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M.J. Harrison's Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Travel Diary
by Harrison, MJ (1854 – 1857)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This travel diary documents a MJ Harrison's trip with his brother through the Northern French city of Boulogne-sur-Mer between 1854 and 1857. Harrison boarded the Albion steamship in London on August 10, 1854, to visit his father and for several weeks followed Prince Albert and Emperor Napoleon III during their visit to Boulogne. The author was very observant and immersed himself in the Boulogne-sur-Mer culture; included with his entries are small drawings of the townspeople and their costumes. Scattered throughout the travel diary are cuttings from publications, as well as many poems and phrases that the author compiled. The transcribed diary is attached.
Myers and Doris Calcott Letters
by Calcott, Doris; Calcott, Myers (1917 – 1951)
9 boxes (4.5 linear feet)
These letters were written between 1917 and 1951 by Myers "Jack" Calcott and Doris Gay and chronicle their relationship as it progressed from friends to spouses. Myers and Doris, who were married on June 18, 1929, began writing each other in 1927 and sent many several page letters until Myers' death on July 10, 1951; letters prior to 1927 are primarily from Myers' mother while he was attending the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as some of Doris' personal letters and school certificates when she lived in Charles Town, West Virginia. Myers' worked for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Corporation after graduating, which meant he moved frequently and was often at sea while Doris and their three daughters remained in Charlottesville, Norfolk, and Newport Beach. Myers served on the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Magoffin as a naval reservist. In 1946 they moved into their first permanent home in Salisbury, Maryland but Myers, who had struggled with drinking problems, became a patient at Perry Point Veterans Hospital.
National Parks Photograph Album
by Unknown (1920 – 1935)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This photograph album contains 254 photographs documenting travel throughout North America between 1920 and 1935, especially in national parks. While 57 photographs are professional prints sold to tourists, the remaining 197 were taken by the album owner. Included in the identified photographs are Yellowstone and Glacier Parks; Bismark and Rugby in North Dakota; Black Hills, South Dakota (including one of Mount Rushmore under construction); Hot Springs, Arkansas; Brackenbridge Park, San Antonio, Rio Grand Valley, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, and Galveston in Texas; Miami and Daytona Beach in Florida; Georgia; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Monterrey, Mexico; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Grand Canyon in Arizona; Clermont, Iowa; and Los Angeles, Imperial Valley, San Francisco, Coronado Island, San Diego, and Pasadena in California (including the 1920 Rose Bowl parade).
Pavlick Tschepotkin and Elvira Christophornia Letters
by Christophornia, Elvira; Tschepotkin, Pavlick (1920 – 1923)
2 folders (0.2 linear feet)
These letters were written between 1920 and 1923 by Pavlick Tschepotkin and Elvira Christophornia, White Russian refugees originally from Archangel (Arkhangelsk), and later translated into English and transcribed. The transcribed letters are attached.
Ruth Stull Letters
by Stull, Ruth (1925 – 1933)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These letters were written from Ruth Stull to her family from 1925 to 1933 while she was on religious missions in Peru and Ecuador. Some letters are signed by Ruth and her husband Roscoe and are oftentimes multiple pages with extensive details about their missionary work with natives and uncontacted tribes, evacuations to remote places, the birth of her child, and regional conflicts like the war in Peru and military coup in Ecuador. Stull later wrote a book about her missionary work called "Sand and Stars" in 1951.
Scrapbook of Etrope Joseph Yacks
by Yacks, Etrope Joseph (1917 – 1919)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
This scrapbook consists of items collected by Etrope Joseph Yacks of Bay City, Michigan between 1918 and 1919. Yacks, who was a Private in the American Expeditionary Forces during the First World War, took photographs and collected postcards, as well as other ephemera, while he served overseas in France. Photographs depict soldiers in bombed areas, in addition to scenery around various cities including Paris. Ephemera includes tickets, programs, and newspaper clippings for various theatrical performances, restaurants, and other events.
Scrapbook of Iva Brooks
by Brooks, Iva (1928 – 1929)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This scrapbook contains correspondence, photographs, and ephemera that Iva Brooks, a young woman from Center Haverhill, New Hampshire, collected between 1928 and 1929. The scrapbook documents Brooks' life as a member of the faculty at the Powers Institute in Massachusetts and when she became engaged to Henry Root.
Scrapbook of Marian Geiger
by Geiger, Marian (1939 – 1948)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This scrapbook was kept by Marian Geiger from 1939 to 1948 and it primarily documents her travels throughout Mexico, especially in 1940, but also in 1944 and 1948. Included are handwritten letters and notes, newspaper articles, and many ephemeral items such as receipts, ticket stubs, business cards, maps, and menus.
Sidney and Elsie Northam papers
by Northam, Elsie; Northam, Sidney (1941 – 2013)
2 boxes (1 linear feet)
The papers of Sidney and Elsie Northam document their life in Snow Hill, Worcester County, Maryland from 1941-2013 with the bulk of the material dating from 1995-2005. Materials include correspondence between Sidney and Elsie from a 1958 trip to Washington State, Elsie’s daily journal entries with regard to her life as well as the weather and the Northam News, which Elsie wrote to keep friends and family informed on their activities. Also included are photographs, a family tree and print images of Snow Hill. Also included in the collection are a series of photocopies of the business correspondence, receipts and ledgers of Sidney Northam’s grandfather, James Adkins. Adkins was a blacksmith in Newark, Maryland from 1899-1917. Note: Adkins photocopies were created by Sidney Northam in the late 1990s.
Sketchbook of Virginia Landscapes
by Unknown (circa 1898)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This notebook contains 38 pencil sketches that were drawn by an unidentified soldier in Company F of the 1st Kentucky Regiment. The regiment shipped out from Newport News, Virginia, for Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, on August 3, 1898, to fight in the Spanish-American War. The sketches were likely drawn after their return to Virginia four months later, capturing scenes traveling north from Old Point, up Hampton Creek, and along the Potomac River until reaching the Soldiers’ Home in Washington, D.C.
T.W. Ingersoll Stereoview Cards
by Ingersoll, T.W. (1903)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These five stereoview cards were taken by T.W. Ingersoll in 1903. The hand-colored images depict a country market scene on the island of Java, a donkey carrying a water skin in Egypt, dancing girls walking in a park in Yokohama, Japan, the start of a cock fight in the Philippines, and herring fishing boats in Norway.
The Fair of the Iron Horse Program
by The Fair of the Iron Horse (1927)
1 drawer (0.1 linear feet)
This program was created The Fair of the Iron Horse, which took place in Halethorpe, Maryland from September 24 to October 8, 1927. The event was held to commemorate the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad’s first one hundred years of service to the public. The massive undertaking was spread over 25 acres along the Old Main Line and was attended by more than 1.25 million people. In addition to stationary exhibitions, it featured a moving pageant each afternoon that dramatized the progress of inland transport during the previous 100 years. Featured in the pageant were Native American Indians, horseback riders, stagecoaches, Conestoga wagons, and the evolution of locomotives including entries from Canada and Great Britain.