Reed, Louise Adams, b. 1890.Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library15 items (.8 lin. ft.)Collection (02-288) comprises 15 manuscript diaries detailing Reed's life on Martha's Vineyard. The diaries chronicle Reed's daily activities, including school attendance and homework, church-related events, outdoor recreation, games, and chores; various trips to the mainland; and the interaction of a large network of friends and neighbors. Also documented, among other phenomena, are the advent/increasing use of cars and other technology on the island, and the social implications of those changes.Contact InformationCatalog Record
Branch, Mary Cook.Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library1 v.Personal diary, including comments on sermons and a trip to Williamsburg, Va.Contact InformationCatalog Record
Clark, C. P.Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library1 v.Diary of a Hartford County, Conn., farmer with almost daily one-line entries concerning farm activities.Contact InformationCatalog Record
Bellune, J. T.Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library1 v. (110 p.)Diary giving weather conditions, amounts of wood sold, and comments on planting.Contact InformationCatalog Record
Slayback, Alonzo William, 1879-1969.Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library2 items (0.1 lin. ft.)The collection includes two diaries kept by Alonzo William Slayback from 1898 to 1901. The first diary consists of 17 double-sided pages of "remarks" fastened with a metal brad to several small slips of paper that serve as an index. The 43 numbered remarks, which range in date from October 20, 1898, to August 19, 1899, and undated, describe Slayback's conversations, encounters, and dates with several different women. The second diary, a small account book from the Merchant's National Bank of St. Louis, contains 42 pages of "letters" addressed to V, Veda, or Olga; the woman Slayback loved whose fickleness elicited passionate and conflicted feelings in him. Eighteen letters are dated from December 4, 1899, to November 16, 1901. Together, the diaries provide insight into dating and courtship in St. Louis, Mo., at the end of the 19th century.Contact InformationRelated MaterialCatalog Record
Gaskins, W. B.Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library1 v.Diary of a Federal soldier, describing skirmishes with the "rebels," food of soldiers, etc. The diary was found on the battlefield of Perryville, Ky., 1863.Contact InformationCatalog Record
Barrows, David, b. 1830.Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library265 items.Letters, diaries, and miscellaneous papers documenting the business enterprises and family life of a young Englishman who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1842. Ten diaries (1850-1853) present a detailed account of hosiery manufacture as a family enterprise in which both men and women participated. Community events in Nicetown, Pa., were described as well. Diaries also document the relationship between Barrow and his alcoholic father who was sometimes physically abusive to family members. The author described his efforts to attain financial independence and to create a new life for himself and his wife. Letters from Ann Rusby, a teacher, and diary entries by Barrows, reveal much about their courtship, their sexual relationship and their secret marriage. Letters to and from family members in England depict the contrast in living and working conditions between the two countries. The collection includes an assortment of envelopes arranged by method of sealing.Contact InformationCatalog Record
Clark, C. P.Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library1 v.Diary of a Hartford County, Conn., farmer with almost daily one-line entries concerning farm activities.Contact InformationCatalog Record
Branch, Mary Cook.Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library1 v.Personal diary, including comments on sermons and a trip to Williamsburg, Va.Contact InformationCatalog Record
Young, Julia Nash.Duke University - David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library1 v. (42 p.)Journal, chiefly 1832, of Julia Nash Young, probably of Baton Rouge, La. Contains comments on local social life, marriage, religion, etc.Contact InformationCatalog Record
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