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Beatrice E. Smither Diary
Collection — Box: Small Collections Box 119
Identifier: SC 01735
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:
1925
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Florence Cavanaugh Morrison and Dora Helen Cavanaugh Kline Diaries
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 2008.73
Scope and Contents
Both women write about their activities with their family and friends in Rochester and Binghamton, New York. Both include references to important local and national events. Florence Rachel Cavanaugh Morrison's diaries cover 1924, 1927-1929, while Dora Helen Cavanaugh Kline's diaries are from 1929-1930. Per Dora Kline's notation in the back of her 1930 diary, the Kavanaugh Family members are: Father – Tim, Mother – Emma, First Child – Larry, Second Child – Florence, Third Child – Jack,...
Dates:
1924-1930; Majority of material found in 1929-1930
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center