Diary kept by Nannie Nix Rayburn in Guntersville, Alabama.
Rayburn was born in 1837 in Lawrence County, Alabama. After studying education at Mary Sharpe College in Winchester, Tennessee, she moved to Guntersville, Alabama. She taught in the public school there from 1862 to 1863 (when she married Samuel King Rayburn), and resumed teaching in 1871, instructin...
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Alabama documents Rayburn, Nannie Nix, 1837-1874; Domestic life--Alabama; Recipes; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace; Guntersville (Ala.); Marshall County (Ala.) |
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Rayburn was born in 1837 in Lawrence County, Alabama. After studying education at Mary Sharpe College in Winchester, Tennessee, she moved to Guntersville, Alabama. She taught in the public school there from 1862 to 1863 (when she married Samuel King Rayburn), and resumed teaching in 1871, instructing a class of approximately 30 students at her home. In this diary (1865 to 1866), she discusses daily life on her family's farm in Guntersville, Alabama. Entries generally deal with domestic concerns, such as caring for her infant daughter and maintaining the household during her husband's frequent absences, but in a few passages she reflects directly on the devastation of the Civil War and its aftermath. A transcription is included.
(Numerous notes are written on the pages after the diary entries, including several dessert recipes: white cake, yellow cake, tea cakes, and sponge cake. See pages 13 and 14 of the PDF above.) |
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Q0000110440 - Q0000110463Q110440 - Q110463Diary kept by Nannie Nix Rayburn in Guntersville, Alabama.Rayburn was born in 1837 in Lawrence County, Alabama. After studying education at Mary Sharpe College in Winchester, Tennessee, she moved to Guntersville, Alabama. She taught in the public school there from 1862 to 1863 (when she married Samuel King Rayburn), and resumed teaching in 1871, instructing a class of approximately 30 students at her home. In this diary (1865 to 1866), she discusses daily life on her family's farm in Guntersville, Alabama. Entries generally deal with domestic concerns, such as caring for her infant daughter and maintaining the household during her husband's frequent absences, but in a few passages she reflects directly on the devastation of the Civil War and its aftermath. A transcription is included.
(Numerous notes are written on the pages after the diary entries, including several dessert recipes: white cake, yellow cake, tea cakes, and sponge cake. See pages 13 and 14 of the PDF above.) 1865 April -1866 January1865-041860-1869Rayburn, Nannie Nix, 1837-1874; Domestic life--Alabama; Recipes; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Alabama; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace; Guntersville (Ala.); Marshall County (Ala.)TextDiariesRayburn familyRayburn family papersMSS24, Box PR432Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections. 600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/9861 |
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