Mercy Jane Bancroft, Diaries
Title: Mercy Jane Bancroft, Diaries
Creator:
Bancroft, Mercy Jane
Dates: 1860-1900
Quantity: 7 boxes (6.5 linear feet)
Collection Number: Spec MS 230
Language: English
Restrictions: None
Copyright: The use of Archives & Special Collections material is governed by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code).
Preferred Citation: Mercy Jane Bancroft, Diaries (Spec MS 230). Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
Biography:
Mercy Jane Bancroft was born on 13 July 1825. She married Addison F. Blair on 19 November 1863 and lived in South Owego, New
York.
Scope and Content:
Mercy Jane Bancroft kept diaries from 1859 until 1900. The diaries detail many aspects of daily life and significantly, the
creation of a quilt, now housed at the International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The materials also
include a Devotional and Practical Polyglot Family Bible published in 1870 by the National Publishing Company and Jones Brothers & Co. The bible contains information on marriages,
births, and deaths within the Bancroft family. Sixteen unidentified photographs were included in the back of the bible. These
photographs have been rehoused. Copies of the diaries were made on acid-free paper.
Subjects:
Quilting
Quilters
Quilting, United States
Container List:
Box 1.
Folder 1. Diaries, 1859-1864
Box 1.
Folder 2. Diaries, 1866-1869
Box 1.
Folder 3. Diaries, 1870-1873
Box 1.
Folder 4. Diaries, 1874-1877
Box 1.
Folder 5. Diaries, 1878-1885
Box 1.
Folder 6. Diaries, 1886-1889
Box 1.
Folder 7. Diaries, 1890-1896
Box 2.
Folder 1. Diaries, 1898-1900
Box 2.
Folder 2. Marriage certificate, undated
Box 2.
Folder 3. Photographs, undated
Box 3.
Folder 1. Family bible
Box 4.
Folder 1. Diary (photocopy), 1859
Box 4.
Folder 2. Diary (photocopy), 1860
Box 4.
Folder 3. Diary (photocopy), 1861
Box 4.
Folder 4. Diary (photocopy), 1862
Box 4.
Folder 5. Diary (photocopy), 1863
Box 4.
Folder 6. Diary (photocopy), 1864
Box 4.
Folder 7. Diary (photocopy), 1866
Box 4.
Folder 8. Diary (photocopy), 1867
Box 4.
Folder 9. Diary (photocopy), 1868
Box 4.
Folder 10. Diary (photocopy), 1869
Box 4.
Folder 11. Diary (photocopy), 1870
Box 4.
Folder 12. Diary (photocopy), 1871
Box 5.
Folder 1. Diary (photocopy), 1872
Box 5.
Folder 2. Diary (photocopy), 1873
Box 5.
Folder 3. Diary (photocopy), 1874
Box 5.
Folder 4. Diary (photocopy), 1875
Box 5.
Folder 5. Diary (photocopy), 1876
Box 5.
Folder 6. Diary (photocopy), 1877
Box 5.
Folder 7. Diary (photocopy), 1878
Box 5.
Folder 8. Diary (photocopy), 1880, 1881
Box 6.
Folder 1. Diary (photocopy), part 1, 1882
Box 6.
Folder 2. Diary (photocopy), part 2, 1882, 1883
Box 6.
Folder 3. Diary (photocopy), 1884
Box 6.
Folder 4. Diary (photocopy), 1885
Box 6.
Folder 5. Diary (photocopy), 1886
Box 6.
Folder 6. Diary (photocopy), 1887
Box 6.
Folder 7. Diary (photocopy), 1888
Box 6.
Folder 8. Diary (photocopy), 1889
Box 6.
Folder 9. Diary (photocopy), part 1, 1890
Box 7.
Folder 1. Diary (photocopy), part 2, 1890, 1891
Box 7.
Folder 2. Diary (photocopy), 1892, 1893
Box 7.
Folder 3. Diary (photocopy), 1894, 1895
Box 7.
Folder 4. Diary (photocopy), 1896, 1897
Box 7.
Folder 5. Diary (photocopy), 1898, 1899
Box 7.
Folder 6. Diary (photocopy), 1900
Related Material and Resources:
A quilt (No. 1997.997.0852) referenced in the Bancroft Diaries is located at the International Quilt Study Center, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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