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Box WSC001

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Diary

 File — Box: WSC001, Folder: W 0139.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Written between January 1 and May 19, 1895, the daily entries in this diary detail J. O. Campbell's activities as a stenographer and typist for what appears to be a bank or broker's office in Montgomery, Alabama. One entry, Saturday, March 16, describes asking Governor Thomas G. Jones if he (Campbell) could "read law in his office." He offers his services as a part-time stenographer and typist, and explains that he doesn't want to practice law "but wanted to know something about it," that his...
Dates: 1895-01 - 1895-05