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Anne Rapp Collection

6 boxes, 3 cartons (3.9 linear feet)

(1949 – 1978)

bulk 1950s-1960s

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier SC2015.154
Creator(s) Rapp, Anne
Acquisition

Donated to the Nabb Research Center in 2015 (see local history accession file 2015.154).
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Ian Post
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Abstract

The Anne Rapp Collection documents the retiree's international travel between 1949 and 1974, primarily in the 1950s and 1960s. Rapp kept the schedules (itineraries), maps and guides, postcards, and ephemera for her travel around the world. She also kept detailed journals and took over 8000 color photographic slides. Places she traveled include Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, several Caribbean islands, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, several eastern bloc countries, Australia, New Zealand, several Pacific Islands, India, Japan, Israel, China, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), South Africa, and Ethiopia.

Biographical History

Anne Alberta Rapp was born in Canada in 1891 and moved to Iowa with her family as a child. She lived much of her life in the Chicago area and worked as a secretary at laboratory. She retired in Florida and traveled the world before passing away in 1978.

Arrangement Statement

The collection is arranged into three series:

Series 1: Personal Items, 1955-1978

Series 2: International Travel, 1949-1974

  • Subseries 2.1: North America, 1949-1973
  • Subseries 2.2: South America, 1950s-1960s
  • Subseries 2.3: Europe, 1954-1971
  • Subseries 2.4: Australia and Pacific Islands, 1959-1974
  • Subseries 2.5: Asia, 1962-1967
  • Subseries 2.6: Africa, 1967-1974

Series 3: Slides, Photographs, and Audiovisual Materials, 1950s-1970s

 

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Diaries
    • Diaries (Women)
    • Photography
    • Voyages and Travel
  • Location Terms
    • Africa
    • Alaska
    • Australia
    • Canada
    • Colombia
    • France
    • Great Britain
    • Hawaii
    • India
    • Italy
    • Japan
    • Mexico
    • New Zealand
    • Spain

Inventory List

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Box 1

  1. Series 1 (Personal): Passports, 1955-1971
  2. Series 1 (Personal): Certificate of Death, 1978
  3. Series 1 (Personal): Memorial Home and Memorial Marker Receipts, 1967-1978
  4. Series 1 (Personal): “My Trip” Travel Diary, undated
  5. Series 1 (Personal): Travel Journals, circa 1960s-1971
  6. Series 1 (Personal): Things to do notes, undated
  7. Series 1 (Personal): Address and Note Pad, undated
  8. Series 1 (Personal): Foreign Exchange Quotations, undated
  9. Series 1 (Personal): SITA World Travel, Inc., 1962-1963
  10. Series 1 (Personal): Travel Certificates, 1955-1962
  11. Series 1 (Personal): Music Instruction Books, 1965, 1974
  12. Series 1 (Personal): Envelopes, undated
  13. Subseries 2.1 (North America): United States Guides and Maps, 1960s-1970s
  14. Subseries 2.1 (North America): United States Programs and Pamphlets, 1960s-1970s
  15. Subseries 2.1 (North America): United States Postcards, 1960s-1970s

 

Box 2

  1. Subseries 2.1 (North America): Hawaiian Programs and Postcards, 1959
  2. Subseries 2.1 (North America): Canadian Maps and Guides, 1949-1973
  3. Subseries 2.1 (North America): Canadian Postcards, undated
  4. Subseries 2.1 (North America): Caribbean Schedule and Cards, 1960s
  5. Subseries 2.2 (South America): Mexican Schedules and Guides, 1950s
  6. Subseries 2.2 (South America): Mexican Postcards, undated
  7. Subseries 2.2 (South America): Mexican Ephemera, undated
  8. Subseries 2.2 (South America): South American Schedules, 1960s
  9. Subseries 2.2 (South America): South American Guides, 1960s
  10. Subseries 2.2 (South America): South American Postcards, 1960s
  11. Subseries 2.2 (South America): South American Ephemera, 1960s

 

Box 3

  1. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Motorway to Europe Guides, 1954-1959
  2. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): United Kingdom Schedules, 1957
  3. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): United Kingdom Maps and Guides, 1950s (1/3)
  4. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): United Kingdom Maps and Guides, 1950s (2/3)
  5. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): United Kingdom Maps and Guides, 1950s (3/3)

 

Box 4

  1. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): United Kingdom Ephemera, 1960s
  2. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): United Kingdom Postcards, undated (1/2)
  3. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): United Kingdom Postcards, undated (2/2)
  4. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Spanish Maps and Guides, 1958-1964
  5. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): French Guides, 1950
  6. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): French Postcards, undated

 

Box 5

  1. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Italian Guides, 1955
  2. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Italian Postcards, 1955
  3. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Scandinavian Maps, Guides, and Schedules, 1955
  4. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Scandinavian Postcards, 1955
  5. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Eastern European Schedules, circa 1971
  6. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Eastern European Guides, 1970s
  7. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Eastern European Postcards, 1970s (1/2)
  8. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Eastern European Postcards, 1970s (2/2)
  9. Subseries 2.3 (Europe): Eastern European Ephemera, 1971
  10. Subseries 2.4 (Australia): Australia and Pacific Schedules, 1970
  11. Subseries 2.4 (Australia): Australia and Pacific Maps and Guides, 1970
  12. Subseries 2.4 (Australia): Australia and Pacific Postcards, circa 1970
  13. Subseries 2.4 (Australia): Australia and Pacific Menus, 1959
  14. Subseries 2.4 (Australia): Australia and Pacific Ephemera, 1970-1974

 

Box 6

  1. Subseries 2.5 (Asia): Japanese Schedules, 1962-1967
  2. Subseries 2.5 (Asia): Japanese Maps and Guides, 1960s
  3. Subseries 2.5 (Asia): Japanese Postcards, undated
  4. Subseries 2.5 (Asia): Japanese Ephemera, 1962-1967
  5. Subseries 2.5 (Asia): Indian Documents, 1962
  6. Subseries 2.5 (Asia): Israel Schedule, circa 1960s
  7. Subseries 2.6 (Africa): African Schedules, 1968
  8. Subseries 2.6 (Africa): African Maps and Guides, 1967-1974
  9. Subseries 2.6 (Africa): African Postcards, undated
  10. Subseries 2.6 (Africa): African Ephemera, undated

 

Box 7

Series 3: Slides, Photographs, and Audiovisual materials, 1950s-1970s

 

Box 8

Series 3: Slides, Photographs, and Audiovisual materials, 1950s-1970s

 

Box 9

Series 3: Slides, Photographs, and Audiovisual materials, 1950s-1970s

Artifacts

Photography items and ephemeral objects (to be cataloged)

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