Manuscript collection
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Wood Family Papers, 1865-1928, 1979, 1992
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BQ
Summary
Financial records, correspondence, family photographs, and diaries kept by David Wood, and by his sons, James Lincoln Wood and Ralph Winthrop Wood, residents of Trempealeau County, Wis., near Whitehall. The diaries, which span 62 years, are a daily record of farm chores, family events, accounts, weather, and community life in western Wisconsin during the settlement period. Ralph and James began keeping their diaries during childhood, with Ralph continuing his into adulthood. Also included...
Dates:
1865-1928; 1979; 1992