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Marion Metcalf diary, 1883-1889

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Open book Marion Metcalf diary, 1883-1889

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 Wrote letter to Annie-
village in the evening- Edith Wilkinson
brought her baby sister to see me
just before dinner. Letter from Annie.

Saturday Jan 24 A very busy day. Classes at 9:50
10:55, 1:30 (oxygen experiments)
and 4:00 (chlorine experiments) -
Mr. Root appears to have come in vain
to see me at sometime this afternoon-
and left a nice book. I did not go to
dinner- the 10X1 Club met here this
evening and read "Laddie"- while
making pillowcases.
Snow, followed by rain-
Ethel Stanwood went home, sick-

Sunday Jan. 25 Did not get up to breakfast- felt ray-
-ther slim all day- Went not to
church, only to section meeting at
Stone Hall in the evening- Jo [?]ass
came to see me before dinner, as al-
-so did Amelia Hall and Nellie
Pendleton - and Elizabeth Eliza-
Read Missionary Herald in P.M.

Monday, Jan. 26. Mended clothes- wrote to Dora Freeman,
Mr. Root, Pater + Nettie. Went to Reception

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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 2662px × 3902px 59.47 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_12_fl_276_001_016.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FPT2

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