PUBLIC "-//College of William and Mary::Earl Gregg Swem Library::Special Collections//TEXT (US::ViW::viw00408:: Diary (Port Mills, Vt.), 1881-1881)//EN" "viw00408.xml" Inventory of the Diary (Port Mills, Vt.) 1881-1881 Diary, 1881 Mss. Acc. 2009.358 Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary © 2012 By the College of William and Mary. All rights reserved.

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Finding aid created by Ute Schechter, 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Diary (Port Mills, Vt.), 1881-1881 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2009.358

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Diary (Port Mills, Vt.) 1881 01/Mss. Acc. 2009.358 0.01 1 volume. The papers are in: English arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

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Diary (Port Mills, Vt.), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 08/18/2009.

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Accessioned and described in August 2009 by Ute Schechter.

 Scope and Contents

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.

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Genre/Form of Material: Diaries Detailed Description of the Collection Diary id59289 1881 1