Datebook 1919: Monday, June 16, 1919

Cloudy and wam. Cleared in P.M. Cleaned storehouse, wagon house, garage, back of barn etc. Played tennis at college with H.H., Merlin, and Leslie Jones. Home. To bed 9:45 P.M. Thankful.

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The cleaning Stanford talks of doing is no doubt at the family's farm in Glenville, the property formerly owned by Thomas (and then Charles), and in 1919, by Stillman.

Below are pictures John took when we visited the property a few years ago, and an old map that shows where the two properties were in 1866.

Note on the map the location of both Thomas Closson's and Charles Closson's property (marked below the words Town Center--T. Closson & C. Closson).

Thomas Closson's property in 2009

Charles Closson's property in 2009

About this blog . . .

I've created this blog to make a record of the hand-written journals of Stanford Stillman Closson (1900-1982), who was in his life a Methodist Minister, grandfather, father, brother, husband and son. I'm starting with the first one, written in 1919, but I plan to record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--May 5, 1919 to May 5, 2013, for instance--with one entry per day. So it will take a year to get through the first diary.

The daily entries are pretty short, though, so in addition to recording the diaries, I'm also annotating them, giving additional information about the people, places and events mentioned by Stanford. By doing this, I hope to convey a sense of 1919 Schenectady, New York and the people Stanford interacted with. Of course, I'm also hoping to give Stanford's descendants a fuller picture of who he was as a young man.

Datebook 1919

Monday, June 16, 1919

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