Inventory of the Moses Family Diary 1877-1877 Moses Family Diary Mss. Acc. 2009.170

Inventory of the Moses Family Diary 1877-1877

A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2009.170

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary

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Repository:

Special Collections Research Center

Identification:

01/Mss. Acc. 2009.170

Title:

Moses Family Diary 1877

Quantity:

0.01

Alternate Extent Statement:

1 vol.

Creator:

Moses family arrangement

Language of Materials

The papers are in: English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Moses Family Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 04/26/2009.

Custodial History

Seller obtained diary at an estate sale.

Processing Information

Accessioned and described in April 2009 but Ute Schechter.

Biographical Note

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Moses family">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Moses family</a>.

Scope and Contents

Farm diary of the Moses family of Springdale, Leavenworth County, Kansas. It is not clear which family member kept the diary. On one of the last pages, the names and sometimes birth dates of Moses family members are listed: Elizabeth Luvenda Moses, Sarah Elizabeth Moses, Lewis Alfred Moses, Lizzie Moses.The following description was provided by the seller:"The diary has a pre-printed section with a calendar for 1877, Almanac, List of U.S. Presidents and Principal Events During the American Centenary, Population of States and Territories, and etc. The diary records daily work being performed on the farm, such as slaughtering, plowing, hauling and selling crops. Other topics are health, weather, crops, and trading homemade butter for household necessities, such as molasses, tobacco, Mentions a Colonel Abernathy that purchases loads of corn throughout the year from the family to feed his animals, other acquaintances (plow/crop hands, friends of the family) and church matters."Other places mentioned are Walnut Creek and Winchester.