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S.S. FRANCONIA World Cruise Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Coll-256

Abstract

This Collection includes Adeline Brown's diary, approximately 100 pages bound in a small 3-ring notebook provided for this particular cruise. In addition, she collected programs, brochures, travel schedules, menus, etc, given to the passengers during the trip. There is also a folder of clippings from various newspapers and other publications, probably compiled after the voyage, many of which mention the attractions and/or the various places she may have visited during her career with the travel agency.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1925

Language of Materials

English Latin

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.

Restrictions on Use

Various copying restrictions apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.

World Cruise Diary of S.S. FRANCONIA

Although the keeper of this diary is not precisely identified, internal evidence indicates that it was quite possibly written by Miss Adeline E. Brown. Employed by Thos. Cook & Son (the New York-based agents managing this cruise) as the staff nurse, Brown provides detailed descriptions of visits to popular historic sites, shopping and sightseeing, and images of the cultures she encountered during her trip. Activities aboard ship are somewhat less defined, but she does identify her favorite traveling companions and gives the reader a view of various programs offered for the passenger's entertainment. In addition, related papers in this collection suggests that Adeline Brown was aboard the S.S. TUSCANIA for a Mediterranean cruise the previous year, and may have been employed by Thos. Cook & Son on other trips. Her diary however, does not mention any official duties she conducted as a nurse.

Extent

1 box(es) (101 item(s))

1 volume(s)

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
S.S. FRANCONIA World Cruise Diary (Coll. 256)
Subtitle
An Inventory of Records at the G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts Repository

Contact:
G. W. Blunt White Library
Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
112 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic CT 06355 United States
860.572.5367

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