SMS 2014-6 Blanche Williams
Diaries
1941-1945
Five hard bound diaries
Donated by: Debra J. Wersonick, Los Alamos, NM
Subjects:
Williams,
Blanche P
Williams,
A. Clay
Pike
County (Ill.) – History
Pittsfield
(Ill.) – History
Diaries
Women
– Gender roles – early 20th century
Diaries
record the daily activities of Mrs. Blanche Williams.
Mrs.
Williams was the wife of 8th Judicial District circuit court judge A. Clay
Williams of Pittsfield, Illinois. Her diaries reflect the home-front
experiences of the Williams family during World War II, including their lawyer
sons, David and Wayne, and their families. Although primarily an account of the
daily activities of an upper-class family in a small Illinois town at
mid-century, the diaries also offer glimpses of the family’s increasing awareness
of the scope of the war and the changes that came with Wayne’s enlistment in
1943.
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Diary
1941 hardbound
Diary
1942 hardbound
Diary
1943 hardbound
Diary
1944 hardbound
Diary
1945 spiral-bound