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Women -- Personal narratives.

 Subject
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Carrie E. Stoey diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065449484]
Identifier: 4879
Scope and content

Diaries of a young woman from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1889-1892.

Julia Mack Riley reminiscences: Growing up in Cascadilla

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065184644]
Identifier: 47-2-1078
Scope and content

Reminiscences of Julia Mack Riley, entitled "Growing up in Cascadilla"; sections include "Through Cascadilla Windows With the Eyes of a Child," "Through Cascadilla Doors With the Feet of a Child," and "Northern Lights." Includes typescripts, some with revisions, and handwritten notes. Riley discusses Ithaca, New York and Cornell University, mainly between 1882-1893.

Dates: [ca. 1950-1962]

Maria Mansfield White papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 601
Scope and content

Composition and entry book (1825-28) and Castle Hall Seminary notebook (1827-36) of Maria Mansfield; also, Maria Mansfield White's journal of a trip to Florida (1868-69).

Dates: 1825-1869.

Moore family papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065173738]
Identifier: 303
Scope and content Deeds, wills, and other papers of William, Ezekiel, and Thomas Moore, Londonderry County, Ireland (1751-1820); correspondence, legal papers, rent lists, and accounts for Brooklyn properties (1827-1871, 1897); inventories of real and personal property and other documents of Thomas C. Moore of Williamsburg, Kings County; and recollections of the wife of an aide to General Jacob Brown of Lafayette, President Monroe, Mrs. Monroe, Mrs. John Quincy Adams, Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and other...
Dates: 1751-1939.

Priscilla Ferry reminiscences

 Collection — Manuscript box 8 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065267241]
Identifier: 1-1-20
Scope and content

Includes "Grandpa White and His Wonderful House," a six page transcript of Ferry's recollections of Andrew Dickson White and his house on the Cornell campus; also, a six page typescript of an interview with Ferry conducted by Edith M. Fox, 1957.

Dates: 1957.

Sarah Jones reminiscences

 Collection — Manuscript box 22 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065244414]
Identifier: 319
Scope and content

Handwritten description (9 pp.) of Sarah Jones' life in Madison County, New York; Minnesota; and the Dakota Territory. Also, a 20 pp. typescript copy.

Dates: n.d.