Diary (Connecticut)
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1949
Language of Materials
English
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Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Acquisition Information:
Purchased on 6 July, 2009.
Physical Description
1 volume.
Processing Information:
Accessioned and minimally described in July 2009 by Ute Schechter.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Diary (Connecticut)
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Ute Schechter.
- Date
- 2009-07-22
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository