Fannie M. Harford diaries

This collection consists of four diaries written during the years 1897-1900, 1915, and 1922. In these diaries, Fannie M. Harford records detailed accounts of daily weather patterns, including record-breaking weather events. She writes about her home and family life, recording visits to friends, travel to other cities, and time spent in the summer at their beach house. Harford discusses properties and the movement of tenants in the South Portland neighborhood where she lives. The family regularly procures goods and services and travels freely between locations via electric cars and automobiles.

In the two later diaries, Fannie Harford is living in Portland, first with her son Charles and later as a boarder in various homes. She writes about her social life and friends, health challenges, what she is reading and daily letter writing.

These diaries provide an intimate view into the daily life of Fannie M. Harford, her family and friends. Readers can track developments in Portland area infrastructure and enjoy daily weather reports.