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Lisa Karlin Diary

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00676

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Scope and Contents

Diary, 1967, of Lisa Karlin, a young woman on a trip to Israel and Syria. Primarily concerns the places that she visited each day, which include the University of Tel-Aviv, a "Yemonite village," a kibbutz, and a mosque. Karlin also says that they were taken "unofficially" into Syria, where they saw destruction caused by the Six Day War, including destroyed tanks and guns. There are also drawings of Jewish religious symbols throughout the volume. Finally, there is an itinerary at the beginning of the volume, as well as a list of people that she meet and hotels in which she stayed.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access:

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Biographical Information:

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Related Materials:

Travel Literature in the Special Collections Research Center

Information about related materials is available at http://guides.swem.wm.edu/SCRCtravel

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in November 2012.

Title
Guide to the Lisa Karlin Diary
Author
Finding Aid Authors: Benjamin Bromley, Public Services Archives Specialist.
Date
2012-11-19
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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