In Their Own Words
Journals, memoirs, letters, and stories are a treasure trove for the local historian. They reveal what life was like in the writer's own era, decades or even centuries ago. Those who keep private journals
EDITH PHILBROOK AMES' 1880 DIARY
HELEN HIGGINS DICKEY BUTLER'S LETTERS, 1869-1874
WILLIAM FERNALD'S 1859 JOURNAL
ARNO KNIGHT'S JOURNALS and ARTICLES, 1871-1940
NANCY MILLER HEALD'S FAMILY STORIES
RALPH RICHARDS' JOURNAL, 1908-1912
MARIAN RANKIN KENNEDY'S STORIES ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD, C. EARLY 1900S
ALBERT YOUNG'S CIVIL WAR DIARY
JOYCE WILEY WEBB'S RETURN TO LINCOLNVILLE
HARLAND BROWN CARVER