ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

ADAH A. E. BICKFORD DIARY

COLLECTION: OGL #466

DATES: 1910

SIZE: 1 folder

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Adah A. E. Bickford Diary was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection (Acc. #78-489).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Adah A. E. Bickford was born on October 5, 1850 in New York City, New York. For a time, she lived in Kempton, Grand Forks County, North Dakota. She died in Los Angeles, California, on April 5, 1941.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Adah A. E. Bickford Diary is 368 pages of a one-year diary kept for the year 1910. Also included is a 41 page typescript, which was prepared by Elizabeth Hampsten of the English Department, University of North Dakota, in 1978.

The diary consists of personal accounts of Bickford's daily life. Dating from January 1, 1910 to December 31, 1910, she writes of the activities she participated in during the day, such as house work, mending, and writing letters, followed by daily visitors and other chores she did. Also in each entry was a record of the weather for the day and of news of other people's lives she was acquainted with.

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