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Travel Diary (Darien, Ga.)

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01120

  • Staff Only
  • No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

Travel diary (10pp), November-December 1950, describing the town of Darien, Georgia.  The cover carries the title "Trip No. 14, Jacksonville, Fl. to North Ga. and S. (?) of Main, additional detailed notes and impressions, Nov. 21, 1950,"  but only Darien is mentioned in this volume.

Observations seem to have been made from aboard a boat and the writer describes in detail the coast,  river and town, the fishing docks, the shrimpers and fishermen,  dock laborers, the stores, and people, commenting in several places on the fact that Darien has a large black population.

For excerpts from the diary, provided by the seller, please see folder link  below.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Extent

0.01 Linear Foot

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed in February 2010 by Ute Schechter, Warren E. Burger Archivist.

Title
Guide to the Travel Diary (Darien, Ga.)
Author
SCRC staff
Date
2010-02-08
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The collection description/finding aid is written in English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository

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