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EMMA L KITCHELL [nee REYNOLDS]Biblio.com

1863 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NEW JERSEY CIVIL WAR HOMEFRONT DIARY OF A 29 YR OLD WOMAN HOPING TO BE A BETTER CHRISTIAN IN THE NEW YEAR

MRS HAROLD MILLERBiblio.com

1935 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN ENGLISH WOMAN MOVING TO RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL ONLY TO BE WITNESS TO THE START AND END OF THE GRAF ZEPPELIN REVOLUTION

19350001167RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL. Very Good. 1935. Leather. On offer is an original manuscript diary dated 1935 beginning August 17th when the author sets off on the SS American Legion with her husband Harold. Research suggests her husband's last name is Miller as she identifies 'Mother Miller' as one of the well wishers when they board the ship. Her birthday is celebrated the very next day aboard ship. She begins to study Portuguese in earnest. In Rio they stay at the 'Gloria'; she reports that everything is very queer and she is scared to death; the language is impossible; lovely descriptions of Rio de Janeiro; going to Coco Casino; the mountains. After a break of 3 weeks she begins detailed entries of her new domestic and social life in Brazil. Historians and collectors of the history of Brazil will recognize 1935 as a very interesting year given the attempted November revolution known as the 'Graf Zeppelin Revolution'. Our writer makes notes and some little commentary regarding the beginnings and ending of the rebellion. Our author does a super job recording the names of her visitors hosts and companions and the many names include; the Vidals Miss Coehlo the Davies the Shofners the Pratts Mrs. Towill the Redferns of Detroit Mrs. Redford Mrs. Oldbergh Mrs. Burr the Banfills and many many more. This leather bound 1935 Bell Telephone French diary in English is about 1/3 filled with hand written entries 4.25 x 2.5 inches overall G.; Manuscript; 64mo - up to 3" tall; LATIN AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA BRAZIL PORTUGUESE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES . hardcover

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MRS HENTSCHKEBiblio.com

1916 HANDWRITTEN WORLD WAR I HOMEFRONT DIARY OF A GERMAN WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES FIGHTING GERMANY

19160001024RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIA CA. Good. 1916. On offer is an original handwritten manuscript being a 1916 World War I diary of about 90 pages of which half are expense entries and the other half are the many intriguing writings of a cultured intelligent but 'troubled' woman including a list of books to read one highlighted book is about the traits of the German Kaiser and Kaiserina lists of lady friends a list of 'Worries' gifts for her new baby instructions to herself to write an essay using people she admires and then there are the notations that occasionally litter book such as the following: "April 18th Can I ever learn to follow that small voice that is always right. This morning I heard it faintly say don't phone Miss Celchin until you have spoken to Miss Eachus. I disregarded it and was very sorry the instant I saw Miss Eachus. What good did it do me to buy a lunch downtown today.Read this over learn a lesson if possible." A close reading suggests the author is a young woman whose husband is Armin C. Hentschke a Private in the 364th Infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces. Her father perhaps her grandfather resides in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania but she notes her mother has just returned from a trip to San Francisco and research suggests the woman lives near her in Riverside California. This is confirmed given the 364th Infantry was made up almost exclusively of recruits from Southern California. She appears to be of German background spelling cinema with a 'k' and she has an older son named Hans who troubles her and certainly of European background referring to her parents as Mama and Papa. The address section has names and friends from many many different places in the USA and even in Canada. Measures about 4" x 7" and overall G. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; AEF HOMEFRONT WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES SUFFRAGE WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR ONE WWI THE GREAT WAR AMERICANA GERMAN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY BRITAIN BRITISH BRITISH EMPIRE RAF World War I WW I TRAVEL GERMANY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . unknown

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MRS N L TUDORBiblio.com

1887 - 1890 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND DIARY OF THE TUDOR FAMILY - FROM A LONG LINE OF PRIESTS VICARS DEACONS REVERENDS AND BISHOPS

