TY - GEN T1 - Adeline and Julia : growing up in Michigan and on the Kansas frontier : diaries from 19th-century America A1 - Graham, Adeline, 1864-1934 A2 - Graham, Julia, 1862-1900 A2 - Coryell, Janet L., 1955- A2 - Myers, Robert C. LA - English PP - East Lansing PB - Michigan State University Press YR - 2000 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn649706834 AB - The keeping of journals and diaries became an almost everyday pastime for many Americans in the nineteenth century. Adeline and Julia Graham, two young women from Berrien Springs, Michigan, were both drawn to this activity, writing about the daily events in their lives, as well as their ''grand adventures.'' These are fascinating, deeply personal accounts that provide an insight into the thoughts and motivation of two sisters who lived more than a century ago. Adeline began keeping a diary when she was sixteen, from mid-1880 through mid-1884; through it we see a young woman coming of age in t. OP - 237 NO - Annotated diaries of two young sisters, Adeline and Julia Graham, written during their adolescent years growing up in Berrien Springs, Michigan in the 1880s. Also includes Julia's diary from the year she spent homesteading with three other young women on the Kansas frontier. CN - F574.B47 G73 2000 SN - 9780870139048 SN - 0870139045 SN - 0870135139 SN - 9780870135132 KW - Graham, Adeline, : 1864-1934 : Diaries. KW - Graham, Julia, : 1862-1900 : Diaries. KW - Graham, Adeline, : 1864-1934 KW - Graham, Julia, : 1862-1900 KW - Sisters : Michigan : Berrien Springs : Diaries. KW - Young women : Michigan : Berrien Springs : Diaries. KW - Berrien Springs (Mich.) : Biography. KW - Berrien Springs (Mich.) : Social life and customs : 19th century. KW - Frontier and pioneer life : Michigan : Berrien Springs. KW - Frontier and pioneer life : Kansas : Greeley County. KW - Young women : Kansas : Greeley County : Diaries. KW - Greeley County (Kan.) : Social life and customs : 19th century. KW - Jeunes femmes : Kansas : Greeley (Comté) : Journaux intimes. KW - HISTORY : United States : State & Local : Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Manners and customs KW - Sisters KW - Young women KW - Kansas : Greeley County KW - Michigan : Berrien Springs KW - 1800-1899 KW - Biographies KW - Diaries ER -