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Shaw, Frances-Italy, Frances Wells Shaw Travel Diaries with Notes, Receipts, and Ephemera, 1929

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Open book Shaw, Frances-Italy, Frances Wells Shaw Travel Diaries with Notes, Receipts, and Ephemera, 1929

Title Shaw, Frances-Italy, Frances Wells Shaw Travel Diaries with Notes, Receipts, and Ephemera, 1929

Creator Shaw, Frances Wells, 1872-1937

Date 1929

Place United States

Language English

Subjects Cruise ships, Mothers and daughters, Upper class

Description Papers of Frances Wells Shaw of Chicago and Lake Forest, Illinois, wife of architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. Bulk consists of material related to the frequent domestic and international travels of Frances Shaw during the first half of the 20th century. Includes her diaries, travel materials and memorabilia, and photographs. Also includes correspondence to and from Frances Shaw and her daughters, plus the diaries of her brother-in-law, Charles T. Atkinson.

User-Contributed Transcription Palermo
Room 81 - front view where
came back Nov. 12
Letters came at last!
one from Clay I should
be able to reply.
got hotel clerk to witness &
Newberry at once took the bus.
Sat next. No details
above seen. RR
Booklet looks q ticket
at Cooks' - Palermo to
Girgenti - to Syracuse -
to Toarmina to Palermo.
21.50) & they gave me train
times very convenient.
Stopped with a French
more I understood all
the Italian explanations.
Think it was I cater Stewart
but it was excellent-
but call French type -
Audene [[?]] Rachet in
Beatrice H [[?]] - They will

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Archival Collection Title Frances Wells Shaw papers

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Call Number Midwest MS ShawF Box 3 Folder 31

BibID 998397608805867

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 1732px × 2949px 14.65 MB

Filename 998397608805867_Midwest_MS_ShawF_box_03_fl_31_171.TIF

Unique Identifier NL1Z97V

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