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Nellie Day Scrapbooks, 1888-1917
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Day, Nellie
- Title
- Nellie Day Scrapbooks
- Dates
- 1888-1917 (inclusive)18881917
- Quantity
- 0.4 linear feet, (1 manuscript box)
- Collection Number
- WCMss.275
- Summary
- The Nellie Day Scrapbooks contain ephemera about Walla Wallan, Nellie Day. These scrapbooks, which date from 1888 through 1917, consist of newspaper clippings related to Nellie's family and career, columns, and material related to her marriage.
- Repository
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Whitman College and Northwest Archives
Penrose Library, Room 130
345 Boyer Avenue
Walla Walla, WA
99362
Telephone: 5095275922
Fax: 5095264785
archives@whitman.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Ellen "Nellie" Gilliam Day was born in 1854 in Dallas, Oregon. She graduated from the State Normal School and was later a professor at Whitman College in 1883. She was the first female superintendent of the Schools of Walla Walla County in the late 1800s. Day passed away in 1940.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Nellie Day Scrapbooks consists of two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to the family and career of Nellie G. Day. These include information about her father, the pioneer W. S. Gilliam. These scrapbooks, which date from 1888 through 1917, also include items related to her own graduation from the State Normal School in Salem, Oregon in 1883, and her subsequent career as a teacher and as school superintendent in Walla Walla, WA. There are also materials related to her marriage to Jesse N. Day, and columns that she wrote as a newspaper social editor.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Geographical Names
- Walla Walla (Wash.)
