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Britomar Lathrop diaries, 1934-1940, 1999.
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Title:

Britomar Lathrop diaries, 1934-1940, 1999
Britomar's road diaries

Creator/Contributor:

Lathrop, Britomar, 1921-2011, creator

Abstract:

Consists Britomar Lathrop's original three "road diaries," written from 1934-1936 when she and her parents were homeless in California during the Great Depression: "The beggars didn't fetch any crowns," an edited typescript of the diaries done in 1940 when the author was 19 years old, under the name Esther Johnson; "Britomar's road diaries: October 1934-April 1936," done in 1999, the author's transcription of her diaries, with additional commentary, copies of photographs and pictures and a resume. Also included are clippings, pamphlet on wild flowers, and a hair clip.

Date:

1934 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Depressions -- 1929 -- California -- Diaries
Homeless girls -- California -- Diaries
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Diaries
Crises économiques -- 1929 -- Californie -- Journaux intimes
Filles sans-abri -- Californie -- Journaux intimes
Crises économiques -- 1929 -- États-Unis -- Journaux intimes
Depressions
Homeless girls
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
California -- History -- Sources
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Sources
Californie -- Histoire -- Sources
California
United States
Lathrop, Britomar -- 1921-2011 -- Diaries
Lathrop, Britomar -- 1921-2011

Note:

Includes 20 photographs, 4 block-prints and 1 watercolor. Photographs of Britomar as a child and as an adult, of her parents, and of the diaries. The block-prints, created by Britomar for her 1940 manuscript, titled: "Los Angeles river bottom, Japanese produce gardens and Griffith Hills"; "Shelter under a culvert"; "Wind and rain"; ". . . to catch a freight train". Watercolor is of a landscape.
RESTRICTED ORIGINALS. USE MICROFILM COPY WITH CALL BANC FILM 2677 NUMBER : Use of originals only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
PUBLICATION RESTRICTIONS: Identity of all individuals mentioned in the diaries is protected. Permission to use excerpts from the diaries in publication must be sought from the author, Mrs. Britomar Handlon-Lathrop or her heirs.
Diaries published as: Britomar's road diaries. Bloomington, Ind. : 1st Books Library, 2001 (rev. in 2002).
Britomar Handlon-Lathrop shall retain all copyright in the original manuscript material. Requests for permission to publish are to be referred to Mrs. Lathrop or her heirs.
Gift; Of Britomar Handlon-Lathrop; April 2000.
Born Britomar Esther Johnson on Feb. 17, 1921 in New York to Augustave "Ray" [Gammon] Johnson and Helen Slimovitz Johnson. On May 1, 1931, in Los Angeles, after her mother lost her job, the family became homeless. For five years Britomar traveled with her father and mother until she left them in 1935. She completed 7th grade, was admitted as a special student at Los Angeles City College, earning an associate degree. She received a bachelor's degree from UCLA and a PhD. in psychology from University of California, Berkeley in 1954. She worked as a clinical psychologist and also wrote poetry. Lathrop passed away on October 4, 2011, at the age of 90, in Rockford, Illinois.
In English.
Preferred citation: Britomar Lathrop diaries, BANC MSS 2000/85 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

manuscripts for publication.
Diaries.
History.
Sources.
Diaries.

Physical Description:

print
1 box, 4 volumes (.5 linear feet)
1 microfilm reel (204 frames) : negative (BNEG Box 3003) and positive.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED ORIGINALS. USE MICROFILM COPY WITH CALL BANC FILM 2677 NUMBER : Use of originals only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
PUBLICATION RESTRICTIONS: Identity of all individuals mentioned in the diaries is protected. Permission to use excerpts from the diaries in publication must be sought from the author, Mrs. Britomar Handlon-Lathrop or her heirs.
Britomar Handlon-Lathrop shall retain all copyright in the original manuscript material. Requests for permission to publish are to be referred to Mrs. Lathrop or her heirs.