Datebook 1920: Friday, April 9, 1920

Fair cool spring day. Arose 7 A.M. To college 8-9 A.M. Wrote in diary, studied etc. To college 11-12 M. To library. To Prof Harrison's home 109 Front St. to get help with Chemistry. To Lottie Allen's funeral. Bath etc. To bed 11 P.M.

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I was able to locate (in a family tree from ancestry.com) a Lottie Allen married to a George Allen who died 7 April 1920 in Schenectady, but could not find her even in the 1910 census to learn anything about her, such as why Stanford would go to her funeral. Maybe the drawing Stanford made indicates sadness? But who was she to him?

About this blog . . .

I've created this blog to make a record of the hand-written journals of Stanford Stillman Closson (1900-1982), who was in his life a Methodist Minister, grandfather, father, brother, husband, son and friend. This is the second installment of Date Book, covering 1920 (the first covers 1919). For as long as seems practical, I will record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--January 1, 1920 to January 1, 2014, for instance--with one entry per day. So it will take a year to transcribe this second diary.

The daily entries are pretty short, though, so in addition to recording the diaries, I'm also annotating them, giving additional information about the people, places and events mentioned by Stanford. By doing this, I hope to convey a sense of 1920 Schenectady, New York and the people Stanford interacted with. Of course, I'm also hoping to give Stanford's descendants a fuller picture of who he was as a young man.

Datebook 1920

Friday, April 9, 1920

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