Mary White Gordon memoir

Mary White Gordon memoir, 1977

Overview of the Collection

Title: Mary White Gordon memoir
Dates: 1977 (inclusive)
19771977
Quantity: 1 folder
Collection Number: MG 5780
Summary: This collection consists of the rough copy and final draft of Mary White Gordon's memoir A Child's-Eye View which recalls her childhood in Wallace, Idaho. The memoir covers the period from her birth in 1898 to approximately 1912. The book was published in 2017.
Repository: University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of the rough draft and final copy of Mary White Gordon's handwritten recollection of some of her childhood spent in Wallace, Idaho. The memoir focuses on the time period before and until 1910. Born, in 1898, Mary would have been 12-years-old in 1910. The collection also includes a published copy of the memoir entitled A Child's-Eye View.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

In the foreward to A Child's-Eye View, the book published from Mary's memoir, her grandson Kinyon Gordon writes that the memoir was written in 1977. In 2016, Wallace resident Ron Roizen, an area history enthusiast, contacted one of Mary's granddaughters and inquired about the possibility of publishing the personal history. The publishing of the papers occured as a joint effort between her family and Mr. Roizen.

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