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Jay Glover Eldridge diaries, 1893-1962

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Eldridge, Jay Glover, 1875-1962
Title
Jay Glover Eldridge diaries
Dates
1893-1962 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.5 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG 176
Summary
Diaries containing a record of daily activities of Jay Glover Edridge, personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other loose notes.
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
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Historical Note

Jay Glover Eldridge was born on November 8, 1875 to William and Augusta Eldridge in Janesville, Wisconsin. He spent his childhood in various states, including Missouri, Kansas, and New York. He attended Yale University and studied modern languages, where he graduated in 1896 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. Eldridge then spent a year in Germany before accepting a position as Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Idaho in 1901. A few of years later, he was appointed the first Dean of the Faculty.

During the first World War, Eldridge served in France with the Young Men's Christian Association. After the war ended, Eldridge returned to the university. In 1923 he helped establish a Phi Beta Kappa fraternity chapter at U of I and eventually served as chapter president. Eldridge was also active in the Moscow community. He was president of the Moscow Choral Society from 1930 to 1931, a leader in the regional Presbyterian Church organization, and Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Idaho. Eldridge died in August of 1962.

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Content Description

The Jay Glover Eldridge Diaries contain a record of daily activities of college professor, Jay Glover Eldridge, from the years 1893-1962. Entries include topics of professional travel, teaching, weather, daily events, and personal and family matters. Extraneous materials are included in some volumes, including postcards, newspaper clippings, event programs, correspondence, pressed leaves, photographs, and other miscellaneous notes.

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Other Descriptive Information

Object 33 and 34 have social security numbers written, please restrict if pulled.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

FOR PHOTOS Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

FOR DOCUMENTS Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Materials found in the archives.

Related Materials

MG 5018 Jay Glover Eldridge papers ; MG 175 Mary Walker Eldridge Diary collection

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series 1:

