Amy Troubridge notebooks and diaries, 1869-1931
Scope and Contents
Box 32:1869, a 12 mo notebook about travels through Europe, particularly Switzerland,Unsigned by Amy but probably hers. 14 notebooks dated 1874-1878, "mostly notebooks with marbled boards and endpapers; Journals commencing in December 1874 and October 1875 (2 books) are stuck together, as are February to September 1876 (3 books); December 1874 notebook is missing back cover and has pen and ink drawings on the first 2 pages; also has 3 sepia-tone family photos interleaved; March 1875 has drawings of a baby and two figures lounging on front endpapers; May 1878 includes passages copied from Louisa Gurney's journals, age 11 (b. 1785) Box 33:Approximately 15 (?) diaries; small black pocketbook-style diary has printed date of 1890 but a handwritten date of 1889 and has been boxed according to its printed date. Box 34:25 diaries, all of the same make ("The Boudoir Diary for (year)"), except for one small diary from 1913; 1910 diary has a color postcard inside front cover - "The Blue Bird for Happiness, Haymarket"; 1912 diary has two small B&W photos of an unidentified woman interleaved; 1914 diary has a card from a funeral inside front cover: "In Memory of Augusta Charlotte Herbert, who departed this life November 3, 1912," as well as a pressed flower. Box 35:13 diaries ("The Boudoir Diary," or "The Bureau Diary" by Harrods); 1920 diary has a pressed flower in its last pages; 1921 diary has 3 B&W photos of an undentified young girl (age 3?) interleaved; 1922 diary has a number of newspaper clippings interleaved; 1923 diary includes a B&W photo of a woman holding a baby; 1927 diary has 2 B&W photos interleaved - one of a field and one of a lake; 1929 diary has pressed ferns and flowers in its last pages; 1930 journal has a peculiar B&W photo of a white woman and two black men in front of a house; 1931 diary has pressed flowers in back pages - bookseller's description says that some of these flowers may be from Laura and Violet's graves.
Dates
- Creation: 1869-1931
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 125 Linear Feet (179 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository