May 22
Laura M., age 15, North Carolina
May 22, 1997
Normal day. Found out that Tim and Leslie got up yesterday. Gossip is their blood… Layed beside him in English, but don’t care — he’s with little Erica. (No comment.) Eddie picked me, Renée, Zach up. Zach got food from Burger King. Came home. Talked to Courtney. Slept, but phone woke me up — it was Sean! Wow. We had a cool conversation. Me and Eddie went to Ragazzi’s. Good. Watched T.V. Dessert. Came home. Talked to Courtney. Did some homework.
Anna L., age 75, Illinois
May 22, 1960
Picked Carrie up as usual. Rode around a little. At 11:00 Lo took Lily out to Meyer’s home to feed fish. Carrie had come when she returned. We ate. In forenoon had picked up clothing for the drive. Took Carrie home about 3:30. Loie mowed back yard then we ate and took a ride to Foreman farm.
Marcy S., age 19, Missouri
May 22, 1944
Beautiful day. I set the alarm for 5:30 but overslept till almost 7. I have so much to do. Voice lesson at 10:00. Back to room and read Record. Then got bus at 11 out to lake where tennis class was meeting. We got our test papers back and I made 91 — S+. Nearly passed out. Some of the kids went in swimming — the rest of us waited for the bus and went back to school. Good lunch. Piano lesson at 2. Then I went back to hall and started a letter to Jim, planning to finish in an hour, but, due to numerous interruptions, I didn’t get through until almost 6! Sent him a 4 leaf clover! Jane mailed the letter for me. In the evening I started my philosophy term paper — Betty is worried to death about hers but now that I’ve gotten started and have some ideas it doesn’t bother me.
Aloys F., age 16, County Cork, Ireland
May 22, 1926
Went off in good spirits to Fermoy by the 9 train. 15 of us went and we had the greatest fun in the train. They were all joking me about my new suit. We got to St Coleman’s about 11. The College is very finely situated but is rather ‘schlampig’ [grubby, slovenly] in spite of the fine rooms and hall and recreation grounds. After lunch we had the sports. We won by 17 points to 12, John Cottrell winning the high jump, and Jack MacSwiney and John O’Regan winning all the races in fine style. After the sports we had quite a good dinner, but the boys seem to be on the whole much rougher and more unfriendly than our fellows. We had some delightful boating on the Blackwater after dinner and some of the fellows went in swimming. Then four of us had a game of billiards, and then tea in a restaurant. The boys are awfully generous. I only paid 1/- for the lot. In the corridor [of the train] carriages coming home we had great fun tumbling around, and we all sang ‘Morgen muss ich fort von hier’. [Tomorrow I must depart from here] Arrived home at 10 and called for Mam and Pap at Opera. It is horrible that I missed ‘Richard III’. Mam and Pap said it was marvellous. Of course, a rotten house!!
*(Original Archive Copyright © Estate of Aloys Fleischmann. The Fleischmann Diaries Online Archive by Róisín O’Brien is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Used with permission.)
Henry S., age 25, Michigan
May 22, 1887
I rode Jimmie down to the grist mill to water for the first time this morning. He seems to be some lame on the leg that was hurt the worst. I went to church this forenoon and met a good many friends there. It sprinkled a very little as I came home, but has not succeeded in raining yet. I took the pony over to our place this afternoon and tethered him so he could eat grass while I looked around at things. I wish I could have been here two weeks ago so I could have had things in for a garden etc. Have been doctoring Jimmie’s leg today a good deal.
*(R. Henry Scadin Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville)
Abbie B., age 22, Kansas
May 22, 1871
Mr. N. spent Sunday here. He brought our mail from Wichita, a bundle of papers and letters. There is some talk of having a post office at the crossing. We would get our mail more regularly if they would.
Brother started to W early this morning. Now I hope we can go to the cabin soon. He has been working up on my claim when he felt well enough. Katura gave calico before I left and I am making a dress. My wardroab is rather a slim affair, but it does for this frontier life.
*(kansasmemory.org, Kansas State Historical Society, copy and reuse restrictions apply)
Cornelia H., age 25, North Carolina
May 22, 1862
I began this morning putting my hoops together with cord. Will put on tape when I can get them in shape. They are very troublesome. Heavy thunder with very hard rains & hail. Several showers. I eat some molasses custard for dinner & I was sick all the evening with headache from it. I was very sick at my stomach. Clear & warm.
*(Fear in North Carolina: The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family, Eds. Karen L. Clinard and Richard Russell, used with permission.)
Samuel P., age 35, London
May 22, 1668
Up, and all the morning at the office busy. At noon home with my people to dinner, where good discourse and merry. After dinner comes Mr. Martin, the purser, and brings me his wife’s starling, which was formerly the King’s bird, that do speak and whistle finely, which I am mighty proud of and shall take pleasure in it. Thence to the Duke of York’s house to a play, and saw Sir Martin Marr-all, where the house is full; and though I have seen it, I think, ten times, yet the pleasure I have is yet as great as ever, and is undoubtedly the best comedy ever was wrote. Thence to my tailor’s and a mercer’s for patterns to carry my wife of cloth and silk for a bed, which I think will please her and me, and so home, and fitted myself for my journey to-morrow, which I fear will not be pleasant, because of the wet weather, it raining very hard all this day; but the less it troubles me because the King and Duke of York and Court are at this day at Newmarket, at a great horse-race, and proposed great pleasure for two or three days, but are in the same wet. So from the office home to supper, and betimes to bed.
*(The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S., edited by Henry B. Wheatley F.S.A., London, George Bell & Sons York St. Covent Garden, Cambridge Deighton Bell & Co., 1893.)