Women's Travel Diaries

Diaries written by British and American women who documented their travels to places around the globe, including India, the West Indies, countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as around the United States. More »

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Mary McMillan journal, 1976 wtddy02029
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Mary McMillan journal, 1973 wtddy02026
View the highlight item: Mary McCornack Thompson diary, vol. 72, 1922...
Mary McCornack Thompson diary, vol. 72, 1922... wtddy01072
View the highlight item: Mary McMillan journal, 1983
Mary McMillan journal, 1983 wtddy02035
View the highlight item: Jeanette Reid Healy diary, May 1920-December 1920
Jeanette Reid Healy diary, May 1920-December 1920 wtddy14001
View the highlight item: Martha Foster Crawford diary, 1846-1850 and 1867
Martha Foster Crawford diary, 1846-1850 and 1867 wtddy11001

About the Digital Collection

The diaries in this digital collection were written by British and American women who documented their travels to places around the globe, including India, the West Indies, countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as around the United States. There are over 100 diaries of varying length, selected from several archival collections at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Duke University.


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