Kirby, Georgiana Bruce, 1818-1887
Variant namesOriginally from Bristol, England, Kirby re-located in Santa Cruz to join Eliza Farnham, with whom she worked as an assistant warden at Sing Sing Women's Prison. Her book, Years of experience (1886), describes her life before Santa Cruz.
From the description of Georgiana Kirby diary : typed transcript, [undated]. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122558991
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| creatorOf | Kirby, Georgiana Bruce, 1818-1887. Georgiana Kirby diary : typed transcript, [undated]. | California historical society | |
| referencedIn | Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897. Papers of Charles A. Dana manuscript], 1844-1895. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Susan Groag Bell's, An Annotated bibliography of British Women's autobiographies, 1790-1950 :, research and reference materials, 1986-1998 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Laura Gordon papers, [ca. 1852-1882] | Bancroft Library | |
| referencedIn | Giffen, Helen S. (Helen Smith), 1893-. Helen S. Giffen papers, circa 1980-1989. | University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC |
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| associatedWith | Bell, Susan G. | person |
| associatedWith | Bell, Susan Groag | person |
| associatedWith | Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897. | person |
| associatedWith | Giffen, Helen S. (Helen Smith), 1893- | person |
| correspondedWith | Gordon, Laura de Force, 1838-1907 | person |
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| California--Santa Cruz County |
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Birth 1818
Death 1887
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