Inventory of the Phyllis Gabowitz Diary 1958-1958 Gabowitz, Phyllis Diary Mss. Acc. 2009.348

Inventory of the Phyllis Gabowitz Diary 1958-1958

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Special Collections Research Center
Accession Number Mss. Acc. 2009.348


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Repository:
Special Collections Research Center
Identification:
01/Mss. Acc. 2009.348
Title:
Phyllis Gabowitz Diary 1958
Quantity:
0.05
Creator:
Gabowitz, Phyllis, b. ca. 1946 arrangement
Language of Materials
The papers are in: English

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

Phyllis Gabowitz Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 08/17/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and processed in August 2009 by Ute Schechter.

Biographical Note

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Phyllis Gabowitz">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Phyllis Gabowitz</a>.

Scope and Contents

Diary of Phyllis Gabowitz of Highland Park, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was a 6th grade student at the time she wrote her diary in 1958. The "Ponytail" diary measures 4" x 5 1/2", and has 123 handwritten entries. Included with the diary is a 5" x 7" photograph of the author and her classmates, and on the back of the photograph she gives the names of her those shown in the picture. The following description was provided by the seller: "Phyllis writes of watching TV shows like "My Friend Flicka", "Real McCoys", "Lassie", "Fathers Knows Best" dancing with her friends to "American Bandstand" ....She writes of movies she went to see, going to Girl Scouts, friends she plays with, new friends that she makes, a fight she has with her friend, being very mad at her parents, her grandma staying with her when her parents went to Florida, her mother promising her a dog if she got good grades in school, forming a club with her friends, her mom putting her on diet pills, going to summer camp and the fun she has, her birthday and the presents she receives, boys she "loves", and so on." For excerpts provided by the seller, see finding aid link below.

Related Material

A scrapbook by Phyllis' sister, Barbara (Bobbi) Gabowitz is filed under Mss. Acc. 2009.363.

Index Terms

    Genre/Form of Material:

  • Diaries
  • Topical Term:

  • Jewish teenagers--United States--Social life and customs--20th century.
  • Teenage girls--Diaries
  • Teenagers--New Jersey
  • Teenagers--Social life and customs

Detailed Description of the Collection

Folder: 1
Diary and photograph
1958