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Gooch family diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16336

Scope and Contents

Gooch family diaries, 1909-1963 (not consecutive), .07 cubic feet, consists of fifteen diaries, some from Ellen Brooks (Aunt of Uly Harrison Gooch) when she was a young girl. She describes her work as a nurse (treating a man with face cancer) at the Earl Hopkins Institute in Washington D. C. and missing her family, and friends. The later diaries are from Uly Harrison Gooch while he was a student at St. Paul's School in Baltimore, MD. It is not clear who the last diary is from but it seems to be someone in the family as she is mostly taking care of Uly's Aunt Clara G. Brooks and Clara's husband Uly T. Brooks.

Dates

  • Creation: 1909, 1910, 1911, 1918, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1961, and 1963.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

.07 Cubic Feet (One document box and one half-size document box.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Gooch family diaries, .07 cubic feet, are arranged chronologically. The published dates of the commercial bound diaries are sometimes mislabeled, for example 1931 is really 1909 and 1928 is really 1909.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from The Book Broker by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on November 7, 2016.

Title
Gooch family diaries
Status
Completed
Author
Ellen Welch
Date
8/11/17
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States