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"My Li'l' Angelo"
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My story: memoir :
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A photocopy of a privately printed memoir of Anna Grace Evans, who, at the time of printing, was 108 years old. The memoir begins with a history of her parents and continues through her own life and the lives of her husband and children. She describes growing up at the end of the 19th century in the American West, especially in Kansas and Colorado. Though her father was a shoemaker and her family usually lived in town, Evans goes into great detail about farm life, cowboys, ranching, Native Americans, and the challenge of trying to survive in a sometimes-hostile climate; but Evans also relates many stories of going to church, to dances, and enjoying a busy social life in the places where she lived. The memoir ends with a detailed timeline of events in her husband's life which includes important dates for Anna Grace and the other members of the family. Though the original memoir was printed in 1981, it is not noted when this photocopy was made or by whom.
mssHM 84104
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My own Walker, journal of a dutiful wife, 1789-1801
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A typewritten, carbon copy transcription of the journal of Anna Walker edited by Edward Hall; the journal describes her life married to George T. Walker and his career in the British army. The transcription has Hall's autograph notes, additions and corrections; the pages have been trimmed down to different sizes and the page numbering is not consistent with some numbers repeated or skipped. Also included: the original "Perry Instantaneous Binder" and a paper folder with an autograph note by Hall: "Copy 170 2 of Revised version of 1789-1801 period (produced in 1952)."
mssHM 82875