In early February 1949, Elizabeth goes to Panama, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile as a tourist with her daughter, Hellie. On March 24, she writes, “These days on shipboard blend into a lazy haze and its hard to distinguish one from the other.” She arrives home on April 8. On May 20, 1949, Elizabeth writes, “the divorce was granted” [to Betsy?]. In mid-September 1949, Elizabeth sees her horse, Walter; soon he is put to sleep., 1949

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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.