Authors: Clark, Allen Reynolds.
Year: 1963
Subjects: Clark, Allen Reynolds.; Research Analysis Corporation Employees.; Body image United States.; Dating (Social customs) United States; Psychotherapy patients; Reducing diets United States.; Sex role United States; Annapolis (Md.) Social life and customs.; United States Social conditions
Abstract: The diaries of Allen Reynolds Clark document Clark's life in Annapolis, Maryland, between 1963 and 1971.  Entries record Clark's work at Research Analysis Corporation (RAC), including interactions with co-workers and descriptions of projects and lectures; as well as his social life, including accounts of attending cultural events such as concerts and plays, dining and having drinks with friends at local restaurants and bars, and performing in local madrigal singing groups.  Entries frequently document Clark's enjoyment of watching women in miniskirts, his desire to meet attractive women, dismissal of women he found unattractive, and his generally unsuccessful efforts to develop romantic relationships with women he met.  Several entries detail Clark's health, including efforts to lose weight by dieting, exercising, and fasting, and his struggles with anxiety, which he managed with psychiatric care and prescription medications.    As the 1960s progressed, diaries chronicle Clark's growing disapproval of what he deemed to be the radicalism of the era--the civil rights movement, the women's rights movement, and especially the student movement.