Diary (New York State) 1890

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
Fax: (757) 221-5440

Summary

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

Background

Scope and content:

Diary, 1890, of an unidentified woman, who lived in upstate New York with her husband, a teacher and her family. The back of the volume contains household accounts of money earned and spent, as well as a brief list of books read.The daily diary entries are brief and record weather, her and her husband's chores and work, illnesses births and deaths in the community.The following listing of place names and personal names mentioned in the diary was provide by the seller:"Palmer's Falls, Sandy Hill, Round Lake. Emma Savage, Fred Comstock, Willard Read."

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 11/04/2009.
Physical description:
1 volume.