Diary of Camelia Alten

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Alten, Camelia, “Diary of Camelia Alten,” Digital Collections, accessed April 15, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/22705.

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Diary of Camelia Alten

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Diary kept by Camelia Alten, daughter of artist Mathias Alten, during her senior year at Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan from January 1, 1917 through July 2, 1917. In it she chronicles the details of her school, family, and social life. Camelia discusses the sentiments and activities in Grand Rapids during the days before and after World War I was declared.

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1917

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Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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