Lucy T. Shoe Meritt diary, volume 4

Bryn Mawr College

Lucy Taxis Shoe Meritt's diary from the spring semester of her senior year (January 1927) through the fall semester of her first year as a graduate student (December 1927), all at Bryn Mawr College. In this diary she discusses her coursework and exams, the SGA (Self-Government Association) and class meetings, and extra-curricular activities like athletics and folk and Morris dancing. She also discusses taking photographs and working on the class book, and Bryn Mawr traditions including May Day and Bonfire Night and includes details about Commencement, Garden Party, and her final time singing on the senior steps. The diary also includes descriptions of her daily activities during school vacations and her family's move back to Austin, Texas from Philadelphia and their efforts to fix up their new house. Throughout her diary, Meritt describes her interactions with friends, family, classmates, and professors. Meritt is reflective in the first half of this diary and writes about how much Bryn Mawr has meant to her. The latter half reverts back to her everyday descriptions of life at school, attending classes and lectures, interactions with friends, etc., but she does mention missing some friends from the class of 1927 who she no longer sees on a daily basis.

Lucy T. Shoe Meritt papers

Meritt, Lucy T. Shoe, 1906-2003

Female friendship

Academic achievement

College student government

Moving, Household

Academics

Home and Family

Personal Relationships

Student Life

Tradition and Ritual

Meritt, Lucy T. Shoe

1927

Bryn Mawr

Austin

Philadelphia

Diaries

Bound volume, approximately 4.5 x 7 inches

For information about copyright status and permission to publish, please contact the Bryn Mawr College Special Collections Department.