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Child's Commonplace Book
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Co9
Scope and Contents
Commonplace book, 1802, of an unidentified child.
Dates:
1802
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Ella Lockwood Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00819
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1874 kept by a girl in southwest Albany, New York. Ella Lockwood was 11 when she started the diary, and turned 12 on 27 August, 1874. The entry for that day reads: "Miss Ella Lockwood's birthday today. 12 years old. Went to school today, didn't get whiped [sic] either." Her entries are brief and record the weather, school days, meals and family members' illnesses. She also records her chores, visitors to the house, work done by family members and other around the house,...
Dates:
1874
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Mother to Children Letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 01513
Scope and Contents
Letter to children expressing sadness about their illness.
Dates:
1870-1890
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Thomas Y. Pass correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SC 01784
Content Description
January 28, 1857 letter written by Thomas Y. Pass to Alan Womack asking for instructions on what he should do with the enslaved children Womack left at his house. Pass writes that he does not want the children without their mother, and he has had "trouble enough" with them.
Content warning for derogatory language directed towards children enslaved, allusions to child abuse, mentions of buying and selling humans.
Dates:
January 28, 1857
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center