Lucy Alice Ide Diary, 1878
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Ide, Lucy Alice
- Title
- Lucy Alice Ide Diary
- Dates
- 1878 (inclusive)18781878
- Quantity
- 1 v.
- Collection Number
- MsSC 179
- Summary
- Record of Gifford, Ide, Christian, Hunter, and Eager families' overland journey from Mondovi, WI to Dayton, WA in 1878.
- Repository
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Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture)
2316 W. First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
archives@northwestmuseum.org - Access Restrictions
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The original is extremely fragile and use is restricted. There are typescripts with the collection.
- Additional Reference Guides
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Nolan, Edward W. A Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the Eastern Washington State Historical Society (Spokane, WA: Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1987).
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Lucy Alice Ide crossed the Plains in 1878 with her husband Chester D. Ide and settled near Dayton in southeastern Washington Territory. The wagon train consisted of forty-one individuals, mainly members of the Gifford, Ide, Christian, Hunter, and Eager families. They left Mondovi, WI on 1 May 1878, bound for Washington Territory, traveling slow along the Oregon Trail. They encountered many of the same hardships earlier emigrants had faced – the threat of hostile Indians, illness, adverse weather, and morale problems. However, the country was more settled than it had been in the 1850s, and the party had little difficulty in obtaining food and other necessary supplies. On 13 September, after four months and thirteen days on the trail, they arrived at Dayton.
Content Description
The volume consists of sixty-four leaves, of which fifty-five contain Lucy Ide’s daily entries. She diligently penned her observations of the country, weather, events while enroute, and personal thoughts about the journey. Also included is some genealogical information and a copy of “In a Prairie Schooner,” a poem based on Lucy Ide’s diary written for the West Los Angeles Bicentennial Committee in 1976 by Mort Tannenbaum.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
Publication RightsCopyright has not been assigned to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Museum Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Eastern Washington State Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher
Preferred Citation
Lucy Alice Ide Diary (MsSC 179), Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA.
Administrative Information
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Diaries
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Overland journeys to the Pacific
- Women pioneers--Washington (State)
Personal Names
- Ide, Lucy Alice--Archives
Family Names
- Christian family
- Eager family
- Gifford family
- Hunter family
- Ide family
- Ide, Chester D. family
Geographical Names
- Dayton (Wash.)--Family and personal papers
- Mandovi (Wis.)--Family and personal papers
- Oregon National Historic Trail
Form or Genre Terms
- Diaries
- Small manuscript collections
