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Title: Mary Estella Perrigo Conger diaries
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 357
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.17 linear feet
(1 flat box)
Creator:
Conger, Mary Estella Perrigo, 1858-1918
Date (inclusive): 1891-1909
Abstract: Ten pocket diaries dating from 1891 to 1909, documenting the daily life of Mary Estella Perrigo Conger (1858-1918), of upstate
New York.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research 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.
Library purchase, 2018.
[Identification of Item], Mary Estella Perrigo Conger diaries, Mss 357. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa
Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Ten pocket diaries written by Mary Estella Perrigo Conger (1858-1918). The diaries begin in 1891 and run through 1909.
The diaries provide a window into Perrigo Conger's daily life around the turn of the 19th century in upstate New York, such
as keeping house and caring for her two sons, George and Walter Conger, and her husband, Willis N. Conger--but also her activities
outside of the house, including her involvment in temperance and suffrage movement meetings.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women -- New York (State) -- 19th century -- Diaries
Women -- New York (State) -- 20th century -- Diaries
Women -- New York (State) -- Social life and customs
Families -- New York (State) -- Social life and customs
Households -- New York (State) -- Social life and customs
Temperance
Women -- Suffrage
Diaries
Conger, Mary Estella Perrigo, 1858-1918 -- Diaries