Cornelia Shields Collection of United States Census Materials
Scope and Contents
The Cornelia Shields Collection of United States Census Materials covers both the 1990 and 2000 U.S. census. Documents include notices of visits, workbooks, questionnaires, buttons, job aid workbooks, enumerator manuals, administrative manuals, interview checklists, and area maps. Census worker Cornelia Shields covered the Dayton, Washington area, and the personal artifacts included in the collection reflect her work in that area.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1990, 2000
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
1.0 Linear Feet (1 record carton)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Cornelia Shields Collection of United States Census Materials contains materials from the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census. It was compiled by Cornelia Shields, a Dayton, Washington volunteer for both censuses.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in the collection; provenance is unknown.
- Title
- Guide to the Cornelia Shields Collection of United States Census Materials
- Author
- Claire Drown
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Whitman College and Northwest Archives Repository