1872-1931
Guide to the Collection
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| Creator: | Young, Charlotte Wright Hubbard,
b. 1851 |
| Title: | Charlotte W. (Hubbard) Young
diaries |
| Dates: | 1872-1931 |
| Physical Description: | 19 vols.
in 3 boxes |
| Call Number: | Ms. N-272 |
| Repository: | Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org |
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Abstract:
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This collection consists of 18 diaries written by
Charlotte Wright Hubbard Young discussing her daily activities and her
children's development, as well as a journal kept by Fanny (Mrs. David) Lane
while travelling to California with Charlotte Young.
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Seventeen volumes of diaries kept by Charlotte W. (Hubbard) Young of Boston
and Weston, Mass., 1872-1931 (with gaps), discuss the weather, her daily
activities, and her children in great detail, including their development,
likes and dislikes, health, etc. An additional volume contains a list of gifts
received for her wedding, the birth of her daughter, and a few home remedies.
The collection also includes a one-volume journal kept by Fanny (Mrs. David)
Lane on a trip to California with Charlotte Young (1916-1917).
Gift of Charlotte Salisbury, June 1994.
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| Box | Volume | Contents |
| | A. Charlotte Wright Hubbard Young volumes,
1872-1931
Four of the diaries contain journal-type entries, with the remaining
thirteen daily minders with brief and more frequent entries. One additional
volume contains a list of wedding gifts and other miscellaneous information
(described below).
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| Box 1 | Vol. 2 | | Wedding and baby gift register,
1876,
1885 Small volume, used to record wedding gifts received by Charlotte (Lottie) W.
Hubbard upon her marriage to Benjamin L. Young, as well as gifts for her baby,
Margaret, born 6 June 1876. Also contains home remedies for various ailments
and brief diary entries from June-July 1876, November 1885.
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| | | Journals,
1876-1906 Lined volumes with entries ranging from one to three pages. The first two
volumes have entries mostly relating to Charlotte Young's daughter, Margaret,
while the second two volumes concern her son, Loring. The journals record the
children's weight, describe their recovery from various illnesses, and describe
their likes and dislikes.
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| Box 1 | Vol. 3 | | | June 1876-Jan. 1887 (written in
Boston) |
| Box 1 | Vol. 4 | | | Jan. 1886-Jan. 1896 (written in
Weston) |
| Box 1 | Vol. 5 | | | May 1887-Apr. 1889 (written in Weston) |
| Box 2 | Vol. 11 | | | Jan. 1896-Mar. 1906 (no name
inside) |
| | | Daily minders,
1872-1931 Volumes with the date imprinted at the top of each page. Each contains
entries from January to December. Every entry records the day's weather. Most
entries are about Charlotte Young's daily activities, including the names of
visitors.
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| Box 1 | Vol. 1 | | | 1872 (Charlotte W. Hubbard) |
| Box 1 | Vol. 6 | | | 1891 (Charlotte W. Young) |
| Box 1 | Vol. 7 | | | 1893 |
| Box 1 | Vol. 8 | | | 1894 |
| Box 2 | Vol. 9 | | | 1895 |
| Box 2 | Vol. 10 | | | 1896 |
| Box 2 | Vol. 12 | | | 1897 |
| Box 2 | Vol. 13 | | | 1906 |
| Box 2 | Vol. 14 | | | 1910-1911 |
| Box 3 | Vol. 16 | | | 1917 |
| Box 3 | Vol. 17 | | | 1920 |
| Box 3 | Vol. 18 | | | 1921 |
| Box 3 | Vol. 19 | | | 1931 |
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| Box 3 | Vol. 15 | B. Fanny (Mrs. David) Lane journal,
14 Nov. 1916-6 May 1917
Journal of a trip to California with Charlotte Young. Includes postcards
pasted into the journal.
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Charlotte W. (Hubbard) Young diaries, Massachusetts Historical Society.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in
ABIGAIL,
the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers
desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should
search the catalog using these headings.
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| Subjects: |
| | California--Description and travel--1869-1950.
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| | Child development. |
| | Children. |
| | Diaries--1872-1931. |
| | Medicine--Formulae, receipts,
prescriptions. |
| | Voyages and travels--Diaries. |
| | Women's diaries. |
| | Women travelers--Diaries. |
For a list of printed materials removed from this collection, see Curator of
Manuscripts.
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