The Stephen Harriman Diaries
name: label: Collection Author
content: Harriman, Stephen (farmer)
label: Collection Author
content: Myers, Annamae Barlup (farmer)
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content: Annamae Barlup Myers and Stephen Harriman Diaries
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1883 - 1894
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0345, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Also included in the collection are a few diaries kept by Stephen Harriman, Mrs. Myers' maternal grandfather.  These cover the years 1884, 1888, 1893 and 1894.  They contain very brief daily entries of the weather, notations of trips to town, of visits made and visitors to the farm, of the start of farm operations i.e. plowing, sowing.  In addition to his farming, Mr. Harriman kept bees and sold honey.

There are some financial entries most of which relate to prices received: for honey 164 per pound on June 13, 1888; 14 each for eggs on March 14, 1888 and 194 per pound for butter on January 28, 1888.

The election of Grover Cleveland in 1884 and Benjamin Harrison in 1888 to the presidency are noted.