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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

Cornell Taylor Christensen diary

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1173
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary begun as an autobiography covering the years 1910-1931 and continuing as a diary from 1931 to 1936. It ends with a record of his struggle with tuberculosis which ended his life in 1936 at the age of 26. A letter to Christensen from his mother fills pages 167-176. It was written the morning of his death and describes various memories she had of him.

Dates: 1932-1936
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Cornell Taylor Christensen diary

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