Diaries and letters
Journals, diaries and letters often provide unique perspectives on history. Aletta owns many of these ego documents written by women. Examples include: a journal from a woman in a World War II internment camp, the diary of a baker’s wife in written between 1892 and 1898 in Friesland, the journal of the director of a theater school in 1899.
Diaries and letters defined
Ego documents is a term used by historians to describe materials written in the first person singular. These can include journals, diaries, autobiographies, letters, etc. This website refers to them as diaries and letters.Finding diaries and letters,
If you perform a search using the integrated search engine on this website, you will be searching all of Aletta’s collections, not just the journals and letters collection. Search results on journals and letters contain information on and short descriptions of the materials in the collections. If you would like to restrict your search to journals and letters, you can use the search option above.Viewing diaries and letters
If you would like to view diaries or letters at Aletta, please contact the archivist at Aletta for an appointment.Contact
Donating Diaries and letters
Have you inherited a journal or diary from a female family member? These are treasures that Aletta would like to preserve.For more information