Family Archaeologist
“Family Archaeologist” explores a century of family letters, diaries, and artifacts, and how they illuminate history and our shared humanity. To get an overview of the blog, click “Welcome to Family Archaeologist.”
“Family Archaeologist” explores a century of family letters, diaries, and artifacts, and how they illuminate history and our shared humanity. To get an overview of the blog, click “Welcome to Family Archaeologist.”
Lil Koroschetz’s diary entry, 12/31/1941 Last week I posted Lil’s entries into the new diary she had started on the eve of 1942, three weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II. If you’d [...]
December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor was bombed seventy years ago today. My mom, Lillian Koroschetz, started a brand new diary on New Year’s Eve, 1941 reflecting back on the previous year and the effects the barely three-week-old war was already [...]
All is not well on the Lil and Fred front. Lil meets another fellow who gets into serious contention with Fred for Lil’s affections. (To start at the beginning of Lil’s charming diary posts about her budding romance with Fred [...]
Lil turns 24 and parties with her Freddie, and several others. The next day after celebrating with her favorite girlfriends, she reflects on how lucky she is. (See Lil’s baby picture on her birthday post at Happy Birthday, Mom. If you’d [...]
Lil and Fred are at it again–this time it’s a date to go horseback riding–if rain doesn’t interfere. These two knew how to party—Lots of kissin’, a good deal of drinking, out till 4 a.m—and an ambiguous “snack” described near [...]