Frederick Sweeney, Diary
Title: Frederick Sweeney,
Diary
Creator: Frederick Sweeney
Dates: 1918, Sept. 22- 1919, Apr. 18
Quantity: 1 box (0.5 linear
feet)
Collection Number: MS 0114
Language: English
Restrictions: Photocopies not allowed
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Preferred Citation: Frederick Sweeney, Diary (MS 0114). Archives & Special Collections,
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
Alternative Format: None
Biography:
Doctor Frederick Sweeney served as Captain in the United States Army Medical Corps.
He met Willa Cather during the period she spent in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Sweeney
shared his personal diary with Cather and his personal recollection of World War I
provided her with much insight into the war experience. Cather used the diary as
research for her Pulitzer Prize novel One of Ours.
Scope and Content:
The Sweeney diary is a photocopy of the original that contains recollections of World
War I.
Subjects:
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947
Sweeney, Frederick, M.D.
Novelists, American -- 20th century
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Frederick Sweeny, diary, 1918, Sept. 22- 1919, Apr. 18
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