The Di ary of El l a Youman Pro j ec t f i rs t began dur ing the ear ly years of COVID, when a loca l res ident brought a di ary to Oxford County Archives in hopes tha t s t a f f could he lp de t ermine the di ary ’ s provenance and dec ipher the t ext . St a f f soon di scovered tha t the di ary be longed to a young woman named El l a Youman , who would l a t er become the mother of Woods tock ar t i s t F lorence Car lyl e . Moreover, s t a f f di scovered she had an incredib l e s tory to t e l l of her year work ing as a t eacher in Wi l son , Nor th Carol ina be fore the outbreak of the Amer i can Civi l War. ELLA
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