1887000922BEDFORD BEDFORDSHIRE ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN. Good. 1887. On offer is an incredible intimate look into the life and times of The Tudor Family of Bedford Befordshire England. Though she always refers to herself as "self" there are numerous other references to identify the author of this detailed day by day account as Mrs. N. L. Tudor wife of E.T. Tudor research suggests they have a role in St. Paul's Cathedral mother to Mervyn Gwen and Howell and that they are family from a large family of vicars priests deacons and reverends. A casual reading notes priest-relatives in New Zealand and one very interesting entry is regarding a relative Hugh Aldersly Tudor as returning from the Medicine Hat Diocese of the Canadian North West Territories. A later note refers to a daughter born to the Canadian branch of Tudor's in Ottawa. Handwritten the journal dates from 1887-1890 and is an account of life at Bedford as it began for the Tudors who arrived at Bedford from Burnham Somerset on Thursday September 8th 1887. Where our author does not specify herself or her husband she excels in naming visitors friends and relatives and as such this diary will provide a wealth of genealogical information besides being a super look at the times. Also noted was her apparent delight in seeing a game of 'La Crosse' played in the common. This hardbound black note book 4vo both boards nearly detached most of spine missing at the end of each year covered a page is set aside for 'remarkable events in our family & friends during the year' and many clippings attached. A casual reading finds dozens of names for visitors friends and staff. Some drawings on both boards some newspaper cuttings stuck in some pressed leaves. Good save for the boards. ; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; MEDICINE HAT NWT NORTH WEST TERRITORIES RELIGION BAPTIST ANGLICAN EPISCOPALIAN BRITISH GREAT BRITAIN Hand Written Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph Travel personal Americanaantiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel GENEALOGY NEW ZEALAND LACROSSE . hardcover

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NOT IDENTIFIEDBiblio.com

1908 - 1911 ORIGINAL CHATTY MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY AN ERIE PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN WHO DOES A GREAT JOB DETAILING HER LIFE AND LOCAL EVENTS

19080008095ERIE PENNSYLVANIA. Fair. 1908. On offer is a chatty diary covering parts of 1908 1909 1910 and 1911. No one year is complete and entries often skip days or weeks. The front cover is missing and the back cover is only very loosely attached. The pages are sewn together. The righting is clear and legible. The writer lives in Erie PA an industrial manufacturing city that was a key link in the iron and steel industry on the Great Lakes. From context the writer appears to be a woman living with her husband and family. Her second entry notes the arrival of the 8 hour work day for telegraphers. The tone is chatty and entries include references to business personal and social life events: "The Erie strike has been declared settled and this is the day the old machinists were to return to work but none of them did. Dr. Burdette's class met tonight. Paul Huff has been taking treatment for increasing his speed in running a typewriter. This is Shrove Tues. Pancake social at Christ Church parish house this evening" Mar 3 1908. The entry for Saturday Nov 20th 1909 is typical of the talkative stream-of consciousness style of writing employed: "This was a fair day but not much sunshine. Didn't work this afternoon but Charlie and Lewie went back. In the afternoon I did a little varnishing work . using FW Devoe and Co's Oil Dark Oak Stain . the gasman came and read the meter .Esther went to the matinee of the Chicago Stock 'Genesee of the Hills' . Ma got a new hat today . we had cornmeal pancakes for supper . there were no turkeys on sale at the market . Dr. William H Crawford president of Allegheny College arrived from Europe this morning to straighten out the financial affairs of the College . Mr. Crawford will return to Rome in a short while to join his family who are spending the winter in that city . James Braggs was promoted from assistant baggagemaster to baggagemaster at the Erie station .the annual bazaar of Zion Church was held . mother and Mrs. Huff went to this sale and bought some german cookies ." Nov 20 1909. And so it goes. Factual event thoughts and gossip fill the pages: "The engagement of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to Elinor Alexander of New York was announced several days ago. Mrs. Roosevelt has left for Africa with her daughter to meet her husband and return with him to the United States. ." Feb 15 1910. "Over half of the employees of the Pennsylvania Rapid Transit Co of that city have gone out on strike and several small riots occurred . " Feb 21. The entries end as abruptly as they began with an entry in July 1911: "Mrs Glancy made her usual appearance this morning. The price or cotton and cotton fabric has risen considerable of late and the reason is that a cotton trust has been originated" July 10 1911. A social historian would find this an interesting collection of facts and bits of corroborative information for life in this small Great Lakes industrial city in the years before WWI.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ERIE PA INDUSTRIAL STRIFE IN PRE-WWI AMERICA PENNSYLVANIA ERIE COUNTY NORTH-EAST 20TH CENTURY 1900s 1910s PROGRESSIVE ERA ERIE RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1908 PENNSYLVANIA RAPID TRANSIT CO EARLY 20TH CENTURY WOMEN AND HOUSEWORK IN 1900S ECONOMY OF THE GREAT LAKES AREA IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICA ERIE COUNTY SOCIAL HISTORY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

