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American diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Mercy Van Vlack travel diary

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS888f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a diary used by Mercy Van Vlack to document missionary trips she took with her husband. She wrote about travel conditions and described what they saw in each city they passed through, recounting in particular detail major cities such as London, Paris, Constantinople, and Port Said. The diary contains a note claiming that it may be a transcription and/or an abridgement of an unknown original.

Dates: 1911-1916, undated