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Shaw, Frances-Travel scraps and miscellaneous jottings, Frances Wells Shaw Travel Diaries with Notes, Receipts, and Ephemera, 1915-1936

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Open book Shaw, Frances-Travel scraps and miscellaneous jottings, Frances Wells Shaw Travel Diaries with Notes, Receipts, and Ephemera, 1915-1936

Title Shaw, Frances-Travel scraps and miscellaneous jottings, Frances Wells Shaw Travel Diaries with Notes, Receipts, and Ephemera, 1915-1936

Creator Shaw, Frances Wells, 1872-1937

Date 1915-1936

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 S.S Patricia
was 3 days from N/Y. on Sat Sept-27
" " " " " " Fri Nov. 22nd

Flowers for Jean Holobird
Kept fresh from [unintelligible] -
3 red carnations & violet leaves
3 fr[?}stones from Sorrento tied on

Flowers out into the moon
light streak in wake of silence
In loving memory
by F.W.S-

With words said
at Evelyn's baby's grave -
'For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven!!'

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Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Frances Wells Shaw papers

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Call Number Midwest MS ShawF Box 3 Folder 37

BibID 998397608805867

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 2027px × 2299px 13.36 MB

Filename 998397608805867_Midwest_MS_ShawF_box_03_fl_37_052.TIF

Unique Identifier NL1Z20B

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