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Box 2

 Container

Contains 13 Results:

Louisa L. Jekel Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 644
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs, postcards, travel folders, guidebooks and other memorabilia gathered by Louisa Jekel and her colleagues.  These items provide information about the activities and history of the 70th General Hospital.  A talk which Jekel gave details some of the history of the unit and several reunion programs add to information about the personnel.

Dates: 1923 - 1973

Guidebooks and Brochures, circa 1923-1946

 Series — Box: 2, Folder: 17-27
Identifier: 644-5
Scope and Contents

Folders contain various guidebooks tourist information for various countries.

Dates: circa 1923-1946

Belgium/Luxembourg, 1944

 Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 19
Identifier: 644-5-3
Scope and Contents

Folder contains guidebook to Belgium and Luxembourg.

Dates: 1944

China, 1944

 Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 20
Identifier: 644-5-4
Scope and Contents

Folder contains guidebook to China.

Dates: 1944

France, circa 1944

 Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 21
Identifier: 644-5-5
Scope and Contents

Folder contains a guidebook, a hotel brochure, and two leaflets on France.

Dates: circa 1944

India, 1942

 Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 22
Identifier: 644-5-6
Scope and Contents

Folder contains guidebook to India.

Dates: 1942

Italy, 1923 - 1945

 Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 23
Identifier: 644-5-7
Scope and Contents

Folder contains 4 guidebooks for Italy (2 are same), an art guide to Italian galleries, a fold-out guide to Florence, and the following publications: "Old Pictures in Florence" by R. Browning, "Glances on Florence" by Lord Byron (1923), "Leaning Tower of Pisa: Very Much Detailed Artistic Static Description" from Industrie Grafiche V. Lischi and Figli, and "Florence with Illustrations" by Cesare Torricelli.

Dates: 1923 - 1945

North Africa, 1943-circa 1945

 Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 24
Identifier: 644-5-8
Scope and Contents

Folder contains 2 guidebooks for North Africa, 1 guidebook to Casablanca, and "Morocco: A Country in Islam" by Paul Bory.

Dates: 1943-circa 1945

Switzerland, circa 1945

 Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 27
Identifier: 644-5-11
Scope and Contents

Folder contains various pamphlets, brochures, maps, guidebooks, and miscellaneous tourist memorabelia on Switzerland.

Dates: circa 1945

"The Arabs", circa 1945

 Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 17
Identifier: 644-5-1
Scope and Contents

Folder contains "The Arabs: A Short History" by Philip K. Hitti.

Dates: circa 1945