S.R. Russell's pocket diaries, 1906-1943.

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S.R. Russell's pocket diaries, 1906-1943.

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The records consist of 42 volumes of pocket diaries for the years 1906, 1910, 1912, 1914-26 and 1928-43. The last entry, his usual morning observation of the weather, was penned only moments before he was stricken. Russell usually recorded full accounts of his daily activities, personal and family-related as well as his business trips and meetings, and as mundane as visits to the barber and where he ate. He notes the larger events of the day, such as the Crash of 1929, President Roosevelt's inauguration, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and war rationing, but without much depth. At the back of each volume there is usually a listing of charitable donations, tax and mortgage payments, and the like. The 43rd volume is a memorandum book from 1931 with notes and sketches of the setup for specific dynamite blasts.

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