FSU Early Journals Project

Louisa S. Harris

Harris, vol. 7

Starting Date: August 8th, 1852
last date within Journal: March 22, 1854

This journal is about the everyday experiences of Harris and she talks about love, death, and her time at Framingham Normal School over a two-year period from 1852-1854. She writes down prayers within this journal. She skips around a lot some entries are months apart and she will fill us in on what she was doing or how she spent her time, or how her Holiday season went, some entries go from October, and then she would write til after Christmas. She writes from hardcover to hardcover even when she runs out of pages the whole book is used.

The format of her journal is written like a journal it is formatted in a personal way it is not a professional writing piece and I would say informal writing.

The journal itself is a brown journal its in fairly good condition it is an 8in journal and looks to have just about 93 pages. She seems to have written in Blue and black pen but oxidized over the years. The Pages are gray and dull as well as her handwriting is faded over the years.

she uses English in her journals, her handwriting is extremely hard to read sometimes, and doesn't always feel like English because of the way its faded.

Love, Death, Everyday activities, Friendship, School, prayers, god etc