Martha White Diary
Title
Martha White Diary
Description
The first entry in the diary of Martha White is December 30, 1905 when she left Richmond, Kentucky to become a trained nurse in Dr. Price's Hospital in Philadelphia. For the next three years subsequent entries describe her fellow nurses, the patients, their ailments, her activities during her free time, the names of churches she attended, clothing she purchased, and trips she enjoyed on her holidays. The diary is a careful chronicle of Miss White's life during her first three years in Philadelphia.
Creator
White, Martha
Source
Green/Fife/White Papers
Date
1905-1908
Rights
Contact Special Collections and Archives, Crabbe Library, Eastern Kentucky University for reproductions, rights and permission to publish.
Format
diary
Language
eng
Type
text
Identifier
1989a006-b01-f13
Collection
Tags
Other Media
Citation
White, Martha, “Martha White Diary,” Digital Collections, accessed October 2, 2022, https://digitalcollections.eku.edu/items/show/86733.