| Title | Isabelle and Helen May McFarland diaries, 1874-1889 [microform].
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| Description | One microfilm reel.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Consists of four diaries of Isabelle McFarland, 1874-1878, and one diary of Helen May McFarland, 1887-1889. The diaries relate the daily and social activities of the women, including visits from friends, church and Sunday School attendance, and travel throughout the Northeastern Ohio region. They are important to those researching the lives of women in South Euclid, Ohio, and the Village of Bluestone, Ohio, during the late nineteenth century.
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| Reproduct. Note | Microfilm. Cleveland, Ohio : Western Reserve Historical Society, 1993. 1 microfilm reel : positive and negative ; 35 mm.
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| Historical Note | The McFarland family, led by Duncan McFarland, immigrated from Ireland in 1843. Duncan and his wife, Margaret, moved to Euclid Township, Ohio, along Euclid Creek in 1866. In 1867, McFarland opened a quarry along the east bank of Euclid Creek, mining local "bluestone" sandstone. The success of this industry led to the establishment of the Village of Bluestone. In 1871, two of his sons opened another bluestone quarry along the the west bank of Euclid Creek. The brothers sold their quarry to the Forest City Stone Company in 1875. As concrete replace bluestone as a paving material, the quarries closed. The post office of Bluestone closed in 1908. Bluestone was incorporated into the Village of South Euclid in 1917. Two of the McFarlands' children, Isabelle and Helen May, kept diaries during the years the quarries and the Village of Bluestone thrived.
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| Cum. Index Note | Finding aids: Register available in the library.
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| Subjects | Bluestone (Ohio) -- History.
Bluestone (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Euclid (Ohio: Township) -- History.
McFarland family.
McFarland, Helen May.
McFarland, Isabelle.
Quarries and quarrying -- Ohio -- Bluestone.
Stone industry and trade -- Ohio -- Bluestone.
Women -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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| Other Authors | McFarland, Isabelle.
McFarland, Helen May.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: Microfilm (Cab. 53:1)
mq79335: Positive microfilm, microform room [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 45555] |
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