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Travel literature.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Accounts of journeys, voyages, and travels written to instruct, inform or entertain.

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Account, intended for publication and heavily corrected, of a voyage from Southampton to St Lucia in the West Indies and of subsequent travels in the United States.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14194
Scope and Contents

The paper is watermarked 1851 but reference to the destruction of Point à Pître by an earthquake (folio 104) suggest that some of the journeys described took place in 1843.

The author, an Anglican clergyman, served on St Lucia (the scenery, fauna and religious beliefs of which he describes at some length) for 18 months before travelling with his wife to North Carolina and thence to New York.

Dates: Mid 19th century.

'Across Canada to the Klondyke', by 'Col. D. Streamer', being a typescript account by Harry Graham, illustrated with many photographs, of the visit paid by the 4th Earl and Countess of Minto to the Yukon in 1900., 1900.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12573
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates: 1900.

Autobiographical papers of Mary E Haldane., 1896, [1916-1917], 1922-1925, undated

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20017
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of an account, 1896, (possibly a fair copy written up from notes or a diary) of a trip to Italy, travelling as far as Rome (folio 1), and reminiscences, ?1916, 1922-1925, undated, of Mary E Haldane’s early life and experiences (folio 15).

Dates: 1896, [1916-1917], 1922-1925, undated

Autobiographical papers of Mary E Haldane., 1896, [1916-1917], 1922-1925, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.20017 (Part 1)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The papers consist of an account, 1896, (possibly a fair copy written up from notes or a diary) of a trip to Italy, travelling as far as Rome (folio 1), and reminiscences, ?1916, 1922-1925, undated, of Mary E Haldane’s early life and experiences (folio 15).

Dates: 1896, [1916-1917], 1922-1925, undated.

Literary version of Thomas Stewart Traill's tour in Spain of 1814., 1814.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.19389
Scope and Contents

The account commences with the voyage from Falmouth to Corunna, and then to Cadiz and Gibraltar, and then proceeds to a more detailed version of Thomas Stewart Traill’s visits to Malaga, Granada, and Ronda as described in MS 19388. Before returning to Britain Traill visited Tangiers in Africa and Seville. (Folio 1.) With related papers including passports, Spanish romantic poetry, and two letters of 1814 of William Kirkpatrick, the American Resident in Malaga. (Folio 353.)

Dates: 1814.

Literary version of Thomas Stewart Traill's tour in Spain of 1814., 1814.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19389 (part 1)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The account commences with the voyage from Falmouth to Corunna, and then to Cadiz and Gibraltar, and then proceeds to a more detailed version of Thomas Stewart Traill’s visits to Malaga, Granada, and Ronda as described in MS 19388. Before returning to Britain Traill visited Tangiers in Africa and Seville. (Folio 1.) With related papers including passports, Spanish romantic poetry, and two letters of 1814 of William Kirkpatrick, the American Resident in Malaga. (Folio 353.)

Dates: 1814.

Literary version of Thomas Stewart Traill's tour in Spain of 1814., 1814.

 File
Identifier: MS.19389 (part 2)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The account commences with the voyage from Falmouth to Corunna, and then to Cadiz and Gibraltar, and then proceeds to a more detailed version of Thomas Stewart Traill’s visits to Malaga, Granada, and Ronda as described in MS 19388. Before returning to Britain Traill visited Tangiers in Africa and Seville. (Folio 1.) With related papers including passports, Spanish romantic poetry, and two letters of 1814 of William Kirkpatrick, the American Resident in Malaga. (Folio 353.)

Dates: 1814.

Published books., 1825-1988.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13338/676-686
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1825-1988.

Songbook containing the words of 150 popular Scottish, Irish, French and Dutch ballads.

 Item
Identifier: MS.6299
Scope and Contents There is an index on folio 1; the songs begin on folio 5.The Scottish songs appear to come mainly from Allan Ramsay's ‘Tea table miscellany’ and David Herd's ‘Ancient and modern Scottish songs’ (1776), though some of the songs may have been picked up by ear, as they include a very debased version of Henry Carey's 'Sally in our alley' (folio 17 verso) and "My heart's in the Highlands" in an apparently unknown version different from that of Burns (folio 81 verso)....
Dates: 18th century.

Travel writing and journals of Jan Struther., 1933-1943.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13220/30-35
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Articles and poems published in newspapers and magazines are all faithfully preserved in 16 large albums of press cuttings.She was a keen supporter of the Democratic Party and the correspondence files contain some letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. The papers include several travel journals, and manuscripts and typescripts of many articles, verses, songs and hymns - which she had a gift for writing, despite her own agnosticism. Also significant are the manuscripts...
Dates: 1933-1943.

Two printout drafts of a translation by Robyn Marsack of "L'Usage du Monde" by Nicolas Bouvier; with draft of foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13800/1-3
Scope and Contents

Two printout drafts of Robyn Marsack's translation of 'L'Usage du Monde' by Nicolas Bouvier (1963), published as 'The Way of the World' (1992). One draft is corrected and annotated by Patrick Leigh Fermor; with related letters and foreword drafts of Patrick Leigh Fermor.

Dates: ?1992.

Typescript with manuscript corrections of part of 'Return to Tain' by Colin Maclaren, the brother of Hamish., [1966, or after.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26720
Scope and Contents

The typescript describes Colin Maclaren's return to Scotland in 1966 after spending 44 years in America.

Dates: [1966, or after.]

Various versions of, and other material probably intended as a section of, ‘Voyage to America’ by Alexander Walker., 1785-1821.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13778-13781
Scope and Contents The expedition, which was intended to explore the possibilities of trade between China and the North-West coast of America and the setting up of a factory and military post in America, was privately sponsored in the first instance by 'some merchants at Bombay', and Walker was 'induced by curiosity' to join the expedition.The two vessels involved, the Captain Cook and the Experiment, proceeded by way of the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines to the North-West coast of America,...
Dates: 1785-1821.