Scope and Contents Travel diary of Sara F. Hodges which starts during the author's stay in Constantinople, Turkey. Hodges spends time in Rome before going back to the United States. Entries describe activites at home (New York) and visiting acquaintnes in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The diary also includes entries describing the death of Hodges' mother.During World War I, Hodges volunteers as a Red Cross nurse where she attends and provides lectures on surgical dressing, drives an ambulance, attends...

Scope and Contents This diary contains the personal experiences and observations of Mary S. Graves during her travels and contains 5 pages of notes from guidebooks on India. Mrs. Graves traveled to Hawaii, Japan, China, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Burma, India, Ceylon, Egypt, Italy, and France.The entries provide insight of the world before World War I and ends abruptbly at the beginning of the war. One entry describes war mobilization posters in Paris, France, and another...

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This diary describes the travels of Mary J. Lewis of Pennsylvania. In entries, Lewis describes society acquaintances, such as the Biddles and Stetsons, and her encounters with other individuals such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and prominent Egyptian citizens.

Locations include: England, France, Germany, and Egypt

Scope and Contents The diary begins on June 17, 1925 as Pearl McDermid begins her trip with two friends. Pearl McDermid is about 20 or 21 years old. The group travels throughout the western states visitng places such as the Badlands (North Dakota), Yellowstone, Wenachee National Forest, Mt. Rainer, Point Defiance, Mt. Hood, Chinatown (San Francisco), Red Wood National Park, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Venice Beach (California), Mojave Desert, and Tijuana (Mexico).During their travels, the group goes...

Scope and Contents Travel diary of Beulah Haker Jenks Woolston of Philadelpha, Pennsylvania describing her 1913 world tour. Before leaving the US, Woolston travels through Washington, DC, New Orleans, San Antonio, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Woolston left San Franciso by ship to Hawaii then Japan. While in Japan, Woolston visited Tokyo, Kobe, Kyoto, and Nagasaki. In China, Woolston visited Tianjin, Hong Kong, and Canton. Woolston continues her travels and visits Manila (Philippines), Java, Singapore,...

Scope and Contents This scrapbook was made by Dr. George Bryce during his travels and bicycle tour of France and Switzerland in July 1907. The scrapbook relates events and records impressions of scenes, sights, and persons Dr. Bryce encountered on his travels mostly at inns, hotels, and restaurants. Dr. Bryce's daughter, Jeanie, accompanied him on the trip. One entry notes the interaction between the Bryces and restaurants as Jeanie was called "a bigoted vegetarian."Dr. Bryce was a general...

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This diary documents a portion of the travels of Nellie Crocker, who celebrates her twentieth birthday in Geneva while traveling and studying in Europe. She records her impressions of life in Geneva, Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, and London; the sights seen and persons encountered, including acquaintances from her home town of Buffalo, New York. Nellie details her personal feelings, periodic bouts of the 'blues,' and her hope that she has matured during her time traveling.