{"id":698,"date":"2013-11-01T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/?p=698"},"modified":"2021-01-18T13:23:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:23:35","slug":"gladys-conns-five-year-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/2013\/11\/01\/gladys-conns-five-year-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Gladys Conn&#8217;s five-year diary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-699 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary1.jpg\" alt=\"diary1\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-700\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"diary2\" width=\"434\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-701\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary3-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"diary3\" width=\"434\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary3-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-702 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"diary4\" width=\"434\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary4-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/iwa\/files\/2013\/12\/diary4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A five-year diary belonging to Gladys Conn, social worker and graduate of the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa). The first entry in the diary is dated January 1, 1932, at which time she would have been in school. It\u2019s hard to tell what year this entry is from, but here is what Gladys wrote on November 1:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Tragedy of Niginsky by ___<\/p>\n<p>Enjoyed very much<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It turns out that \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/250726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Tragedy of Nijinsky<\/a>&#8221; is by Anatole Bourman and Dorothy Lyman and was first published in 1936. So it appears that Gladys did continue to use this diary, at least occasionally, over the span of a few years. And isn\u2019t that usually the way it is with these five-year diaries?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collguides.lib.uiowa.edu\/?IWA0225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guide to the Gladys Conn Papers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[From: Gladys Conn Papers. Series 3: Diaries. Chronological (2 volumes). 1929-1932.]<\/p>\n<p><em>*This post is duplicated from the <a href=\"http:\/\/iowawomensarchives.tumblr.com\/post\/65711177449\/a-five-year-diary-belonging-to-gladys-conn-social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iowa Women&#8217;s Archives Tumblr<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A five-year diary belonging to Gladys Conn, social worker and graduate of the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa). The first entry in the diary is dated January 1, 1932, at which time she would have been in school. 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