Frances Emugene Johnston Owens diaries, 1861-1869.

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Frances Emugene Johnston Owens diaries, 1861-1869.

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Diaries kept by Chicagoan Frances Emugene Johnston Owens, a schoolteacher at the Foster School, covering the years 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1867, and 1869. The diaries provide detailed information on social life and customs of the time from a woman's point of view, including domestic information on sewing, shopping, and household matters; details of her experience as a teacher and as an amateur musician are also included, as well as descriptions of events of the Civil War, in which three of her brothers served. Many other events are discussed, such as the Chicago funeral observances for President Lincoln; Frances's family's abolitionist activities before the war; and minstrel shows presented in the city. Included with the diaries are a few newsclippings about Mrs. Owens, who died in the Iroquois Theater fire. A typed transcript of the diaries also is available. It was made by Robert and Sheila Bator, ca. 1990. The transcribers caution users that some words may be incorrect in the transcription.

1 linear ft. (6 v.) (Original diaries).1 box. (Transcript).

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Iroquois Theater (Chicago, Ill.)

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Owens, Frances E. (Frances Emugene), 1843-

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...