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Travelers' writings

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Literature written by travelers, typically describing interesting or exotic places, the inhabitants, and adventures; often illustrated. The genre differs from "travel guidebooks" in not necessarily advising about lodging, food, and sights to see.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Charles and Alice Shaw Major papers, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Communal accessions box 2
Identifier: 2024-119
Dates: 1906
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Douglas J. Miller, Jr. travel log and scrapbook

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSP 291
Scope and Contents

One scrapbook containing photographs and a typed account of a 6 week trip from New York to the west coast and back by Douglas J. Miller, Jr. with companions Tom Parker, Bill McHardy, and Edward Morton. The photographs and account are primarily about various United States National Parks.

Dates: June 1935 - July 1935
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections

Road trip narrative

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 48
Identifier: 20201217.4
Dates: undated
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections