Box 1
Contains 53 Results:
From July 3-5, 1956, Elizabeth visits Copenhagen. Elizabeth takes a tour of the city, goes to a museum with crown jewels, visits a castle, and meets another tourist, Marjorie Rose. From July 6-8, she travels to Gothenburg and Oslo. From July 9-11, she stops at tourist attractions in Karlstad and Falun. On July 10, Elizabeth writes, “Stopped for visit to home of writer Selma Lagerlof – a surprisingly pretty country house.” On July 12, she arrives at the Carlton Hotel in Stockholm and stays there until July 16. While there she tours the city on boat. On July 16-19, she stops at many small towns on a trip to Amsterdam. From July 19-26, Elizabeth stays at Hotel Fleissig in Amsterdam. When she arrives she is not impressed by the hotel and calls it an “expensive dump.” While there, she goes to a cheese auction and views Rembrandt pictures and his house, Van Gogh sketches, the Franz Halz Museum, and a ballet. From July 26-August 2, Elizabeth travels to many cities, including Brussels, Paris, Champagnole, Montreux, and Stresa., 1956 July
The collection contains 14 diaries written by Elizabeth Nulsen Young. The diaries cover the years 1917 to 1976 and briefly list her day-to-day activities. Each diary includes five years, with the exception of one travel diary of a trip to Europe in 1956 and the last diary (1976), which only contains one calendar year.
On August 3, 1956, Elizabeth tours Milano. She stays at the Hotel Cavaliere and visits the cathedral, the Opera Museum, the cemetery, and Da Vinci’s “Last Supper.” From August 3-10, she stays in Venice. While there, she resides in a hotel on the canal then moves to a cabin, where she shares a room with a Miss Schnabel. On August 5, Elizabeth writes, “Home at 7 to eat in room and watch the people – 4 boys jumped off the bridge!” She sees a concert and movies, goes to the beach, and buys gifts for Bunny and other family members. On August 11-12, she is on a steamer bound for Dubrovnik. When she arrives she stays at the Hotel Excelsion from August 12-18. She writes, “Most beautiful spot. Hotel is on blue ocean framed by mountains, an island, and a walled mediaeval city.” On August 18, she boards a boat she calls the “SS Stinko,” where she rooms with a 12-year-old German girl. On August 21, Elizabeth arrives at Athens and takes a tour of the Acropolis. From August 25-31, she goes on a cruise of the Greek Islands, including Patmos, Tenos, Melos, Thiera, Rhodes, and Mykonos. While touring Rhodes, she writes, “I rode a donkey and got a flea bite –also bruises.”, 1956 Aug
The collection contains 14 diaries written by Elizabeth Nulsen Young. The diaries cover the years 1917 to 1976 and briefly list her day-to-day activities. Each diary includes five years, with the exception of one travel diary of a trip to Europe in 1956 and the last diary (1976), which only contains one calendar year.
On September 1, 1956, Elizabeth arrives in Athens and shares a room with a Miss Miller and two other ladies. On September 2-3, she visits Nauplia, where she stays at a Venetian prison that had been changed into a hotel, then goes back to Athens the next day. On September 5, she flies back home. The last sentence Elizabeth writes in her diary is, “Home is quiet but spacious.” The back of Elizabeth’s travel diary includes different sections such as articles purchased, expenses, people met, autographs, friends to write to, and memos. Her articles purchased list includes things like scarves, a dress, and necklaces. She lists where the items were purchased, how much they cost, and who they were for. The friends to write section includes the names of people that she met and wants to keep in touch with. Under the memos section she writes the names of all of her family and friends whom she got gifts for. Next to their name she wrote the gift she bought them. Under the list of names is what looks like a list of books she may have read while on vacation and a list of numbers and prices., 1956 Sept
The collection contains 14 diaries written by Elizabeth Nulsen Young. The diaries cover the years 1917 to 1976 and briefly list her day-to-day activities. Each diary includes five years, with the exception of one travel diary of a trip to Europe in 1956 and the last diary (1976), which only contains one calendar year.