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Diary (Port Mills, Vermont)

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01433

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Scope and Contents

Diary, 1881, of a young woman of Port Mills, Orange County, Vermont, who seems to have earned her teaching certificate during the spring of 1881. At first she is not able to pursue her teaching profession since she has to take care of her ill mother. She describes learning the millinery trade to that end, but is able to accept a teaching position when her mother's condition improves.

Diary entries describe work, visits home, socializing with friends, like playing games, drawing shadow pictures, attending exhibits, etc. as well as occurrences in the village, children in the neighborhood dying of diphtheria.

For excerpts from the diary, provided by the seller, see finding aid link below.

Dates

  • Creation: 1881

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

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.

Extent

0.01 Linear Foot

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Physical Description

1 volume.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and described in August 2009 by Ute Schechter.

Genre / Form

Title
Guide to the Diary (Port Mills, Vt.)
Author
Finding Aid Authors: Ute Schechter.
Date
2009-08-18
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The collection description/finding aid is written in English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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