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| Title | Chancey, Margaret Mayo |
| Author of Finding Aid | Riggs, Bertram G., 1954-
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| 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
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| Scope and Content of Fonds | This diary was kept by a young woman in her mid-twenties during the year 1897. It contains a brief entry for each day; ordinary events in the life of a young woman living in St. John's 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. But the physical diary tells as much about the young woman as what she writes. Her literacy and writing ability attest to a good education. On the cover of the diary she has written her name and address. The family home was located at 31 Cookstown Road, a street which was up over the hill from downtown, running north through LeMarchant Road. This diary should prove to be of interest to social historians, students of autobiography and women's studies, and all who are curious about the writings of a young woman in the St. John's of 1897. |
| Date of Finding Aid | 1996 |
| Extent of Fonds | 18 leaves (20 x 32 cm) hard bound in cover of similar size |
| Creator of Content | Chancey, Margaret Mayo, 1871-1941
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| Date of Content | 1897 |
| Publisher | Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries |
| Location | Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's |
| Resource Type | Finding Aid |
| Type | Text |
| Format | Text/xml |
| Identifier | MF-150; ASC-EAD0013 |
| Language | eng |
| Provenance | Rhonda Chancey, great-granddaughter of Margaret Mayo Chancey, 1994 |
| Collection | Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids (EAD) |
| Sponsor | Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Division |
| CONTENTdm file name | 24.xml |
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