Little Green Diary, 1956
File — Box: 142
Scope and Contents
AGENDA DE POCHE. IN FRENCH. 2 and 1/2 x 4 INCHES. Perhaps Mamita gave the blank diary to me as a gift. I LIKE IKE buttons on cover, and 2 photos inside, front, of my puppy love Peggy Hale, 1 foto each of my brothers Tim and Dave, a picture of my Loomis friend Max Terry doing the bop, another of me wrestling with Max, and a picture of me with a switchblade knife. There's a faded Polaroid of a big drawing I did of a voluptuous woman in a bathing suit. And a Loomis Log article about the Taft football game (we lost) with a photo of a play in the game where I identified the Loomis players involved, including me (#30). The article says, "John Nichols made several bone crushing tackles." The diary is written in tiny letters in fountain pen ink and pencil. Every day for the entire year. Life at Loomis. Traumatic process of breaking up with Peggy Hale. Spring vacation at Grandma Gleason's in Montpelier, Vermont. Summer of ugly divorce between Pop and Brownie in Virginia. Autumn of junior year at Loomis. Written in Catcher-in-the-Rye wise-guy slang. The journal lists atop each page every Brooklyn Dodger baseball game during the season, the score, and I highlighted whether the Dodgers won or lost with a smiling or sad cartoon face atop of every page!
Dates
- 1956
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research, however, researchers must sign consent form prior to gaining access to materials. Calavera drawings, proofs, and etchings as well as "little diaries" (Boxes 14, 125, 126, 129, 142) are housed in high security and may require up to 24 hours for retrieval. Enlarged photocopies and typed transcriptions of "little diaries" in Box 142 are located in Box 184.
Extent
From the Collection: 184 boxes (172 cu. ft.)
General
Box 142 is shelved in high security.
Enlarged photocopy of this and other Loomis diaries are in Box 184, Folder 34-35.
Typed transcription of this and other Loomis diaries are in Box 184, Folder 36.
Enlarged photocopy of this and other Loomis diaries are in Box 184, Folder 34-35.
Typed transcription of this and other Loomis diaries are in Box 184, Folder 36.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451