Harold E. Weeks diaries 1925-1932

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Harold E. Weeks diaries 1925-1932

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The Harold E. Weeks diaries are comprised of seven red cloth-bound diaries from the period 1925 to 1932 belonging to Harold Eastman Weeks (1886-1960). The diaries include numerous newspaper clippings and enclosures, and contain day-to-day entries relating primarily to Weeks’s professional activities as the Coordinating Engineer at the Brooklyn Edison Company. The diaries also contain references to Weeks's personal, family and social lives.

1.04 Linear feet; in three manuscript boxes.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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