Washington (State)--Description and travel
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Bessie M. Clayton Diary
Collection
Identifier: SC 00762
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1936-1938, of Bessie M. Clayton of Bremerton, Washington. In it, she describes her personal life, travels around the states of Washington and Oregon, drinking, burlesque shows, basketball games, boxing, and politics, such as Franklin Roosevelt's election in 1936.
Dates:
1936-1938
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Harry Turner Lewis Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2015.077
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of diaries and memorandum books that belonged to Harry Turner Lewis, who served as a captain in the United States Army during World War I, and later became the national Vice-Commander of the Disabled Emergency Officers of the World War. There are 22 diaries in the collection, and they document the years 1906-1907, 1920-1922, 1924-1927, 1929, and 1931-1942. The diaries feature numerous descriptions of Lewis' dealings in Washington, D.C. as he lobbied for injured...
Dates:
1901-1942; Majority of material found in 1924-1942
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center