International travel

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Two diaries written by Annie W. Capps dating between September 9, 1891 and December 4, 1892. The diaries cover Annie's travels in Europe with Irene Leache "Miss Leache," Anna Wood "Miss Wood," Lizzie, and Lily. Notable cities visited during this cultural excursion included Oxford, London, Paris, Florence, and Rome. Miss Capps wrote about her daily life abroad, including her experiences teaching.

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Personal papers, photographs, awards, certificates, and newspaper clippings belonging to Celestyne Diggs Porter of Norfolk, Virginia. The collection spans Porter's life, particularly her career as a schoolteacher for the public school system in Norfolk and a celebration of her life and accomplishments. Photographs include Porter as a young woman at Hampton University, school groups and local organizations associated with Porter, and family photographs.

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Three handwritten diaries from 1918 to 1926, chronicling Eleanor Baker's experiences, attitudes, and observations. Popular subjects discussed in her personal accounts include: travel, boys, dances, plays, and "tea parties." A majority of her diary entries take place in Paris, France and Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.

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Personal papers, photographs, correspondence, and scrapbooks from Eleanor Walden. Much of the material relates to Walden's international trips abroad for music tours with the Nonuettes in 1965 and Virginia Belles in 1967.

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Six letters from various sources collected by Elizabeth Graves Plack.

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One June 24-July 8, 1867 diary belonging to Emmarette Anne Daniel of Covington, Georgia. The diary depicts Daniel's trip to Hastings, England.

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Nine letters from Hunter Mann to family members and one letter to Hunter Mann of Virginia, dating from December 31, 1909 to October 19, 1910. The letters detail Mann's personal experiences abroad during business travels to China and Korea for the British-American Tobacco Company, Limited.

Scope and Contents Two 1948-1980 scrapbooks containing photographs, postcards, a diploma, a photocopied birth certificate, and other materials relating to James Eugene Stephenson II, who served as a lieutenant in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Scrapbook 1 is inscribed "Christmas, 1975 To James E. Stephenson II With love, Mother and Dad" and primarily features family photographs from 1948 to 1970. Scrapbook 2 is inscribed "Deborah Stephenson, The War" and contains photographs from 1970 of James...

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Circa 1930s sea stories and other materials belonging to John Edward Handran, a mariner from approximately the 1920s through the 1950s.

Scope and Contents Essays, poems, notes, correspondence, and other personal papers and manuscripts of Julia Johnson Davis of Norfolk, Virginia. Many of her essays appear to be recollections of Davis's childhood, early life, and later international trips to Europe. Some correspondents include fellow writers Mary Sinton Leitch, John Richard Moreland, William Stanley Braithwaite, and Idella Purnell. Prominent categories for Davis's poetry include ballads, sonnets, lyrics, and "Negro dialect." The collection also...