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Preferred Citation:

Sylvie Diary (New York, NY), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary,

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Biographical Information:

Sylvie lives in New York in 1931, per her diary. Diary has "S.I.S." embossed on the front. She dates Joe and other "guys." She works at Gross on occasion. She takes a Home Economics course during night school. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Diary by Sylvie, written in 1931.  Cover of diary has "S.I.S." embossed on it.  Photograph of Sylvie on first page.  Cards inserted in front of diary mention Lawrence H. Guill, L. Phillips Hunt, Henry Thiel (N.C. State Raleigh) and Joseph A. Kirkman.

Sylvie is ill at the beginning of the year.  She dates Joe and other "guys."  She works at Gross on occasion.  She takes a Home Economics course during night school.

Diary mainly about her social life including dates, church and activities with her friends.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Diaries
• New York (State)--Social life and customs
• Teenagers--Diaries
• Teenagers--New York (State)
• Teenagers--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940
• Teenagers--Social life and customs
• Teenagers--United States--Diaries
• United States--History--1919-1933
• United States--Social life and customs