Travel Diaries (Europe)

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Preferred citation:

Travel Diaries (Europe), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.20 Linear Feet
Language:
English German
Preferred citation:

Travel Diaries (Europe), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Diaries, 1977, 1980-1983, 1985, 1987, 1989 and undated of unidentified female traveler orginially from Ohio and later Florida. Among the countries visited are Austria, Germany, France, The Netherlands and Italy. Descriptions cover food, observations of people and sites visited including describing traveling through the checkpoints between West and East Germany. Also included are ephemera, like wine labels, brochures, receipts, etc.

Some of the later trips were taken together with her husband, whom she met one one of her earlier travels.

Acquisition information:
Purchase.
Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally processed in January 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.