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Europe -- Description and travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Herman-Green Postcard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0695
Abstract Black-and-white and tinted postcards dating from 1906 to 1969 (bulk 1920 to 1939). The bulk of the collection is arranged geographically. The materials for Europe are particularly extensive, in particular for England, France, Italy, and Spain; there are also postcards for North Africa and the Middle East. The number of postcards for the United States is small, and relates primarily to national parks. A relatively small number of postcards is organized by person (primarily artists) or...
Dates: 1889-1969; Majority of material found within 1906-1969

Other materials, 1889-1969

 Series
Identifier: Series 2:
Scope and Contents This series contains those materials in the collection that are not postcards. The materials include include prints of Colmar, Paris, and Strasbourg in France, as well as engraved and photographic plates removed from printed books (often cut down to 4" x 6"), including John Preston Neale, Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, 2nd series (London: Jones, 1829); Francis Orpen Morris, ed., ...
Dates: 1889-1969

Scudder Travel Archive,

 Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1070
Abstract The archive, comprised of journals and films, documents the world travels of Los Angeles attorney Eric G. E. Scudder (1887-1975) and his wife, Marie Kaplan Lazarus (1890-1973) between the years of 1906 and 1967. Unlike many travelers of the era who went on typical “European Tours”, the Scudders journeyed to lesser-traveled destinations including Manchuria, Hong Kong, Turkey, the Balkans, Russia and parts of Latin America.The collection contains 19 travel journals and 160 reels of...
Dates: 1906-1967