Identity area
Reference code
PTA/4/BRY/1
Title
Travel diary: Switzerland
Date(s)
- 1905-1909 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume, Album
Context area
Name of creator
(1872-1952)
Repository
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two travel diaries in one volume.
First diary is entitled 'Switzerland: my first visit May 20- June 10 1905. Copied from letters sent home to my father and sister'. As well as handwritten text, numerous postcards have been stuck into the pages, alongside a few original photographs and press cuttings. The photographs include other people in the tour, and are sometimes named.
The second diary is titled 'The story of a weekin Lucerne with my dear father in July 1909 with only later 'Memorable Moments' at Montreux & Chamonix: my second visit to Switzerland [re-copied from my letters home]'. This diary is much shorted but also has postcards stuck intot he pages.
Loose-leaf pages attached to a hardback cover by a metal fastening.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions governing access
Status: Open. Access is subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, unless the records are restricted under the Data Protection Act 2018 or under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000
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Condition: Fair