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Florence Adams Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 01015
Scope and Contents
The daily diary of teenager Florence Adams from 1927-1930. She discusses her social and family life throughout. Some sample entries can be found in the folder description below.
Diary has a slight smell of perfume.
Dates:
1927-1931
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Katherine Hamilton Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00651
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1890-1897, of Katherine Hamilton of Shreveport, Louisiana. The first part of the diary details a trip that Hamilton took to Europe aboard the steamship Scythia, from June 1890 to September 1890. The next part of her diary details a trip that Hamilton took to New Orleans in December 1892. The rest of the diary includes very brief entries about particular days, including when she visited Chicago for the World's Fair in 1893.
Dates:
1890-1897
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Elizabeth P. Stone Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00738
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1901 of Elizabeth P. Stone of North Rose, Wayne County, N.Y. Daily entries describe household chores, social activities, and family life on a farm. The following description was provided by the seller: "Elizabeth lives in good circumstances on a farm with her mother and father and her brother. They have domestic livestock and land to cultivate. The diary gives a very full view of what life was like during this period. She is not a small child. She has daily or weekly...
Dates:
1901
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Claire Lillian Wight Diaries
Collection
Identifier: SC 00803
Scope and Contents
Two diaries, 1907-1908 kept by Claire Lilian Wight (b. 1894) of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Claire Wight was 13 years old when she began her first diary in 1907. Claire records daily activities such as school visits, reading, attending concerts, social and family activities, vacations, taking music lessons and playing tennis and going to the YWCA. Also included are two calling cards, one of Claire's and one of her uncle as well as a newspaper clipping for the "Tennessee Colored Jubilee Singers,"...
Dates:
1907-1908
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center