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- Creator
- Libbey, Laura Jean, 1862-1924
- Call number
- MssCol 1750
- Physical description
- 1.23 linear feet (6 volumes)
- Preferred Citation
- Laura Jean Libbey journals, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Laura Jean Libbey was a popular American author of romance novels. She kept these journals (6 vols.) from 1892-1903 during tours through Europe, Egypt, the West Indies, and Bermuda. The journals include information on Florence, Genoa, Naples, Rome, Venice, and the Lake District of Italy, as well as Paris, Rouen, southern France, Greece, Austria, Bohemia, Dresden, Cologne, the Rhine country of Germany, Antwerp, Belgium, Switzerland, England, and Scotland. The journals also include postcard illustrations and other material
Key terms
Names
Subjects
- American fiction -- Women authors
- Women novelists, American -- 19th century -- Diaries
- Women novelists, American -- 20th century -- Diaries
Places
- Austria -- Description and travel
- Belgium -- Description and travel
- Bermuda Islands -- Description and travel
- Egypt -- Description and travel
- England -- Description and travel
- Europe -- Description and travel
- France -- Description and travel
- Germany -- Description and travel
- Greece -- Description and travel
- Italy -- Description and travel
- Scotland -- Description and travel
- Switzerland -- Description and travel
- West Indies -- Description and travel
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328