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Miriam E. Welliver travel diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0172
Abstract

The Miriam E. Welliver travel journal documents this Pennsylvania school teacher's month-long, 5,100 mile automobile trip across 19 states and Canada via handwritten journal entries, black-and-white photographs, postcards, telegrams, plant specimens, pamphlets, and other miscellaneous materials.

Dates: 1934

World fairs and expositions collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0630
Abstract

This artificial collection comprises a variety of types of material documenting world fairs and expositions, spanning the dates between 1851 and 1967, with the bulk of the collection dating from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Material consists of printed matter and ephemera, including newspapers, programs, invitations, maps, brochures, viewbooks, advertisements, stationery, contracts, bonds, trade cards, and a scrapbook; photographs and prints; and realia souvenirs.

Dates: 1851-1967; Majority of material found in 1893

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  • Subject: Exhibitions--United States--History--20th century X
  • Subject: Photographs X
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Subject
Advertisements 1
Advertising fans 1
Alabama--Description and travel 1
Albumen prints 1
Arkansas--Description and travel 1
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Automobile travel--Canada--History--20th century 1
Automobile travel--East (U.S.)--History--20th century 1
Automobile travel--Southern states--History--20th century 1
Black-and-white photographs 1
Bonds (negotiable instruments) 1
Buffalo (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century 1
Contracts 1
Diaries 1
Exhibitions--England--London--History--19th century 1
Exhibitions--United States--History--19th century 1
Florida--Description and travel 1
Georgia--Description and travel 1
Illinois--Description and travel 1
Indiana--Description and travel 1
Invitations 1
London (England)--History--19th century 1
Louisiana--Description and travel 1
Maps (documents) 1
Maryland--Description and travel 1
Michigan--Description and travel 1
Mississippi--Description and travel 1
Missouri--Description and travel 1
Montréal (Québec)--History--20th century 1
New Jersey--Description and travel 1
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century 1
New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel 1
New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Newspapers 1
North Carolina--Description and travel 1
Ontario--Description and travel 1
Pennants 1
Pennsylvania--Description and travel 1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 1
Photographs 1
Plant material 1
Programs (documents) 1
Punch (London, England) 1
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--20th century 1
San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century 1
Scarves (costume accessories) 1
Scrapbooks 1
South Carolina--Description and travel 1
Souvenirs 1
Specimens 1
Stationery 1
Stereographs 1
Stereoscopes 1
Telegrams 1
Tennessee--Description and travel 1
Tourism--History--20th century 1
Tourist camps, hostels, etc--History--20th century 1
Trade cards (advertising) 1
Viewbooks 1
Virginia--Description and travel 1
West Virginia--Description and travel 1
Women automobile drivers--History--20th century 1
Women travelers--20th century 1
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Names
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1967 : Montréal, Québec) 1
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) 1
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1