Special Collections Research Center
Betty Movern diary, 1947-1948
Mss 2007.89
/repositories/2/resources/2170
0.40 Linear Feet
1947-1948
English
Scope and Contents
Diary (1947-1948) of Betty Movern detailing her extended tour of post-war Europe. She describes the trips she made with her husband and adult son with hopes of selling the manuscript for eventual publication. She records visiting Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, and England. She describes a visit to Hitler's country home and meeting a German man who swam from Russian occupied East Germany to West Germany in order to obtain food for his family. Movern included many photos, postcards, pictures clipped from books, and a newspaper clipping.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase. Mss. Acc. 2007.89
Processing Information
Processed by SCRC Staff in 2008.
Conditions Governing Use
Before quoting, permission is required from the copyright holder and the Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Preferred Citation
Betty Movern Diary, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries..
Conditions Governing Access
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Diaries
Photographs
Postcards
Printed ephemera
England--Description and travel--20th century
France--Description and travel--20th century
Germany--Description and travel--20th Century
Italy--Description and travel--20th century
Netherlands--Description and travel--20th century
Switzerland--Description and travel--20th century
Luxembourg--Description and Travel--20th century
Postcards--Europe
Travelers' writings, American--Europe
Diary entries, photographs, and postcardsid8352/repositories/2/archival_objects/1860411947 October-November 11Scope and ContentsIntroduction and pages 1-14
Diary entries, photographs, and postcardsid8358/repositories/2/archival_objects/1860421947 November-December 2412Scope and ContentsPages 15-35
Diary entries, photographs, and postcardsid8359/repositories/2/archival_objects/1860431947 December 25-2713Scope and ContentsPages 36-62
Diary entries, photographs, and postcardsid8367/repositories/2/archival_objects/1860441947 December 28-1948 March 914Scope and ContentsPages 63-93
Diary entries, photographs, and postcards id8368/repositories/2/archival_objects/1860451948 March 11-2815Scope and ContentsPages 94-111
Diary entries, photographs, and postcards id8369/repositories/2/archival_objects/1860461948 March 29-April 10 16Scope and ContentsPages 112-126
Diary entries, photographs, and postcardsid8373/repositories/2/archival_objects/1860471948 April 12-July 2317Scope and ContentsPages 127-162
Diary entries, photographs, and postcardsid8374/repositories/2/archival_objects/1860481948 July 23-July 3118Scope and ContentsPages 166-182
Diary entries, photographs, and postcardsid8378/repositories/2/archival_objects/1860491948 July 31-October 2519Scope and ContentsPages 184-198
Diary entries, photographs, and postcardsid8381/repositories/2/archival_objects/1860501948 October 30-December 24110Scope and ContentsPages 199-222 The last postcard in this folder was likely not intended as part of the manuscript, but was found tucked into the end.