Guide to the Lois Seeman Diaries

Finding Aid Authors: Kim Schwenk.

5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050

San Diego, CA, 92182-8050

URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua

Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu

Phone: 619-594-6791

Guide to the Lois Seeman Diaries 1939/1942

Special Collections & University Archives

Overview of the Collection

Collection Title: Lois Seeman Diaries

Dates: 1939-1942

Bulk Dates: 1939-1942

Identification: MS-0512

Creator: Seeman, Lois

Physical Description: 0.20 linear feet

Language of Materials: English

Repository: Special Collections & University Archives

5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050

San Diego, CA, 92182-8050

URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua

Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu

Phone: 619-594-6791

Biographical Information:

Lois Seeman lived in National City, [San Diego] California beginning in the 1920s. Her estimated birth year is 1925. According to the 1940 Census, her family consisted of her father, Lewis; mother, Edna; and two sisters, Patsy and Bonnie.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Geographic Name:

National City (Calif.)

Personal Name:

Seeman, Lois

Topical Term:

Seeman, Lois -- Diaries

Administrative Information

Accruals:

MS-9999-203

Conditions Governing Use:

The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.

Conditions Governing Access:

This collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation:

Identification of item, folder title, box number, Lois Seeman Diaries, Special Collections and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.

Scope and Contents

The diaries of Lois Seeman document her life over a period of 1940 - 1942 in National City [San Diego] California, pre-World War II. Her diaries describe her thoughts, as a young teenage girl, boyfriends, girlfriends, senior year in high school, graduation, first job, and the beginning of the Second World War. She describes her parents divorce [her mother is only 34 years old in 1940] and notes the relationship issues within her family. The diaries also illustrate the hardship, as all her circle of regular boyfriends enlist and go to war. Both diaries are handwritten, bound journals.

Box 1

Diary

Box 1

Diary