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One of three diaries of Anna Laura Hittle Rings of Topeka, Kansas. Anna was the live-in-housekeeper for Mr. Harry Imes at 1208 College Avenue from 1949 to her death in 1961. She was cook, gardener, housekeeper, and seamstress. The diaries tell of her daily life while in Mr. Imes' employ. The other diaries can be found with Unit ID 473076 and 473077.
Date: 1949-1961
Item Number: 473053
Call Number: Digital file, KSHS, 2020-048
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 473053
Collections - Manuscript - Hittle Rings
Date - 1940s - 1949
Date - 1950s
Date - 1960s
Home and Family - Daily life
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Home and Family - Daily life - Gardening
Home and Family - Daily life - Housework
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Diary
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Diaries
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