Emily Jayne Oliver diaries, 1855-1909

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Series I:Journals of Emily Jane Oliver



Box 1 Volume 1 Journal, 1855-1856


Box 1 Volume 2 Journal, 1856-1857


Box 1 Volume 3 Journal, 1857-1858


Box 1 Volume 4 Journal, 1858-1860


Box 1 Volume 5 Journal, 1860-1861


Box 1 Volume 6 Journal, 1862-1864



Box 2 Volume 7 Journal, 1864-1866


Box 2 Volume 8 Journal, 1866-1868

(Infancy of Sinclair Oliver and Birth of Annie Oliver)

(In part by George Jayne, Emily's brother)


Box 2 Volume 9 Journal, 1868-1870


Box 2 Volume 10 Journal, 1871-1875


Journal, 1876-1878

("John Beebe does not know whether the diary from 1876-1878 exists and is lost or doesn't exist. John Beebe is the only living person who has read the diary.")


Box 2 Volume 11 Journal, 1879-1880


Box 2 Volume 12 Journal, 1901-1909

Series II: Journals of Oliver Sinclair



Box 3 Volume 1 Journal, 1884-1888


Box 3 Volume 2 Joutnal, 1883-1884

Series III: Reference Material

"This reference material gives references to other books and papers, family trees including people mentioned in the diary, and pictures and biographies of many of the people mentioned in the diary. I gleaned this information from the references, and from family folklore handed down by my mother, Louise Oliver Beebee and her aunt Ellen Oliver (who lived with us when I was a boy). Louise Oliver Beebee's grandmothers were Sarah Ella Jayne Oliver and Emily Augusta Jayne Oliver, and her grandfathers were George Bell Oliver and James Oliver. All of these individuals died before she was born." John Beebe, 2001


Box 3 Folder 1 "Reference Material for Emily Jayne Oliver's Diary" by John Beebe, October 2001, 25 pages; 1 compact disks