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Eugene Labiche travel diaries, "Voyage en Italie", 1834 january 26-august 15 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 linear_foot (2 boxes)
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Eugène Labiche (1815-1888) was a French comic playwright known for popular and amusing comedies who traveled to Italy in 1834 at the age of 18. He recorded the daily experiences of his journey through the south of France, Italy, and Switzerland in 44 rough notebooks and 2 fair copy notebooks. His friend, Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910), more commonly (and much more famously) known as Nadar, helped Labiche make a fair copy of a portion of his travel diary from his notes and provided a few illustrations in the 2 volumes.

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Charles Godfrey Leland letters to George Henry Boker, 1861-1937 (inclusive) 1869-1870 (bulk)

Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 box)
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Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) was a humorist and folklorist from Philadelphia. The collection consists of fourteen illustrated letters written to George Henry Boker which document one year of Leland's trip to Europe from 1869 to 1870; transcriptions of the letters; and an article by donor and scholar Sculley Bradley about the collection.

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Emily Tillinghast Potter diary, 1912-1913 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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Diary written by Emily Tillinghurst Potter between December 1912 and January 1913. She describes her journey with her family from Sri Lanka to India.

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Grace C. Nye diary, 1870 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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Travel diary of Grace C. Nye written during her tour of Italy and Germany from January to May 1870.

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James Adam diary, 1857-1863 (inclusive)

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2 volumes
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Diary comprising two volumes spanning the years from 1857 to 1863 written by James Adam, a 19th century psychiatrist. Volume 1 contains Adam's descriptions his journey from Scotland to India as a medical officer. Volume 2 has Adam's sporadic entries describing his arrival and work at Bethnal House Asylum with Dr. Ritchie. and Dr. Miller.

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