Journals of Ernest James Harris, Bank Manager, Haddington, consisting largely of accounts of caravanning holidays in Scotland, England, Wales, and Europe but also of a motoring tour in North America.
Scope and Contents
Ernest James Harris spent his working life as a banker with the Royal Bank of Scotland. He was a branch manager in Leith and later for many years in Haddington. In the early 1970s, he represented the Bank in New York.
The journals provide a detailed record of family holidays, generally by caravan, over more than thirty years. They are illustrated with pasted in specifications of caravans owned by the family, leaflets and plans of caravan sites visited, photographs, postcards, bills, tickets, maps and press cuttings. Many of the entries relate to Caravan Club and other rallies attended. In 1971, when the family was based in New York, they toured the southern United States visiting Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Georgia.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1985
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.22 Linear metres (5 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 2012, by Ms Lindsey Harris, Sydenham.
Subject
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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