Diary, 1893-1899.

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Diary, 1893-1899.

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Bound manuscript diary kept intermittently by Blanche Emery between 1893 and 1899. Entries in ink and pencil. Fourteen-year-old Emery began the diary in 1893, describing a train trip and weeklong visit to the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago with her father and other relatives. After returning to Boston, Emery's entries detail school and social activities, including dinners at the Parker House, and theater and opera outings. An 1894 entry reports Emery's impressions of Harvard Class Day. Emery's notes on social occasions detail food, entertainment, and guests, including the names of classmates and teachers. Emery records Sunday School attendance and Christian Endeavor meetings, and logs her enjoyment of boating, bicycling, croquet and whist. Her entries also describe summer vacations with family and friends in Maine as well as her relationship with her boyfriend "Merch." Most of the detailed entries occur between 1893 and 1896. Eleven pages, four with one-line diary entries, are appended to the back cover of the notebook.

1 v. (ca. 80 p.) ; 22 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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