| Surname | Lerber, née Glayre | |
| First Name | Suzanne Louise | |
| Gender | female | |
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| Year of birth | 1788 | |
| Year of death | 1876 | |
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| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Lausanne / Arnex (VD) | |
| Century | 19 | |
| Biographical information | Daughter of Pierre Maurice Glayre and Marie Bartholomée de Crousaz. Her father had been private secretary to Stanislas Poniatowski (the last king of Poland) and held political office during the Helvetic Republic. In 1809 she married Charles Antoines Lerber, First Magistrate of Bern. | |
| Title | Journal | |
| Genre / Art |
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| Period writen | 17 April 1805 - 25 March 1819 | |
| Period covered | 17 April 1805 - 25 March 1819 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description | 20 notebooks, numbered from 1 to 19, a notebooks, called "Journal commencé le 8 juin 1810", n’est pas numéroté, 18.5 x 23 cm, between 46 and 92 p. each. |
| Content | The young girl began her diary when she was sixteen. She writes of her daily activities: lessons; housework; visits; walks; time spent with relatives; theater rehearsals. Important political events are briefly mentioned such as the victory of the French army at Vagram. She doesn't record her feelings. Even meeting her future husband is limited to factual indications. We learn that she signed her marriage contract on Tuesday 10th October. However, their marriage hardly changes the diary's content. Her daily activities remain the same. She often writes about her parents' health and the last reports are almost exclusively devoted to her father: each record beginning with an assessment of his condition during the night. The diary stops abruptly on March 25, 1819 (the day before his death). |
| Place of deposit | ACV |
| Classification | PP 106/65 |
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| Author | SMP |
