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Julia Wilbur "Centennial" diary, 1876
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Centennial" diary, 1876
Description:
Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Documents her social activities and professional life at the United States Patent Office. Comments on current political events. The memoranda at the end includes miscellaneous notes, as well as income and correspondence records.
Date:
1876
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1886
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1886
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail, including her political activism. Wilbur was dismissed from the Patent Office in January 1886 and spent several months unemployed before being rehired in May. The memoranda at the end include a reflection on the year as a whole, a summary of the state of her family, a description of things she saw on a visit to Philadelphia, and various facts, figures, and literary extracts.
Date:
1886
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1889 March 8, Washington, D.C., to Francis R. Cope Esq, Philadelphia Pa
Title:
1889 March 8, Philadelphia Pa
Date:
1889-03-08
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur diary, May to November 1863
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, May to November 1863
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diary for 1863 (mc1158_01_02_002).
Date:
1863-05-14 - 1863-11-19
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1872 December 4, Washington, D.C., to Col. R. R. Carson, Phila P'a
Title:
1872 December 4, Phila P'a
Date:
1872-12-04
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1883
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1883
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing significant events in detail. Recurring themes are her work at the Patent Office and attending White House receptions and congressional sessions. The memoranda at the end include a reflection on the year as a whole, a summary of the state of her family, a list of objects she saw at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and various facts and literary extracts.
Date:
1883
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur diary, October 1867 to September 1868
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, October 1867 to September 1868
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diaries for 1867 and 1868 (mc1158_01_03_002 and mc1158_01_03_003).
Date:
1867-10-02 - 1868-09-05
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1872
Title:
Julia Wilbur pocket diary, 1872
Description:
Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Documents her social activities and professional life at the United States Patent Office. Actively observed and commented on governmental proceedings in Washington, D.C. Attended congressional sessions, as well as various lectures and social reform meetings.
Date:
1872
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, September 27, 1919
Title:
Letter from Nathalie Gookin to her mother, 1919
Description:
Gookin writes about visiting Washington, D.C. with her father.
Date:
1919-09-27
Collection:
Nathalie Gookin Papers
1908 April 4, Awbury, to My dear Lillie
Title:
1908 April 4, to My dear Lillie
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1889
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Excelsior" diary, 1889
Description:
Wilbur wrote daily page-length entries describing events in detail, including her trips to Providence, New York, and Philadelphia. The memoranda at the end include a summary of the state of her health and her family, her finances for the year, and various facts, sayings, and literary extracts, including an abolitionist poem by James Russell Lowell and a quotation from Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Date:
1889
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur diary, November 1862 to May 1863
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, November 1862 to May 1863
Description:
See also Wilbur's journal briefs (mc1158_06_03_001), in which she highlighted significant events recorded in this diary.
Date:
1862-11-20 - 1863-05-13
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1812 January 18, Baltimore, to Father
Title:
1812 January 18, to Father
Description:
Letter sealed with wax.
Date:
1812-01-18
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Letter from G. F. Mercer to Thomas P. Cope
Title:
Letter from G. F. Mercer to Thomas P. Cope
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Julia Wilbur "Centennial" diary, 1878
Title:
Julia Wilbur "Centennial" diary, 1878
Description:
Wilbur wrote page-length entries summarizing personally significant events for each day of the year. Documents her social activities and professional life at the United States Patent Office. Includes income records. Frequently discusses her niece Alfreda Bigelow and sister Frances Hartwell, who lived with her at the time. Attended various lectures and events. Mentions receiving an invitation from Susan B. Anthony to the Rochester Woman's Convention.
Date:
1878
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Letter from Susan Walker Fitzgerald to her parents, December 30, 1894
Title:
Letter from Susan Walker Fitzgerald to her parents, 1894
Description:
FitzGerald writes about arriving in Bryn Mawr and of plans for her day.
Date:
1894-12-30
Collection:
Susan Walker FitzGerald Papers
Julia Wilbur diary, October to December 1865
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, October to December 1865
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diary for 1865 (mc1158_01_02_004).
Date:
1865-10-01 - 1865-12-31
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur letter to her sister, April 26, 1865
Title:
Julia Wilbur letter to her sister, 1865
Description:
Photocopy. Discusses the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the public reaction.
Date:
1865-04-26
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Julia Wilbur diary, May 1870 to May 1871
Title:
Julia Wilbur diary, May 1870 to May 1871
Description:
See also Wilbur's pocket diaries for 1870 and 1871 (mc1158_01_04_001 and mc1158_01_04_002).
Date:
1870-05-17 - 1871-05-04
Collection:
Julia Wilbur Papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
1843 August 15, Philada., to Henry
Title:
1843 August 15, to Henry
Description:
Letter includes Thomas P. Cope's recollection of the 1816 death of his son, Francis.
Date:
1843-08-15
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers

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