William E. Smith Diaries Collection
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Schiller, Jeanne, 1944
Item — Box 4 [2A-H-2A], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
This collection includes over 990 diaries written by over 800 individual undergraduate and graduate students of Dr. William E. Smith in the Department of History at Miami University between 1942 and 1957. The project originated as a means for Dr. Smith and the university to document student perceptions and campus life during World War II, but continued following the war’s end. The contents of the diaries provide commentary on practically every subject relating to World War II, current...
Dates:
1944
William E. Smith Student Diaries Collection
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8-FAC-SMI
Scope and Contents
This collection includes over 990 diaries written by over 800 individual undergraduate and graduate students of Dr. William E. Smith in the Department of History at Miami University between 1942 and 1957. The project originated as a means for Dr. Smith and the university to document student perceptions and campus life during World War II, but continued following the war’s end. The contents of the diaries provide commentary on practically every subject relating to World War II, current...
Dates:
1942 - 1957