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Folder 4

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Letter from Lorraine Gresham, August 4, 1953(?)

 Item — Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters received by Anne Wheeler, secretary to the first President of Rice Institute and a travel diary presumed to be written by her. Diary entries span June 10, 1949-August 21, 1949 and are written in a first person point of view about a sight-seeing trip to Europe with a friend. Entries contain numerous anecdotes, stories, and comments on local buildings and history. The main locales visited are Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, England and Scotland. Noteworthy are the descriptions and...
Dates: 1924 - 1953; Majority of material found within 1949 - 1953