Diary, 1856-1857.

1 v. (55 p.); 18 cm.

English

Purchased from Peter Decker on the William Robertson Coe Fund, 1959.

The Fickes family, parents Elizabeth and Jackson and their three sons, moved from Steubenville, Ohio to Iowa in 1856. After the family settled in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Jackson began a brickmaking business.

Holograph diary. In her diary, Elizbeth Fickes records her family's travel to Iowa, first by steamboat on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and then, after disembarking in Keokuk, Iowa, by coach. After settling in Oskaloosa, Elizabeth writes of family affairs, housework, local events, visits from neighbors, church attendance, local politics, the weather, and her husband's brickmaking business. Accompanied by a typed transcript.

Available on microfilm as part of the Beinecke Library's Frontier WomenII microfilm set.

June 01, 2002

Elizabeth Hukill Fickes, Diary. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Elizabeth Hukill Fickes, Diary. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Diaries - United States.