Harley W. Hopkins diaries

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 145-02

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Scope and Contents

The Harley W. Hopkins diaries collection consists of five pocket diaries for years between 1873 and 1902. Four of the diaries are inscribed as belonging to Harley W. Hopkins, one of the diaries (1899) does not carry an inscription. However, due to consistent handwriting across all five diaries, it is also attributed to Hopkins. The diaries record observations that are relevant to his profession, such as rainfall and snowfall summaries, water wells running dry, and the first blooms of various flowering fruit and vegetable plants in each year. Beyond a portrait of Hopkins' own life, the Harley W. Hopkins diaries collection offers insight into agricultural norms and proceedings of the time.The diaries all have a monthly calendar for the year and space for daily entires, some with sections of note that are reflective of important information at the time: national holidays, birthddates of significant North American men, conversion rates for global currencies, and astrological phenomena.

Dates

1873 - 1902

Creator

Hopkins, Harley Washburn, 1847-1917 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Harley Washburn Hopkins, born November 15, 1847 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, was a farmer and a carpenter. Through his adult life, Hopkins lived in Cranston with a shopfront in Providence. He married Lorena Elizabeth Aldrich on May 30, 1869, with whom he had a daughter Lillian Grace Hopkins. Hopkins died on February 25, 1917 in Oaklawn. As a farmer and carpenter, Hopkins kept pocket diaries that reflect the years 1873, 1875, 1876, 1899, and 1902 in his life.