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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……"

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Diary Box 1, Folder 2

The following excerpts were provided by the seller: 1940 "June 19th, Went to work. Just another day. At night went to movies at Bethesda with Frank. Saw "High School" and "Adventure in Diamonds." Jehovah's Witness raid tonight in Rockville." "August 26th, Started on our trip. Miserable weather. Saw Ocie in Leesburg. Hot lunch in Clarksburg, W. Va. At night ate and slept at Columbus, Ohio." "August 28th, Had breakfast in Hannibal Mo. Saw Quaker Oats, Swift and Armour buildings at St. Joseph, Mo. Had lunch in Perry Kansas and spent the night in Stockton, Kansas." "August 30th, Shopped in Denver for souvenirs. In afternoon went up on Mt. Evans (14,283 ft.) over longest and highest mountain road in the world. Got caught in snowstorm and mixed up with electricity. Had dinner at Aunt Mamies." "September 1st, Left early for Estes Park. Dad, mother, Uncle Claude, Leonard, Eleanor and I went. Took lots of snapshots. Had dinner at Grand Lake, highest yacht anchorage in the world. Bought more souvenirs. After dinner at Aunt Mamie's. Went to bed early." "September 2nd, Visited the Henry's. Left for Yellowstone. Had lunch in Laramie, Wyo. and spent the night at Pinedale, Wyo. in the desert a hundred miles from nearest town. All buildings and even our beds made of logs." "September 3rd, Drove 89 miles through Hoback Canyon to breakfast in Jackson Hole. Did Yellowstone quickly. Saw Old Faithful twice. Spent the night in Cody, Wyoming. A real Western town. Went through Teton National Park. Wonderful." "September 4th, Drove through the Big Horn Mountains. Beautiful but nerve wracking. Bought myself a ring in Sheridan, Wyo. Spent the night in Rapid City S. Dak. Went through the Black Hills today." "September 5th, Had horrible breakfast after riding a hundred miles in the desert. Had lunch in Mitchell, S.D. and saw the corn castles. Drove late. Had supper in Mapleton Ia. and spent the night in Denison Iowa."

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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.

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