Guide to the Mahala E. Emler Diary Collection

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Title: Mahala E. Emler Diary Collection
Creator: Emler, Mahala E.
Identifier/Call Number: SC.MEE
Extent: 0.42 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1943-1967
Abstract: Mahala E. Emler, of Coshocton and Cambridge, Ohio, kept a diary from 1943 to 1967 in which she describes her daily routines, events, marriages, births, her local community, and events of national significance including the conclusion of World War II and the Kennedy assassination. Entries are relatively brief, written in a set of five-year diaries. Though she occasionally missed a day for hospital visits and other exceptional events, she was a fairly consistent diarist.
Language of Material: English

Biographical Information:

Mahala E. Emler lived in Coshocton and Cambridge, Ohio from the 1940s to 1960s. In the final diary kept from 1963 to 1967 she recorded a brief personal description in which she her weight and height, and her hair color as "turning gray."

Scope and Contents

Mahala E. Emler, of Coshocton and Cambridge, Ohio, kept a diary from 1943 to 1967 in which she describes her daily routines, events, marriages, births, her local community, and events of national significance including the conclusion of World War II and the Kennedy assassination. Entries are relatively brief, written in a set of five-year diaries. Though she occasionally missed a day for hospital visits and other exceptional events, she was a fairly consistent diarist. Each diary includes her home address in the first few pages. The last also includes a brief personal description, in which she recorded her weight and height, and her hair color as "turning gray," as well as a list of people to whom she sent Christmas cards.

Conditions Governing Access:

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use:

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase. 2013

Preferred Citation:

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Documents

Box 1, Folder 1

Diaries 1943-1953

Box 1, Folder 2

Diaries 1953-1962

Box 1, Folder 3

Diary 1963-1967