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Preferred Citation:

Nell J. Poehlmann Diaries, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in July 2012.

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Scope and Contents

Diaries, 1947-1948 and 1952, of Nell J. Poehlmann of Petaluma, California. The 1947 diary primarily concerns the trip of Poehlmann and her husband Max Poehlmann from San Francisco to Buenos Aires by going through the Strait of Magellan. Poehlmann then spends a month and a half in Buenos Aires before returning to San Franscisco by going through the Caribbean Sea and the Panama Canal. The 1952 diary concerns Poehlmann's trip to Mexico City, the people with which she travels, and the activities in which she participates.

Related Material

Travel Literature in the Special Collections Research Center

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Argentina--Description and travel
• Diaries
• Mexico--Description and travel
• Ocean travel--History
• Women--Diaries
• Women--Travel