Emma Wormwood Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-221
Scope and Content of the Collection
Three diaries kept by Emma Wormwood, a school teacher in Macoupin County, Illinois, during the years 1895-1898. In her entries, Ms. Wormwood describes the weather, her daily chores and activities, her interactions with family, friends and pupils, and her experiences teaching at Hazel Green School.
Dates
- 1895-1898
Creator
- Wormwood, Emma (Person)
Access
The Emma Wormwood Diaries are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Emma Wormwood Diaries are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
Biography of Emma Wormwood
School teacher from Carlinville, Illinois who taught at the Hazel Green School in Girard, Macoupin County, Illinois during the late 19th century.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (3 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Three diaries kept by Emma Wormwood, a young school teacher from Carlinville in Macoupin County, Illinois, who taught in Girard (also in Macoupin County) at the Hazel Green School.
Organization
Arranged chronologically.
Collection Stack Location
1 1 2
Provenance
Purchase, Ron Lerner, 2014.
Processed by
Elizabeth McKinley, 2014.
Creator
- Wormwood, Emma (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Emma Wormwood Diaries, 1895-1898Midwest.MS.221
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth McKinley
- Date
- ©2014.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
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60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org