Strouss, Katherine Watkins (1907-1975)

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Diary includes a handwritten account of Kathryn Watkins Strouss' travel to Europe in 1963. Details include transportation and airports, meals, and music.

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Diary spans the enire 1926 year with handwritten accounts given of each day. Topics addressed include schoolwork, a new dial telephone, travel to New York City and to Canada, attending the Military Ball, Carnegie Tech beating West Virginia and Notre Dame at football, and meeting Henry Strouss.

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Diary spans the enire 1927 year with handwritten accounts given of each day. Topics addressed include attending college prom on March 24, attending a World Series Baseball Game in which Babe Ruth played, and continuing relationship with Henry Strouss.

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Diary spans the enire 1928 year with handwritten accounts given of each day. Topics addressed include serving on the prom committee, traveling to Europe, voting in the U.S. presidential election, and substitute teaching.

Scope and Contents

Diary spans the enire 1929 year with handwritten accounts given of each day. Topics addressed include graduation and meeting Robert Frost.

Content Description This collection documents the life of Kathryn Watkins Strouss during her time as a student at the Pennsylvania College for Women (PCW, now Chatham University) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The collection consists primarily of yearly diaries covering the year of her graduation from Allegheny High School and her matriculation to PCW in 1926 through her graduation and post-college months of 1929. The collection also includes a diary documenting a portion of her 1963 travels to Europe. Entries...