Village Life in America

Caroline Cowles Richards Clarke (1842 - 1913)

A diary of a young school girl in Canandaigua, New York during the Civil War. (Summary by MaryElizabeth)

Genre(s): Memoirs

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction - The Villages - The Villagers Mary-Elizabeth Arndt
00:07:56
Play 01 1852.—Family Notes—Famous School—Girls—Hoop Skirts Mary-Elizabeth Arndt
00:10:49
Play 02 1853.—Runaways—Bible Study—Essays—Catechism Mary-Elizabeth Arndt
00:12:35
Play 03 1854.—Lake Picnic—Pyramid of Beauty—Governor Clark Mary-Elizabeth Arndt
00:28:27
Play 04 1855.—Preachers—James and John—Votes for Women BettyB
00:13:33
Play 05 1856.—the Fire—Sleighing and Prayer—Father’s Advice Jim Locke
00:34:41
Play 06 1857.—Truants and Pickles—Candle Stories—the Snuffers Jim Locke
00:24:31
Play 07 1858.—Tableaux and Charades—Spiritual Seance BettyB
00:15:53
Play 08 1859.—E. M. Morse—Letter from the North Pole BettyB
00:18:01
Play 09 1860.—Gymnastics—Troublesome Comforts Jim Locke
00:15:44
Play 10 1861.—President Lincoln’s Inauguration—Civil War—School Enthusiasm Kalynda
00:11:26
Play 11 1862.—Gough Lectures—President’s Call for Three Hundred Thousand Men—Mission Zeal BettyB
00:14:11
Play 12 1863.—A Soldier’s Death—General M’Clellan’s Letter—President Lincoln’s Address at Gettysburg John
00:25:28
Play 13 1864.—Grandfather Beals’ Death—Anna Graduates John
00:28:01
Play 14 1865.—President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address—Fall of Richmond—Murder of Lincoln Nicholas Hartunian
00:38:16
Play 15 1866.—Freedman’s Fair—General Grant and Admiral Farragut Visit Canandaigua 1867.—Brother John and Wife Go to London—Lecture by Charles Dickens 1871.—Hon. George H. Stuart Speaks in Canandaigua—A Large Collection Diana Schmidt
00:15:03
Play 16 1872.—Grandmother Beals’ Death—Biography 1880.—Anna’s Marriage Linette Geisel
00:25:23