Eric Matson's diary entries, 1943

Title: Eric Matson's diary entries, 1943
Description: This is a digital reproduction of an image held in the Library of Congress. These images depict Eric Matson’s detailed diary entries for the entirety of 1943. Eric Matson was one of the leading photographers of the American Colony in Jerusalem who moved to Colony as a young child with his family from Sweden. These entries are shorter in comparison with other years (such as 1942) as he describes four days per page in the diary. Many of the entries describe global events during the the Second World War and his opinions of them. There are also descriptions of wartime conditions in Palestine and his work as director of the American Colony Photo Department.
Identifier: pb_lc_aco_7252049
Subject: Bethlehem; Palestine; Palestinian Diaspora; American Colony collection; American Colony in Jerusalem; World War II
License: CC BY 4.0
Date: 1943
Type: Digital scan of handwritten documents
Source: Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA, Manuscript Division
Language: English
Spatial Coverage: 31.777689/ 35.235176
Rights Holder: Library of Congress. No known restrictions on publication.