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Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1930

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Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
Date Created: 1930
Description: In this diary Mary Jean deals with some major health issues including damaged knees and a cut in her hand that landed her in the hospital for months that left much of the summer and early fall in the diary empty. Surviving a very cold winter in Washington DC, much of her daily life involves dinner parties, reading books, and visiting the movies alongside occasional visits from friends and family such as her Aunt Harriet. Mixed into descriptions of her daily life are mentions of national issues such as her brother John’s financial worries at the beginning of the Great Depression. Topics in this diary include the Great Depression, medical treatments including both home and professional remedies, and social and work life in Washington DC.
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Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1940

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Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
Date Created: 1940
Description: This unique diary includes brief accounts from major life events between 1939 and 1943. Entries in 1939 and 1940 mention work and family life, traveling to Washington for a conference, Christmas, and some social activities such as shopping or going to the movies. The entries in 1942 detail the death of Mary Jean’s mother, and the emotions she and her brother experience over it. In 1943 she details the death of her Aunt Kate and the funeral held in her honor. Topics include death and grief, US Labor Department, family life in Vermont, and commercial life in Vermont.
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Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1956

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Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
Date Created: 1956
Description: In this diary, Mary Jean details her first full year in retirement. Her life remains as busy as ever as Mary Jean stays heavily involved in various church and women’s groups. Involvement in the American Association of United Women, the Women’s Missionary Society, and the United Council of Church Women appear most prevalent in this diary. Mary Jean also describes being busy attending meetings for the Burlington Council on World Affairs, the Vermont Women’s Republican Club, and Delta Kappa Gamma. Her diary is also filled with descriptions of housework, cooking meals, and spending time with family and friends. Most notably is the time spent with her cousin Agnes and working in the library with her cousin Jean after church on Sundays. This diary also features a trip taken by Mary Jean to Washington for a WMS event and to visit old friends from her time as a Senate Bill Clerk. Topics in this diary include locomotive and automobile transportation, life in retirement, Women’s Organizations, Church Organizations, Vermont Food culture, and Post-War American politics.
Parent Collections: Diaries

Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1946

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Creator: SimpsonMaryJean, 1888-1977.
Date Created: 1946
Description: In this diary Mary Jean deals with some health issues including a broken ankle and a thyroid illness. She describes being very busy at work, attending meetings such as the Executive Board of the Ladies of the Faculty. She also regularly participates in church and women’s group events. This included traveling to Connecticut for a YWCA and taking part in a search group to find a chairman for the Pulpit Committee at her church. As usual, Mary Jean ends her year with a description of packing gifts and spending Christmas with friends and family. Topics in this diary include Women’s Groups, Church Organizations, injury, illness, and healthcare in the 20th century, and faculty life at UVM.
Parent Collections: Diaries