Alfred M. North diaries

Finding aid prepared by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.

Special Collections & University Archives

The UCR Library

P.O. Box 5900

University of California

Riverside, California 92517-5900

Phone: 951-827-3233

Fax: 951-827-4673

Email: specialcollections@ucr.edu

URL: http://library.ucr.edu/libraries/special-collections-university-archives

Descriptive Summary

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.

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Alfred M. North diaries (MS 085). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Acquisition Information

Provenance unknown.

Processing History

Processed by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian, 2017.

Biographical Note

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.

Collection Scope and Contents

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.

Collection Arrangement

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.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

College teaching

Education

High school teachers

Junior colleges

Riverside (Calif.)

Genres and Forms of Materials

Diaries

Box 1, Item 1

1917