Thayer Gauss Diary,1826-1858.

Collection Number: 6144

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Thayer Gauss diary, 1826-1858.
Collection Number:
6144
Creator:
Gauss, Thayer,
Quantity:
1 reel microfilm.
Forms of Material:
Microfilm.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Records farming activities according to season; social meetings attended, church services attended; revival meetings; and family events.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Records farming activities according to season; social meetings attended, including anti-slavery and temperance lectures, town meetings, library meetings and railroad meetings; church services attended at the First Congregational Church of East Bloomfield (of which he and his family were members and he a trustee); revival meetings; and family events.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Gauss, Thayer,
First Congregational Church of East Bloomfield (East Bloomfield, N.Y.)
First Congregational Church of East Bloomfield (East Bloomfield, N.Y.)

Subjects:
Families -- New York (State) -- East Bloomfield.
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- East Bloomfield.
Temperance -- New York (State) -- East Bloomfield.
Farm life -- New York (State) -- East Bloomfield.
Railroads -- New York (State) -- East Bloomfield.
Libraries -- New York (State) -- East Bloomfield.
Revivals -- New York (State) -- East Bloomfield.
Congregational churches -- New York (State) -- East Bloomfield.
Antislavery movements
Congregational churches
Families
Farm life
Libraries
Manners and customs
Railroads
Revivals
Temperance

Places:
Ontario County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Ontario County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
East Bloomfield (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
East Bloomfield (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
New York (State) -- East Bloomfield
New York (State) -- Ontario County

Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Thayer Gauss diary, #6144. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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