Markwick, Marjorie (Anthony). Diary, 1914

Vassar College

Daily entries from July through December 1914. Newspaper clippings concerning Vassar's field day, moonlight sail, and mountain climb; a letter from Markwick's aunt Mollie; an invoice for directing song practice and class meeting; and a Vassar room deposit receipt are pasted into the diary beginning in May 1914. The diary also contains social news clippings, calling cards, musical programs, an article on a Vassar fire drill (Oct 3), and a Vassar "circus" ticket (Oct 31). The summer entries (Jul 31-Aug 31) mention trips to Pleasant Lake and Tupper Lake with several friends, and Markwick's attempts to dissuade her friends (Peter, Tunk, and Robert) from proposing marriage to her. Fall entries consist of brief references to social visits and films and several letters concerning social news and working on the Vassarion (Oct 10). Markwick also mentions the Junior Party, an off-campus dinner party, a visit by former Vassar president James Monroe Taylor (Nov 2), getting a suffrage button (Nov 5), and the health emergency of her classmate Miss Thallon (Dec 6). Current events cited by Markwick include the declarations of war between England (Aug 4), President Wilson's proclamation of a day to pray for peace (Oct 4), and Turkey's entrance into the war (Oct 30).

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Markwick, Marjorie (Anthony)

1914

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Bound volume; approx 143p; 9 x 6 inches; Iron gall ink on aged paper

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