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Orsment WoodberryBiblio.com

1867 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST CIVIL WAR DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WELL TO DO BUILDER LIVING IN THE WINTER HILL AREA OF SOMERVILLE MASSACHUSETTS

18670001764WINTER HILL MASSACHUSETTS SOMERVILLE MA. Good with no dust jacket. 1867. Full-Leather. On offer is a very interesting post-Civil-War-era manuscript diary handwritten by Orsment Woodberry in Somerville Massachusetts just outside Boston. Woodberry was a carpenter/builder who wrote daily in this diary starting on May 1 1867 and ending on May 11th 1869. At the time of writing he lived on Central Street in the Somerville neighborhood of Winter Hill. Woodberry was married to Miriam Johnson Woodberry daughter of Philip Johnson of Newburyport MA. They celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary on September 20th 1867 and his diary entry that day includes the names of many of the people who were there to celebrate. Included are his sister Charlotte and his Aunt Sally M. Sargent for whom he ends up building a house. The diary mentions two homes owned by Woodberrys family on Federal Street in Newberryport. The address recorded is 24th Federal Street. Here are some snippets: 1867 "May 9th & 10th Pleasant. Got the deed from Currier and all signed. Saw Gallagher and settled about the house he is to go in on 15th. Paid for fixing pump. Afternoon made rounds with Mr. Pierce and freelanced to see about selling houses and took a look at the city. Got all ready to go home to SomervillePleasant. At 9 ½ left with Charlotte for Boston 10 A. M train in E. RR. Home at Winter Hill. To dinner 1 P. M. Found Merriam no better. Potatoes planted. Looked around things." "September 20th Pleasant. Digging potatoes. The family getting ready to celebrate our 25th anniversary or Silver Wedding. Eliza Agnes came up from N. Port. Eve all the following were present. Mrs. Philip Johnson Sally M. Sargent Charlotte W. Symons Philip Johnson and wife Fred W. Johnson and wife and son Walter. Charlotte E. Johnson C. Woodberry M. Woodberry P. O. Woodberry and wife N. Y. Woodberry Eliza A. Woodberry Charles A. Davis and William H. Woodberry. 18 in all. Had a pleasant time and valuable presents. We were remembered by all that were here and some that could not be present. We left before 12 M." "December 6th Pleasant but cold. Miss Crosby came up to pass the day. Went up to the auction of Miss A. Tuft's old house and contents. Then went and saw the new chapel building by Oakman. Found Mrs. Reid here to see sister Agnes from the city. Some little snow and rain fell in the afternoon. Mr. Crosby and wife called and took Alice down to East Somerville with them. Eve some rain with high wind from south. Boys have a fine time. Two of the Hanson boys here and E. Mainard came over." 1868: "February 4th & 5th Pleasant and more mild. About the house all day. Deed came for Charlotte to sign of the two houses on Federal Street. Sold to Dr. Gale for 4500 dollars. This is all the real estate of M. Symons. Sale is law. Pleasant and milder but still cold. About the house. Bill of Administration came for the signature of C. W. Symons. Signed and returned. Eve tea party at Mr. Stickney's and Agnes went. Paid Brook's bill of lumber. 8 P. M. Snowing." "February 16th Pleasant rather cool. Barker came. Brown bread and beans for breakfast. Folks off to Sunday school. E. Agnes and Alice to church. Afternoon Nick Alice and E. Agnes went over to Phillip's and spent the afternoon. Eve folks off to lecture. Heard a crazy ridicule on Woman's rights and kindred themes." "April 11th Pleasant after the snow storm. Boys shoveling off and making paths. Nick left for the city. Charley at work. Have to keep house. Eve snow has gone. Much today. Gov. Chamberlain gave lecture at the hall tonight. Bad walking but the folks attended in good numbers." "May 16th Cloudy and dull. Had Dennis ½ day to put down sods. Sturgis went into the city. Sarah came out to see us. Went in at 1 ½ by horse cars. Sturgis out home at 1 P. M. Sort of pleasant. Bad east wind. Mr. Wood came out said the impeachers had failed to depart the President." "August 6th Building his Aunt Sally's house Cloudy. Dennis Martin and Mike Downy on the cellar. John Downey taking away dirt all day. Meserve putting down frames together. Charley sick. At noon Meserve went to Framing. Charley and Sturgis helping Pollard. Brought 4 loads of stones today. Miriam and sister Charlotte went into the city to shop and made calls out by 5 ½ train. Sister Agnes came up from her visit to Salem. Sturgis primed window and door frames. Fred painting house. 2nd coat. Light sprinkle of rain." This diary offers a wealth of information by way of names listed in so many of the entries. Numerous names are mentioned including Hunt Gray Johnson Gilman Thomas Gallagher Currier E. L. Weeks Esq. Pierce C. Hubbs Kitty Eldridge Alice Crosby E. Haskell Sampson Sawyer Bowen Austin Dr. Hemingway Cudworth Captain Adams John Richison Sarah Woodberry and so many more. Orsment Woodberrys name does not appear in the diary but it is possible to deduce his identity thanks to the large number of relatives discussed in the diary. The full-leather diary measures about 4 inches by 6.5 inches. Although the cover is worn and a bit stained the pages and binding look great. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 4" x 6.5"; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF POST CIVIL WAR BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS RECONSTRUCTION ERA CARPENTER BUILDER FEDERAL ST. WINTER HILL SOMERVILLE SYMONDS SALLY M. SARGENT 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL AMERICANA . hardcover

