Datebook 1920: Wednesday, March 17, 1920

Beautiful bright windy Spring day. Arose 7:20 A.M. to College 8-9 A.M. Home. Wrote in diary, studied, played etc. To college 11-12;15 M. Home. Chored around. Fixed egg crates etc. Down town. Bowled at Star 213-185 etc. Home in evening. Studied. To bed 9:30 P.M.

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Not much mention of the egg business lately--this is the first in a while.

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

Wednesday, March 17, 1920

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