{"id":506,"date":"2010-07-14T09:58:20","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T09:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/archivist\/?p=506"},"modified":"2013-09-16T13:49:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T13:49:10","slug":"how-happy-we-were","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2010\/07\/14\/how-happy-we-were\/","title":{"rendered":"How Happy We Were&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/09\/special-collection-emma-drawing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-513\" title=\"Emma Bell Miles Drawing\" alt=\"Emma Bell Miles Drawing\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/archivist\/files\/2010\/07\/EBM-1024x774.jpg\" width=\"486\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tennesseeencyclopedia.net\/imagegallery.php?EntryID=M096\">Emma Bell Miles<\/a> (1879-1919) was an Appalachian writer, poet, naturalist, and artist who lived in the mountain community of Walden&#8217;s Ridge.\u00a0 During her life she published several books, dozens of short stories &amp; poems, and sold a variety of her drawings and watercolors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Emma\u2019s journals paint an image of a hardscrabble life, typical of poverty-stricken Appalachians of the time.\u00a0 <strong>Emma, however, was not typical<\/strong>.\u00a0 She was a well-educated, intelligent, and articulate woman from a well-to-do family who faced hardship and suffering head-on as a result of whom she chose to love.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Collections retains most of Emma&#8217;s journals and a large collection of her works (both written &amp; art) and we are deeply committed to keeping her memory alive.\u00a0 Below is an entry that serves as a good introduction to her journals and the purpose that she hoped they would serve.\u00a0 This passage never ceases to bring tears to my eyes.\u00a0 I hope to bring you several more entries from Emma&#8217;s journals over the coming months and I promise to include the happy entries too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/09\/special-collection-emma-journal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-523\" title=\"Emma Bell Miles Journal entry\" alt=\"Emma Bell Miles Journal entry\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/archivist\/files\/2010\/07\/Journal-Intro-Color-604x1024.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"830\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Bell Miles (1879-1919) was an Appalachian writer, poet, naturalist, and artist who lived in the mountain community of Walden&#8217;s Ridge.\u00a0 During her life she published several books, dozens of short stories &amp; poems, and sold a variety of her drawings and watercolors. 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