Cordelia H. Smith diaries, 1835-1843.
Collection Number: 6067
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Cordelia H. Smith diaries, 1835-1843.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6067
Abstract:
Diaries kept by a young woman while whe tried to earn her living by teaching school
in Schuyler County, N.Y. and after she returned to live with her family include comments
on daily activities, marriages, deaths and illnesses of friends, church attendance
and revivals and opinions on current events.
Creator:
Smith, Cordelia H., 1815-1856.
Quanitities:
1 microfilm reels.
Language:
Collection material in English
Cordelia H. Smith was a spinster from Trumansburg, Schuyler County, New York. In 1835
and 1836 she tried teaching school but found it not to her liking. She was a member
of the First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses. See the accessions folder for the Smith
family genealogy and a history of the church.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cordelia H. Smith diaries, #6067. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Diaries kept by a young woman while whe tried to earn her living by teaching school
in Schuyler County, N.Y. and after she returned to live with her family include comments
on daily activities, marriages, deaths and illnesses of friends, church attendance
and revivals and opinions on current events.
Places:
Schuyler County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Schuyler County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Subjects:
Revivals -- New York (State) -- Schuyler County.
Women\'s diaries.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Vol. 1,
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1835 | ||
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Scope and Contents
6 p. transcript. Includes Cordelia's opinion of revivals and Catholicism, accounts
of church activities, school teaching, and daily activities.
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Vol. 2,
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1836-1843 | ||
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Scope and Contents
75 p. transcript. Entries document spiritual soul-searching, the deaths and marriages
of friends and relatives, and daily activities. Revivals are reported on Dec. 1837
(pp. 28- 29) and Jan. 1838 in Peach Orchard (p. 35), March 1839 (pp. 37-38), Aug.
1839 (p. 4l) and Jan. 1843 (pp. 71-72). In Feb. 1839 Cordelia records her opinion
of close (sic) communion and in Sept. 1840 of Missions (p. 52). She also records attending
lectures on temperance and phrenology, and comments on books she has read.
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