UR Rare *****Bragdon Diaries

1896, August 29 • “The Gardener’s Cottage” from May Bragdon’s diaries. “…went up to Highland Park…The valley did look beautiful…we went down along the high edge of the shrub grden and sat under a tree, facing the Valley…Later we strolled down through, back of the pretty little cottage of the gardener and into new Goodman St. Extension …” May Bragdon (1865-1947) was the sister of Claude Bragdon (1866-1946), American architect. [UofR River Campus Libraries Digital Collections; May Bragdon Diaries]