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Title: Elizabeth Plowden Diaries
Dates: 1827-1963
Collection number: Mss 97
Creator:
Plowden, Elizabeth
Collection Size:
1.2 linear feet
(4 pamphlet boxes).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: 19 diaries, 1827-1863, of an Elizabeth [Elisabeth?] Plowden, likely English and possibly from London, since there are occasional
references to London locations. The bound volumes, all published in London, contain a front printed section, followed by a
diary, with handwritten entries. The 1827 volume, for example, is
Thomas's Register, with lists of government offices, tax rates, advertisements, and other reference material relating to Great Britain. Most
other years are volumes of
The Law and
Commercial Daily Remembrancer. The diaries note daily activities, health matters, letters received and answered, visitors, trips, weather conditions, birthdays,
and numerous names of relatives and friends. There is little mention of events in a larger context.
Physical location: Del Sur.
Languages:
English
None.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Elizabeth Plowden Diaries. Mss 97. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Purchase, 1968.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains 19 diaries, 1827-1863, of an Elizabeth [Elisabeth?] Plowden, likely English and possibly from London,
since there are occasional references to London locations. The bound volumes, all published in London, contain a front printed
section, followed by a diary, with handwritten entries. The 1827 volume, for example, is
Thomas's Register, with lists of government offices, tax rates, advertisements, and other reference material relating to Great Britain. Most
other years are volumes of
The Law and
Commercial Daily Remembrancer.
The diaries note daily activities, health matters, letters received and answered, visitors, trips, weather conditions, birthdays,
and numerous names of relatives and friends. There is little mention of events in a larger context. The entries, mainly in
ink, often are difficult to decipher. It is unclear why most diaries are even years, since they don't seem to cover more than
the year noted.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Plowden, Elizabeth
England.
Diaries--Women authors.