May 11
Laura M., age 16, North Carolina
May 11, 1998
Yay! Ate in the cafeteria with Justin and Sean sat with us. We laughed about the past and then he wrote me back. Showed Pat all of our 8th grade notes. Casey loved ’em. Pat and Casey came 2 see me at work. Stopped by school after work and chilled with him then, 2.
Laura M., age 15, North Carolina
May 11, 1997
Up at 8:30. Me and Kathy and Bryan went to Tarboro ’cause Steven got here for the summer. Stopped at McDonald’s on the way. Went to Mema and Pop’s. Boring. Came home and ate. Watched “Romeo and Juliet.” Kristina called. Talked to Courtney. :)
Anna L., age 75, Illinois
May 11, 1960
Washed and hung on porch no rain predicted. Dried before I went to bed. Called for hair appt. for Thursday. Washed car as it looked awful and did some baking. Also made rubarb [sic] sauce.
Marcy S., age 19, Missouri
May 11, 1944
[In upper margin: “I weigh 140!!”] No history or philosophy. Practiced and studied. Very warm. No house meeting. Betty and I went to town in afternoon. Got ice cream. Practiced. Sort of cloudy. Piano lesson. Good dinner. Jacq, Betty and I went for a walk afterwards. Back in time for vespers. Sat in balcony - made spectacle of ourselves climbing over seats! Mr. Berry talked. Very good. Lovely night. Back to hall and talked to Mary Jo and Jane. About 8:30 they went over to the sorority sing. Betty and I stayed in their room and looked at fashion magazines. Then about 9 we settled down to studying. Wrote paper on “Eve of St. Agnes” for Eng. lit. I stayed up til 11:30 and typed mine. Was I glad to get that done! Met Mr. Carson this afternoon.
Marcy S., age 13, Tennessee
May 11, 1938
It is still cool and cloudy. It rained off and on all day. We practiced the play in the morning. Played piano in chapel. After school Helen and I played polo until it started to rain and then we went on the porch to play but it rained so hard we had to go in. There was a rainbow and it was very beautiful. When it stopped we went out again and George came over. Helen and I played polo some more and George wanted to be on my side because Helen was ahead of me. Helen wouldn’t let him and I told him not to but he did and he and Helen got in a fuss. Helen went home mad. At 6 I listened to One Man’s Family. Helen found a little stray kitten and brought it down to show me before she took it to Mrs. Turner. It was so cute. At night it rained and I read.
Henry S., age 26, Michigan
May 11, 1888
Pa drew off the last load of wheat this forenoon. I marked out some ground for Willie and he planted beans there. I have been doing a good deal of gardening today. Went to the swamps and put in some onion seed and a hill of mellons [sic] as an experiment. It has been showering this afternoon. I am going over to stay with Kate tonight.
*(R. Henry Scadin Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville)
Henry S., age 24, Michigan
May 11, 1886
Kate and I [?] all the grapevines (137) and cuttings (210) today. We worked hard. Fred Waters planted corn on our place today. His father and Willie helped him. It was misty this morning, but cleared off.
*(R. Henry Scadin Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville)
Cornelia H., age 26, North Carolina
May 11, 1863
I began to crochet a pair socks for the babe today. Did but little at it. Harrie came over in the evening. He looks some better than he did when he left but I fear he will never be well again. The sun shines very warm today. Betsey weaving. Matt spinning for her some dresses. Atheline spinning for the negro’s pants. I received a letter from Mr. Henry by the mail today. He & Matt were in Greenville. Last Friday they went up on Crayershead Mountain.
*(Fear in North Carolina: The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family, Eds. Karen L. Clinard and Richard Russell, used with permission.)
Cornelia H., age 25, North Carolina
May 11, 1862
Warm & bright. Mr. Henry & I & the children went to the mill this morning to feed the hogs. Pinck weighs 47 lbs., Zona 31 lbs. & Willie 27. I, 118 my usual weight. Dinner is now ready. E. P. Night in here for dinner. Mr. Henry speaks of going to Henry Hanes’ this evening. I hope he will not go as I will be alone. Mr. Henry is not going off this evening. R. Boyd is here. He has just eat dinner. M. McKinnish is now at work fixing some banisters for the piazzas. It is very warm this evening. Seems like summer. I must write to Sister Jane as I did not write to her last Sunday.
*(Fear in North Carolina: The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family, Eds. Karen L. Clinard and Richard Russell, used with permission.)
Samuel P., age 36, London
May 11, 1669
My wife again up by four o’clock, to go to gather May-dew; and so back home by seven, to bed, and by and by I up and to the office, where all the morning, and dined at noon at home with my people, and so all the afternoon. In the evening my wife and I all alone, with the boy, by water, up as high as Putney almost, with the tide, and back again, neither staying going nor coming; but talking, and singing, and reading a foolish copy of verses upon my Lord Mayor’s entertaining of all the bachelors, designed in praise to my Lord Mayor, and so home and to the office a little, and then home to bed, my eyes being bad. Some trouble at Court for fear of the Queen’s miscarrying; she being, as they all conclude, far gone with child.
*(The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S., edited by Henry B. Wheatley F.S.A., London, George Bell & Sons York St. Covent Garden, Cambridge Deighton Bell & Co., 1893.)