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RUTH CLARKBiblio.com

1935 - 1940 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES 2 HANDWRITTEN BY VERY YOUNG DETROIT MICHIGAN GIRL SOON TO BE STUDYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN ANN ARBOR

19350001810DETROIT MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR MI. Good. 1935. On offer is an interesting pair 2 of original manuscript diaries handwritten by a young Detroit Michigan girl named Ruth Clark. A casual reading finds she was related to Abraham Clark who signed the Declaration of Independence. In the first diary a five year book covering 1935 to 1939 Ruth 13 years old at the start does a super job of detailing her life and times as a high school student and then in the second book dated September 1939 to September 1940 she attends the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She writes of the politics university affairs dates getting "the curse" Coke dates seeing all the movies of the time like Gone With The Wind the cost of things back then which is fascinating in it's own right. She attended a speech by Eleanor Roosevelt another by the Arch Duke talks Michigan football when season tickets were $3.00! She listens to the Victrola goes home to Detroit on weekends by train just a great peek into her life during the glorious 1930's. She has some code language she uses which no doubt has something to do with her dates. Adding further depth are a number of ephemeral items like ticket stubs notes etc. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF RUTH CLARK ABRAHAM CLARK UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DETROIT MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR ELEANOR ROOSEVELT GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES PRE WORLD WAR II ERA WWII DEPRESSION ERA AMERICANA NEGRO GENDER STUDIES EARLY 20TH CENTURY LIFE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

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UNKNOWNBiblio.com

1864 - 1865 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK OF A COMMERCIAL VESSEL THE 'SCHOONER NAPOLEON' PLYING IT'S TRADE FROM THE UNION NORTH TO THE CONFEDERATE SOUTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR

18640002285ABOARD THE SCHOONER NAPOLEON. Good. 1864. On offer is a super original Civil War era ship's log book of the Schooner Napoleon handwritten by an unknown author likely the First Mate given the statistical details provided and all manner of important details to the ship's record: weather conditions loading and unloading of all manner of cargo including cattle and even contact by gunboats seeking individuals who might be on board. Dated February 5 1864 the journal runs well into 1865. We learn that the ship Master's were Edward Soher who was then replaced by E. Nichols. The schooner went up and down the East Coast from New Haven Connecticut to Cape Hatteras North Carolina making several stops at Jersey City. Given the War was still on and they plied there trade from the Union North to the Confederate South it would not have been extraordinary for a commercial vessel to be boarded for deserters or runaways. The ½ leather oblong 4to has blue boards with paper label on front panel marbled edges and the leather is worn and frayed at the spine edges. The front hinge held by single band of fabric and the text block is pulling away but the interiors are much better. Overall G.; Manuscript; 9 X 12 IN. OBLONG; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NAVY NAVAL MARINER SEAMAN TARS NAUTICAL MARINE SAILORS OCEAN GOING COMMERCE SAILING SEAMANSHIP CIVIL WAR ERA THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER SCHOONER NAPOLEON EAST COAST TRADE ROUTES NEW HAVEN CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA EDWARD SOHER E. NICHOLS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . hardcover

