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Creator
Holden, Sarah Sanders Venning, 1872-1959.
Contributor
Real Estate Trust Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Title
Diaries.
Alternate Title
Standard diary.
Date
1890-1892
Physical Description
3 v.
Description
Three volumes of The standard diary (Philadelphia, 1890-1892), belonging to Sarah Sanders Venning Holden, each stamped in gold on front cover: The Real Estate Trust Co. 1340 Chestnut St. Philadelphia. Sallie Venning composed brief daily entries, noting her activities, social engagements, visitors, vacations, and substitute-teaching assignments. There are accounts, and names and addresses at the end of each volume.
Biographical / historical note
Sarah Sanders Venning, known as Sallie, was born in Philadelphia Aug. 12, 1872, daughter of Julia and Edward Y. Venning. She was a substitute teacher. She married William B. Holden in 1903 and was widowed in 1928. She was active in St. Thomas African Episcopal Church and in various women's clubs. She died in 1959.
Subject
Holden, Sarah Sanders Venning, 1872-1959 -- Diaries.
Venning family.
African American churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American women -- Societies and clubs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Courtship.
St. Thomas' Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Summer resorts -- New Jersey -- Atlantic City.
Geographic subject
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs.
Genre
Diaries.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts MSS| Steven-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning Collection Box 4, Folder 3.
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Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Collection
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