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Title	Margaret Chancey Diary
Creators	Chancey, Margaret Mayo, 1871-1941
Description	Diary kept by Margaret Mayo, a young woman in her mid-twenties during the year 1897. It contains a brief entry for each day; notes ordinary events in the life of a young woman living in St. John's Newfoundland as the end of a century approached. She records the weather, what she did each day, shopping expeditions, church services, tea parties, staying at home with her mother. Her literacy and writing ability attest to a good education. Of interest to social historians, students of autobiography and women's studies, and anyone interested in the life of a young woman in the St. John's of 1897.
Subject	Chancey, Margaret Mayo, 1871-1941 Gower Street Methodist Church (St. John's, N.L.) St. John's (N.L.)--Social life and customs Diaries
Date	1897
Physical Description	[35 p.]
Location	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Avalon Peninsula--St. John's
Time Period	1897 19th Century
Language	Eng
Resource Type	Manuscript
Type	Text
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Original held in the Archives and Special Collections Division.
Finding Aid	http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/ead&CISOPTR=23&CISOBOX=1&REC=16
Collection	Archives - Digitized Collections
Identifier	ADC-0003
Repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Division
CONTENTdm file name	41.cpd