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Senate House Library, University of London

Travel journals, Europe


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 491

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Travel journals, Europe

Date(s): 1784-1790

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 150 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The diarist lived in Berkeley Street, London.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript travel journals, 1784-1790, comprising part of a 'Journal of an 8 month's [sic] tour on the Continent', 25 Apr-10 May 1784, describing the final phase of a tour from Sedan to Calais and London which lasted from October 1783 to May 1784, and including an itinerary of the whole voyage through Picardy, Paris, Burgundy, Switzerland and Belgium, and an anecdote concerning Voltaire; a 'Journal of a tour to the West in the summer 1788', describing a journey from London through Berkshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall; and an unfinished 'Journal of a tour into Sussex', Jul 1790.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

8" x 6½"

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought from D. Low in 1958.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Diaries | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Travel abroad | Travel
Primary documents

Personal names
Voltaire | 1694-1778 | French writer | pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet x Arouet | François-Marie

Corporate names

Places
Belgium | Western Europe | Europe
Burgundy | France | Western Europe | Europe
Calais | France | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Paris | France | Western Europe | Europe
Picardy | France | Western Europe | Europe
Sedan | France | Western Europe | Europe
Switzerland | Western Europe | Europe