Elizabeth’s parents present Helon with $5,000 on January 1, 1926. On October 10, 1926, she writes that she had a big celebration due to the Cardinals winning the World Series. On December 28, 1926, she writes that her husband got mad because she objected to his sleeping late. Her last entry states, “And the old year went out in the accepted fashion – a blare of horns, tins whistles and revelry, wine, woman, and song. With hardly a thought in passing.”, 1926

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection contains 14 diaries written by Elizabeth Nulsen Young. The diaries cover the years 1917 to 1976 and briefly list her day-to-day activities. Each diary includes five years, with the exception of one travel diary of a trip to Europe in 1956 and the last diary (1976), which only contains one calendar year.