Scope and Contents The collection contains one bound diary, Date Book 1932, written by Nancy Mitchell Neill when she was fifteen and sixteen years of age in 1932. Cards and letters dating from 1932 to 1933 that were folded between the diary pages have been dated according to their locations among the pages, if they were undated, and placed in a separate folder for preservation. Items in each folder are arranged chronologically. The first entry in the diary is dated...

Scope and Contents The small bound diary dates from 22 December 1912 to 2 January 1914. Gladys Roberts wrote nearly daily entries and recorded addresses of friends and family. Her entries were brief and about a variety of teenage activities: attending school, washing her hair on certain days, attending plays, club activities, church, dances, and social events with friends. Gladys mentioned dissecting a cat at school, roasting marshmallows, recording her pulse at 58bpm, and spending time with...