Diary, 1863-1872.

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Diary, 1863-1872.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154270604

The majority of the entries date to the latter half of 1863 and concern the Civil War and Miss Foster's opinions about the righteousness of the Southern cause and the effect of the war on her home and on the local slaves. Postwar entries concern personal matters. The diary's inside covers are pasted with clippings of pro-Southern patriotic poetry. There is also a typescript of the entire text.

1 v. (40 p.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Foster, Kate

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Kate Adele Foster was born in 1881. She worked with the YWCA her whole life, starting a "Hostess House" in Beamsville, Ont., for the Flying Corps in 1917, and later becoming president of the Y in Woodstock, Ont. After the First World War, she became interested in helping immigrant girls arriving in Canada. In 1933, after a second meeting of the Conference of Nationality was held in Toronto by the YWCA, the Council of Friendship was formed, with Foster as its secretary. The Council was set up to ...