Diary Discoveries

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#66 The Chateau Lafayette & The Women It Captivated - 1921

In Mary DeForest Denny's 1921 diary, she wrote of a journey to France with a good friend, artist Clara Greenleaf Perry. It was a trip filled with experiences: dining, sight seeing, French language lessons, conversations with fellow artists, and most importantly, a visit to the Ch ... Show more

. 1h 15min

#65 Diary Sampler 3 - Mississippi Guide, Premonition, Mexico Drug Trip.

In this episode you will hear stories from three diary's. The first is about a woman who explored the Mighty Mississippi River year after year and shared her knowledge by publishing her own guide books. Next, a diary where the author experienced a premonition that sadly came true ... Show more

. 48min 0sec

#64 Diary Sampler 2 - Basic Needs, Chair Pusher, Crime Of A Dastard.

In this episode, we share three stories from three diaries. In the first, you will hear about a young school teacher who wrote out her idea of "The Basic Needs Of Every Life". She beat Abraham Maslow and his "Hierarchy of Needs" by twenty years, as her ideas and his are very simi ... Show more

. 1h 1min

#63 The 1859 Gold Rush and A Lonely Heart

The 1859 gold rush to Colorado is on! "Pike's Peak or bust!" was the saying of many a fortune hunter who headed out west, but what about those left behind? In this episode, passages from a newly married woman's diary are read, and we discuss some aspects of the gold rush itself. ... Show more

. 39min 18sec

#62 Mountain Girls, Moonshine Shootout, and The Metropolitan Holiness Church. 1911

"Holy Jumpers", an Immigrant girl named Olga, and a shootout between a "revenue posse" and a moonshining family in the hills of Kentucky, all of which have a connection to Effie Waller Smith, the teacher and poet from our last episode. Sally's favorite Diary was written by Olga, ... Show more

. 36min 45sec