Russel, Minerva (Jennings), 1889

Contains a daily diary that Minerva Phelps maintained in 1889. The diary is in two parts, an actual composition notebook and a smaller tablet of paper that was arranged at the front on the former. The 6 Jan 1889 entry reads " Several times before I have attempted to keep a diary but have always neglected it after several weeks but this year I mean to keep it up." Minerva accomplished this goal since the diary is filled with entries from cover to cover.