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Marion Metcalf diary, 1883-1889

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Title Marion Metcalf diary, 1883-1889

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1883-1889

Place United States

Subjects Bowdoin College, Brothers and sisters, DuQuoin Coal Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company

Format Business records, Correspondence, Diaries, Genealogies, Invoices, Manuscripts, Personal narratives, Records

User-Contributed Transcription Misses Van Vleck, Pendelton and C.F. Roberts - Prayermeeting led by Miss Hodgkins -
Fri. Went not to meals - taught 9 oclock class & Bible Class - C.F.R. taught my 10:55 class - Letter from Anna R. Leadingham Announcement of "Harvard Summer School of Geology" -
Sat. 21 No classes - rested +c -
Sunday Went to church here at College - Dr. Gregg of Park St. Ch. Boston, preached - a very good sermon about building - 1Cor. 3:14.15. Went to Y.P.S.C.E. meeting in village - Section meeting in #111, led by Clara Emerson, on "Give us this day our daily bread." Very good -
Monday - Went to Natick in A.M. to try on dress & get that pressed over & trimmed - Led chapel - went to see Miss Shafer. Concert - went not - Carrie Soule & I looked over the extracts from Lizzie Root's letters & made selections from these for Class Memorial - Teaparty at Jennie Grant's in Newtonville. 3:39-7:21.
Tues. Classes in A.M. Made solutions for - Water Analysis. Dr. Tydie's Process - in P.M. - Went to Miss Shafer's room to meet Dr. & Mrs Chamberlain, of Sao Paulo, Brazil -
Wed. Made solutions +c. Gymnasium Exhibition in evening - Fire at Paint Mill - 9 of us - went to the Fire after the Gym. Ex - Misses Jackson,

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

Link to Catalog View finding aid | View record

Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 12 Folder 275-276

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2927px × 4444px 74.46 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_12_fl_276_002_064.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FQ6X

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