Holland Family Legacy
And All the Days Were Bright
Geebie’s Journal · Geneva Maxson Holland · September 30, 1981
Stories about a childhood in the 1900’s, written in a letter-journal to her family — published here in episodes, in text and audio.
Read the original scan (PDF) — Geneva’s typewritten journal, all 42 pages, as the family received it.
Episode One
Greetings from South Arkansas
A letter home, a train at six weeks old, and the house in Gentry — the hired girls, the parlor carpet, and Mama’s bread.
Episode Two
Flint Creek
Summer picnics at Flint Creek, songs on the way home — and a pair of shoes to wear out.
Episode Three
Episode Four
Our Home
The house in Gentry — its rooms, its routines, and two scares in the night.
Episode Five
Episode Six
Episode Seven
Episode Eight
The Train to Wisconsin
A summer with Bud, a grandfather lost, and a train ride north alone.
Episode Nine · Final Episode
Alvah
A courtship, an elopement, the songs she remembered, and Mama’s parting words.
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