Mary Heald and Mary Heald Lane diary, 10 September 1858 - 9 January 1905
0.5 Linear Feet (One manuscript box)
The collection consists of a single diary in which two successive generations of women chronicle the upbringing of their own daughters.
The collection consists of a one-volume diary written by two generations of women about their respective daughters. The diary begins in 1858 with Mary Heald writing about the birth of her own daughter, Mary. Entries continue through the first year of the younger's life, and details not only her growth, but also the elder Mary's experiences raising one child and grieving the early death of her son.
Entires recommense in 1905, when the younger Mary begins chronicalling the young-adult years of her then 10-year-old daughter Madeleine. Mary describes Madeleine's maturation for the next five years and includes some brief notes from Madeleine, as well as her own writing.