Scope and Content This collection contains a 1912 diary of Kate Hester Robson, who lived in Atlanta from 1859 until her death in 1914. Robson writes about moving to Atlanta in 1859 where her family lived in a house on the corner of Marietta and Spring Street. She describes making uniforms for soldiers and working in a hospital during the Civil War. She also writes about her husband investing capital in a plantation in Dougherty County and enslaving African Americans. The diary includes Robson’s account of...

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This collection contains a diary started by Reuben Schumpert on July 30, 1861. In it he records his experience joining the 11th Battalion, Sumpter Light Artillery. Sarah Schumpert, his stepmother, began writing in the diary on July 3, 1864. In her entries she reflects upon domestic life during the Civil War, including details of the loss of her stepson and of her husband's military service. Of particular note are two medicinal recipes.