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Williams, Caroline, fl. 1899-1904. Diaries [manuscript].

Title: Diaries [manuscript].

Diaries for 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1904. Entries are confined to details about the weather, farming, domestic matters, and trips to Dromana and Rye.

ArchivalResource: 7 cm.

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Williams, Caroline, b. 1832. A journal kept by Caroline Williams : typescript, Gold Flat 1858-1864.

Title: A journal kept by Caroline Williams : typescript, Gold Flat 1858-1864.

Carrie Williams began her diary in November 1858 in Gold Flat, Nevada County and wrote in it regularly for six months with sporadic entries thereafter. Her entries describe in detail her days spent doing chores about the house, taking in sewing, and caring for her son. Leisure activities, including visiting with neighbors and family, reading, an Odd Fellows ball, a Sunday school pageant, and holiday celebrations, are also described. Williams also mentions attending meetings of the local Temperance Society. Carrie's husband, Wallace, worked as a miner and spent most evenings playing the cornet in the Union Brass Band. Accompanied by a typed transcript.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (142 p.)

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Women in California microfilm set, 1849-1914, [microform].

Title: Women in California microfilm set, 1849-1914, [microform].

Letters, diaries, and other manuscripts written by women who were early settlers in California. Includes: Mary M. Allen: Letter to Mrs. Marianne P. Longfellow (WA MSS S-1207 A154), Dorcas Andrews: Letter to Sarah W. Dell (WA MSS S-1640 An26), Mary Bean Simonds Ballou: Voyage to California (WA MSS S-681), Julia A. C. Bourne: Letter (WA MSS S-736 B667), Mary E. Clark: Daily Journal (WA MSS S-1267), Betsy Gordon: Letter to Her Father (WA MSS S-726 G653), Martha Lawrence: Letter to her Aunt and Uncle (in WA MSS S-1670 L436), Leffingwell Family Letters (WA MSS 299), Nancy M. Curry Lewis: Letter to her Daughter Fannie (WA MSS S730 L588), Kate Lynch: Letter to her Brother (WA MSS S-1252 L98), and Abby T. Leighton Mansur: Correspondence (WA MSS S-1258). Also: Jerusha Deming Merrill: Letters (WA MSS S-789 M552) and California Letters (WA MSS S-1114 M552), Helen Nye: Letters (WA MSS S-725 N9835), Ella Pearson: Diary (WA MSS S-1430), Lucetta Dennis Rogers: California Letters (WA MSS S-731 R632), Emily Slater: Letter to Dear Daughter Adeline (WA MSS S-785 S115), Mary S. D. Smith: Letters of a Voyage to California in 1853-1854 (WA MSS S-798 Sm62), Reminiscences of Mrs. E. A. Van Court (WA MSS S-1655 V279), and A Journal Kept by Caroline Williams (WA MSS S-1680).

ArchivalResource: 1 reel.

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Women in California microfilm set, 1849-1914, [microform].

Title: Women in California microfilm set, 1849-1914, [microform].

Letters, diaries, and other manuscripts written by women who were early settlers in California. Also: Jerusha Deming Merrill: Letters (WA MSS S-789 M552) and California Letters (WA MSS S-1114 M552), Helen Nye: Letters (WA MSS S-725 N9835), Ella Pearson: Diary (WA MSS S-1430), Lucetta Dennis Rogers: California Letters (WA MSS S-731 R632), Emily Slater: Letter to Dear Daughter Adeline (WA MSS S-785 S115), Mary S. D. Smith: Letters of a Voyage to California in 1853-1854 (WA MSS S-798 Sm62), Reminiscences of Mrs. E. A. Van Court (WA MSS S-1655 V279), and A Journal Kept by Caroline Williams (WA MSS S-1680).

ArchivalResource: 1 reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702139917 View