Women -- Religious life -- Diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Minnie Clapp Mygatt diaries
Collection — Othertype DG 89
Identifier: SCPC-DG-089-b
Abstract
Volume I was written in Paris, April 1879-April 1880. Volume II contains entries by Minnie Clapp Mygatt and a few by her husband during the four years of their marriage (1884-1888) and later entries and revisions during her first years as a widow. Written primarily in New York City, the entries focus on domestic life, love and sexuality, and religion.
Dates:
1879-1880, 1884-1900
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Richardson-Yarnall family papers
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-187
Abstract
The collection contains personal papers, primarily correspondence, of members of the Richardson and Yarnall families, Pennsylvania Quakers who emigrated to America in the 1680s. The families were united by the marriage in 1816 of Nathaniel Richardson and Hannah Yarnall of Byberry. Of special significance are the diaries of Quaker ministers Peter Yarnall (1754-1798) and his second wife, Hannah Haines Thornton Yarnall (1765-1822) and their correspondence with family and fellow ministers. ...
Dates:
1722 - 1962
