Case family collection inventory

Case, Ellen; Case, Nora Noel; Case, John James

Title: Case family collection inventory
Creator: Case, Ellen
Creator: Case, Nora Noel
Creator: Case, John James
Subject: Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject: Church of the Province of Southern Africa -- Missions
Subject: Farming -- Annecdotes
Type: Text
Identifier: vital:13462
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020071
Identifier: MS 20 011
Description: This collection contains two diaries written by Ellen Case, wife of Rev. Philip Henry Case, describing their life in the service of the Anglican church from 1888-1894, as well as a volume containing copies of her letters home. The note books are in a fragile condition; they have been transcribed by her grandson, John James Case, who deposited the collection in Cory Library in December 2003, and the transcription in 2014. There are also six volumes of diaries (1944-1966) and a volume of poetry by her daughter, Nora Noel Case, born 27 December 1886. For a time Nora lived with her older brother Philip George Case, and her diaries describe their life on various farms, and subsequently as store keepers, in the Lower Albany area. She had trained as a school teacher. Her earlier diaries contain interesting details of day to day living and farming, and the hard physical work it entailed. Her later diaries describe social contacts in Barkly East, Bushman’s River Mouth and Queenstown, and as she was meticulous about recording weather, give an excellent overview of rainfall patterns at the time.
Format: 2 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
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