Overview
Collection consists of Valina Blake's European travel diaries.
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1950
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Valina Blake, as well as, copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 folderCollection consists of Valina Blake's travel diaries. One unbound diary consists mostly of pen drawings entitled "Daily Picshuas of Papagenie Blake and Mamalenie Blake," 1934, 1938. One bound diary is entitled "The Pictorial Diary of the World Conference Tour," 1948; and "The Pictorial Diary of a Trip through France," 1950. Included are lists of expenses, letters sent, gifts purchased, and what clothing she wore.
BIOGRAPHY
Valina (Lenie) Blake was the wife of Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, a prominent Presbyterian minister and general secretary of the World Council of Churches. The couple made four trips to Europe: in 1934 and 1938 to Great Britain and again in 1948 and 1950 to Great Britain and the continent.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2006-M202
The Diaries of Valina Blake were acquired by the Schlesinger Library from Waiting for Godot Books in 2006.
Processing Information
Processed: November 2006
By: Anne Engelhart
Updated and additional description added: December 2020
By: Amber L. Moore
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by Patricia M. King/Schlesinger Library Director's Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch01860
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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