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Chenango County (N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Dibble, Diana Adelia Calkins diary, 1868

 File — Box 1
Scope and Contents Diana Adelia Calkins Dibble’s 1868 diary volume measures three inches by four and one-half inches, with three days for each page. Diana Adelia writes entries for each day of the week. She occupies most of her day with sewing and quilting, occasionally going to the village to purchase cloth and sewing supplies. She describes the weather and writes of her loneliness, not feeling well, and about corresponding with friends and family in Pennsylvania. She occasionally receives letters from home....
Dates: 1868

Mae E. Franklin diaries and friendship albums

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2019-002
Abstract

This collection contains seven diaries dating from 1901 to 1917 and one friendship album from 1897 to 1920 belonging to Mae E. Franklin. A second friendship album, from 1892 to 1920, belonged to Elmer Franklin, Mae’s husband. The Franklins resided in Preston, New York.

Dates: 1892 - 1920

Niles, Willard Smith diary, April - August 1832

 File — Box 1
Scope and Contents Diary of Willard Smith Niles for April through August 1832. Volume is a twenty-leaf unlined writing book published by Knowlton & Rice, Booksellers & Stationers, Watertown, New York. The front cover gives the title "Writing Book," beneath which is printed a woodcut vignette of military accoutrements. The border is of alternating bunches of grapes and roses, with two small houses and a tree at top center and two manicules at lower center. The back cover features a similar border with...
Dates: April - August 1832

Webb, Adelaide Davis diary, 1917

 File — Box 1
Identifier: BUSC-2020-002
Abstract

This collection contains one diary from 1917 belonging to Adelaide (Addie) Davis Webb of Sherburne, Chenango County, New York.

Dates: 1917

Anna E. Wilcox Family letters

 Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2001-001
Abstract This collection includes forty-five letters, primarily written to Anna E. Wilcox of Smyrna, Chenango County, New York by four of her male cousins while they were serving in the Civil War (William S. Pike, Emory Wilcox, Benjamin Leroy Pike, and John Pike). A small number of letters written from 1866 to 1868 are between other correspondents. The collection also includes several photographs of the authors. This collection has been digitized and is accessible from the ...
Dates: 1862 - 1868