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SERIES Identifier: MC 776: T-423: Vt-218

Series III. DIARIES, 1971-2004 (#8.1-25.1, E.1)

Scope and Contents

Series III, DIARIES, 1971-2004 (#8.1-25.1, E.1), includes Rothschild's diaries, travel diaries, appointment books, and reading logs. Diary entries are long, intimate accounts and narratives of her personal life. Many contain a reading log on the last page. Rothschild wrote about her health issues, the weather, politics and daily events, committee meetings, trips around the world, yachting, friends and family, marriage, and her bout with breast cancer. One diary is partly dedicated to her mastectomy and breast reconstruction (#14.4). Travel diaries document the Rothschild's extensive journeys around the world. Some of the travel diaries have been transcribed and include photographs: Alaska (#22.1), South Africa (#23.2), Nairobi (#21.4), New Zealand (#13.2), Antarctica and the Falkland islands (#19.6), Spain (#13.4), Greece (#15.2), Israel and Egypt (#15.6), and India, Nepal, and Bhutan (#17.5-17.6). Appointment books include notations for dinner and drinks, board and committee meetings, trips, theater performances, and medical appointments. See also Series IV for letters regarding various trips. This series is arranged chronologically.

Dates

  • Creation: 1906-2005
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1952-2003

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions:

Access. Unrestricted. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.

Extent

15.01 linear feet ((36 file boxes) plus 14 photograph folders, 6 slides, 6 audiotapes, 17 videotapes, 2 objects.)
.6 Megabytes (1 file)

Physical Location

Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.

Repository Details

Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository

The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.

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