Box 3
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Nov. 25, 1847- Jan. 10, 1854
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: mc1158_03_01_001
Scope and Contents
790 pages. Loose material with text has been scanned on the page it precedes. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur’s daily life; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings and association with Frederick Douglass; observations of racism against African Americans and racial discrimination in education; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women’s...
Jan. 15, 1854- Jan. 14, 1856
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Identifier: mc1158_03_02_001
Scope and Contents
383 pages. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur’s daily life; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, religion, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women’s rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Wendell Phillips, and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women’s rights movement; and...
Jan. 16, 1856- Sept. 4, 1857
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: mc1158_03_03_001
Scope and Contents
352 pages. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur’s daily life; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including attendance at anti-slavery meetings; extensive attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, religion, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women’s rights; presence during speeches of prominent abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison; participation in the women’s rights movement; and family...
Sept. 5, 1857- May 25, 1859
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: mc1158_03_04_001
Scope and Contents
413 pages. Semi-daily entries describe Wilbur’s daily life; travels; teaching career; participation in the anti-slavery movement, including membership in the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society; attendance at various lectures and meetings on subjects including science, religion, temperance, teaching, abolition, and women’s rights; and domestic life and family relationships. Includes several pressed plant specimens.Subjects: Women--Diaries; Voyages and travels; Women teachers;...
