Inventory of the Helen Liszka Marx Diaries 1935-1936
A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2008.129
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
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Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
Helen Liszka Marx Diaries, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 00/00/2008.
Biographical Note
May 19, 1916-February 25, 2008Died in Knoxville, Tennessee.Per obituary, she was a member of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, where she was also a life time member of the Pilot Club and the Women’s Guild. She loved animals and was always faithful in feeding her birds. Her late husband, Nester L. Marx, owned and operated Adjustment Service of Knoxville. When he died in 1975, Helen took over the company until she retired. Preceded in death by her husband, Nester L. Marx; her parents, Vin and Helen Liszka; sisters, Leona Trapler and Evelyn Dombrowski; and her uncle Chester. She leaves to cherish her memories: nephew Steve Dombrowski and his wife Kathy; nieces, Debbie and husband Jacob, Denise, Donna and husband Eric, and Carol and husband Jack. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Helen Liszka Marx ">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Helen Liszka Marx </a>.
Scope and Contents
The diaries of Helen Liszka Marx are two notepads, one with personal information such as poems and addresses, and the other a diary of her travels from Chicago to Ohio, Vermont, Oklahoma, and Missouri from June 1935 to August 1936.
Index Terms
- Diaries
- United States--Description and travel
- Automobile travel--United States.
- Poems
- Women travelers--Diaries.
- Women--Diaries.
- Women--Travel.