    • Description: Memorandum Tome IV
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 29 May 1893-26 July 1893
      Container: Box 1, Object 1
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    • Description: Memorandum Tome V
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 29 July 1893-19 August 1893
      Container: Box 1, Object 2
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    • Description: Memorandum Tome VI
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 20 August 1893-11 October 1893
      Container: Box 1, Object 3
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    • Description: Memorandum Tome VII
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 12 October 1893-9 December 1893
      Container: Box 1, Object 4
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    • Description: Memorandum Tome VIII
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 10 December 1893-6 February 1894
      Container: Box 1, Object 5
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    • Description: Memorandum Tome IX
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 7 February 1894-27 April 1894
      Container: Box 1, Object 6
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    • Description: Diary Tome X
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 28 April 1894-19 September 1894
      Container: Box 1, Object 7
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    • Description: Notes Tome XI
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 20 September 1894-7 February 1895
      Container: Box 1, Object 8
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    • Description: Notes Tome XIII
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 3 May 1895-1 August 1895
      Container: Box 1, Object 9
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    • Description: Tome XIV
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 3 August 1895-22 December 1895
      Container: Box 1, Object 10
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    • Description: Tome XVI
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 14 April 1896-20 December 1896
      Container: Box 1, Object 11
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    • Description: Tome XVII
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 31 December 1896-8 October 1897
      Container: Box 1, Object 12
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    • Description: Tome XVIII
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 8 October 1897-16 January 1898
      Container: Box 1, Object 13
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    • Description: Tome XIX
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 17 January 1898-20 June 1898
      Container: Box 1, Object 14
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    • Description: Tome XX
      1 item : Small brown book containing daily personal diary entries. Most pages in the diary are blank.
      Dates: 21 June 1898-15 August 1898
      Container: Box 1, Object 15
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    • Description: Memoranda
      1 item : Small brown book containing purchase records from the year 1892-1897.
      Dates: September 1892-November 1897
      Container: Box 1, Object 16
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    • Description: Date Book
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 1 January 1909-14 November 1909
      Container: Box 1, Object 17
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    • Description: Date Book
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 1 January 1910-16 October 1910
      Container: Box 1, Object 18
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    • Description: Small Black Book
      1 item : Small black book containing daily personal diary entries. Back half of the diary contains blank pages.
      Dates: 1 January 1911-7 April 1911
      Container: Box 1, Object 19
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    • Description: I 1912
      1 item : Small red book containing information about the University of Idaho and handwritten memorandum notes.
      Dates: 1912
      Container: Box 1, Object 20
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    • Description: Guide Book of Useful Information for Foreign Students
      1 item : Small black book containing guidebook information for international students in the American education system; also contains handwritten personal notes in the back.
      Dates: 1916-1917
      Container: Box 1, Object 21
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    • Description: Standard Diary No. 572
      1 item : Thin brown book containing daily personal diary entries and monthly cash account records.
      Dates: 13 January 1918-5 September 1918
      Container: Box 1, Object 22
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    • Description: Colorful Journal
      1 item : Book with a colorful cover containing copies of letters and personal diary entries.
      Dates: 24 March 1918-08 May 1918
      Container: Box 1, Object 23
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    • Description: A Line A Day
      1 item : Black line-a-day journal containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 1 January 1927-31 December 1927
      Container: Box 1, Object 24
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    • Description: Diary and Budget Account
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries and monthly budget accounts.
      Dates: 2 January 1927-3 July 1927
      Container: Box 1, Object 25
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    • Description: Record
      1 item : Medium turquoise book containing daily personal diary entries and loose miscellaneous notes and papers.
      Dates: 7 January 1928-21 July 1928
      Container: Box 1, Object 26
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    • Description: 1930 Metro-Surance Book
      1 item : Small black book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 1 January 1930-31 December 1930
      Container: Box 1, Object 27
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    • Description: National Diary
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 1 January 1935-31 December 1935
      Container: Box 1, Object 28
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    • Description: Desk Private
      1 item : Medium blue book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 1 January 1938-31 December 1938
      Container: Box 1, Object 29
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    • Description: Deluxe Diary
      1 item : Small blue book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 2 January 1939-31 December 1939
      Container: Box 1, Object 30
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    • Description: National Diary
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries and a few loose notes and song sheets.
      Dates: 1 January 1940-31 December 1940
      Container: Box 1, Object 31
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    • Description: Daily Reminder
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries and monthly cash account records.
      Dates: 1 January 1941-31 December 1941
      Container: Box 1, Object 32
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    • Description: Elmora Diary
      1 item : *Social Security number written in the back* Small blue book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 1 January 1942-31 December 1942
      Container: Box 1, Object 33
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    • Description: Diary
      1 item : *Social Security number written in the back* Small blue book containing daily personal diary entries and a few loose notes and newspaper clippings.
      Dates: 1 January 1943-31 December 1943
      Container: Box 1, Object 34
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    • Description: J.G. Eldridge
      1 item : Small black book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 17 January 1944-31 December 1944
      Container: Box 1, Object 35
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    • Description: J.G. Eldridge
      1 item : Small black book containing daily personal diary entries; a few loose notes in the back.
      Dates: 1 January 1945-31 December 1945
      Container: Box 1, Object 36
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    • Description: J.G. Eldridge
      1 item : Small black book containing daily personal diary entries and typed correspondence between J.G. Eldridge and Harold R. Boyd.
      Dates: 1 January 1946-31 December 1946
      Container: Box 1, Object 37
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    • Description: Daily Reminder
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries and monthly cash account records.
      Dates: 14 April 1947-31 December 1947
      Container: Box 1, Object 38
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    • Description: Diary
      1 item : Small blue book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 1 January 1948-18 December 1948
      Container: Box 1, Object 39
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    • Description: Diary
      1 item : Small blue book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 1 January 1949-31 December 1949
      Container: Box 1, Object 40
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    • Description: Date-Book
      1 item : Small blue book containing daily personal diary entries.
      Dates: 1 January 1950-1 January 1951
      Container: Box 1, Object 41
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    • Description: Diary
      1 item : Small blue book containing daily personal diary entries and miscellaneous loose notes.
      Dates: 2 January 1951-31 December 1951
      Container: Box 1, Object 42
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    • Description: Diary
      1 item : Small blue book containing daily personal diary entries and miscellaneous loose notes, paper memorabilia, and pressed leaves.
      Dates: 1 January 1952-31 December 1952
      Container: Box 1, Object 43
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    • Description: Agenda
      1 item : Medium red book containing daily personal diary entries and miscellaneous loose notes, newspaper clippings, song sheets, paper memorabilia, and pressed leaves.
      Dates: 1 January 1953-31 December 1953
      Container: Box 1, Object 44
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    • Description: Diary
      1 item : Small blue book containing daily personal diary entries and miscellaneous loose notes, newspaper clippings, paper memorabilia, and pressed leaves.
      Dates: 1 January 1954-31 December 1954
      Container: Box 1, Object 45
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    • Description: Daily Reminder
      1 item : Medium red book containing address book records, daily personal diary entries, and miscellaneous loose notes, newspaper clippings, and paper memorabilia. Some pages have mild blue ink stains.
      Dates: 1 January 1955-31 December 1955
      Container: Box 1, Object 46
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    • Description: Daily Reminder
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries, monthly cash account records, loose notes, and loose paper memorabilia.
      Dates: 1 January 1956-30 December 1956
      Container: Box 1, Object 47
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    • Description: Diary
      1 item : Small blue book containing daily personal diary entries, monthly cash account records, and loose papers and notes, including a program for the sixteenth annual Beta Theta Pi Songfest and Banquet, correspondence, and song lyrics.
      Dates: 1 January 1957-31 December 1957
      Container: Box 2, Object 48
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    • Description: Yearbook
      1 item : Small green book containing daily personal diary entries and drafts of letters.
      Dates: 1 January 1958-31 December 1958
      Container: Box 2, Object 49
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    • Description: Daily Reminder
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries and loose papers and notes, including correspondence, event programs, postcards, and receipts.
      Dates: 1 January 1958-31 December 1958
      Container: Box 2, Object 50
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    • Description: Daily Reminder
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries and loose papers and notes, including correspondence and event programs. Pages have come detached from the spine of the book.
      Dates: 1 January 1959-31 January 1958
      Container: Box 2, Object 51
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    • Description: Daily Reminder
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries and loose papers and notes, including correspondence, a photograph, and newspaper clippings. Minor water damage.
      Dates: 1 January 1960-29 December 1960
      Container: Box 2, Object 52
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    • Description: Daily Reminder
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries and loose papers and notes, including correspondence and newspaper clippings. Minor water damage.
      Dates: 1 January 1961-31 December 1961
      Container: Box 2, Object 53
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    • Description: Daily Reminder
      1 item : Small red book containing daily personal diary entries and loose papers and notes, including correspondence and portrait photographs of Jay Glover Eldridge. Minor water damage.
      Dates: 1 January 1962-23 August 1962
      Container: Box 2, Object 54
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Subject Terms

  • Universities and colleges--Faculty
  • University of Idaho

Geographical Names

  • Idaho

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Eldridge, Jay Glover, 1875-1962 (fmo)

Finding aid prepared by Trixie Zwolfer.
2024

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