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UNKNOWNBiblio.com

1876 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG NEAR PHILADELPHIA WOMAN IN THE YEAR OF AMERICA'S CENTENARY

18760008152Collegeville Pennsylvania. Good. 1876. On offer is a small diary kept by a teacher in the centennial year of the United States. Measuring 3 1/2 inches by 2 1/2 inches the leather bound diary contains about 400 pages and is about 90% complete. The handwriting is legible and the book is in good condition. The writer is unknown. She is a teacher living away from home. Context clues suggest she lives and works in the area immediately west of Philadelphia PA. quite likely Collegeville PA. ref.: Sept 7. The students few as they are live at the school. Much of her entries make a brief comment on what is happening at her school and the letters she writes or receives. "Took the young ladies to the creek to skate before school. They enjoyed it so much they insisted on going again after dinner. We went down Miss C accompanying us. Feel somewhat the worse for our efforts at skating" Jan 15; ". Was surprised and delighted to receive a lovely letter from my friend Sally to whom I had not written for nearly two years. Sent me a lovely tie she is a dear good girl. Received a letter also from ." Jan 19. Like many small private schools enrolment was always a challenge: "Rained and I was sorry Mary had to go home but there seemed no alternative. Had a note from her saying she was very wet when she reached home. We had several new day scholars added to our slender number" April 3. On May 17th she refers to an opportunity to write a Teacher's Examination which suggests that she is not yet licensed. On June 1st she references a parade that she attended in Philadelphia which helps confirm her location and time: "A most delightful cool day. Had went to the city to witness the parade of the Knights Templar pronounces it the finest sight of its kind ever witnessed Received letter from C saying that the little daughter's name is Mabel Lois. I am greatly pleased. Wrote to Mary C" June 1. This small book is a fine record of the events in the daily life of a young woman at the centennial of the United States. Its details give a very good window into what life was like for a young unattached woman as she was beginning to make her own way in the world. A social historian or researcher into gender studies would find this an excellent reference work.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES; 19TH CENTURY; 1870s; GILDED AGE; EDUCATION IN POST CIVIL WAR AMERICA TEACHING IN RURAL PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA; COLLEGEVILLE PA; MONTGOMERY COUNTY; WOMEN'S EDUCATION IN THE 19TH CENTURY; FEMALE TEACHERS; WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY; WOMEN'S SOCIAL LIFE IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY; WOMEN'S STUDIES; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover

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Arthur Osgood PhinneyBiblio.com

1938 in Depth Work Log Book of Episcopal Reverend and Youth Leader Arthur O. Phinney on Running Youth Programs Church Recruitment and More

