Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Nipper Family Diaries
- Dates:
- 1911-1970
- Extent:
- 3.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Nipper Family Diaries (SC1563). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of the diaries and daybooks written by Marie Cecil White Smith over the course of sixty years.
- Biographical / historical:
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Marie Cecil White Smith (1892-1976) was a longtime resident of Chico, Redding, and finally, Santa Rosa and kept extensive diaries until 1970 where she recorded her observations and experiences living in California. White Smith was also the older sister of Lewis Edmund White who studied mechanical engineering at Stanford University from 1913 to 1917 before being drafted into WWI. An account of this time was recorded in her diaries.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Wendy Alice Hamma Nipper, 2021.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-10-13 11:52:04 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Nipper Family Diaries (SC1563). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022