Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Burchard Family papers date from 1861 to 2003 and measure 2.08 linear feet. The papers are arranged in two series: Biographical information and Diaries. The collection is comprised of sixty-seven diaries and focuses on the activities of daily life for the women of the Burchard family from the 1860s to the 1930s, first in New York, then in Illinois after 1862, and in Iowa after 1910.The Biographical information series consists of obituaries, eulogies, funeral programs relating to the Burchard family, family correspondence from 1866 to 1993, genealogical information and the wills of Chauncey Buell and Hamilton K. Wheeler. Also included are talks and research notes about the diaries by Ann Murray, great-granddaughter of Lettie Burchard Wheeler and daughter of the donor, Alberta Hall Randall.The Diaries series contains forty-two diaries written by Celestia Burchard between 1861 and 1901, thirty-one diaries written by Lettie Burchard Wheeler between 1880 and...