Diary (Port Mills, Vt.) 1881

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Summary

Extent:
0.01
Creator:
arrangement
Language:
The papers are in: English

Background

Scope and content:

Diary, 1881, of a young woman of Port Mills, Orange County, Vermont, who seems to have earned her teaching certificate during the spring of 1881. At first she is not able to pursue her teaching profession since she has to take care of her ill mother. She describes learning the millinery trade to that end, but is able to accept a teaching position when her mother's condition improves.Diary entries describe work, visits home, socializing with friends, like playing games, drawing shadow pictures, attending exhibits, etc. as well as occurrences in the village, children in the neighborhood dying of diphtheria.For excerpts from the diary, provided by the seller, see finding aid link below.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 08/18/2009.
Physical description:
1 volume.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Diaries