Vassar College Student Diaries
Keffer, Bertha. Diary, Jan-Jun 1871
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January-June 1871
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Abstract
Although Bertha Keffer's diary was printed with the date 1854, she wrote in it during the months of January-June 1871. Keffer generally describes her day-to-day life at Vassar, focusing heavily on her time in the College Chapel. She speaks briefly, and sporadically, about her father (John C
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