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John Henry Barker Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 11/19/2009.
Accessioned and minimally processed in November 2009 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.
John Henry Barker (b. 1861) was a carpenter of Oxford County, Maine.Further 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/John_Herny_Barker">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/John_Herny_Barker</a>.
Diary of John Henry Barker (b. 1861). He resided in Oxford County, Maine, and mentions traveling around the county from Lewiston to Rumford, mainly along the Androscoggin River. His mostly brief entries record weather, floods, prices, family and social events, health, etc. A few cash accounts are listed in the back of the 1906 diary.