Overview of the Records
World Cruise Diary of S.S. FRANCONIA
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Detailed Description of the Records
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repository:
|
G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport |
|
Creator:
|
|
|
Title:
|
S.S. FRANCONIA World Cruise Diary |
|
Dates:
|
ca. 1925 |
|
Extent:
|
101 items |
|
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. |
|
Identification:
|
Coll. 256 |
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.
Return to the Table of Contents
Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division.
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts
Division. See also: Mystic Seaport's copyright notice.
Return to the Table of Contents
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Brown, Adeline E.
Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd.
Franconia (Ship)
Thomas Cook & Son
Tuscania (Steamship)
Places:
Ceylon -- Description and travel
Egypt -- Description and travel
Gibraltar -- Description and travel
Havana (Cuba) -- Description and travel
Hawaii -- Description and travel
Hong Kong -- Description and travel
India -- Description and travel
Japan -- Description and travel
Madeira Islands -- Description and travel
Mediterranean Sea -- Description and travel
Monaco -- Description and travel
Panama -- Description and travel
Philippines -- Description and travel
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
Subjects:
Death at sea
Ocean travel
Passenger ships
Seafaring life
Voyages and travels
Document Types:
Diaries
Menus
Passenger lists
Programs
Return to the Table of Contents
Preferred Citation
Coll. 256, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum,
Inc.
Return to the Table of Contents
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
|
|
Papers related to tour schedules and information on places visited; ca. 1925
|
|
Box
|
Folder
|
| 1 |
1 |
|
Printed programs,
menus, entertainment announcements, etc., held aboard FRANCONIA |
|
2 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Funchal/Madeira & Gibraltar |
|
3 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Monaco & Naples |
|
4 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Egypt |
|
5 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Ceylon |
|
6 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Calcutta & Banares, India |
|
7 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Padang & Singapore |
|
8 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Manila, Philippines |
|
9 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Hong Kong |
|
10 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Shanghai & Peking, China |
|
11 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Kobe, Yokohama, & Tokyo |
|
12 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Hawaii |
|
13 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: San Francisco, CA |
|
14 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Panama Canal Zone |
|
15 |
|
Tour schedules &
local info for places visited: Havana, Cuba |
|
16 |
|
Menu, program, &
Mediterranean cruise info, S.S. TUSCANIA; 1924 |
|
17 |
|
Clippings, pictures,
and miscellaneous information regarding places visited on S.S. FRANCONIA's world cruise |
|
|
Diary; 1925 Jan 22-May 28
|
|
Volume
|
|
1 |
|
Diary, possibly kept
by staff nurse, Adeline E. Brown, during cruise aboard S.S. FRANCONIA; 1925 Jan
22-May 28 |
Return to the Table of Contents
|
