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Kentucky--Social Life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Mrs. C. H. Morgan Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00725
Scope and Contents

Detailed diary, kept by Mrs. C.H. Morgan of Bristol, Tennessee,  and Sirocco, Kentucky, 1904-1914, detailing daily life, church activities, school commencement, a trip to the St. Louis Fair, and the death of one of her children in 1909.

Paper is very brittle and there are many loose pages.

Dates: 1904-1905, 1909-1914

William Sims Collection regarding Fugitive Slave Adam

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00683
Scope and Contents This collection contains three letters and a newspaper clipping regarding a fugitive slave named Adam that belonged to William Sims of Union County, South Carolina. The clipping, dated 1805 July 20, gives a description of Adam and offers a two hundred dollar reward for his caputure. The three letters describe the capture and release of Warren Hall whom Adam was last seen with. A transcription of the material found in this collection provided by the seller can be found in the Finding Aid/ Box...
Dates: 1805

Kate M. Walsh Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00709
Scope and Contents Diary, 1866-1891, of Kate M. Walsh, a teacher from Cambridge, New York. Walsh primarily teaches at the Caldwell Institute in Danville, Kentucky and in a suburb of Chicago. Entries include information about her job as a teacher, her interaction with other teachers and school officials, and with her students. There is also information about her Methodist faith, teaching Bible classes, her attendance at religious services, and her relationship with her sisters and other family members. She also...
Dates: 1866-1891