DIARIES, 1911-1918 with gaps

Summary: Journals, August 31, 1911-November 2, 1913, March 22-23, 1915, February 9-May 5, 1917, and August 12, 1917-June 9, 1918, documenting Weyl's life and daily activities. These leather bound notebooks and looseleaf pages record Weyl's day-to-day existence, including observations on the local and international scenes, plans, work notes, lists of addresses, drafts of letters and philosophical speculations.

Among the topics discussed are dramaturgy, feminism, the class war and the possibilities for a novel or play set in Woodstock, New York. The two (actually three or more?) 1915 diary entries describe scenes behind the lines in East Prussia during World War I, and the entries from early 1917 record Weyl's observations of China, Manchuria, Japan and Korea, including a colorful description of the funeral of Prince Yi Chun in Seoul.

Entries that resemble those in the diaries, but from a later time period, are present in notebooks included in Weyl's WRITINGS.