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Contains 6 Results:

Untitled notebook 1 , 1978-1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Content Description From the Collection:

Five handwritten diaries written from 1978 to 1982. The diaries belonged to John Foster, a Hamilton college student in Schenectady, New York. The diaries cover a period of John’s life in which he worked a summer job as a dishwasher at the Sagamore Hotel in Bolten Landing, New York and as he studied abroad in Aberdeen Scotland. Within the diaries, John also ponders his friendships and sexual identification. A single letter is also included in the collection

Dates: 1978-1979
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Foster diaries / Series I. Notebooks

“Book Two of the history of John Foster” notebook 2, 1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Within this diary, John Foster discusses sexual identification.

Dates: 1979
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Foster diaries / Series I. Notebooks

Untitled notebook 3, 1980

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Notebook three contains letter to ”mom and dad” on page 51, in which John discusses male and female friendships.

Dates: 1980
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Foster diaries / Series I. Notebooks

Untitled notebook 4, 1981

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Content Description From the Collection:

Five handwritten diaries written from 1978 to 1982. The diaries belonged to John Foster, a Hamilton college student in Schenectady, New York. The diaries cover a period of John’s life in which he worked a summer job as a dishwasher at the Sagamore Hotel in Bolten Landing, New York and as he studied abroad in Aberdeen Scotland. Within the diaries, John also ponders his friendships and sexual identification. A single letter is also included in the collection

Dates: 1981
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Foster diaries / Series I. Notebooks

Untitled notebook 5, 1981

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Content Description From the Collection:

Five handwritten diaries written from 1978 to 1982. The diaries belonged to John Foster, a Hamilton college student in Schenectady, New York. The diaries cover a period of John’s life in which he worked a summer job as a dishwasher at the Sagamore Hotel in Bolten Landing, New York and as he studied abroad in Aberdeen Scotland. Within the diaries, John also ponders his friendships and sexual identification. A single letter is also included in the collection

Dates: 1981
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Foster diaries / Series I. Notebooks

Correspondence from John Foster to Alan Robinson , 1981-08-28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Content Description From the Collection:

Five handwritten diaries written from 1978 to 1982. The diaries belonged to John Foster, a Hamilton college student in Schenectady, New York. The diaries cover a period of John’s life in which he worked a summer job as a dishwasher at the Sagamore Hotel in Bolten Landing, New York and as he studied abroad in Aberdeen Scotland. Within the diaries, John also ponders his friendships and sexual identification. A single letter is also included in the collection

Dates: 1981-08-28
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Foster diaries / Series II: Correspondence