Call Number:

C0985

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.4 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles P. Staubach World Cruise Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1930 (inclusive)

Creator:

Staubach, C. P. (Charles P.), 1870-1966

Form:

Ephemera -- 20th century and photographs -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists of photographs and ephemera from the beginning part of a 1930 world cruise taken by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Staubach of Glen Ridge, N.J.

Charles P. Staubach began as a salesman, became an agency manager, and later general sales manager for Burroughs Corporation. A leader in the early days of organized bicycling, Staubach was a member of rhe Century Road Club, which he founded in 1897. He was nominated to the American Bicycle Hall of Fame in 1965.

The collection consists of photographs and ephemera from the beginning part of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Staubach's world cruise aboard the S.S. Resolute of the Hamburg-American Line, which left New York City on January 6, 1930, crossing the Atlantic and visiting Madeira, Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean, including Athens, Greece.