Place: France--Description and travel - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Berta Ruck travel journals, 1928-1937 (inclusive)

Extent:: .6 linear foot (6 volumes)
Abstract:: Six volumes of Welsh writer Berta Ruck's travel journals, including correspondence, photographs, and ephemera. Ruck records partial drafts of her works in progress, accounts of her financial and romantic difficulties, and memorabilia from her travels. She also details the growing anti-Semitism and the gradual rise of Nazi support in Austria.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Summer Brenner papers, 1962-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:: 22 linear foot (29 boxes)
Abstract:: The Summer Brenner papers offers a comprehensive view of an American poet and novelist's life across four decades beginning in the 1960s. The collection includes extensive personal correspondence and journals, literary manuscripts and drafts documenting all stages of the writing and publishing process, and Brenner's work from magazine contributions, book publications, and community projects.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Conard-Pyle Company records supplement, 1868-2000 (inclusive) 1910-2000 (bulk)

Extent:: 13.3 linear foot (14 boxes)
Abstract:: The Conard-Pyle Company records supplement includes substantial additions to the series in the original collection, as well as records which constitute three new series related to the Atlantic Coast Nurseries, Inc., printed material, and Robert Pyle's professional papers.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Karl Bissinger papers, 1800, 1935-2008 (inclusive)

Extent:: 18 linear foot (40 boxes), 6 oversize box, and 1 oversize removal
Abstract:: The papers of American photojournalist, restaurateur, and peace activist Karl Bissinger (1914-2008) encompass nearly seventy years of professional activity. This collection not only provides abundant documentation of Bissinger's careers in photography and social activism, but also offers rich visual resources for the history of photography in post-World War II America.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Betty Lee Hutchinson papers, 1900-2012 (inclusive) 1975-2005 (bulk)

Extent:: 4.3 linear foot (5 boxes) and 3 oversize removal (3 folders)
Abstract:: Betty Lee Hutchinson (1925-2020), a Democrat and Newark City Council member (1977-1980 and 1984-1988) was born November 18, 1925, in Uniontown, PA, to Harry J. Truman, Sr. (1897-1965), and Merle Carte Truman (1901-2001). The Betty Lee Hutchinson papers document the personal interests and civic activities of a woman with ties to Newark, Delaware, and the University of Delaware community.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Journal of Travels Commencing from the Year 1798, 1827-1828 (inclusive)

Extent:: 4 volume (1450 pages)
Abstract:: Richard Champney's memoir, which he entitled in full "Journal of Travels commencing from the year 1798, through various parts, of England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, Canada, United-States of North America, Denmark, Germany, Holland, & the Netherlands. &c. by Richard Champney," was handwritten in four bound volumes and are a polished and edited version of daily journals kept by Richard Champney and his parents. The journals detail Champney's childhood journey from London, England, to Lexington, Kentucky, where his father had acquired property in settlement of a debt and the five-year struggle to live there. The journals describe Champney's return to England and subsequent education, career as a sailor on a merchant vessel, as well as his enlistment in the militia and service in Wellington's Peninsular Campaign during the Napoleonic Wars.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Incidental notes of a trip to Europe made in 1868, 1868 june 3-november 24 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (approximately 258 pages)
Abstract:: John C. Giles's journal contains a detailed account of his daily activities on a grand tour of Europe taken with his wife and daughter from June 3 to November 24, 1868. Giles described landmarks, churches, museums, plays, concerts, weather, hotels, transportation, shopping, dining, correspondence, people met, and social activities.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Notes on trips to Paris, Normandy and Brittany : Notes on a trip through the Smoky Mountains in 1935, 1933-1939 (inclusive)

Extent:: 2 volume (approximately 400 pages)
Abstract:: These two travel journals belonging to Emily Sowden contain descriptions of trips to France, the Southeast United States, and Latin America in the 1930s. The entries feature itineraries with commentary and are supplemented by numerous postcards, photographs, small maps, and plant specimens.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Thomas Ward travel journal, 1860 june 12-september 15 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (208 pages)
Abstract:: This journal was kept by Thomas Ward, Jr., and chronicles his sightseeing trip to England, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy in 1860. Entries provide a record of the voyage and a summary of each day of sightseeing.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Selina C. Washburn travel diary, 1854 july 5-october 13 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (146 pages) and 4 oversize removal
Abstract:: American Selina C. Washburn kept this travel diary during her 1854 voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to London, England, and Paris, France. Selina and her sister Sarah accompanied their father Cyrus Washburn on a business trip and her diary records her impressions of persons encountered, shops visited, and sightseeing excursions.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

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