Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 07/22/2009.

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.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Diaries

Geographic Name:

• Connecticut--Social life and customs--20th century.

Topical Term:

• Homemakers--Connecticut--Diaries.
• Women--Diaries.

Additional Information