Guide to the Nipper Family Diaries SC1563
Eilene Lueck
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
September 2023
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Nipper Family Diaries
Identifier/Call Number: SC1563
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1911-1970
Physical Location: Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information
on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Wendy Alice Hamma Nipper, 2021.
Biographical note
Marie Cecil White Smith (1892-1976) was a longtime resident of Chico, Redding, and finally, Santa Rosa and kept extensive
diaries until 1970 where she recorded her observations and experiences living in California. White Smith was also the older
sister of Lewis Edmund White who studied mechanical engineering at Stanford University from 1913 to 1917 before being drafted
into WWI. An account of this time was recorded in her diaries.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item] Nipper Family Diaries (SC1563). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Related Materials
Lewis E. White Papers (SC1016). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the diaries and daybooks written by Marie Cecil White Smith over the course of sixty years.
Conditions Governing Use
While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is
not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any
transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women's diaries
Women -- California -- Social life and customs.
Women -- California.
Nipper, Wendy A.
Papers, 2021-067 Accession ARCH-2021-067
Box 1
Marie Cecil White Smith Diaries, including biography, inventory, and content summary
1910-1948, 2021
Box 2
Marie Cecil White Smith Diaries
1949-1965
Box 3
Marie Cecil White Smith Diaries
1966-1970
