Etta Rennie and Marietta Boyd Diaries, 1904-1928
- Title:
- Etta Rennie and Marietta Boyd Diaries, 1904-1928
- Creator:
- Rennie, Etta, 1886
Boyd, Marietta - Creator Role:
- Author
- Accession / Call Number:
- 2010.019
- Object ID:
- 2010.019
- Date:
- 1904-1928
- Physical Description:
- 1 box ; 0.33 linear feet
- Scope and Content:
- This collection consists of six diaries: two from Etta Rennie, at Kimball Union Academy dated 1904 to 1905 with a few additional notes through 1908 and four from Marietta Hazel Boyd, daughter of Etta, in Lyme, NH, dated 1925 to 1928. One of the diaries has a few pages from Rennie, but the majority of the diary is by Boyd. The diaries contain details of daily life and include notes on the weather, projects, guests, valentines, tapping maple trees, a detailed description of a 1904 Christmas, teaching in 1905, descriptions of the 1927 Connecticut River floods, and a brief mention of going to a Klu [Ku] Klux Klan meeting in September 1927.
- Subjects:
- Diaries
- Locations:
- Lyme, NH
Meriden, NH - People:
- Rennie, Etta, 1886 , Boyd, Marietta
- Organizations:
- Kimball Union Academy
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society purchase.
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Level Description:
- Collection
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