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Linda Louisa Cousins diary

 Collection — Box: BW 10, Folder: 1 [X031589355]
Identifier: MSS 16250

Scope and Contents

Linda Louisa Cousins diary, 1912-1914, 0.03 cubic feet, with daily notations about the weather, her work cleaning houses and her hobbies crocheting, and writing letters. One entry notes that she attended " a colored commencement."

Dates

  • Creation: 1912-1914

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Louisa Cousins was the seventh child of Thomas Jefferson Cousins (1832-1897) and his wife Rosa Ann Elizabeth Catherine Traylor (1851-1947). Her mother remarried Herman Christian Groot, a German emigrant and the family was fairly affluent. She may be attending business school and uses short hand in the diary.

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet (One folder in a legal document box BW 10.)

Language of Materials

English

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