The manuscripts of the travel diaries of Elizabeth Bide Dampier and Thomas William Dampier Bide, of Kingston Manor, Yeovil. Some volumes written as accounts, rather than diary entries. Includes two edited typewritten transcription of some diaries, made by Edith H. Whetham, one of which also present in formally printed copy (as 'Travel Diaries from Kingston Manor, Yeovil, 1882-1886').
Also present is a Japanese phrase book with accounts & lists of purchases sent home; a bundle of loose items, mostly bills and lists of purchases; and a notebook which appears to contain notes for a talk on a previous trip, with notes of details of image slides.
Dampier Bide Travel journals
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- Dates of Creation1882-1886
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- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description2 folder(s) 2 folders, 13 volumes, and 2 bundles of notes, paper paper13 volume(s) 2 folders, 13 volumes, and 2 bundles of notes, paper2 bundle(s) 2 folders, 13 volumes, and 2 bundles of notes, paper
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Presented by Mrs M. d. Anderson and Miss E. H. Whetham (executors of Sir William Dampier), 33 Owlstone Rd, Cambridge, 2 June 1986
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