Julia Alice Brady Journal (Brady Collection), 1851-1852 | UNA Archives and Special Collections

By Dixie Norwood

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Collection Overview

Title: Julia Alice Brady Journal (Brady Collection), 1851-1852

Primary Creator: Julia Alice Brady Journal (Brady Collection), 1851-1852

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Collection arranged into one box.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

(Taken from the foreword of the journal) This journal chronicles a year in the life of Julia Alice Brady, a sixteen-year-old from the northeast (near Philadelphia) and her year-long travels around the Eastern United States. The pages of this journal help tell the story of Julia and her unwavering spirit during a critical point in her life-the diagnosis of tuberculosis that was ravaging the population at the time.

Biographical Note

The journal was transcribed and retyped on a typewriter by June Middleton (Mrs. Hamilton Castner Albaugh, Jr.) in March 1987.

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Sub-Series 1: Journal of Julia Alice Brady

Item 1: Explaining

Item 2: Foreword

Item 3: Searching for Identities

Item 1: On Niagara Trip
Item 2: In Louisville
Item 3: In Alabama
Item 4: In Memphis
Item 5: In New Orleans

Item 4: The Niagara Trip

Item 5: In Louisville

Item 6: The Boat Trip from Louisville to Tuscumbia

Item 7: The Alabama Visit

Item 8: The Stagecoach Ride from Tuscumbia to Memphis and the Memphis Visit

Item 9: The Boat Trip to New Orleans and the New Orleans Stay

Item 10: The Boat Trip from New Orleans to Memphis

Item 11: The Second Memphis Visit

Item 12: The Boat Trip from Memphis to Louisville

Item 13: In Louisville Again

Item 14: Epilogue and Credits

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