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Hobo Diary

 Collection
Identifier: 003239
Codex 003239

  • Staff Only

Description

Diary of an unidentified hobo living in Los Angeles, CA during the Great Depression. The author, who hailed from Akron, OH, traveled West via freight train to Chicago, Portland, San Francisco and finally to Los Angeles, where it appears the diary was written. The diary primarily discusses the authors physical circumstances staying in depression era "Hoover Hotels" and on park benches as well as his struggle to get food and his negative feelings towards religious missions to help the poor.

Dates

  • 1933

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission from Dartmouth College required for publication or reproduction.

Extent

1 vol. ; 20 cm.

Language of Materials

English

Part of the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository

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Hanover NH 03755 USA

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