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1	Title:	Halsey D. Miller Diaries
	Creator:	Miller, Halsey D.
	Dates:	1870-1878
	Abstract:	Halsey D. Miller was a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and avid churchgoer (Baptist). The collection consists of diaries which record Miller's daily activities and financial transactions.
	Call #:	MS 1695
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1)
	Subjects:	Miller, Halsey D. \| Diaries.
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2	Title:	A Woman's Diary
	Creator:	Anonymous
	Dates:	1877-1889
	Abstract:	The collection consists of an anonymous diary, dating from January 1, 1877 to January 26, 1889, detailing the daily activities of an unmarried, middle-aged woman. Listing her daughter, Carrie, as her only source of comfort, she details the exhausting burden of her household chores and of her job as cleaning lady at an unnamed church. Extremely depressed and dissatisfied with her futile, monotonous existence, she looks forward to death as her only release.
	Call #:	MS 4014
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Diaries. \| Women -- United States -- Diaries.
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3	Title:	G.H. Muller Diary
	Creator:	Muller, G. H.
	Dates:	1794
	Abstract:	Written in French, this diary of G. H. Muller reflects daily activities of the writer and his frequent contacts with members of his family. Most of the surnames written in the diary are German.
	Call #:	MS 0072
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 volume)
	Subjects:	Muller, G.H. \| Diaries. \| French diaries.
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4	Title:	Journal
	Creator:	Journal
	Dates:	1824-1827
	Abstract:	The collection consists of a journal kept by an unidentified itinerant preacher who traveled from Princeton, New Jersey, through New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. In Ohio he preached at Sandusky, Norwalk, Elyria, Cleveland, Painesville, Madison, and several villages in Ashtabula County. Includes brief comments on the places he visited, the people he met, and his unusual experiences.
	Call #:	MS 0212
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Diaries. \| Clergy -- United States -- Diaries. \| Travelers -- United States -- Diaries. \| United States -- Description and travel -- 1783-1848.
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5	Title:	Sarah Lanman Smyth Diary
	Creator:	Smyth, Sarah Lanman
	Dates:	1842-1857
	Abstract:	Sarah Lanman Smyth (b. 1842) was the daughter of a Baptist minister who resided in Milford and New Haven, Connecticut. The collection consists of a diary kept for Sarah Smyth by her parents during the first 15 years of her life. The diary includes accounts of travels in New York, Ohio, and Michigan.
	Call #:	MS 3407
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Smyth, Sarah Lanman, b. 1842. \| Smith family. \| Clergymen's families. \| Children of clergymen -- Connecticut. \| Diaries. \| American diaries.
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6	Title:	Laura Barrett papers
	Creator:	Barrett, Laura
	Dates:	1930-1945
	Abstract:	Laura Barrett lived at 1314 West 115th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, during the Great Depression and World War II. She worked as a cook and house mother for the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house at Western Reserve University during the school year in the early 1930s and then worked as a cook and housekeeper at Rose-Mary Center in Euclid, Ohio, later in the 1930s and 1940s. The collection consists of thirteen diaries and one financial ledger book.
	Call #:	MS 5282
	Extent:	0.40 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. \| Working class women -- Ohio. \| Depressions -- 1929. \| Diaries. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Diaries. \| Housekeeping.
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7	Title:	Nancie Swan Folkett Papers
	Creator:	Foskett, Nancie Swan
	Dates:	1818-1869
	Abstract:	Nancie Swan Foskett(1838-?) of Medina County, Ohio, was a schoolteacher (1861-1865) in various schools in Medina County. During 1861-1862, she and her father lived in LeSeuer, Minnesota with her brothers and their families, returning to Medina County in the spring of 1862. In 1865, Nancie Swan married Captain Porter Foskett of Brunswick, Ohio. They made their home in the city of Medina, where Porter Foskett became a successful businessman. The collection consists of eleven diaries of Nancie Swan Foskett, 1855-1869, and one account book of N.A. Goodwin, 1818-1834. The diaries detail her life as a teacher in various schools in Medina County, Ohio, her trip to Minnesota, civilian life during the American Civil War, and family events during the period.
	Call #:	MS 4576
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Foskett, Nancie Swan. \| Foskett, Nancie Swan -- Diaries. \| Foskett, Porter. \| Swan family. \| Goodwin, N. A. \| Women -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Women -- Ohio -- Medina County -- Diaries. \| Teachers -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Education -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Diaries. \| Account books -- Ohio -- Medina County. \| Medina County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women. \| Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. \| Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
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