Overview This collection contains Frank T. Shute's diary from 1879 to 1881. He details his family's life from Omaha, Nebraska to Highland Township in Jewell County, Kansas. The diary includes names of relatives living in the Shute household, as well as those living nearby. Shute also includes an inventory of his personal property and real estate, lists of payments and receipts, notes the weather and condition of crops. Also included in the collection is an 1876 letter regarding a homestead filing...