Scope and Contents Diary, 1965-1969 of Eva M. Mountain (1915-1997) of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. She described daily chores and social life of herself and her husband Clifton R. Mountain. Eva Mountain worked at the Mayo Regional Hospital and included significant events at the hospital like deaths or births. She frequently mentions her son Stuart Rodney Mountain, who was attending college at Husson College. She also mentions local events and from time to time she comments on national and international occurrences...

Scope and Contents The following description and excerpts were provided by the seller: "The author talks about his sister, “Sarah R. Detrick” and a daughter named Ida (...) George talks about taking care of the local church and he also takes care of the graveyard and all the graves; There is an article about George in a book called “When the days were not long enough. The history of Shawnee Pennsylvania 1890-1900” and it was written by Frank Labar, a family George mentions quite often in the diary. The article...

Scope and Contents Listed day by day his work and the person that hired him. Example: Week days (Monday – Saturday) works at the ice house and purchases one meal. Weekdays worked for doctors and others performing handyman jobs: planting tubs, building and mending fences, grading. Workdays were 10 to 12 hour days. Sundays attends meeting (church). Sunday, January 17th – funeral for George Whitcomb. Lent money for Bibles for soldiers to the Bible Society. Attended Meetings (church) on most Sundays. June 17th did...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary, 1931-1936 of an unidentified young woman, titled "A Book of Personal Reflections of an Impersonal Brat." Geneve (her name is noted in the inside front cover, but her last name is not legible) was a student and 21 years old when she started the diary in 1931. She also notes that she graduated from Bradford Academy , MA '29, Lake Erie College, OH, '33 and Katharine Gibbs School, MA '34.Most entries are reflections on the meaning of life and love and her own emotional state...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Photo album, 1905, containing 30 photographs depicting work on the buildings and equipment set-up of the Auburn Gold Mining Company in South Dakota. Images show cabins, workers, machinery, trains and landscape. 27 of the photos have brief handwritten subtitles.The name of the company and the location were provided by the seller and have not been verified at this point. It has also not been determined whether the photographs are company records or were taken privately by one of...

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Diary, 1878 of Ida Martin, a school-aged girl who talks about her life on a farm. She mentions helping her father 'salting the cattle,' riding on horseback, going to the creamery, going to school, and taking music lessons. Also mentions a friend of hers who died of influenza.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary of H.A. Porger of Duluth, Minnesota for the year 1917. Porger was a shipyard worker, whose entries describe work, leisure activities, as well as World War I mobilization in this hometown.The following description was provided by the seller:"... writes about going to the Orpheum to see the shows with dancers, attending a Burlesque show, getting drunk, attending a stag party, going to a "rough neck" dance and a masquerade dance, dances at the "Lakewood...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diary, 1823-1830, 1875, and loose papers 1813, 1831, and undated of Lydia H. Hart of Richmond, Virginia and later Walden, Orange County, New York. The diary was started by Lydia H. Hart, the wife of Reverend William H. Hart, who was the rector of St. John’s Church in Richmond, VA and later St. Andrews Church in Walden, New York. Diary entries include day-to-day activities and meetings with local neighbors and church patrons. These neighbors included Elizabeth Van Lew and her parents, whom...