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Davis Family Diaries
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0293
Scope and Contents
This a a collection of diaries of William Couch Davis, Jr., and his wife, Mary Anderson Davis, including accounts of William's jobs in France (1917-19), Cuba, Savannah, and Norfolk. They include many details about the Davis family of West Point, Virginia. One of Mary's diaries covers their first married year (1924-25) in Cuba and others cover their trips (1935-1959) out west in Canada and to Central America and Europe.
Dates:
Inclusive 1917-1959; Majority of material found within Bulk 1917-1933
Unidentified travel diary
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0328
Scope and Contents
This manuscript copy of a diary dated May 26 through August 15, 1835 was kept by an unidentified traveller journeying by railroad, boat, and stagecoach from New York to the springs of Virginia (and the present-day West Virginia) and then on to Cincinnati, Ohio and Lexington, Kentucky before returning to New York. The traveller made stops in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Fredericksburg. Most of the journal's accounts deal with the period when the writer was at White Sulphur...
Dates:
1835
William Taylor Thom Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0326
Scope and Contents
These papers include mainly reprints of Thom's publications on geology (1917-1955) along with several letters and a travel diary (1920).
Dates:
Inclusive 1902-1976; Majority of material found within Bulk 1917-1955