...for children of all ages.
"A report directly from the scene",
"a play by play report", "this
is your captain speaking". These
phrases promise authoritative
"first hand" information - direct
from the source. They are what
historians call "Primary Sources".
Erva Wright Smith, Margaret
Middleton and others have
provided the Webster Museum
with primary sources in the form
of what we have chosen to call “The
Webster Diaries”. The Webster
Diaries number about 45. Sixteen
have been transcribed and typed
and are ready for use as a resource.
Five diaries are from boys and girls
under 16 years of age. Two of the
young writers lived in the village
and three lived down by the lake.
The adult authors are all from the
area around the Nine Mile Point
Neighborhood.
The diaries are available for reading and /or research at the Museum. Four of the diaries are now available on our website in their entirety. Devon Marr, a senior at Schroeder High School, prepared the student diaries for presentation as her Senior Project. There are no untold stories, family secrets, gossip, or indiscreet social revelations. The diaries must be read at the Museum. The original copies may be viewed by appointment. We do not plan to place any other parts of the collection on our website.