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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 Tinker, in Miss Slater's room, was very good, 15 percent. Alice Robson came in for a little while afterwards to return my book and talk some. Went to the doctor for some medicine for my cold. read Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances by Mrs. Erving. Miss Eaton away over Sunday.

Monday Mar. 1 Came in like a lion. Very cold and windy. Went to Boston at 8 with Miss Andrews to Cooking School on Tennyson St. - to Japanese Village, and to Joseph Cook's Prelude and Questions - did a little shopping and came out at 2:15. Letter from Annie with a brief one from Pater. Began letter to Ethel. Prepared report on [[?Remsius']] Chemistry. Concert this evening by the Philomela Quartette (ladies) from Boston - went not I.

Tues. 2 Weather unabated - Qual. Class omitted - studied her at S.H. all the morning. Did not go to dinner, to prayermeeting (wh. Miss Cooley led) nor to faculty meeting this evening. Had some trouble about the Sun & Moon standing still - in Bible class.

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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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 2742px × 3882px 60.94 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_12_fl_276_001_156.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FQ0U

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