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Papers, 1844-1915.

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Caroline Barrett White kept an extraordinary diary for sixty-five years (12 May 1849 to 1 June 1914). Its pages provide a wealth of information, especially in terms of the social history of that era. Included in the earlier diaries are detailed accounts of her teaching career, which she referred to as "a thankless task"; visits with relatives and friends in neighboring towns; and her courtship and happy marriage. The entries record her observations of nature, her attitudes and moods, and her political opinions, which found their fullest expression during the Civil War era. As Francis became financially successful, Caroline began to record the daily activities of a comfortable Victorian housewife, such as the regimen of social calls, shopping trips to Boston, the trials and tribulations inherent in the hiring-and keeping-of servants (she bemoans her troubles with Irish "domestics"), attendance at plays and concerts, visits to dressmakers, house and garden renovations and redecoration, the purchase of furnishings and accessories, and, after 1856, the increasing responsibility of providing good care for her children. A large portion of her diary is devoted to highly descriptive accounts of the seven European tours, which Caroline and Francis made between 1855 and 1894, as well as many American tours, such as those to the Pacific Coast. The diary also includes her observations about labor unions and the working classes, women's suffrage, Catholicism, child-rearing techniques, and the process of aging. There are also details of medical practices of that era, including an account of a mastectomy, 1870, during which Caroline assisted. A few entries (e.g., vol. 3 - 12/6/1851; vol. 7 - 4/13/1858 and 4/28/1858) where apparently written by Francis White. This colleciton contains a folder of family correspondence, receipts, and miscellaneous items, 1844 to 1915, as well as a photograph of Caroline, 1894, and a photograph of Cliffside, c. 1890, copied from the originals lent by Carolyn Olmstead in October 1979.

28 v. ; octavo.2 v. ; folio.1 folder (57 items)

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