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Bernice Forest Diary, 1916-1917
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Forest, Bernice
- Title
- Bernice Forest Diary
- Dates
- 1916-1917 (inclusive)19161917
- Quantity
- 0.01 cubic foot, (1 box)
- Collection Number
- MSS Forest
- Summary
- The Bernice Forest Diary was written by Forest while she was a student a Oregon Agricultural College living in Cauthorn Hall and includes entries about her activities as a student and her family and friends.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Marion Bernice Forest attended Oregon Agricultural College from 1914/15 through 1917/18 and graduated in 1918 with a degree in home economics. She worked for the Extension Service in Wyoming beginning in the mid-1920s. Her sister, Harriet Forest Moore, also attended Oregon Agricultural College and was the the first archivist for Oregon State University.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Bernice Forest Diary includes entries from October 12, 1916 through September 21, 1917 and provides information about her life as an OAC student and her family and friends. It includes entries during the school year from Cauthorn Hall, during vacations from her family home, and during the summer of 1917 from Waldo Hall and her family home. Topics include activities with her friends and sisters and life in her family's rural home near Eugene, Oregon.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Custodial History
The diary was donated to the Horner Museum in 1983 by Harriet Moore, Bernice Forest's sister, and was subsequently transferred from the Horner Museum to the Archives in 1996.
Related Materials
The OSU Archives holdings include other student diaries, such as the Milton O. Stemmler Student Diary from the 1890s.
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College environment--Oregon--Corvallis.
- College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Personal Names
- Moore, Harriet L. Forest
Corporate Names
- Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
Form or Genre Terms
- Diaries.
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth
Nielsen.
2007
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
