Scope and Contents The following description was provided by the seller: Mrs. Leidigh writes of the daily activities of herself, her mother, her children, and her husband "C.D.". She writes of events that they attend, doing lots of baking, Socials, many people who come to call, Alvin graduating from High School, weaving baskets & chairs, going to church to help make lots of wine, death of Grandpa Hayes, her husband playing in the Drum Corps, packing barrels for the Cleveland orphanage, Miss Moreland...

Scope and Contents The following excerpts were provided by the seller: "Fat. and I served supper, washed up dishes. Changed clothes, over to prayer meeting, 7 there in all. Good meeting, to be held at homes in the future. Home, read a while. Fat. and I to bed 10 p.m. Talked for over an hour. I told Fat. that I was thinking of going to college, talked our problems over, decided would be better to wait till we got business running okay ..... Moxham told us that Billy Phillips has died. Very much of a shock and...

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Susan C. Taylor's collection of newspaper clippings, many from the Richmond Dispatch, of mostly poems and a few essays/stories.  These clippings are glued onto the pages of a book.  First page contains a handwritten poem.  Susan C. Taylor lived in Powhatan County, Virginia.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary of M.C. Webb of Virginia, 1942 to 1953, titled: "“a line or two a day.” M.C. Webb mentions her chores around the house, part-time work in a shop, going to church, singing in a chorus, reading, attending plays and concerts, visiting with friends, and helping with the war efforts. Also mentions correspondence and visits with her son Robert, who was a fighter pilot during World War II. All entries are very short and often abbreviated.The following information was provided by...

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Commonplace book, 1834-1846 of Emma Bull (b. 1812). Contains poems, some of which are possibly her own, and prayers. Toward the end of the book she entered birth dates for herself, her husband Charles B. Conner and their children, as well as her marriage date.