Livingston and Onondaga County woman's diary
Scope and content
The diary contains information about regular activities including attending church services, dedications of churches, ordination ceremonies, Sabbath School classes, lectures, occasional temperance meetings, and weddings. The diary also served as an outlet for her personal feelings.
Dates
- 1838-1842.
Biographical / Historical
The woman who wrote this diary was born on March 4, 1816, and was 23 when she began making entries. She attended the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary before she began the diary. During the four year span of the diary, she lived in Lima, Avon, and Syracuse (Livingston County and Onondaga County). She taught from November 1838-April 1839 and from November 1840 to April 1841, and May 1841 to October 1841 in Syracuse.
Extent
1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)
Language of Materials
English
- Avon (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Diaries
- Lima (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Lima (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Livingston County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Livingston County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Onondaga County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Women -- New York (State) -- Diaries.
- Women -- New York (State) -- Religious life.
- Women teachers -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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