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Letters of a nineteenth century socialite.

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Photographs of Hudson P. Rose, his wife Molly Merrill Rose, their friends, their house at Alexandria Bay in the Thousand Islands, homes of their friends, social events, and a trip to India and Egypt.

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Indexed clipping scrapbooks and unmounted pamphlets and clippings used to illustrate talks Milhan gave during her 25 years in home demonstration work; subjects include the history of food, clothing, and various customs; persons active in home demonstration extension work; and the history of home economics.

Scope and content 2 ledger books which serve as Mary Ferguson's diary: 1) November 1855-December 12, 1870; 2) December 15, 1870-February 1881. The second also serves as a songbook and commonplace book. Diary entries begin after her marriage to Alexander Ferguson in 1854 and shortly after the birth of their first child. Although Mary Ferguson does not write daily, her concerns revolve around her family and community. She includes discussion of weddings, anniversaries, births, deaths, and funerals in the...

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A revealing personal diary of a young Midwestern woman coming of age in mid-1950's Hammond, Indiana, replete with frank writings on sexual experiences and domestic conflict, documented in some 30,000 words of original content, illustrated by original and occasionally mildly provocative snapshot photographs.