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Title: Alfred M. North diaries
Date (inclusive): 1917-1936
Collection Number: MS 085
Creator:
North, Alfred M.
Extent:
3.38 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains the diaries of Alfred M. North, a High School and Junior College teacher of the early 20th century
from Riverside, California. The diaries consist of a short daily entry, focusing on North's school work, his daily life, his
family, and his thoughts on current local and national issues. The collection also includes an essay by North's daughter Mary
North Shimkin, describing the North's Lime Street neighborhood and the other families that lived there around the 1920s.
Languages: The collection is in English.
The collection is open for research.
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[identification of item], [date if possible]. Alfred M. North diaries (MS 085). Special Collections & University Archives,
University of California, Riverside.
Provenance unknown.
Processed by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian, 2017.
Alfred Myron North was born in Kansas on June 9, 1873. After attending Pacific University in Oregon, he eventually settled
in Riverside, California with his wife Manta and their three children. He worked as an ecomonics and history teacher at the
Riverside Polytechnic High School and Riverside Junior College, which shared a school building and instructors. He passed
away in 1936 after battling an illness.
This collection contains the diaries of Alfred M. North, a High School and Junior College teacher of the early 20th century
from Riverside, California. The diaries consist of a short daily entry, focusing on North's school work, his daily life, his
family, and his thoughts on current local and national issues. Some diaries also include news clippings related to various
diary entries, and the final diary in 1936 includes entries written by his wife Manta and daughter Mary when Alfred was ill.
The collection also includes an essay by North's daughter Mary North Shimkin, describing the North's Lime Street neighborhood
and the other families that lived there around the 1920s.
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Most of the diaries contained loose newspaper clippings inserted next to various pages by North. These were separated for
preservation purposes into folders, with the original page placement noted with the clipping.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
College teaching
Education
High school teachers
Junior colleges
Riverside (Calif.)
Diaries