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Title: Eloise Emerson papers
Date (inclusive): circa 1930-1995
Collection Number: MS 191
Creator:
Emerson, Eloise
Extent:
1.25 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, documents and other material from Eloise Emerson, an accomplished public health nurse
who worked for the Riverside County Department of Health. The majority of materials in the collection focus on her nursing
career, and her lobbying effort against the California State mandatory retirement age.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
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and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. Eloise Emerson papers (MS 191). Special Collections & University Archives, University
of California, Riverside.
Gift of Dorothy & Clark Emerson, 1995.
Processed by Carlota Ramirez, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.
Processing of the Eloise Emerson papers was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside
as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded
by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.
Eloise Emerson was born on December 14, 1910 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She moved to Long Beach, California sometime after that,
graduating from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in 1928. Emerson then entered nursing school, and trained at Seaside Memorial
Hospital in Long Beach, where she was working when a devastating earthquake hit the city in 1933.
After getting married to Howard Emerson in 1939, she worked as a school nurse in Orange County while raising four children.
In 1970, Emerson moved to Riverside and took a position as a public health nurse with the Riverside County Department of Health.
During her career there, she did a great amount of work with gerontology patients, and served on several boards and advisory
committees for local programs and senior centers.
In 1979, Emerson was forced to retire by the county, which she successfully fought and was reinstated to her position. Her
experience led her to lobby against the California state mandatory retirement age, which was abolished in 1983. She was then
assigned to the Rubidoux Health Center, where she focused on abuse cases, drug issues, and teen pregnancies. She passed away
in 1992 at the age of 81.
This collection contains correspondence, documents and other material from Eloise Emerson, an accomplished nurse who worked
in Southern California. The majority of materials in the collection focus on her nursing career, as well as her lobbying effort
against California State mandatory retirement of age 70. Items related to her career include a variety of papers and personal
notes by Emerson on nursing procedures and tips, mainly centered around hearing impairments, child abuse and child birth.
The collection also contains materials on the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, and newspaper clippings on Easter Passover.
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Lobbying
Nursing
Retirement age
Retirement, Mandatory
Riverside County (Calif.)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Documents