Title
Lonita Gustad Corothers PapersIdentifier
MA 48Creator
Lonita Gustad CorothersDates
1942-2010Extent
6.0 linear feet (six records center boxes)Abstract
Lonita Gustad Corothers was a student in the Division of Pharmacy at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State College starting in September 1946 and graduating in the spring of 1950. Her graduating class was comprised of eight women and 56 men. Her minor was in chemistry. She began keeping a diary in 1945 when she was 17 years old and realized that she was "living in momentous times." The collection is composed of her diaries from 1946 through 2010, excerpts from and a timeline index of the diaries, correspondence with Tom Corothers written primarily during their courtship, a grief notebook written after her husband died and her original writings and poetry.