@book{1386, keywords = {Biographies, Agriculture, Customs and traditions, Mennonites, Genealogy, Folklore, Diaries, Eby Gordon C., Eby Christian, Eby family, Berlin (Ontario)}, author = {Gordon Eby and James Nyce}, title = {The Gordon C. Eby diaries, 1911-13: chronicle of a Mennonite farmer}, abstract = {The diary of a Mennonite farmer, Gordon Christian Eby (1890-1965), son of Christian Eby, the well-known healer or charmer. The diaries describe farm life in Waterloo County before the First World War, with detailed information about family life and the family enterprise of market-gardening. Entries also record shows and entertainments, including the cityhood celebrations of 1912. Gordon was an amateur photographer and examples of his work are included in the book, with a chart of the Eby family tree.}, year = {1982}, number = {Book, Whole}, pages = {208 p. ill.+}, publisher = {Multicultural History Society of Ontario}, address = {Toronto}, language = {English}, }