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Diary (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 05/18/2009.
Accessioned and processed by Ute Schechter in May 2009.
Diary, 1935, of a teenage boy of Brooklyn, New York. Daily diary entries record school and leisure activities, holidays, chores performed and the occasional comment on local or national events. He mentions that his family owned a beauty parlor and observed Jewish holidays. He first attended Ultrecht High School and then transferred to Samuel J. Tilden High School. He seemed to have done well in school and enjoyed playing the violin. He mentions library visits and reading, frequent visits to the movies and also going out with his friends.For excerpts provided by the seller see Item link below.