Diary
Parkdale - Maplewood Community Museum
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| Object Name: | Diary |
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| Object Type: | personal |
| Category: | Other Documents |
| Material: | paper |
| Accession Number: | 2020.007 |
| Culture: | Canadian |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1939-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1941-12-31 |
| Description: | Small book with handwritten personal information. |
| Narrative: | Were written by Myrtle Wentzell born Nov. 7, 1906 who was the daughter of Wilfred & Louisa (Frank) Wentzell. She married Syd Moore in 1946 and they moved to Nanaimo, BC. Myrtle died April 2008 at the age of 102 & 6 months. |
| History of Use: | Though they may at first glance seem mundane and unimportant, they are very valuable historical documents. Compared to a variety of other historical documents, diaries are honest and routinely generated. They bring us closer to ordinary people and everyday life as it was really lived more than any other kind of document. |
| Length: | 15.1 cm |
| Width: | 9.2 cm |
| Institution: |
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| Institution City: | Maplewood |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |