Anonymous dating diary
Content Description
This collection contains a holograph notebook recording the dating experiences of an unnamed young man who was most likely a University of California student during World War II. The notebook consists of 162 numbered entries of dates with several girls. Each entry documents the girls' names, places, the activity of the date, and observations about each date/girl. The diary begins May 22, 1943, and the last entry is dated March 8, 1947. The log ends with these words: " And thus I end this, the first report on girls that I know, or in many cases, have known. I close with the realization that my search is not yet over. And so I look forward to new faces and new loves."
Dates
- Creation: 1943 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
.03 Cubic Feet (One letter folder)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Type Punch Matrix by the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on January 24, 2023.
- Title
- Guide to the Anonymous dating diary
- Author
- Rose Oliveira
- Date
- March 16, 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States