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Descriptive Summary
Title:
Oscar M. Henry Diaries 1885 -1915
Collection number:
MS-R063
Creator:
Henry, Oscar M., 1851-1916
Extent:
Number of containers: 2 document boxes
Linear feet: .8 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract:
This collection of diaries serves as a window into the life of Oscar M. Henry, a
California rancher, farmer and miner. Henry wrote the diaries on his farm in Amador
County, California from 1885 to 1915. In daily entries, Henry documented his social and
business dealings, listed daily and weekly visitors, and reported the weather. He also
recorded the various tasks he completed from day to day, from slaughtering hogs and
hauling wood to plowing, gardening and maintaining the fences. The diaries reflect his
attention to detail; for example, he cited from whom and for how much he bought the books
he used as his journals. In general, the journals illustrate the life of a prosperous
Californian in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Language:
English.
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