Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Series
Title
Diaries, calendars, and logs
Date(s)
- 1841-1909 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The diaries, calendars and logs record the individual perspectives of members of the Munroe family during their travels and as they settle in the local Staten Island and Coconut Grove communities. For instance, Ellen Middleton and Thomas Munroe (Ralph M. Munroe's parents) were married on July 4, 1839 in London. According to Ralph M. Munroe, his mother's diaries describe the travels and adventures of the couple between America and London during his father's various business activities. The series also includes the diaries of Jessie Wirth Munroe, the Commodores' second wife as well as the notebooks of Mary Poore Munroe (married to Wirth Munroe, Jessie and Ralph Munroe's son).