Book 01, Diary of J.P. D'Ooge from 1886 March to 1887 October

Item

Title
Book 01, Diary of J.P. D'Ooge from 1886 March to 1887 October
Creator
Electa Jane (Jennie) Pease D'Ooge
Description
The diary of Jennie Pease D’Ooge dated from March 1886 to October 1887 begins on D'Ooge's 29th birthday, eight months after her marriage to Benjamin L. D'Ooge. It documents Jennie's pregnancy with her first child, Ida Joanna D'Ooge, birth in February 1887, and early months of motherhood; Benjamin's appointment to the chair of Greek and Latin at the Michigan State Normal School in Ypsilanti, following the resignation of Joseph P. Vroman; the couple's summer visit to Grand Rapids and Macatawa Park; and their move from Ann Arbor to Ypsilanti. Jennie and Benjamin rent a house in Ypsilanti, attend the First Congregational Church of Ypsilanti, and get involved with the local community, while maintaining ties with Ann Arbor and University of Michigan society. Jennie chronicles her daily household, social, and recreation activities; her involvement with the University Musical Society Choral Union, Congregational and Presbyterian churches, a missionary society, and other local organizations; and the lives of a wide circle of family and friends. She reads extensively; studies German, French, and Latin; takes sketching and watercolor lessons; plays tennis; and regularly attends lectures and theatrical and musical performances. She also comments on world events, including labor strikes, debates over Irish home rule, and the construction of the Panama Canal. The telegraph, the telephone, steamships, and the railroad enable members of the Pease and D'Ooge families to communicate and to travel across Michigan and the United States and overseas. For more local travel, Jennie and Benjamin walk on foot, take streetcars and interurbans, and ride in horse-drawn phaetons, barouches, and other carriages, either rented from a livery or borrowed from a friend. The diary includes drawings, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera.
Date Span
1886 March to 1887 October
Subject
Ann Arbor (Mich.); Art and recreation; Books and reading; Breastfeeding; Childbirth; Choral music; Clothing and dress; Congregational churches; Cooking; Diaries; Dinners and dining; Dutch Americans; Families; First Congregational Church (Ypsilanti, Mich.); Food; Grand Rapids (Mich.); Home economics; Horse-drawn vehicles; Interior decoration; Kalamazoo (Mich.); Macatawa, Lake (Mich.); Manners and customs; Marriage; Michigan State Normal School; Motherhood; Outdoor recreation; Pregnancy; Railroad travel; Sewing; Shopping; Social life and customs; Societies and clubs; Universities and colleges -- Faculty; University of Michigan; University women; Ypsilanti (Mich.)
Collection Location
Book 1
Cataloger
Alexis Braun Marks, Katie Delahoyde, Luis Pena
Relation
04.JD
Rights
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Abstract
Individuals and Families:

