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Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1945
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    • Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
    • Date Created: 1945
    • Description: This short diary most directly was used for schedule keeping by Mary Jean, with various women’s club meetings, Pan-Hellenic dinners, and concerts being penciled in. The summer months contain some detail on visiting friends, going to church, dinner parties, and typical yard and house chores. In May Mary Jean mentions celebrating Victory in Europe Day, and in August she describes the thrilling and sobering experience of listening to President Truman announce Japan’s surrender. This diary ends shortly after Mary Jean experiences injury from a car accident. Topics in this diary include the end of World War II, Women’s groups, social and religious life in Vermont, and Automobile accidents.
    • Parent Collections: Diaries


    Milk Marketing, 1941-1942
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      • Creator: Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984.
      • Date Created: 1941-1942
      • Description: Topics include milk prices; United States Department of Agriculture Marketing Administration regulations for the Greater Boston and New York marketing areas; drought conditions and low cost feed.
      • Parent Collections: Dairy and the US Congress


      Lizzie Hobart to Ruth Fletcher\, 1884 [November?] 7
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        • Creator: Hobart, Lizzie.
        • Description: Topics include the weather, crops, and building projects in Beloit, Kansas, the election, a week of lectures by Mrs. Maley(?), and the activities of family members.
        • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


        Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 March 31
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          • Creator: Hubbard, Willis.
          • Description: Topics include misunderstandings regarding his last letter to Katherine.
          • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


          Lucy Smith to Henrietta Fletcher\, 1885 June 9
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            • Creator: Smith, Lucy.
            • Description: Topics include the poor health of Catherine Smith.
            • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


            Willis Hubbard to Katherine Fletcher\, 1885 December 28
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              • Creator: Hubbard, Willis.
              • Description: Topics include a party to which he hopes Katherine will accompany him.
              • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


              Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [circa 1886 March 12] and Carrie Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher
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                • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta., Fletcher, Carrie.
                • Description: Topics include a quilting project, Carrie's schoolwork, a neighborhood couple visiting Burlington, Mamie Flagg teaching, the birth of a baby to a relative, and Carrie asking Katherine to postpone a visit.
                • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


                Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [1887 November 14]
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                  • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
                  • Description: Topics include not visiting Johnson because of the weather, moving in to their new house, and the various people who have helped them.
                  • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


                  Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [circa 1887] March 25
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                    • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
                    • Description: Topics include finishing a rug, working on a dress, Carrie's poor health, Craig's logging, poor sugaring, and sending Katherine a dollar.
                    • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family


                    Henrietta Fletcher to Katherine Fletcher\, [circa 1887]
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                      • Creator: Fletcher, Henrietta.
                      • Description: Topics include getting Katherine some shoes, Ida Barton's illness, and Carrie coming to Johnson to visit.
                      • Parent Collections: Fletcher Family