Datebook 1920: Wednesday, September 15, 1920

Fair cool overcast autumn day. Arose 8 A.M. Helped father write letter to S.E.S. Studied chemistry, played piano. Talked with family etc. Out walking with eel and rat. To P.O. etc. To bed 10 P.M. Nellie OK at Mankato.

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Apparently, Nellie has arrived at Mankato, MN where she will be working.

I'm not sure who S.E.S. is. Also, what does Stanford mean by "eel and rat"? Are they funny names for his friends? Hmmmm . . .

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, September 15, 1920

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