Angell family; Angell, Alexis C. (Alexis Caswell), 1857-1932; Angell, Alice, 1886; Angell, Fannie Cary Cooley, 1857-1934; Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916; Angell, James Rowland; Angell, Sarah Caswell, 1883-1928; Angell, Sarah Swope Caswell, 1831-1903; Angell, Thomas Cooley, 1885-1896; Ballou, James Madison, 1816-1888; Barbour family; Barbour, Cora Titus, 1854-1932; Barbour, Florus A., 1856-1926; Bellows, Charles Fitz Roy, 1832-1907; Bellows, Julia E. Walter, 1833-1924; Boucher, Ida Joanna D'Ooge, 1887-1973; Buck family; Buck, Borredell Greenwood Weld, 1838-1913; Cady, Calvin Brainerd, 1851-1928; Cady, Frank, 1857-1943; Cameron, Lucy Buck, 1872-1909; Case, Minnie A., 1863-1942; Chase family; Clark family; Clark, Helen M. Innes, 1844-1927; Clark, John H., 1835-1903; Codington, Anna V. Springsteen, 1844-?; Codington, Edward W., 1841-1910; Cooley family; Cooley, Mary Beatrice, 1873-1944; Cooley, Mary Elizabeth Horton, 1830-1890; Cooley, Thomas Benton, 1871-1945; Cooley, Thomas McIntyre, 1824-1898; D'Ooge family; D'Ooge, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard), 1860-1940; D'Ooge, Jane (Jane Electa "Jennie" Pease), 1857-1937; D'Ooge, Martin Luther, 1839-1915; D’Ooge, Johanna Quintus, 1817-1899; D’Ooge, Leonard (Leendart), 1816-1887; D’Ooge, Mary Worcester, 1849-1946; Davis, Mary H. Scott Carter, 1863-1938; de Pont, Paul R. B., 1840-1906; Deuel, Obil 1808-1891; Eaglesfield, Elizabeth; Eastman, Charlotte Hall, 1858-1929; Fairfield, Emily Frances Fairchild, 1822-1914; Fairfield, Miner Wynn, 1823-1901; Fraser, Archibald, 1844-1906; Frieze family; Frieze, Henry Simmons, 1817-1889; George, Sarah Wadhams, 1847-1928; Hattstaedt, Kate May (Kittie or Kitty) Castle, 1855-1961; Hazlewood family; Hazlewood, Arthur, 1839-1923; Hazlewood, Jennie Johanna Quintus, 1854-1923; Hull, Eliza Darling, 1857-1906; Hull, Fannie A. Abbott, 1840-1923; Hull, Latham Hull, Jr., 1812-1887; Hull, Lawrence Cameron, 1856-1916; Jones, Amy E., 1838-1902; Jones, Elisha, 1832-1888; Lodeman family; Lodeman, Augustus, 1840-1902; Lodeman, Franziska, 1842-?; Lovell, Almira ("Allie"), 1864-?; Mahon family; Mahon, George C., 1816-1893; Mahon, Sarah L'Estrange, 1827-1924; McLaughlin, Lois T. (Lois Thompson), 1863-1941; McMahon, Lois A., 1851-1898; Moore, Laura E. Whitley, 1865-1947; Morwick, James, 1807-1891; Morwick, Minerva E. Pease Codington, 1813-1883; Paton, Anna A. "Annie"; Pease (Frederic H.) family; Pease (Galusha Jackson) family; Pease, Abbie Hunter, 1865-1953; Pease, Frederic H., 1839-1909; Pease, Galusha Jackson, 1815-1894; Pease, Ida Irene, 1854-1924; Perry, Emma Blackman, 1845-1912; Putnam, Daniel, 1824-1906; Quintus family; Quintus, Catherine W. Souffrouw, 1824-1903; Quintus, Jacob, 1821 or 1822-1906; Quintus, John C., 1856-1921; Rexford, Edgar, 1842-1927; Ryder family; Ryder, Ada Tripp, 1853-1928; Ryder, William Henry, 1842-1918; Sill family; Sill, John Mayhelm Barry, 1831-1901; Sill, Sally Beaumont, 1833-1903; Smith, John Frank, 1835-1922; Smith, Miriam E. Converse, 1835-1906; Stanley, Jane C. Mahon, 1862-1940; Strong family; Strong, Edwin A., 1834-1920; Strong, Harriet Pomeroy, 1835-1888; Swift, Lodorsca Adelaide Wrampelmeier, 1859-1927; Swift, Theodore John Wrampelmeier, 1856-1938; Utterwick family; Utterwick, Eleanor D’Ooge (“Nellie”), 1840-1928; Utterwick, Henry, 1840-1928; Utterwick, Johanna M. ("Jennie"), 1870-1889; Utterwick, Katherine ("Kate"), 1868-?; Verdier family; Verdier, Frank Lawrence, 1879-1956; Verdier, John A.S., 1838-1911; Verdier, John Walter, 1873-1952; Verdier, Leonard D'Ooge, 1877-1962; Verdier, Maria Joanna D’Ooge, 1846-1913; Verdier, Martin D'Ooge, 1881-1956; Westerhoff, Jennie D’Ooge, 1850-1934; Whipple, Charlotte A. Pease, 1819-1896; Whipple, Mary A. Pease, 1825-1907; Whitman, Charles Rudolphus, 1847-1921
Item sets
D'Ooge Journals