Edna M. Parkins Berg and Carl Berg Papers

  • Description
  • Collection contains a diary written by Edna M. Parkins Berg and Carl Berg in 1921. They kept the diary together, recording their daily housework and activities and noting their expenses on groceries and household items.
  • Depositor
  • University of Pittsburgh
Edna M. Parkins Berg and Carl Berg Papers

What's online?

A diary written by Edna M. Parkins Berg and Carl Berg in 1921 is available online. They kept the diary together, recording their daily housework and activities and noting their expenses on groceries and household items. Edna wrote most of the entries, with Carl contributing occasional notes and entries as well.

What's in the entire collection?

In addition to the 1921 diary, the collection contains an undated letter from Carl Berg to Edna Parkins, a 1914 report card from the Southwestern State Normal School for Edna Parkins, and a 1915 train ticket from Roscoe, Pa.

About Edna M. Parkins Berg and Carl Berg.

Edna M. Parkins was born in 1897. She attended Southwestern State Normal School (now PennWest University at California) and married Carl Berg (b. 1893) on October 13, 1920. They resided in Roscoe, Washington County, Pa. During 1921, Edna and Carl Berg kept a daily diary recording their activities. In June 1921, Edna discovered that she was expecting a baby. In addition to their preparations for the baby, the couple participated in frequent social gatherings, did housework, and were active in the church. The couple had one daughter, Sara Louise Berg Blosser (1922-2004). The family later lived in Clairton, Allegheny County, Pa, and Carl Berg worked as an educator. Carl Berg died in 1965, and Edna M. Parkins Berg died in 1975.

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