Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Place South Carolina--Description and travel

James M. Morton travel journal, approximately 1859-1870 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (164 pages)
Abstract:: The journal of Massachusetts resident James Madison Morton contains accounts of two trips to South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama taken in 1859 and 1861. It also contains brief notes and memoranda dated from 1859-1870.

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]

Miriam E. Welliver travel diary, 1934 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: The Miriam E. Welliver travel journal documents this Pennsylvania school teacher's month-long, 5,100 mile automobile trip across 19 states and Canada via handwritten journal entries, black-and-white photographs, postcards, telegrams, plant specimens, pamphlets, and other miscellaneous materials.

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