A Guide to the Mrs. Reeves Catt Diaries, 1887-1918
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Catt, Alice Blackburn, 1855-1932 | |
| Title: | Catt, Mrs. Reeves, Papers | |
| Dates: | 1887-1918 | |
| Abstract: | Two notebooks compose the Mrs. Reeves Catt Diaries, 1887-1918, which document Catt’s activities and interests as a woman at the turn of the 20th century. | |
| Extent: | 2 items | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Note
Alice Virginia Blackburn (1855-1932), the daughter of Mary Ann Ast and William Blackburn, married businessman Reeves Catt ca. 1870 in Staunton, Virginia. The couple produced one child, Mary. Mrs. Catt was a devoted Methodist and sailed to England and France on the 1917 voyage of La Touraine.
Source:
Michael Koiner Memorial Association. A historical sketch of Michael Keinadt and Margaret Diller, his wife: The history and genealogy of their numerous posterity in the American states, up to the year 1893. (Staunton, Virginia: Stoneburner & Prufer, 1893), 147.
Scope and Contents
Two notebooks compose the Mrs. Reeves Catt Diaries, 1887-1918, which document Catt’s activities and interests as a woman at the turn of the 20th century. The notebooks primarily concern Catt’s 1917 trip to England and France on the ship La Touraine and Methodism in Texas and abroad, but also contain personal and religious notes, recipes, rosters, and proverbs, as well as loose poems, clippings and a bank note from the Corporation of Winchester, Virginia (1867).
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| Catt, Alice Blackburn, 1855-1932 -- Archives | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Americans -- Travel -- Europe -- History -- 20th century. | ||
| Methodism -- Texas -- History | ||
| Ocean liners -- History -- 20th century. | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Mrs. Reeves Catt Diaries, 1887-1918, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
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