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Preferred Citation:

Diary (Connecticut), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchased on 6 July, 2009.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally described in July 2009 by Ute Schechter.

Scope and Contents

Five-year diary, 1945-1949 by an unidentified author. The entries describe activities typical of a homemaker, which suggests that the writer was a woman.

Entries were made on a daily basis and describe weather, cooking and baking, social visits, health, trips, etc.  Although no place of residence is given, place names mentioned in the entries like Bridgewater, Bridgeport, Terryville, New Haven, and Roxbury, suggest Connecticut as the writer's state of residence.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Connecticut--Social life and customs--20th century
• Diaries
• Homemakers--Connecticut--Diaries
• Women--Diaries