotridge.
Doris Russ' diaries include passages about dealing with her cancer, and Anne's papers
include personal reflections on the death of her mother. Also, several yearbooks,
including: her high school yearbook, the Uptonian (Mount Upton, NY), where she was
class president, plus the '54 Uptonian showing her mother, Doris Russ, an English
teacher and librarian. The Anne Russ diaries include reflections on many aspects of
her life, reading, work, and friends and her delight in her daughter.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Persons and Russ family papers, #6435. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Subjects:
Cancer -- Patients.
Mothers and daughters.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Poem: "The Bonnet of White"
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1849 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Geneology
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Autobiography- Anne Russ
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Feb, 1977 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Photos
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Essays by Anne (about her Grandpa and Mom); news article (about Dick Russ)
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1974-1975 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Clippings and Letters
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1951-1978 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Cover of "Baseball" Magazine
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Adoption and Naturalization of Dorinne Barbara Russ
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1985-1987 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Scrapbook- (Mother) Doris- Syracuse University
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1929-1930 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence: Doris Letters home from Syracuse University
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1928-1931 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence: Doris
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1928-1932 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence: Doris' letters home from Syracuse and first years of marriage in Ithaca
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1929-1935 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence: Doris' Letters home
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1929-1937 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Letters to Grandparents (Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Persons) from Anne and Dicky
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1943 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence: Grandma Russ to Anne
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1960s-1970s |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence: Grandma Persons
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1960s |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence: Mostly Don McEvoy
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1970-1980 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence: Friends
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1970s |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence: Family/Friends
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1968-1980 |
Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence: Relatives
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1970-1980, 1924 |
Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence: Anne/ Anne & George
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Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence
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1968-1986 |
Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence
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1968-1997 |
Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence
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1968-1997 |
Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 27 |
"Causes of the Civil War"
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1954 |
Scope and Contents
(History essay by Anne)
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Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Anne Russ Philosophy of Education Diary
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1959 |
Box 1 | Folder 29 |
1980 Cornell Commencement Program
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1980 |
Box 1 |
Miscellaneous folder
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Scope and Contents
NYC visitor info / Russ coat of arms/ historiography / Lincoln Center info
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Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Bennet High School Commencement Program (Buffalo, NY)
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1927 |
Box 1 |
"Uptonian 1974"- Mt. Upton Central School Yearbook (NY)
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1974 | |
Scope and Contents
Dedicated to Doris Russ
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Box 1 |
"Uptonian 1955"- Mt. Upton Central School Yearbook (NY)
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1955 | |
Scope and Contents
Anne's Senior year
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Box 1 |
"Uptonian 1954"- Mt. Upton Central School Yearbook (NY)
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1954 | |
Box 1 |
"The Did"- Cortland State Teachers College Yearbook (NY)
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1959 | |
Scope and Contents
Anne's
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Box 2 |
Travel documents wallet
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Scope and Contents
Receipts enclosed
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Box 2 |
Driving Diary
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Box 2 |
"Tales from Grimm" book, translated by Wanda Gag
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1945 | |
Scope and Contents
Gift from parents, 1945
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Box 2 |
Diary
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1958 | |
Scope and Contents
Locked green book
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Box 2 |
Diary
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1959 | |
Scope and Contents
Florida trip and letters
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Box 2 |
Diary of Hawaii
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1960-1961 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1961-1966 | |
Box 2 |
Budget
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1969-1970 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1969-1970 | |
Scope and Contents
Dallas, Mexico
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Box 2 |
Diary
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1971 | |
Scope and Contents
Marriage to Ron
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Box 2 |
Date Book
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1972 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1972 | |
Scope and Contents
"Eastfield College" notebook
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Box 2 |
Funeral book- Doris P. Russ
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Jul-73 | |
Box 2 |
Date Book
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1973 | |
Scope and Contents
Includes Texas Drivers license and other miscellaneous papers
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Box 2 |
Date Book
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1974 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1974-1975 | |
Scope and Contents
Red date book
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Box 2 |
Date Book
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1975 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1975-1976 | |
Box 2 |
Date Book
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1976 | |
Scope and Contents
Tiny with photo on cover
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Box 2 |
Date Book
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1976 | |
Scope and Contents
Cornell- fall term 1976
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Box 2 |
Journal- at Cornell
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1976-1977 | |
Box 2 |
Date Book
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1978 | |
Box 2 |
Diary; Letters from George in summer 1978; miscellaneous letters
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1978 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1978 | |
Scope and Contents
Ithaca- olive patterned cover
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Box 2 |
Date Book
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1979-1980 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1980 | |
Box 2 |
Date Book
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1980-1981 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1980-1982 | |
Scope and Contents
Enclosed: Mexico trip notebook and book of poetry by Gowin
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Date Book and Miscellaneous
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1981-1982 |
Box 2 |
Date Book
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1982-1983 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1982-1983 | |
Scope and Contents
Tan with pink and blue flowers
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Box 2 |
Diary
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1983-1985 | |
Box 2 |
Date Book
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1984-1985 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1985-1986 | |
Scope and Contents
Dorinne adoption
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Box 2 |
Diary
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1987-1988 | |
Scope and Contents
"Moonflower" design
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Box 2 |
Diary
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1988-1991 | |
Box 2 |
Date Book
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1989-1990 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1991-1992 | |
Scope and Contents
Red accordian style book
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Box 2 |
Diary
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1992-1996 | |
Box 2 |
Date Book
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1998 | |
Box 2 |
Diary
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1997-1999 | |
Scope and Contents
London trip- black and white cityscape design
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Box 3 |
Guest Book
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Box 3 |
Letter Box
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Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous letters- many to Anne, and section of letters from Anne in Hawaii to
her family. Also, misc. photos and documents (Anne's 6th grade report card and later
test scores)
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Box 3 |
Diary - Sara (Lotridge?)
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1904 | |
Scope and Contents
Handwriting appears to match 1905 and 1906 diaries
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Box 3 |
"Wedding Token" (marriage of Sara Lotridge and Elijah Russ)
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1905 | |
Scope and Contents
22-Nov-05
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Box 3 |
Diary - Sara Lotridge (Anne's Great Grandmother)
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1905 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. E.D. Russ (Sara Lotridge- Anne's Great Grandmother)
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1906 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Sarah Lotridge
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1920-1922 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Sara Lotridge (Anne's Great Grandmother- Mrs. Richard Lotridge?)
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1926 | |
Scope and Contents
Trip to California
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Box 3 |
Diary - Sara Lotridge
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1926-1928 | |
Scope and Contents
Trip to California
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Box 3 |
List of possessions- Mrs. C. B. Persons (Anne's Grandmother)
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Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons (Anne's Grandmother)
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1929-1930 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1931 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1932 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1933 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1934 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1935-1936 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1936-1937 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1937 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1938 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1940 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1940-1945 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1945-1946 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1947-1948 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1948 | |
Scope and Contents
Drive to Florida
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Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1949-1950 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1951-1952 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1953-1957 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1958-1960 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1961-1965 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1966-1967 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Mrs. C. B. Persons
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1966, 1968 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ (Anne's Mother)
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1928-1931 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1935-1938 | |
Scope and Contents
Births and development of children, Dicky and Anne
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Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1965 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1966 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1967 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1968 | |
Scope and Contents
Doris' mother died, Anne's divorce
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Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1969 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1969-1970 | |
Scope and Contents
Quit Smoking Diary
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Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1970 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1971 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1971 | |
Box 3 |
Diary - Doris Russ
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1973 | |
Scope and Contents
Struggle with cancer (June 5- recieves diagnosis)
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