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Emma Lee Walton travel journal

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-103

Scope and Contents

Travel journal in two volumes kept by Emma Lee Walton (1874-1951) of Chicago on a trip to Europe in 1922-1923. Also includes her 1922 passport. Emma Lee Walton left Chicago on May 3, 1922 at travelled to Montreal Canada where she boarded the S.S. Montcalm for Liverpool. While in Europe she travelled throughout England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. She left London May 5, 1923 on the SS President Garfield to New York and arrived back in Chicago in June 13, 1923. Includes lists of purchases with prices, postcards and letters written, list of "new words" in French, and a list of "cabmen I have met in Rome".

Dates

  • Creation: 1922

Creator

Language

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder with journal in 2 parts)

Abstract

Travel journal in two volumes kept by Emma Lee Walton (1874-1951) of Chicago on a trip to Europe in 1922-1923. Also includes her 1922 passport.

Location

1 1 2

Title
Emma Lee Walton travel journal, 1922
Status
Completed
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512