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Diaries-- 1910-1960

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Johnson Family Diaries (Stephenson County)

 Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-305
Scope and Contents The Johnson Family Diaries consist of five diaries and one typed transcript of the first four diaries.  The 1843 diary of William Wright recounts the journey from Union County, Pennsylvania to Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois.  The 1882-1909 Margaret Heise Wright Johnson diaries chronicle the life of then 16 year-old Margaret as she comes of age in Illinois at the end of the 19th century.  A photograph of Margaret (undated) was found behind the cover of the first diary volume along with...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1842-1990; Other: Date acquired: 10/20/2010