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A holiday in Norway and along the way, 1908, being the journal of a trip by Charles H. Cummings and George G. Clark, as kept by the latter, 1909 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (472 pages)
Abstract:
This 1909 bound typescript manuscript was prepared by George G. Clark to commemorate his 1908 trip with Charles H. Cummings. Their travel from New York City to Norway by steamer and rail, along with details of experiences in many European locales along the way, is recounted in this travel narrative.

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

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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]

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

Extent:
1 volume (164 pages)
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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]

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Journal of voyage to England- travels in England, Wales, Ireland Scotland voyage home, March 29th - Oct. 25th 1834 : Journal of a voyage to Rio de Janeiro-Bahia-Pernambuco New York, Dec 15th 1835, approximately 1834-1872 (inclusive) 1834-1835 (bulk)

Extent:
1 volume (170 pages)
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Reverend Theodore William Snow's travel journal chronicles three separate trips to the British Isles and Brazil in the 1830s. Snow’s ink and pencil entries fill a marbleized paper-covered account book and detail travel by ship, landmarks and structures seen, events, social customs, and religious practices.

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

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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)
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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.

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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.

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Emily Shore journals, 1836-1839 (inclusive)

Extent:
3 volume
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These three manuscripts are the seventh, tenth, and twelfth of twelve journal volumes created by a young Englishwoman named Emily Shore (1819-1839). Shore wrote these journals between October 1836 and July 1839, while she traveled around southern England, the Channel Islands, and Madeira, before dying of tuberculosis in Funchal, Madeira.

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

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J. Hall Rohrman travel journal, 1872 february 8-july 17 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (360 pages)
Abstract:
The travel journal of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, tinsmith J. Hall Rohrman describes in very detailed language an 1860 trip to Missouri and travels within eastern Pennsylvania from 1871 to 1872. Three religious writings, presumably by Rohrman, have been inserted into the journal.

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

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