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Zermatt. Europe - Switzerland - Valais. Inhabited place. Longitude: 7.7500. Latitude: 46.0167.

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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Diary of Lilian Buchanan (later Mrs Lilian Adam Smith) with related notes and correspondence.

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Identifier: Acc.14375
Scope and Contents

The diary contains a detailed descriptive account of Lilian's first meeting with George Adam Smith at Riffelalp, Switzerland, with a note from George Adam Smith enclosing pressed flowers, a letter from George Adam Smith to Lilian on their wedding day, 1889, and related notes and letters of Lilian on the diary to members of her family, 1913-1931. Pencil notes with commentary on Lilian's diary have been added to the volume at a later date by George Adam Smith.

Dates: 1889, 1913-1931.

Miscellaneous printed items relating to holiday visits by Esther Barbara Chalmers to Zermatt, Switzerland, including railway timetables, hotel bills and related material., 1958.

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Identifier: Acc.8965/301
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: 1958.

Postcards collected by Esther Barbara Chalmers on holiday at Zermatt and Saas-Fee, Switzerland; Salzburg and Vienna, Austria; and Nuremberg and Heidelberg, Germany., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.8695/222
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: Undated.

Travel journal, in French, of Paul Cramer.

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Identifier: Acc.4438
Scope and Contents

Detailing tour to Mont Blanc, Val d`Aoste, and Vallée de Zermatt.

Dates: 1855.