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Britomar Lathrop diaries, 1934-1940, 1999.
BANC FILM 2677; BANC MSS 2000/85 cz box 1; BANC MSS 2000/85 cz v.1; BANC MSS 2000/85 cz v.2; ...
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Title:
Britomar Lathrop diaries, 1934-1940, 1999Britomar's road diaries
Creator/Contributor:
Lathrop, Britomar, 1921-2011, creatorAbstract:
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-caLathrop, Britomar -- 1921-2011 -- Diaries
Depressions -- 1929 -- California -- Diaries
Homeless girls -- California -- Diaries
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Diaries
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
California -- History -- Sources
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.
Britomar Lathrop diaries, BANC MSS 2000/85 cz, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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.
In English.
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.
Diaries published as: Britomar's road diaries. Bloomington, Ind. : 1st Books Library, 2001 (rev. in 2002).
Gift; of Britomar Handlon-Lathrop; April 2000.
Type:
Diaries.Manuscripts for publication.
Physical Description:
print
1 box, 4 volumes (.5 linear feet)
1 microfilm reel (204 frames) : negative (BNEG Box 3003) and positive.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC FILM 2677
BANC MSS 2000/85 cz box 1
BANC MSS 2000/85 cz v.1
BANC MSS 2000/85 cz v.2
BANC MSS 2000/85 cz v.3
BANC MSS 2000/85 cz v.4
BANC MSS 2000/85 cz
BANC FILM 2677
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright 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.