Travel
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Diane Viall Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-60-DV
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials documenting the relationship of Diane Hull Viall and Marjorie Merriweather Post as well as holds some materials related to Hillwood when it became a museum in 1977. The collection is divided into four series: Correspondence; Clippings & Periodicals; Ephemera; and Visual Materials. Materials date from 1946 to 2005; with the bulk dating to the 1950s and 1960s.
The Correspondence series is the largest and dates from 1946 to 2005 with the...
Dates:
1946-2005
Dr. H. Mason Hicks Photograph Collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 100024047]
Identifier: FA-9-HMH
Content Description
This collections holds 84 black and white photographs of a voyage on the Hussar to the Galapagos Islands including photographs of Marjorie Merriweather Post, Nedenia and E.F. Hutton as well as other passengers and crew. The collection also holds photographs depicting an old navy tradition called the “crossing the line” ceremony, an initiation rite for those who have never crossed the equator.
Dates:
circa 1932
Marjorie Merriweather Post Collection
Collection
Identifier: FA-6-MMP
Scope and Contents
The Marjorie Merriweather Post collection consists of materials created by Marjorie Post or those created as a result of activities during her lifetime. Materials were added to the collection on a regular basis as they arrived at Hillwood via gift or donation. Formats include textual documents, photographs and photograph albums, publications, 16mm films, architectural drawings and blueprints, object catalogues, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, cards,...
Dates:
1887-1973