Charlotte Emily Addis Diary

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Charlotte Emily Addis Diary, 1934-1936, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.04 Linear Feet
Creator:
Addis, Charlotte Emily and Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Charlotte Emily Addis Diary, 1934-1936, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Diary of about 100 pages in which Addis records her thoughts and daily activities. Throughout the journal, Addis reports on many books she reads and her impression of them and her interactions with friends, and her career aspirations at a law firm where she works. Addis also writes at length about her feelings and her discovery of her sexual identity as a lesbian. She chronicles her relationship with her neighbor, a married woman named Peg and also other relationships with other women. Addis comments often about her attraction to other women and her desire to have meaningful and enduring relationships with them. Along with the diary is a book, "Dusty Answer" which has been cataloged separately.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Michael Brown Rare Books with funds from the Frances Randolph Howard Endowment, 2018.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard