Dorothy H. Christian Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Christian, Dorothy H.
label: Creator
content: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
label: Creator
content: Foley, James W.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Political History
label: Names
content: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923
place: label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Socialites -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Portraits -- 1920-1930
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Estate of Dorothy H. Christian, through Elwood Davis, July 21, 1986.
creator: label: Creator
content: Christian, Dorothy H.
label: Creator
content: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
label: Creator
content: Foley, James W.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Dorothy H. Christian Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents Dorothy Christian's life and social events from the 1920s.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Dorothy Christian's father was secretary to President Warren G. Harding. The three books illustrate, to a small extent, events of interest to a woman in the social world of Washington, D.C. in the 1920s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1881, 1913-1934
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Political History (now Division of Political and Military History, December 3, 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0250
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Appointment books
label: Type
content: Diaries
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Books
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is unarranged.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by David Haberstich, 2001.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Appointment books -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1900-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Books
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection contains three books and two photographs: Kitchen Diary: Your Daily Friend (Chicago: P. F. Volland & Co., 1913) contains birth dates, addresses and appointments  sporadic entries, 1921 1934.  The Shakespeare Birthday Book (Mary F. P. Dunbar, ed., London, 1881) has a quotation from Shakespeare for every day in the year; scattered throughout the book are names of relatives and friends.  Some One Like You by James W. Foley is a book of five pages of poetry and five illustrations, copyrighted 1916, with a box. Two small portrait photographs, one dated 1923, found in Kitchen Diary, are stored separately.

Two small portrait photographs, one dated 1923, found in "The Kitchen Diary," are stored separately.