PUBLIC "-//College of William and Mary::Earl Gregg Swem Library::Special Collections//TEXT (US::ViW::viw00402:: Phyllis Gabowitz Diary, 1958-1958)//EN" "viw00402.xml" Inventory of the Phyllis Gabowitz Diary 1958-1958 Gabowitz, Phyllis Diary Mss. Acc. 2009.348 Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary © 2012 By the College of William and Mary. All rights reserved.

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Finding aid created by Special Collections Staff, 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Phyllis Gabowitz Diary, 1958-1958 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 2009.348

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2012 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Phyllis Gabowitz Diary 1958 01/Mss. Acc. 2009.348 0.05 The papers are in: English Gabowitz, Phyllis, b. ca. 1946 arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

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 Preferred Citation

Phyllis Gabowitz Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 08/17/2009.

 Processing Information

Accessioned and processed in August 2009 by Ute Schechter.

 Biographical Note

Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Phyllis Gabowitz">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Phyllis Gabowitz</a>.

 Scope and Contents

Diary of Phyllis Gabowitz of Highland Park, Middlesex County, New Jersey. She was a 6th grade student at the time she wrote her diary in 1958. The "Ponytail" diary measures 4" x 5 1/2", and has 123 handwritten entries. Included with the diary is a 5" x 7" photograph of the author and her classmates, and on the back of the photograph she gives the names of her those shown in the picture. The following description was provided by the seller: "Phyllis writes of watching TV shows like "My Friend Flicka", "Real McCoys", "Lassie", "Fathers Knows Best" dancing with her friends to "American Bandstand" ....She writes of movies she went to see, going to Girl Scouts, friends she plays with, new friends that she makes, a fight she has with her friend, being very mad at her parents, her grandma staying with her when her parents went to Florida, her mother promising her a dog if she got good grades in school, forming a club with her friends, her mom putting her on diet pills, going to summer camp and the fun she has, her birthday and the presents she receives, boys she "loves", and so on." For excerpts provided by the seller, see finding aid link below.

 Additional Information Related Materials

A scrapbook by Phyllis' sister, Barbara (Bobbi) Gabowitz is filed under Mss. Acc. 2009.363.

 Index Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Diaries Topical Term: Jewish teenagers--United States--Social life and customs--20th century. Teenage girls--Diaries Teenagers--New Jersey Teenagers--Social life and customs Detailed Description of the Collection Diary and photograph id59248 1958 1