Eva L. Webb Diaries and Scrapbooks

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Eva L. Webb Diaries and Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.60 Linear Feet
Creator:
Webb, Eva L., 1911-2007
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Eva L. Webb Diaries and Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Diaries and scrapbooks, 1934-1997, of Eva L. Webb (1911-2007) of Corry, Pennsylvania. Diary entries vary in length and regularity and some years are skipped altogether. There are two scrapbooks consisting mainly of greeting cards and a few clippings, one for her wedding in May 1940 and the other for her hospitalization for appendicitis in 1941.

Three diaries from 1961, 1962, and 1963. All diaries have entries for every day. Diary entries include the weather, day-to-day activities, work related conversation and historically significant events.

Four diaries from 1964 to 1971. The first diary is a five year diary, from 1964 to 1968 and the other three are one year diaries encompassing 1969, 1970, and 1971. Diaries are almost entirely filled except for a one month period in 1970 when Eva Webb was hospitalized after the removal of a tumor. Diary entries include the weather, day-to-day activities, work related conversation, and significant events.

Four diaries from 1934-1941. The first diary is a five year diary from 1934-1938 and the other three are one year diaries encompassing 1939, 1940, 1941. Earlier diary entries were written while she was still Eva Drake, her maiden name. Topics discussed in the diaries include the weather, life on her parents' farm, productions Eva acted in, day-to-day activities, and significant life events like getting married.

Four diaries from 1950-1960, 1982, 1990, and 1997. The first diary is a 5-year diary that has sporadic entries throughout and was used from 1950-1960. Entries made for 1950 had greater continuity than entries made in later years. Later year entries were limited to significant events like a 50th anniversary or the death of a loved one. The other three diaries are one year diaries and contain day-to-day events from 1982, 1990, and 1997.

Scrapbook from 1940 containing greeting cards and news clippings from Eva Webb's wedding and bridal shower. Scrapbook contains 21 unique wedding greeting cards and 47 bridal shower greeting cards (not all unique).

Scrapbook of 1941 get well soon cards for Eva Webb. Scrapbook contains 42 greeting cards. Three of the greeting cards are in the 'black face' style.

Biographical / historical:

Eva L. Webb (1911-2007) of Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania married Floyd E. Webb (1911-2003) in May 1940.

Acquisition information:
Purchase.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard