Metta Ellis Powell Diary, 1890-1891
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Metta Ellis Powell Diary
- Dates
- 1890-1891 (inclusive)18901891
- Quantity
- 1 linear feet, (2 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MSS 260
- Summary
- Diary of Metta J. Ellis Powell's first year in Idaho, with a daily record of her home, work, and social life. Includes descriptions of the social life of young single people in Boise and rural Ada County in the 1890s, her teaching experiences in Ada County and Ola, Idaho, her first engagement and its dissolution, and President Benjamin Harrison's visit to Idaho in 1891. The diary is one volume and is 236 pages long. Forms part of the McCain Collection for Western Life.
- Repository
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Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
1910 University Drive
Boise ID
83725
Telephone: 2084263990
archives@boisestate.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is available for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Wilmetta J. Ellis was born in Kansas in 1870. Collection consists of a diary written by "Metta" Ellis which contains a daily record of her home, work, and social life. Includes descriptions of the social life of young single people in Boise and rural Ada County in the 1890s, particularly those living on the Valley Road (State Street) west of Boise; her teaching experiences in Ada County and Ola, Idaho; many sewing projects; her first engagement and its dissolution; and President Benjamin Harrison's visit to Idaho in 1891. Metta Ellis later married William O. Powell. She died in 1941.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
[item description], Metta Ellis Powell Diary, Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Administrative Information
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Social interaction
- Teachers
Geographical Names
- Boise (Idaho)
Form or Genre Terms
- Diaries
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