[Journal of Gertrude Osterhout at Baylor Female College, 1880-1883]

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Journal of Gertrude Osterhout, kept while she was at Baylor Female College. The journal starts with entries on her life in the boarding house at the college, spanning from the end of 1881 to April of 1881. Between these entries and the final page, Gertrude kept quotations from different materials, including many from "Lucile" by Owen Meredith. The final entry is at the start of the new year in 1883. The journal is bound and has an illustration of a pink flower on the front cover.

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[24] p. ; 21 cm.

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Osterhout, Gertrude October 20, 1880.

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Journal of Gertrude Osterhout, kept while she was at Baylor Female College. The journal starts with entries on her life in the boarding house at the college, spanning from the end of 1881 to April of 1881. Between these entries and the final page, Gertrude kept quotations from different materials, including many from "Lucile" by Owen Meredith. The final entry is at the start of the new year in 1883. The journal is bound and has an illustration of a pink flower on the front cover.

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[24] p. ; 21 cm.

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Osterhout Papers

The Osterhout family papers consist of an extensive collection of official documents, postcards, and letters. John Patterson Osterhout published The Bellville Countryman and was influential in the area.

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  • October 20, 1880

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  • October 20, 1880 - January 1, 1883

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  • Aug. 17, 2012, 10:24 a.m.

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  • Nov. 1, 2012, 1:16 p.m.

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Osterhout, Gertrude. [Journal of Gertrude Osterhout at Baylor Female College, 1880-1883], book, October 20, 1880; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth243997/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.

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