19380012229Watertown MA. Good with no dust jacket. 1938. Softcover. On offer is a notebook used to record notes on his work kept by the National Director of a large Episcopal church-based youth program in the mid-20th century. The notebook belonged to the Reverend Arthur Osgood Phinney 1892-1978. Phinney was an Episcopal Archdeacon and National Executive Secretary of youth programs within the church running camps and conferences. He also traveled frequently to the 80 dioceses across the USA promoting new methods of Christian education. Prior to his work in the church Phinney served in the US Army in France as an ambulance driver in the American Field Service. He married Lucile Flagg and together they had three boys: Frederick Arthur and William. At the time Phinney kept this notebook he was National Director of the Order of Sir Galahad having been elected in 1937 SEE NOTES ON THE ORDER OF SIR GALAHAD FOLLOWING LISTING. On the cover of the book Phinney has listed priorities related to his youth department: NY Leaders MeetingLecture forSchoolNational Galahad Conference June 9 10 11 1939. The notebook provides a comprehensive look at Phinneys work in the year 1938. It is not always linear as he clearly used this as a work journal. A large portion is devoted to his youth ministry as Director of the Order. It contains names addresses guidelines for various aspects of his ministry etc. He makes extensive notes about the projects he is working on for the youth programs for which he is executive secretary. Some topics he notes include Counsellor Training Provincial Officers Addresses Camp Directors Seminar Suggestions for Camp O-AT-KA 1939 Objectives of the Dept on Youth Divis of Mass. Wednesday Afternoon Conference notes about what the youth would be interested in and topics to cover Leadership Training Group What is Expected of Youth Members Outside of the Church Evaluation Charts Pamphlets Youth Rally and so much more. This journal is full of Phinneys notes about how to run youth programming in the year of 1938 looking toward a summer of youth camps in 1939. His notes are in-depth lay out expectations of the youth teaching plans plans for executive meetings and state the purpose of his ideas. It is clear from this book that Phinney was deeply devoted to helping young people be good Christians and this book demonstrates how he did this. This journal could be used by any organization to guide the development of successful courses and programs for youth. One small example is how he outlines a detailed curriculum for a Leadership Course for youth. While this section is many pages an excerpt is provided where he notes General Requirements For Christian Leaders: a Consecration to the task b Social adjustability c Some special skill d Some way of self-evaluation plus a method by which others may evaluate his work. The final eight pages of the notebook contain a lecture to Canvassers for the Church which he gave at The Church of the Good Shepherd in Watertown MA in 1938. He addresses people who go out from their parish into their communities to recruit or enroll members. He openly draws from sales ideas of his time a time that was well-known for door-to-door sales. For a social historian this notebook offers an excellent tool to compare principles of youth organizations in the 1930s with those of today. The challenges regarding youth were very different in 1938 but no less daunting. Of course one thing a social historian would note immediately is that there are no references to girls they were invisible. ABOUT THE ORDER: The Order of Sir Galahad was an organization for Anglican and Episcopal boys and men founded in Boston in 1896 by the Reverend Ernest J. Dennen. The Order's activities were structured around Galahad in Arthurian legend. It was a well-structured organization and its purpose was to reach boys at a time when the club idea loomed big in a boys mind. Its goal was to interpret religion to boys in the forms of recreation and other interests. Twelve years later to aid in that goal Dennen established a camp in rural Maine called Camp O-ATKA. Today 113 years later Camp O-AT-KA continues to flourish and is the oldest continuously-run residential summer camp for boys in the United States. It is located in Sebago ME. This notebook measures 8.0x5.0 inches and contains 122 pages. The notebook is about 80% complete. The covers are in very good condition and the spine is wire-coil bound. The pages are in good condition and the writing is legible. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 122 pages; Signed by Author . paperback

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Newell Moulton VarneyBiblio.com

1885 Diary of a Maine Farmer Ferrier and Carpenter Sick with a Respiratory Illness Working through the Pain and Travelling West for Relief That Would Not Come

