Description |
1 online resource (viii, 237 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
pt. 1. Growing up in Michigan : the diary of Adeline Graham -- pt. 2. Julia Graham's Kansas adventure : the diary of Julia Graham |
Summary |
The keeping of journals and diaries became an almost everyday pastime for many Americans in the nineteenth century. Adeline and Julia Graham, two young women from Berrien Springs, Michigan, were both drawn to this activity, writing about the daily events in their lives, as well as their ''grand adventures.'' These are fascinating, deeply personal accounts that provide an insight into the thoughts and motivation of two sisters who lived more than a century ago. Adeline began keeping a diary when she was sixteen, from mid-1880 through mid-1884; through it we see a young woman coming of age in t |
Notes |
Annotated diaries of two young sisters, Adeline and Julia Graham, written during their adolescent years growing up in Berrien Springs, Michigan in the 1880s. Also includes Julia's diary from the year she spent homesteading with three other young women on the Kansas frontier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Graham, Adeline, 1864-1934 -- Diaries
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Graham, Julia, 1862-1900 -- Diaries
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SUBJECT |
Graham, Adeline, 1864-1934 fast |
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Graham, Julia, 1862-1900 fast |
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Sisters -- Michigan -- Berrien Springs -- Diaries
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Young women -- Michigan -- Berrien Springs -- Diaries
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Michigan -- Berrien Springs
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- Greeley County
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Young women -- Kansas -- Greeley County -- Diaries
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Manners and customs
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Sisters
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Young women
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SUBJECT |
Berrien Springs (Mich.) -- Biography
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Berrien Springs (Mich.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
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Greeley County (Kan.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
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Kansas -- Greeley County
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Michigan -- Berrien Springs
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Diaries
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Graham, Julia, 1862-1900.
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Coryell, Janet L., 1955-
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Myers, Robert C
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LC no. |
99050969 |
ISBN |
9780870139048 |
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0870139045 |
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