Manuscripts

John and Florence Van Loageos travel diaries

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Description: The two diaries document the Van Loageos' trip through the United States, Canada, and some of Europe. One is written by John Van Loageos and the other is written by Florence Loageos. The diaries cover, in detail, the people the authors meet on their trip (with specific commentary on the poverty they see), various tourist destinations, and the couple's daily activities. In his diary, John Van Loageos uses a racial slur to refer to a couple he meets in Florida.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Call number: mssHM 84092
Provenance: Purchased from Jordan Antiques and Antiquarian Books, January 2023.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Florence Grubb travel diary

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In this American travel diary, Florence Grubb, describes activities and events that took place in 1890 during an extended trip throughout western United States and Canada. Accomplished mostly by train, the trip took over six months and covered towns in Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, and British Columbia; as well as leisurely stays in San Francisco and San Diego.

mssHM 81571

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Anonymous travel diary

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This pocket diary documents the travels of an anonymous New Englander traveling throughout the Old Northwest and the Great Plains regions, possibly seeking investment opportunities. He visits Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas, offering frequent comments upon communities from Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Leavenworth, Kansas, including comments upon religious practices, as well as encounters with different Indigenous peoples and Mormons leaving Utah. The author also comments on Mr. Chase, the owner of the Virginia Hotel in Jefferson City, Missouri, stating: "...owns quite a number of slaves -- quite a slave breeder." Along the way he meets William H. Russell (one of the founders of the Pony Express).

mssHM 83443

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West coast travel diary of a woman

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A western train trip diary of a young woman as she traveled from Chicago to the west coast in 1915. On the front page it is written "For Neva from Carrie." On the cover of the leather diaries, "My Travels" is lettered in gold gilt. The author traveled from Chicago to southern California with a stopover at the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles and San Diego where she celebrated her 32nd birthday. Then it was up the coast to Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Yosemite National Park, Oregon and Washington, and then it was over to Yellowstone National Park and back home to Salina, Kansas. There is a photo which accompanies the diary of a young woman in a hammock, which could be either Carrie or Neva. Also at the rear of the diary are a number of people listed with their addresses.

mssHM 83415

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Western travel diary

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Travel diary by an unknown author documenting a train trip across the United States from Massachusetts to Yellowstone National Park and ending in Cleveland, Ohio. The diary is accompanied by a complete transcript.

mssHM 83423

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John Neff diary

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In this day-to-day diary of Neff's trip he talks in detail about the weather, landscape, cattle and horses being stolen, problems with Indians, hunting along the way, members of his group getting sick, and fights amongst members of his group. The diary only covers the trip from Ohio to Salt Lake City (1854, April 11 - August 9). It includes a forward by John L. Ford and map showing the route Neff took from Ohio to California.

mssHM 75111

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Hewstone Raymenton and Hazel Raymenton travel diary

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A highly detailed account of part (this continues another diary, not present) of the couple's extensive travels in Japan (Kyoto, Tokyo, and many smaller locales) during World War I. The couple had a Japanese host who seems to have taken them to many places not commonly frequented by tourists. There are lengthy accounts of tea ceremonies and a variety of theatrical and ceremonial dances, musical performances; visits to many temples, shrines, and gardens; shopping districts, stores, and museums. The diary is approximately half in each writer's hand. Miscellaneous ephemera is tipped and laid in throughout.

mssHM 83137

John and Florence Van Loageos travel diaries

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