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 (Massachusetts and Ohio), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 10/15/2009.

Processing Information

Accessioned and processed in October 2009 by Ute Schechter.

Scope and Contents

Diary, 1931-1936 of an unidentified young woman, titled "A Book of Personal Reflections of an Impersonal Brat." Geneve  (her name is noted in the inside front cover, but her last name is not legible) was a student and 21 years old when she started the diary in 1931.  She also notes that she graduated from Bradford Academy , MA '29, Lake Erie College, OH, '33 and Katharine Gibbs School, MA '34.Most entries are reflections on the meaning of life and love and her own emotional state and some are copied citations of well known writers. Also includes what looks like attempts of her own writings and she does say at some point that she would like to be a writer.Geneve wrote in irregular intervals, and though the entries span 6 years, they only take up about 20 pages.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Diaries

Topical Term:

• Women college students
• Women--Diaries.

Additional Information