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    A widow's tale: the 1884-1896 diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney

    A widow's tale: the 1884-1896 diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney

    Whitney, Helen Mar, 1828-1896; Hatch, Charles M., 1945-; Compton, Todd, 1952-

    Volume 6, Life Writings of Frontier Women series. Few diaries, journals, and memoirs published have provided as rich and well rounded a window into their authors' lives and worlds as the diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney. Because it provides a rare account of the widely experienced situations and problems faced by widows, her record has relevance far beyond Mormon history

    eBook, Electronic resource, Book. English. Diaries. History. Electronic books.
    Published Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press 2003

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    Statement of responsibility: transcribed and edited by Charles M. Hatch and Todd M. Compton ; introduction, notes, and register by Todd M. Compton
    ISBN: 0874214858, 0874215579, 9780874214857, 9780874215571
    Note: Print version record.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 811-830) and index.
    Physical Description: 1 online resource ([xiv], 887 pages) : illustrations.
    System: Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
    Series: Life writings of frontier women ; v. 6
    Subject: Mormon Church.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints History 19th century.; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.; Mormon Church History 19th century.; Whitney, Helen Mar, 1828-1896.; Mormon women Diaries.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Religious.; RELIGION Christianity Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon); Mormon women.; HISTORY United States 19th Century.; Whitney, Helen Mar, 1828-1896 Diaries.
    Restrictions: Use copy Restrictions unspecified
    Reproduction: Electronic reproduction. [S.l.]: HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
    Series Title: Life writings of frontier women ; v. 6.
    Local note: JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access

    Contents

    1. Foreword /Maureen Ursenbach Beecher
    2. Helen Mar Whitney's Family
    3. 1884: Horace Has Spent a Dreadful Night
    4. 1885: Oh! How I Feel My Loss
    5. My Widowhood
    6. 1886: It Seemed Like a Dream That I Must Awake From
    7. 1887: I Woke Sobbing Three Times
    8. 1888: This Valley Is Covered with Thick Fog to Day
    9. Very Dreary
    10. 1889: A Beautiful White Coffin Held the Little Lamb & All Pronounced Him Beautiful
    11. 1890: A "Liberal" Gang of the Scum & Boys Passed Up Our Street
    12. 1891: E.M. Wells Came to See Us, & the House, at Evening
    13. Thought It Lovely
    14. 1892: We've Got to Do Something to Keep Ourselves Out of Debt
    15. 1893: Mary ... Gone To Chicago ... We Can't Afford to Go to the Saltair
    16. 1894: They Were the Best & Firmest in the Cause of Truth
    17. 1895: She ... Proposed to Have All Lay Hands on My Head & Rebuke My Afflictions
    18. 1896: I Couldnt Talk Right
    19. After One Word All Was Mudled.