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Eleanor Marsh papers, 1902-1998
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The collection contains the papers of Eleanor Marsh who was raised on and ran a farm with her husband Elwin for over forty years. The personal journals detail her daily life as a farm wife in rural...
The collection contains the papers of Eleanor Marsh who was raised on and ran a farm with her husband Elwin for over forty years. The personal journals detail her daily life as a farm wife in rural Winnebago County, Wisconsin. The early journals were sporadically kept and contain mostly farm and household accounts. The collection also contains school composition books used by Marsh and an older sister, a few letters from family and friends written after she was no longer running the farm, and newspaper clippings from her 100th and 102nd birthdays.
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- Mixed Materials
- Language
- English
- Physical Details
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- 1.8 cubic ft. (5 boxes)
- OCLC
- ocm48181836
- There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.
Subjects
- Ogrizovich, Dorothy Marsh, 1928-
- Craig, Dorothy, 1928-
- Marsh, Elwin William, 1888-1969.
- Marsh family.
- Merkel family.
- Merkley, Bina.
- Plautz, Dorothy, 1928-
- Agriculture -- Wisconsin History -- 20th century.
- Dairy farmers -- Wisconsin.
- Dairy farming -- Accounting.
- Dairying -- Wisconsin -- History.
- Farm life -- Wisconsin.
- Farmers -- Wisconsin -- Winnebago County.
- Farmers' spouses -- Wisconsin.
- Rural women -- Wisconsin.
- Women -- Biography.
- Women farmer -- Wisconsin -- Winnebago County.
- Women in agriculture -- Wisconsin.