Diaries
File — Box: 3602, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The collection includes two engagement books that document the daily activities of this coed, providing an interesting view of college life and dating culture in the early twentieth century. Short entries show that Cunningham was an active young woman who dated often while living at home with her parents. She described a variety of activities including studying, attending sorority and fraternity and other school functions, going to see movies, and dating. Some entries reveal that the popular Miss Cunningham often had dates with several eligible young men in a single day, enjoying respectable outings such as church, bridge gatherings, the picture show, and chaperoned dances. She later married Merrill Smith, one of the young men discussed in these diaries.
Dates
- 1913 - 1914
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
From the Collection: 0.1 Linear Feet (2 items)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Cunningham, Daphne (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository