Idora Z. Smith Guthrie diaries 1871-1937

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Idora Z. Smith Guthrie diaries 1871-1937

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv15053

This collection consists of diaries (1877-1937) kept by Idora Guthrie describing her daily life, family, activities, teaching career, mining and homesteading experiences, sales career, etc. Also included are two unidentified diaries (1871-1872), and miscellaneous clippings.

3 linear feet of shelf space

eng,

Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6366583

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Guthrie, Idora Z. Smith, 1865-1937

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Idora Smith, born August 25, 1865, was the eldest child of N.D. Smith, a farmer in Union Valley, Cortland County, New York. Other children in the family included Idora's brothers Clayton (b. 1873) and Warner (b. 1886), and sister, Rita, (b. 1887). In 1877 Idora wrote her first diary. That year she attended school on an irregular basis, as winter weather permitted and for three months in late summer. Her church attendance was on a regular basis; twice on Sundays and for special event...