http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f1-subject%3DUnited%20States%20--%20History%20--%20Civil%20War,%201861-1865%20--%20Personal%20narratives.;f2-subject%3DKelleys%20Island%20(Ohio)%20--%20History%20--%20Sources.;freeformQuery%3Dwomen's%20history;smode%3Dadvanced Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f1-subject=United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.;f2-subject=Kelleys Island (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.;freeformQuery=women's history;smode=advanced Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2116.xml Datus Kelley (1788-1866) and his family were some of the first permanent settlers of what later became Rocky River, Ohio. In 1833 Datus, with brother Irad, began to purchase land near Sandusky, Ohio, on Cunninghma's Island. The island was later renamed Kelly's Island. The Kelley Island Literary Society was established pursuant to the building of Kelley Hall, a hall Datus Kelley built. On December 22, 1860 the Literary Society published its first edition of the Islander. Anyone who wished to join the literary society was welcome, including women. The collection consists of issues of a manuscript newspaper published on Kelleys Island, in Sandusky Bay, Erie County, Ohio, by the Kellys Island Literary Society. The journal was "devoted to the discussion of questions in the Arts and Sciences, Agriculture and Manufactures, Politics and Morality." Prepared and written during the winter months, issues were read before weekly gatherings of inhabitants of the isolated island. Includes reports on current events, e... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2116.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT