Diaries
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hammersley, Frederick, 1919-2009
setName: label: See more items in
content: Frederick Hammersley papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.1 Linear Feet (Box 6-8, 37)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-2008
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hammfred, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Materials are arranged in chronological order by author.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series has been digitized in its entirety, except for the 1909 diary of Anna Hammersley.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Diaries consists of 32 volumes: 23 created by Frederick Hammersley from 1931-2008; 3 by Anna Hammersley dating from 1909-1965 (the earliest one in Swedish); and 6 by Harold Hammersley dating from 1940-1966.  

Frederick Hammersley's early diaries focus on his life during high school and college.  They include details about classes, social activities, weather, and his relationship with his parents and sister. His 1945 diary records contain observations about his year in Paris as an army sergeant and reveals his renewed interest in art. Diaries covering the years from 1991 to 2008 document his daily routine and provide interesting details about his painting and exhibition schedules.