Bertha Kate Gaddis diaries
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-047
Content Description
Includes 18 diaries written by Bertha Kate Gaddis, a long-term teacher in the Lafayette area and sister to Lella Gaddis, Indiana's first state leader of Home Demonstration. The diaries contain detailed accounts of Kate and Lella's lives, interactions, and activities of important persons at Purdue University, and events and the changing landscape in both Lafayette and the United States. Also includes the shoebox where the diaries were kept.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
Donated by Miriam K. Riley Epple-Heath, June 24, 2021, who inherited the diaries. Her daughter, Joan Riley, read the diaries three times and flagged significant events. A list of the flagged dates can be found in the spreadsheet attached below.
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- Creation: 1906-1937, 1945-1946
Creator
- Riley Epple-Heath, Miriam K. (Donor, Person)
- Gaddis, Bertha Kate (Person)
Extent
0.471 Cubic Feet (Two shoeboxes)
Subject
- Gaddis, Lella (Person)
- Purdue University. Agricultural Extension Service (Organization)
- Purdue University. Department of Household Economics (Organization)