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Metadata
Item ID# |
A2012.087.004 |
Title |
James Rowand Burgess diary 1918 |
Object Name |
Diary |
Dates of Creation |
January 20, 1918 - June 14, 1918 |
Creator |
Burgess, James Rowand |
Description |
Part of series 1 of the James and Elizabeth Burgess family fonds, this is a sample of one of 13 diaries written by James Rowand Burgess, born December 31, 1890, son of Christina Thompson Rowand and William Burgess of Port Elgin, Bruce County, Ontario. In the diary, an entry is generally made for each day from January 20, 1918 - June 14, 1918. Topics covered in the diary include: - weather, - chores and work around the homestead (including cleaning pig pens, fixing fences, hauling logs and lumber, cutting poles, gathering sap), - farming (including threshing peas - Feb. 12, plowing, sowing spring wheat, barley, etc.), - social activities, including literary meetings (ex. January 30th, a debate re: capital punishment), - hardships on the home front during WWI (ex. Feb. 9, 1918 no fires for heat in stores by order of the Fuel Controller; J.R. getting his identification card on June 4, 1918), - high school work and activities, - community involvement. Makes references to friends, families and neighbours, including Alfred Burgess. |
Articles, Finding Aids, Transcriptions & Links |
Typed Transcript of James Rowand Burgess Diary Jan.-June, 1918, A2012.087.004 |
Collection |
Burgess, James and Elizabeth family fonds |
Parent Object |
Burgess series 1 |
Level of Description |
Item |
Physical Description |
21 x 13.5 x 0.5 cm |
Places |
Arran Township Saugeen Township |
People |
Burgess, Alfred Burgess, Elizabeth Oliver ("Olive") Burgess, James Rowand ("Rowand") Burgess, William Burgess, William Noble Christie, Ethel |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Agriculture Farm life Farming First World War Home front Organizations Rural life Social life Weather |