Guide to the Scrapbook of a Trip through the American West and Southwest MC365
Elizabeth Wood
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
2024
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Davis, CA 95616-5292
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library, Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Scrapbook of a Trip through the American West and Southwest
Identifier/Call Number: MC365
Physical Description:
1 item
Large scrapbook, 108 pages. Measures 11 inches by 14 inches.
Date (inclusive): 1960
Abstract:
This scrapbook documents the trip of a husband and wife in 1960, starting in Lakeland, Florida, on June 16th, 1960, and ending
back in Lakeland nearly two months later on August 9th. While some of the pages of the scrapbook focus on states through which
they passed, like Louisiana or Indiana, the majority of the pages focus on southwestern or western states, like Arizona and
California, or western-themed locations like Dodge City, Kansas.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased in May 2021 from Anderson Butler Rare Books.
[Identification of item], Scrapbook of a Trip through the American West and Southwest. MC365, Archives and Special Collections,
UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.
"This album is filled with snapshot photos (157), postcards (217), newspaper clippings (35), booklets, brochures and souvenir
publications (54), tickets, receipts, napkins, coasters and other scrapbook denizens (52) as well as the handwritten notations
by one of the travelers on nearly every page.
Some of the places visited were: Bourbon Street, San Antonio, Lone Star Brewing Company, Pecos, Carlsbad Caverns, Fred Harvey's
in New Mexico, the Petrified Forest, the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland, the Huntington, Chinatown
and Hollywood, San Gabriel, the Greek Theatre, Yosemite, San Francisco, Chinatown, Lakeside Park, Fisherman's Grotto, Lake
Tahoe, Squaw Valley, Virginia City, Salt Lake City, Pioneer Village, Temple Square, Dinosaur National Monument, Rocky Mountain
National Park, Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, Cheyenne Mountain, Boot Hill, Hannibal (Tom Sawyer Land), AnnArbor…then quickly
through the east coast back to Lakeland."
Text provided by Anderson Butler Rare Books
Elizabeth Wood created this finding aid with information supplied by the seller.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arizona -- Pictorial works
California -- Travel
California, Northern -- Pictorial works
California, Southern -- Pictorial works
West (U.S.)