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Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2006 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Descriptive Summary Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Mae Alvan Belt Diaries 1933-1943 Acc. 2010.236 Special Collection Research Center .25 Cubic Feet English Belt, Mae Alvan (b. circa 1916) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to all researchers.

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Preferred Citation

Mae Alvan Belt Diaries, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Acquisition Information

Purchased on 4/26/2010.

Processing Information

Accessioned and minimally processed in April 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of three diaries of Mae Alvan Belt of Rockville, Maryland, dating from 1933, 1936-1940, and 1941-1943.

Index Terms Genre and Form Terms: Clippings (information artifacts) Diaries Photographs Postcards Subjects: Maryland--Social life and customs--20th century Courtship--United States--History-20th century Women--Diaries Detailed Description of the Collection Diary 1933 1

This diary was written while Mae Belt was a teenager and contains brief entries that mention school, house work, and social life.

Diary 1936-1940 2

This diary contains brief daily entries. Mae Belt seems to live with her parents and mentions going to work, working some evenings, helping with Red Cross work, doing house hold chores, but also comments on her social life and particular her courtship with a man named Frank, whom she should marry in the early 1940s.

Diary and Loose Items 1941-1943 3

This volume contains brief daily entries relating to Mae's work, her relationship with Frank, and social activities. At some time she was enrolled in Red Cross nursing classes. She also mentions her engagement to Frank and moving into a room of her own. A photograph, dried flower, postcards, and clippings that were inserted between pages of this diary have been removed and saved.