ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

Eleanor Corkhill Adams Addison
Diary, 1939 - 1944

UPT 50 A227

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PROVENANCE

Extracted in 1980 from a collection of books belonging to William H.F. Addison donated to the Samuel J. Wood Library of Cornell University Medical College by his son-in-law in 1973. Given by the Samuel J. Wood Library to the University of Pennsylvania Medical Library in 1980. Transferred to the University of Pennsylvania Archives in 1980.

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

No information has been found about the life of Eleanor Corkhill Adams Addison. Her husband's 1963 obituary lists a daughter, Mrs. John M. Gilchrist, but not his wife.

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This diary was kept by Eleanor Corkhill Adams Addison (faculty wife) from December 31, 1939 to May 21, 1944. It provides an intimate account of a wide range of faculty and campus life during the Second World War.