Women's Diaries Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of two diaries. The first diary’s author is Miss Gray. She described her travel through the Midwest with stops in Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota, St. Louis, and Kentucky in September through October 1859.
The second diary is another travel diary. Louisa Stone kept this diary in 1842-1843 during her travels from Wiscasset, Maine to Nacoochee, Georgia.
Dates
- Creation: 1842-1859
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is under the rules and regulations of the Walter Havighurst Special Collections and University Archives, Miami University Libraries. The Walter Havighurst Special Collections and University Archives, Miami University Libraries, owns the property rights to this collection. Learn more about our policy here: https://spec.lib.miamioh.edu/home/permission/
Extent
1 Boxes
2 Items
.21 Linear Feet (1 container)
2 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is divided into sections by the author’s surname. In these sections, the materials are arranged by type, then in chronological order.
Miss Gray
Series I: Diary
Stone, Louisa
Series I: Diary
Custodial History
Custodial history of the items in the collection is not available.
Accruals
More materials are expected to be acquired for this collection.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2021/12/22 by Tiffany Dogan. Finding Aid completed 2022/1/11 by Tiffany Dogan.
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Georgia
- Illinois--Chicago
- Kentucky
- Maine--Wiscasset
- Massachusetts--Boston
- Minnesota
- Missouri--Saint Louis
- Wisconsin
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Women's Diaries Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Tiffany Dogan
- Date
- 2022/1/12
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Walter Havighurst Special Collections Finding Aids Repository