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Oscar Knight Diary #2, Living in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh

October 30, 1899-October 22, 1900

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Oscar Knight Diary #2, Living in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh
  • Title
  • Oscar Knight Diary #2, Living in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh
  • Creator
  • Knight, Oscar Le Maistre, 1888-1961
  • Date
  • October 30, 1899-October 22, 1900
  • Identifier
  • 31735070004787
  • Description
  • Oscar Knight's second diary includes entries describing his daily activities in school and at home as well as outings with friends and family. Oscar records his daily activities in Pittsburgh, including moving to the family's new home, going to Sunday school, playing baseball or other games with his brother Eric and friends from school, biking to Highland Park, and attending Naturalists Club for Boys at the Carnegie Library. Oscar records his visits to a Carnegie Steel Mill, the Heinz Factory, Schenley Park, and the zoo. Additionally, he records visits at his school and the library from Pittsburgh scholars, such as Dr. William J. Holland and John Brashear. The diary is bound in quarter morocco and marbled boards, with a perished spine. Pasted inside the front cover is a drawing of Independence Hall. Pasted inside of the back cover is a newspaper clipping with 5 portrait sketches of the commanders of the Allied forces marching on Peking, referring to the Battle of Peking in August 1900.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • diaries
  • Subject
  • Boys
    Family life
    Students
    Sunday schools
    Immigrant children
    Children's writings
    Knight, Oscar Le Maistre, 1888-1961
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Oscar Knight Diaries
  • Container
  • box 1, folder 2
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Oscar Knight Diaries
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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