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

Diary (Middlesex County, Ma.), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 11/17/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and minimally processed in November 2009 by Ute Schechter, Warrren E. Burger Archivist.

Scope and Contents

Diary of an unidentified young man of Middlesex County, Ma., who was a landscaper and a fireman. The following description was provided by the seller:"He writes of hearing the fire alarms go off, rushing to the fires and the details of putting it out ....he writes of town meetings he attends and of the discussions at those meetings, landscaping projects he works on, listening to football games, talking to his father about going to college, descriptions of people in the town,the Lindbergh flight,  his mom being taught to drive a car by his nephew (who doesn't want her to drive), taking many trips to Wakefield, local news, etc."For excerpts from the diary, also provided by the seller, please see folder link below.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Diaries

Geographic Name:

• Massachusetts--Social life and customs

Topical Term:

• Young men--Conduct of life.
• Young men--United States--Diaries.

Additional Information