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Tennessee--Social life and customs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Diary (Tennessee)

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00947
Scope and Contents

Diary of an unidentified man, probably a preacher from the Wartrace, Tennessee area. Daily entries are mostly detailed. The writer seems to have moved around frequently, visiting different houses and communities. For excerpts, provided by the seller, see folder link below.

Dates: 1919

Nathan A. Eubank Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.598
Scope and Contents 4 diaries, 1925-1926, 1942-1943, and 1946-1947 of Nathan A. Eubank of Pulaski, Prospect, Nolensville and Nashville, Tennesse. According to information recorded in the 1925-1926 volume, Eubank began keeping diaries in 1923. He titled the 1925-1926 diary: "A record of my daily writings of things I learn know and see. Volume No. 3." The entries are often lengthy and include comments on weather, health, family, happenings in the community as well as opinions and statements on local, national and...
Dates: 1925-1946; Majority of material found in 1925-1926, 1942-1943, 1946-1947

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

Anna Taylor Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01043
Scope and Contents Diary, 1929, of Anna Bob Taylor, a teenager from Houston, Texas. Includes information about a trip taken to Europe, including stops in England, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands from June until August. Also includes information about her day at school, people with whom she meets, activities in which she participates, and her relationship with her mother. Events include dates on which she goes, going to the movies, and taking a trip to Chattanooga with other students....
Dates: 1929