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Elizabeth Albee Brooks Diary

 Unprocessed Material — Folder: ViU2024-0062_001
Identifier: ViU-2024-0062

Content Description

This collection contains the diary of Elizabeth Albee Brooks from 1865. Brooks was an artist in training who lived in Medford, Massachusetts. The diary has an inscription in the front endpaper that reads "With many happy new years from her loving Auntie. Medford." The diary contains 124 entries handwritten in pencil graphite. It documents and gives insights into the experiences of adult, single women in suburban Northern communities as the Civil War came to a close. The diary documents her life, the resumption of art classes, notes of appointments with friends to attend performances, exhibits, and lectures, and grappling with a decision to travel to California with her brother Charlie or not. Notable events in her diary include attending the Unitarian Convention of 1865 and the assassination of President Lincoln, which marked significant changes for her personally and nationally.

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased from Whitmore Rare Books, 5 February 2024.

Language of Description

English

Restrictions Apply

No

Use Restrictions

NoC-US: No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Dates

  • Creation: 1865

Creator

Extent

.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter folder)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

Inventory

1 item