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Preferred Citation

Diary (Cuba), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased in March 2011 (2011.151)

Scope and Contents

Diary, 1929, of the trip of an unnamed person from New York to Cuba and then back through the eastern United States. Includes descriptions of Havana, automobile rides through the mountains of Cuba, and stays at hotels in Cuba. It also includes descriptions of the trip through Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Cuba--Description and travel
• Cuba--History--20th century
• Havana (Cuba) -- Description and travel