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Frederica King Davis travel diary (Addition 36) 2024-0059, 1888 August-September

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 5

Scope and Contents

This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains a travel diary of Frederica King Davis as she traveled through England and France during her 19th year. The bulk of the diary contains vivid and dense descriptions of her travel route, means of travel, companions, sites visited, and observations on art and culture; toward the end, she meticulously documents her allowance... received, her expenditures, and the list of books she aims to read as a result of her trip.

The diary offers insight not only into the type of grand tour provided to well-off 19th-century American women but also into the history of tourism, transport, and a history of artistic exhibits and art criticism, women's education in domestic accounts and budgeting, traditions in women's gift-giving and charitable contributions, the history of women's fashion, and the history of friendship and courtship etiquette.

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Dates

  • Creation: 1888 August-September

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

From the Collection: 7.5 Cubic Feet (12 document boxes, 2 os boxes and 1 cubic box)

Language of Materials

English

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