Helen Augusta Stewart Diaries, 1871-1890
- Title:
- Helen Augusta Stewart Diaries, 1871-1890
- Creator:
- Stewart, Helen Augusta.
- Creator Role:
- Diarist
- Accession / Call Number:
- 1966.030
- Object ID:
- 1966.030
- Date:
- 1871-1890
- Physical Description:
- 7 volumes
- Scope and Content:
- Diary of a young woman, Concord, N.H. Tells of concerts, lectures, church affairs, visits, trips. Boarded in Lawrence, Mass. and gave piano lessons, 1871-1874. Entered Wellesley College with her sister Lottie, 1876, and graduated with the first class in 1879 (vols. 3 &4). Was a school teacher at Short Falls, 1880 and at Walker School, Concord, 1881. Took a 9-week trip in the summer of 1881, including stops in Saratoga, Albany, Detroit, Chicago, Dubuque, St. Paul. Taught school for awhile at Rolfe & Rumford Orphan Home in 1882, and went on a trip to Mount Washington. In 1883 invented and patented a dust repeller, sponge and wire; assisted Mr. Eastman in library of N.H.H.S. summer of 1883. Moved to Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 1884, with mother and sister, and lived the same sort of life there: church affairs, calls, concerts and lectures, substitute teaching and library and office work. Diary has few entries after 1886; concludes with trip to St. John, New Brunswick, 1890.
- Locations:
- Concord, NH
- Place of Publication:
- 1871-1890
- Level Description:
- Collection
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