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Diary (Bowens Corners, New York)
Collection
Identifier: SC 00774
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1893, of an unknown member of the Kellogg family of Bowens Corners, New York. Includes details of their family, their tobacco farm, farming in general, visitors that they entertained, trips that they took, and other matters of daily life.
Dates:
1893
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
George W. Fetterman Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.498
Scope and Contents
Contains a sixty-year account of the life of George W. Fetterman, a western New York farmer. He started out as a laborer in Clarkson, NY, working for local farmers, including the Dennison, Garland, Garrison, Moore, Green, and King families. He later moved to Pendleton, NY, where he had a farm with his wife Eliza Prosser and daughter Dorothy. He frequently mentioned the nearby city of Lockport where he conducted business.The brief daily diary entries describe events of the day, chiefly work...
Dates:
1890-1950
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center