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.
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Diary, 1937, of Harry H. Hipple of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Harry H. Hipple who is about 70 years old in 1937 and was probably retired, records weather, social outings, bird watching, church visits, etc. in his daily entries. Occasionally he comments on local and national politics and events. Some of the names mentioned in the diary are: Mrs Gilbert, Allie Bess, Mr Clausing, Mrs West, Frank Jones, Mrs Crumb, Mr & Mrs Knight, Mrs Van Meter, Mrs Dodge, John Harters, Isabel Crumb, Mr Kurley, W.G. Taylor, Minnie Hoffman, Ora Humes, Dr Miller, Robert Powers, Edward Starr, Eleanor Turner, Mattie Wells, Ralph Turner, Roy Mohr, Walter Smith, Jim Cowan, Paul Barrett, Leon Huff, Howard Sacket, Clara Pollock, Carl Hipple, Etta Carpenter, Eli Pittman. Some of the places mentioned in the diary are: Bellepoint, Strano, Cheshire, Asbury, Warrensberg, Welch Run, Utica, Evansville, Sciota, Marion, New London, Marlboro, Oak Grove, Lakeside, Granville, Newark.
Harry H. Hipple Diary, 1937, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, William and Mary.
Purchase in 2009 from an unknown source. Accession number 2009.197.