James Roy Micou diary

Collection — Box: Multi 03

Identifier: MS-0035

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a diary kept by James Roy Micou for the year 1885. During this time Micou lived in Petersburg, Virginia and married Catherine Roberta Morrison. The diary was commercially produced, The Emerson Birthday Book: Illustrated.

Dates

Creation: 1885

Access restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication rights

Copyright has not been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical Information Note

James Roy Micou (1859-1939) was born in Tappahannock, Virginia to James Roy Micou, Jr. (1807-1892) and Ellen Harvie Jones Micou (1819-1902). On January 29, 1885 he married Catharine Roberta Morrison in Petersburg, VA where he was working as a teacher after his graduation from the University of Virginia. In 1887 he joined the faculty of Washington College which at the time had only two other faculty. He taught Latin, Greek, French, German, later adding Chemistry and Physics. Micou spent forty years at the College and eventually served as its Vice-President. He died in 1939.