Title:: Diary (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) 1935

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
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Diary (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01
Creator:
arrangement
Language:
The papers are in: English
Preferred citation:

Diary (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Diary, 1935, of a teenage boy of Brooklyn, New York. Daily diary entries record school and leisure activities, holidays, chores performed and the occasional comment on local or national events. He mentions that his family owned a beauty parlor and observed Jewish holidays. He first attended Ultrecht High School and then transferred to Samuel J. Tilden High School. He seemed to have done well in school and enjoyed playing the violin. He mentions library visits and reading, frequent visits to the movies and also going out with his friends.For excerpts provided by the seller see Item link below.

Acquisition information:
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 05/18/2009.
Processing information:

Accessioned and processed by Ute Schechter in May 2009.

Physical description:
1 vol.