Box 1
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Correspondence, Circa 1918-1943
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id237497
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers of Marie Katherine and Oliver Seegelken consist of a 1934 diary of the couple's South American sea voyage kept by Marie Seegelken, and of love letters between husband and wife, 1918, 1943, and undated. During WWI, Oliver Seegelken served in the USNRF (United States Naval Reserve Force) in San Pedro, California.The diary is filled not only with an account of each day, but with hand-drawn illustrations of passengers, crew, and ports. Marie Seegelken also wrote vignettes...
Dates:
Circa 1918-1943
Mexico Diary , 1934
File — Box: 1, Artifact: 2014.083.A1
Identifier: id237501
Scope and Contents
The following information was provided by the seller and has not been verified for accuracy: "Written by Marie K. Seegelken while on a trip to Mexico aboard the S.S. Santa Catalina with her husband, Oliver. Marie is a very social woman and a keen observer to boot. She loves to draw and write, and she provides the reader with chatty fast paced entries regarding her interactions with other passengers, filled with observations upon their backgrounds, and any little idiosyncrasies she notices....
Dates:
1934
Printed ephemera related to the 1934 ocean voyage, 1934
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id237506
Scope and Contents
Menu, passenger list, certificate.
Dates:
1934