Diary, 1882-1904 (inclusive).

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Diary, 1882-1904 (inclusive).

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The diary covers the period from February 9, 1882 to March 19, 1904. Recorded are details of daily life, particularly pioneer life and homesteading, hardships, farming conditions, weather reports, holidays, and trips of family and friends. There are longer passages on the deaths of her father, mother, and infant son, James. Included in the diary are genealogies of Frank's and Julia's families. Mentioned occasionally is L. Frank Baum, the author, who married Julia's sister Maud. The collection also includes two photographs of the Carpenter family.

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University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6944700

University of North Dakota, Chester Fritz Library

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Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection (Chester Fritz Library)

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Carpenter, Frank, 1860-1920

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Carpenter family.

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Carpenter, Julia Gage, 1851-1931

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Wife and mother who homesteaded in La Moure County, Dakota Territory, and was later a permanent resident of Fargo, North Dakota. Julia Louise Gage Carpenter (born May, 1851) was the daughter of Henry H. Gage and noted suffragette Matilda Joslyn Gage. She attended Syracuse University for two years before marrying James D. "Frank" Carpenter (born Aug. 1860) on February 9, 1882. The couple homesteaded in La Moure County, Dakota Territory, a few miles north of the Edgeley to...

Carpenter, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898.

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