Skip to main content

Box 1

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

Diaries, 1912-1919, 1935-1936, 1975

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents This 300 page notebook is a compilation of diaries kept in various notebooks from 1912 to 1919, which Rosezella consolidated in 1925. The entries begin with a report of her score on a spelling test in grade school and end with descriptions of life as a young woman in the closing days of World War I. Topics covered include family life, school activites, music lessons, trips to surrounding towns, descriptions of books read and movies watched, notations of weather, letters sent and received, and...
Dates: 1912-1919; 1935-1936; 1975

Mission Diary, January 1919-March 1922

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Much of this diary is written in a mixture of shorthand and English. Rosezella records missionary activities such as tracting, attending meetings, and studying in the Eastern States Mission. Also included are comments on fellow missionaries, the weather, daily activities, and gospel lessons.
Dates: January 1919-March 1922

Mission Diaries, 1922-1923

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3-4
Scope and Contents These diaries, written partially in shorthand, detail Rosezella's mission experiences, including tracting, attending prayer meetings, and calling on prospective converts.
Dates: 1922-1923

Mission Notebook, 1921-1922

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents This notebook contains quotes, notes on sermons, poetry, lists, and song lyrics.
Dates: 1921-1922

Diary, August 1923-June 1935

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents This volume is a continuation of Rosezella's mission diary, partially written in shorthand. She describes her trip home from the mission field in December of 1923, her reunion with Wilford Hardy, finding a job, visits to neighboring communities, family life, church activities, living at the Hermitage in Ogden Canyon, and her marriage to Wilford Hardy. She also describes buying their first home, vacations, her feelings about having children, and life as a young married woman in Salt Lake City.
Dates: August 1923-June 1935

Five Year Diary, 1938-1942

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents This diary details the life of the Wilford Hardy family in Portland, Oregon. Topics covered include shopping, church work, singing in the choir and other musical activities, Relief Society activities, school life for the girls, letters written and received, travel, and visits from friends and relatives.
Dates: 1938-1942