Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Motor Trip Diary and Blanket, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 12/10/2009.

Processing Information

Added to Archon and minimally processed in December 2009 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.

Scope and Contents

Car trip diary, 1927-1934 and travel blanket of an unidentified woman. The diary records her trips in her Erskine Studebaker and later a new 1934 Ford. Includes are dates, miles, times and who accompanied her, as well as brief remarks. The following description was provided by the seller: "She writes of attending the 1927 Cleveland Industrial Exhibition and seeing the exhibit titled "The Tower Of Jewels" she attended ball games, boat races again, dances, camping, picnics, Rogersville Centennial, Canton Fair, she rode in an airplane, was hit by a car, hit a wall, ...  she sold the Erskine for $65 and bought a brand new Ford $669 in 1934. "The blanket (Stroock, 55"x58") was transferred to the Mss. Artifact Collection, Mss. 1.03, Series 1, Subseries 5.)

Separated Material

The Stroock blanket was transferred to the Mss. Artifact Collection Mss. 1.03, Series 5, Sub-series 2.

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Diaries

Topical Term:

• Automobile travel--United States--History--Sources.
• Women travelers--Diaries.
• Women--Travel.

Additional Information