Scope and Contents From the Collection: Diaries, accounts and address book of Anna P. (Anne) Warner (b. 1876) of Washington D.C.  and Rebecca P. (Bess) Warner, sisters of Washington, D.C.  The sisters came from a well-off family and traveled extensively in Europe. They remained single and shared an apartment.  It has not been determined if one of the two 1899 diaries and the address book were kept by one of the sisters or by another family member. Most of the diaries contain detailed entries on their travels abroad,...

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Includes mainly a trip to Rome, Italy.

Scope and Contents The following information has been provided by the seller: "This diary covers Anna' trip with sister Bess (Rebecca) and brother Brainard to Leipzig. They were there from Jan to Sept. It then continues with Anne and Bess's trip to Frankfurt, Bale, Geneva, Interlaken, Lucerne, Genoa, Rome and Naples.This is a long thin diary with lengthier entries. In the back is a detailed listing of of all the operas and concerts she went to with the dates listed. There's a listing of names and addresses....

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The following information has been provided by the seller: "These are shorter entries for each day. It looks like she and Bess (Rebecca) spent all of 1909 in Leipzig. There are quite a few entries from Kensington, Md. In 1908 and 1910 she spent some time with Bess and "Pa" in Eaglesmere Pennsylvania. Many entries from Washington DC. Also Highland Park Ct and other cities in Pennsylvania. In 1909 and 1910 several months in Leipzig.

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The following information was provided by the seller: "Short entries for each day. In 1909 and 1910 Leipzig for a few months."

Scope and Contents The following was provided by the seller and has not been verified: "Anne was the daughter of Brainard Warner Sr and Mary Parker Warner. At the time Anne wrote this diary she had two sisters and three brothers who were living: Bess (with who she lived), Mary Warner Cooke, Brainard Jr , Southard and Andrew Parker Warner (known as Parker). Her mother died in 1885 when Anne was 9. It looks like Mary Parker Warner died after childbirth. Brainard Warner Sr. remarried two years later in 1887 to...

Scope and Contents The following description and transcription has been provided by the seller and has not been verified. It goes far beyond the scope of this single diary and includes background information from other family papers that were at the seller's disposal as well as Warner family genealogical research: "This is the 1925 to 1929 handwritten diary of Anna P Warner. It’s a Ward’s 5 Year Diary. There’s a blue Brentano’s Booksellers – Washington DC sticker on the back page. There are entries for 1925 to...