18850011124Maine New England Usa Florida. Good with no dust jacket. 1885. Softcover. On offer is an outstanding chronicle of a year in the difficult life of a hardworking husband and father coping with a debilitating lung illness while trying to keep things going for his family. The author of the diary is Newell Moulton Varney 1831-1888. Varney was born in Tamworth New Hampshire and later moved to Sumner Maine. He was the son of Rueben H. Varney and Sophia F Moulton Varney In 1856 he was married to Lydia Cushman Bonney 1831-1922 and they raised a family of nine children though only eight survived infancy. Varney was a farmer a farrier and a carpenter. He worked his farm shod many many oxen and worked at constructing buildings and repairing equipment. Through it all his health was failing. He suffered from lung disease terribly and that is likely what caused his early demise in 1888. Varney was active in his community and often attended town meetings and was a member of the Grange a national farmers organization and secret society structured along the lines of the Masonic Order. Varney kept his diary every day from February 6 1885 to December 31 1885. Tipped into the diary is a letter dated May 1883 and some newspaper cut outs. Varney has noted his financial transactions from Feb to Dec of 1885 in detail at the back of the diary. There is also a funeral home receipt for one of Varneys children Lydia Jennie Heald who died in 1965 indicating that this diary likely came from her estate. Varneys diary depicts his lived experience in well-written detail: Clarra Bonney died this morning. Lydia is over there staid all day the travelling is bad. I worked in the shop a little today Feb 12. I have felt nearly sick all day my lungs are feeling very bad hard work to breath the weather cleared off some time in the night and blew a gale froze up hard blew all day. I have tried to boil sap today but it is a slow job on account of the wind. I have got all of the sap into the pails tonight at ten oclock. Cora and Jennie have been gone all day and have not got home yet the clock gone struck ten P. M. While I am writing W Robinson was here and took dinner today stoped two or three hours Apr 9. I sold my oxen today for one hundred and forty seven dollars to some men by the name of B went up to Bassetts and done 3/4 of a days work it is quite warm today two men here last night and their horse also the same men that bought the oxen I set one shoe on the oxen for them. I saw Asia Riokes up to Bassetts today Sept 4. "Mat and wife were here today. I am nearly used up today. Been spitting blood all day. My lungs are very sore." Nov 11. I carried the children to school and then went over to Ed Boukers and got 60 bricks that belonged to Ford built up the back of the sitting room chimney shod Charles Bonneys horse and mended his wagon spring Dr. Reid took dinner with us today Nov 25. By December his health had failed to the extent that he decided to travel south to see if the warmer climate would help him. His entries during the trip are detailed and paint a very vivid picture of his journey. He was not happy with what he found in the South. Some excerpts: I am waiting for Mat to come and take me to the depot to take the 9 o'clock train to bear me away from home and friends and all that I hold dear on this earth for the purpose of gaining my health in Florida if it is God's will. My heart is sad & can't help the tears from streaming down my cheeks. Got started and got to Portland at eight. Went over to boat and got state room. Went to bed but did not sleep. We started for Boston at night. Got soup and coffee and went up on Fulton St. And I was sick on the boat. Bisbee who went with him vomited some Dec 23. I am not well today. My lungs are feeling bad. Cough nearly as bad as when at home. My boarding place is a dirty place for a northern man. It will do for the southern element. The food is poor and half cooked at that. The tea and coffee muddy & the milk so thin that you could see through it is it was clean. I have travelled the city. Went all over to find a decent place within my means. Have found a room but have got to go out for my meals. I took my supper in a negro restaurant. It appears to be neat but the food is so different from home that it is hard work to eat it Dec 30. He returned home. Three years later Varney passed away of what was possibly tuberculosis. For a historian especially one researching rural life in America in the late 19th century this diary is an excellent window into that world. It is detailed and well-written. For a genealogist it offers many references to local people in this small closely-knit communityMeasuring 6x3.5 inches this diary contains 365 pages. It is about 87% complete. The cover shows some wear but is in otherwise good condition as is the binding and spine. The pages are in good condition as well and the handwriting is quite legible. Overall G. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages; Signed by Author . paperback

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1882 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A STUDENT/TEACHER IN WESTERN NEW YORK STATE UNDER THE THUMB OF A MEAN PRINCIPAL

1882000716Red Creek Clyde New York. Good. 1882. On offer is an 1882 handwritten manuscript diary once belonging to Minnie L. Caywood of Red Creek in Western New York State. On the face of it Minnie's life seems busy but simple and is detailed as such. Basic notations such as getting vaccinated; Minnie's great joy from receiving a valentine's card; her responsibilities as a student and job as a teacher; her part in the Literary Society; death of old schoolmate Clara Meade village of Clyde to name just a few. But then something terrible happens at the school. It is all the more uncomfortable as she boards and teaches. She is forgiven but others are not and the tension and stress creates a situation where the boys and girls are made to turn their backs if they meet in the halls or on the campus. For the most part we understand Professor Baker the principal is terribly mean and is the main conductor directing the investigation and punishment. He is also such a looming presence that there is almost a daily note until the summer regarding his distemper. "Prof. is mean today as usual.There is Prof. walking along the fence. O how I wish I had a stone.In the evening we all went to a concertProf. watched us quite carefully.Prof. gave the boys a fearful lecture for cutting the bell cord." A closer reading may very well reveal answers or even more mystery. Many names and details of travels in the area for supplies are recorded. Cover is in fair shape but the interior is quite good. ; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES DIARY DIARIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA NEW YORK EDUCATION BOARDING SCHOOL PRE SUFFRAGECAYWOOD RED CREEK CLYDE . hardcover

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