Box 1
Container
Contains 19 Collections and/or Records:
Finding aid, and Biographical information
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Eva Nelson’s memoirs were written as a personal narrative divided into ten chapters. The narratives start with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s.
Eva used her diaries, surviving letters, and...
Dates:
1914-1998
Chapter 3A: “At Grandma’s Place, 1920–1926”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Eva Nelson’s memoirs were written as a personal narrative divided into ten chapters. The narratives start with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s.
Eva used her diaries, surviving letters, and...
Dates:
1914-1998
Chapter 3B: “At Cooper’s Place, 1920–1923”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Eva Nelson’s memoirs were written as a personal narrative divided into ten chapters. The narratives start with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s.
Eva used her diaries, surviving letters, and...
Dates:
1914-1998
Chapter 3C: “At the Old Country School, 1920–1926”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Eva Nelson’s memoirs were written as a personal narrative divided into ten chapters. The narratives start with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s.
Eva used her diaries, surviving letters, and...
Dates:
1914-1998
Chapter 3D: “At Hannah’s Place, 1923–1926”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Eva Nelson’s memoirs were written as a personal narrative divided into ten chapters. The narratives start with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s.
Eva used her diaries, surviving letters, and...
Dates:
1914-1998
Chapter 4A: “Christine High School Days, 1926–1930”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Eva Nelson’s memoirs were written as a personal narrative divided into ten chapters. The narratives start with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s.
Eva used her diaries, surviving letters, and...
Dates:
1914-1998
Chapter 4B: “Maid-of-All-Work, 1930–1932”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Eva Nelson’s memoirs were written as a personal narrative divided into ten chapters. The narratives start with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s.
Eva used her diaries, surviving letters, and...
Dates:
1914-1998
Chapter 4C: “The Westby Story—A Happy Interlude, 1932–1933”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Eva Nelson’s memoirs were written as a personal narrative divided into ten chapters. The narratives start with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s.
Eva used her diaries, surviving letters, and...
Dates:
1914-1998
Chapter 4D: “Depressing Years in the Red River Valley, 1933–1935”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Eva Nelson’s memoirs were written as a personal narrative divided into ten chapters. The narratives start with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s.
Eva used her diaries, surviving letters, and...
Dates:
1914-1998
Chapter 5A: “Turn in the Road, 1935–1936”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Eva Nelson’s memoirs were written as a personal narrative divided into ten chapters. The narratives start with her earliest recollections and continue in great detail until 1940. From 1940 to the late 1950s, she provides highlights of her activities rather than the detailed description of everyday life found in the first narratives. In the last three chapters of her narrative, Eva gives a synopsis of her life from the mid-1950s to the early 1990s.
Eva used her diaries, surviving letters, and...
Dates:
1914-1998