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Start Over Collection Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968 Date range 1963

Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968 2.33 Linear Feet

Caley family

The collection is mostly personal correspondence and diaries, chiefly 1895-1968, collected and written by Mary Davidson Caley, her two daughters, Maybelle Caley Barker and Hilda Caley Noble, and Hilda's daughter, Nadine Noble Sondergard. The Caley's were white middle class women who lived in Sierra Madre, California for the majority of their lives. The personal letters and diaries of three generations of women contain topics related to the household operations, Spanish Flu 1918, farm operations in Ohio 1918, family finances, health concerns, local and national issues (Kennedy Assassination (1963), Watts Riots (1965) as well as social and religious activities.

  1. College of William and Mary

Hilda Caley Noble, Diaries, 1963/1964 Box 2, Folder 8

Scope and Contents Diary (13.5 x 19.5 cm), red, 1963, writer was 74/75 Years old, full page daily entries on her activities along with notes on Maybelle Caley Barkers and Nadine Noble Sondergard activities with little to no recording of how author felt about them; sparse mention of local, national or world events (President Kennedy leaving for Europe (22 June), "Negroes picketing in Los Angeles", Pope Paul VI (24 June), Forest fires and Earthquakes, President Kennedy baby death (9-10 August 13), Billy Graham crusade (20 August), President Kennedy assassination and President Johnson new president (22-25 November). Subjects also include church attendance, cooking, supper menus, division of chores within the household, lunches and social activities (playing canasta, Senior Citizen meetings), financial transactions, budgets, health issues of Nadine Noble Sondergard and herself (fall), pets (dog Moo-Moo), holiday and birthday celebrations with gifts, and deaths of friends and family, watching TV on colored set, notes on TV actors death, TV Shows: Ed Sullivan, Lawrence Welk, Hazel, Lassie, Petticoat Junction, and TV being broke is problem (January)(June). Diary (13.5 x 19.5 cm), white,1964, writer was 75/76 years old, full page daily entries on her activities along with notes on Maybelle Caley Barkers and Nadine Noble Sondergard activities with little to no recording of how author felt about them; sparse mention of local, national or world events (Alaska earthquake (27 March), bus strike (June), Mexico City earthquake (6 July), forest fire (24 September). Entires also include church attendance, supper menus, lunches, and social activities. (playing Canasta, senior citizen meetings, Historical Association, Disneyland visit (7 October), 1st mention of Ray Sondergard (7 October), vacation in Long Beach, California (October), Ray and Nadine's courtship, Ray proposed to Nadine (21 November), financial transactions, budgets, health issues of Nadine Noble Sondergard, pets (dog Moo-Moo), holiday and birthday celebrations with gifts, weather observations, and deaths of friends and family. TV shows include Petticoat Junction, Beverly Hillbillies, Hazel, Lawrence Welk, Republican convention with Goldwater (13-17 July), Dick Van Dyke, Lassie, Candid Camera, Election coverage (3 November),"Johnson won by a landside".

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968
  3. Series 3: Hilda Caley Noble, 1917/1968

Mary Davidson Caley, Printed Material, 1903/1967 Box 3, Folder 2

Printed materials: funeral announcements, newspaper articles on Senator Everett Colby (New Jersey), Republican primaries, crime, color prints pages from books, Practical Astrology magazine Gemini (June 1929), Isle of Man picture Calendar (1959), Magazine of World Manx Association, (June 1927), Oregon Schedule of Events (1967), Bonneville Dam brochure (1965).

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968
  3. Series 1: Mary Davidson Caley, 1895/1962

Maybelle Caley Barker, Diaries, 1963/1964 Box 2, Folder 13

Diary (13.5 x 19.5 cm) green, 1963, writer was 73/74 years old, mainly partial and a few full page daily entries on her activities; sparse to no mention of local, national or world events. President Kennedy's baby died (8-9 August) Billy Graham Revival at Olympic Stadium (20 August), President Kennedy assassination (22-25 November). subjects include holiday and birthday celebrations with gifts; weather observations, daily household operations, cooking and meals, correspondence from family and friends, lunches and social activities, historical society activities, pets (Moo-Moo), health issues (Nadine Noble Sondergard, Hilda Caley Noble), financial transactions, deaths of friends and family, local travel, and vacations. Diary (13.5 x 19.5 cm) brick red, 1964, writer was 74/75 years old, mainly partial and a few full page daily entries on her activities; sparse to no mention of local, national or world events;(Gen. Douglas MacArthur died age 84 "he was beloved by all", Voted for Goldwater on Election day (2 June). Subjects include holiday and birthday celebrations with gifts activities; weather observations, daily household operations, cooking and meals, correspondence from family and friends, lunches and social activities (bridge club), historical society activities, senior citizen activities, pets (Moo-Moo), Ray Sondergard and Nadine Noble Sondergard courtship (9 November-30 December), financial transactions, and deaths of friends and family.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968
  3. Series 2: Maybelle Caley Barker, 1897/1969

Maybelle Caley Barker, Letters, 1962/1965 Box 1, Folder 18

Letters to Maybelle Caley Barker from Hilda Caley Noble, family, cousins and friends about health issues, children, weather, social gossip, updates on status of family and friends, and death of family members. Trailer park living in 1963-1965, race relations, racism discussions from friends, and reactions to Marines going to Vietnam (1965).

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968
  3. Series 2: Maybelle Caley Barker, 1897/1969

Nadine Noble Sondergard, Diaries, 1963/1964 Box 2, Folder 2

Scope and Contents Diary (15 x 21 cm), red, 1963 writer was 34/35 years old. Daily entries with breaks of over week after late April: on dating ex-boyfriends: Sam Brown, Frank Camden, Bill, Ward ?, John Snapp (2 months, and Stanley Kelley (2 dates/2 weeks) of which she notes the dates she met and broke up and why, very emotional and intense, relations with mother, holiday and birthday celebrations with gifts, worried about weight, health of mother (Cancer?), she is constantly ill, church attendance and Sunday school teaching, conflict with Mother (attributes it multiple times to cancer returning), dislike of "Abba"(Maybelle Caley Barker) (cheap, inconsiderate), multiple day entries on John F. Kennedy's assassination and funeral. Diary (13 x 19.5 cm), green, 1964, writer was 35/36 years old. Almost daily entries include mother's health (76 yrs old), concerns about weight, personal health, flu, weather observations, church attendance, division of chores within the household,and driving test (passed written driving test at 34 yrs old but cancelled driving lessons after a number of lessons because she was too nervous, but started back up). Meets future husband (Ray) in September. No entries for three weeks until they are dating in late October then followed by daily very personal entries on status of courtship for a 35 year old never married, virgin female and a recovering, male alcoholic with an ex-wife and three children.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968
  3. Series 4: Nadine Noble Sondergard, 1957/1967

Series 2: Maybelle Caley Barker, 1897/1969

Correspondence included in the series was recieved by Maybelle Caley Barker. Correspondence is between Maybelle Caley Barker, her sister Hilda Caley Noble, her neice Nadine Noble Sondergard, and numerous friends. Nine diaries from the 1950s and 1960s along with one diary from 1915 are in the series. Several photographs of Maybelle Caley Barker with family and friends are also included.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968

Series 3: Hilda Caley Noble, 1917/1968

Correspondence included in the series was recieved by Hilda Caley Noble. Correspondence is between her daughter, Nadine Noble Sondergard, her sister, Maybelle Caley Barker, and numerous friends. Ten diaries from the 1950s and 1960s with daily full page entries are in the series. Photographs of Hilda Caley Noble with family and friends are also included.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Caley Family Papers, 1895/1968

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