Scope and Contents This collection consists largely of data used by Lillie Devereux Blake’s daughter Katherine Devereux Blake to write her biography, Champion of Women: The Life of Lillie Devereux Blake (New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1943). Although the collection contains few of Lillie Devereux Blake’s letters, it does include several, though not all, of her original journals and diaries, ranging from 1847 to 1903; a complete transcription of her diaries as prepared by her...

Scope and Content The Gorrell Starke Clinger diaries range chronologically from 1901 to 1965, except for the years 1908, 1918, 1932, and 1955, which are not included in the collection. Gorrell Starke Clinger’s diaries cover her adult life living in St. Louis, Mo., and St. Joseph, Mich. The diaries consist of bound volumes and composition notebooks. Clinger writes about her family and life and has information about the 1904 World’s Fair, the 1927 tornado, flooding in St. Louis, presidential nominations,...