Search

Start Over Collection Mae Alvan Belt Diaries Date range 1933
College of William and Mary

Mae Alvan Belt Diaries

0.25 Linear Feet

3 Diaries, 1933, 1936-1940 and 1941-1943 of Mae Alvan Belt of Rockville, Maryland. The 1933 girl scout diary was written while Mae Belt was a teenager and contains brief entries that mention school, house work, and social life. The 1936-1940 diary contains brief daily entries. Mae Belt seems to live with her parents and mentions going to work, working some evenings, helping with Red Cross work, doing house hold chores, but also comments on her social life and particular her courtship with a man named Frank, whom she should marry in the early 1940s.

2 results

Diary Box 1, Folder 1

The following excerpts were provided by the seller: "Went to church. Slept on wedding cake and dreamed silliest dream. Lewis and Bob came down and we played Hi Spy. Everything ok…..Went to church and studied all afternoon. At night Claude, Lewis, Bob and Virginia were out with us. Played spin the bottle and truth and consequences…..Met and played truth and consequences. Some awful consequences. I dislike Bob more and more. I like Claude a little more…..Mother went away. Claude spend afternoon here. We found a dead man in the street. Will came down… Went to the beach with Manard, Tucker, Violet and some others. Went to Arundel on the bay……At beach. Went swimming at 4:45 a.m. Ate breakfast and went in again. The man in charge made me do a least 4 tricks. Had great time…..Went to the medicine show and also to the Olney picnic. Had a good time……Went up in the mountains and in Virginia. Had a right good time. Spent the night a Miss Helen…….Went to Stronghold, the estate of a rich man. Plenty of hard mountain climbing. Beautiful and wonderful view……"

Mae Alvan Belt Diaries 0.25 Linear Feet

Belt, Mae Alvan, b. circa 1916

3 Diaries, 1933, 1936-1940 and 1941-1943 of Mae Alvan Belt of Rockville, Maryland. The 1933 girl scout diary was written while Mae Belt was a teenager and contains brief entries that mention school, house work, and social life. The 1936-1940 diary contains brief daily entries. Mae Belt seems to live with her parents and mentions going to work, working some evenings, helping with Red Cross work, doing house hold chores, but also comments on her social life and particular her courtship with a man named Frank, whom she should marry in the early 1940s.

Content Warning

ARVAS is an aggregator of archival resources. ARVAS does not have control of the descriptive language used in our members’ finding aids.

Finding aids may contain historical terms and phrases, reflecting the shared attitudes and values of the community from which they were collected, but are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical or mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.

Many institutions and organizations are in the process of reviewing and revising their descriptive language, with the intent to describe materials in more humanizing, inclusive, and harm-reductive ways. As members revise their descriptive language, their changes will eventually be reflected in their ARVAS finding aids.