Beatrice E. Smither Diary

Collection — Box: Small Collections Box 119

Identifier: SC 01735

Staff Only

Content Description

A 271 page dairy written by Beatrice E. Smither, a young woman working at the law firm Williams and Mullen in Richmond, VA. Over the year of 1925, Smither writes about a variety of topics including work, civic and church clubs, politics, family, friends, as well as her romances with two separate men, Cy and George.

A large majority of the diary is written in longhand, but there are some passages in shorthand as well.

Content warning for mentions of alcholism.

Dates

Creation: 1925

Creator

Smither, Beatrice E. (Person)

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