Diary of Mary Ellen Avery

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Title

Diary of Mary Ellen Avery

Subject

Avery, Mary Ellen, 1927-

Abstract

Diary kept by Avery in 1937, at age 10, and written in again by Avery in 1988, at age 60. On the page displayed here Avery, at age 60, comments on the Dick test (a test that gauged one's immunity to scarlet fever) she was given at age 10, and discusses the new "plush" Children's Hospital building, among other topics.

Creator

Avery, Mary Ellen, 1927-

Date

1937 and 1988

Is Part Of

Mary Ellen Avery Papers, 1929-2002 (inclusive). H MS c201.

References

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Format

text

Type

physical object

Files

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Citation

Avery, Mary Ellen, 1927-, “Diary of Mary Ellen Avery,” OnView, accessed March 29, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/57.

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