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Diaries, 1889-1959.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 419
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, Adeline H., 1879-1959.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- University of Pennsylvania.
- Women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.
- Women.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- History.
- Genre:
- Diaries.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bequest of Adeline H. Jacobs, 1959.
- Physical Description:
- 12 boxes
- Place of Publication:
- 1889-1959.
- Biography/History:
- Adeline H. Jacobs was a 1902 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Born 26 September 1879 and dead 22 April 1959, Jacobs was a Philadelphia public school teacher and remained in Philadelphia her entire life.
- Summary:
- Collection comprises 27 separate diaries covering 1889 to 1959; 7 personal and family photographs; three letters; several clippings; one issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette; and a scrapbook.
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