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Within the past forty years, everyday writing has seen a tremendous change. With the advent of the digital age, the "average" person has been able to broadcast and preserve their writings to an extent that was previously unimaganible. Because of this, the larger part of our archive is composed of these post-1980 texts. Although less easily accessed, the everyday writing composed prior to this shift casts valuable insight into the constants within the human psyche. In this exhibit, you will be able to explore various types of everyday writing from the 1920s-1980s.

Some of the most prolific everyday-writers of the 20th century were school children. As with their 21st century counterparts, rather than writing for business or sticking strictly to school work while in classes, children tended toward more creative writing. 

In its day, the everyday writing of adults is often viewed as mundane and insignificant. Because of the mental distance offerd by time, these artifacts from the early '20s and '40s will help illustrate the significance and beauty of everyday writing no matter how mundane their purpose and origin.