Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

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

Clark M. Wheeler, Jr. Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 07/27/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and processed in July 2009 by Ute Schechter.

Biographical Note

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Scope and Contents

Diary of Clark M. Wheeler, Jr. of Cambridgeport, Massachusetts for the year 1873. In brief daily entries, Clark Wheeler recorded weather, work routines, chores, home life and social activities, like going to clubs. Also includes monthly cash accounts and lists two of his employers in Boston. Wheeler seems to have worked as a shop assistant in Boston, while living with his parents in Cambridgeport. Toward the end of the year he was discharged and started working for Whitten, Burdett and Young, a wholesale manufacturer of clothing.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Diaries

Geographic Name:

• Massachusetts--Economic conditions--19th century.
• Massachusetts--Social life and customs--19th century.

Topical Term:

• Single men--Conduct of life--19th century.

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