Cordelia H. Smith diaries

Collection — microfilm reel: 1

Identifier: 6067

Abstract

Diaries kept by a young woman while whe tried to earn her living by teaching school in Schuyler County, N.Y. and after she returned to live with her family include comments on daily activities, marriages, deaths and illnesses of friends, church attendance and revivals and opinions on current events.

Dates

1835-1843.

Creator

Smith, Cordelia H., 1815-1856. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Cordelia H. Smith was a spinster from Trumansburg, Schuyler County, New York. In 1835 and 1836 she tried teaching school but found it not to her liking. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses. See the accessions folder for the Smith family genealogy and a history of the church.

Extent

1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)

Additional Description

Physical Description

Microfilm.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: S.L.
Date completed:: June 1979
EAD encoding:: Andrea Hektor, Aug. 2004
Date modified:: Marcie Farwell, February 2015