Details
Creator Morris, Janet, 1907-2010, compiler.
Title Diary of Janet Morris. Summer 1921. Trip West. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1921
Date 1921
Physical Description Ca. 44 prints, 4 photographs, and 1 item in 2 volumes : mostly photomechanical prints ; volume 22 x 18 cm (8.7 x 6.75 in.)
Description Two volumes of diaries, including clippings of photomechanical illustrations from tourist guides, as well as photographs, and ephemera documenting the Morris family trip to Western Canada and Washington state in Summer 1921. Entries dated July 2-August 5 describe the trip from Philadelphia to Western Canada and then Washington state, including travels through Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes as well as stays at “de-luxe” hotels and horseback, canoe, and hiking excursions, often to glaciers. Morris also describes sightseeing visits. She discusses a Michigan copper mine; Lake Louise, Paradise and Yoho Valley, Sulphur Mountain, and Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks (Canadian Rockies and Banff); Emerald Lake and Victoria (B.C.); and Puget Sound, Seattle, and Mt. Ranier National Park (Washington). Morris's entries also make mention of a disappointing auto tour on the Malahat Drive; vacationing with her Aunt Elizabeth Morris, including souvenir shopping; her encounters with wildlife, rainy weather, and numerous mosquitoes; travel mishaps, including trail horses running off in the Yoho Valley and an excursion train derailment near Albert Canyon (B.C.). Morris also notes her brothers (Marriott and Elliston) going separately to the Grand Canyon with “Uncle Sam” and seeing family friends Mary Vaux and Charles Doolittle Walcott, Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, and cousins Eli and Arthur Wood during the vacation.
Prints and photos, mostly clipped photomechanical prints from tourist guides, interspersed among the pages depict Niagara Falls, including Brock’s Monument; the Canadian Rockies; Canadian lakes, including Lake Louise and Emerald Lake; Canadian wildlife; interiors and exteriors of steamers and hotels; and views of tourist activities and attractions in Canada and Washington State (Alberta, British Columbia, Seattle, and Mt. Rainier National Park ), including canoeing, horseback riding, hiking, and sightseeing by automobile.
Notes Title from page of manuscript pasted on cover of Volume 1.
Map showing the “Canadian Pacific Railway” partially pasted and inserted in front of page 1 of Volume 1. Annotated in red and green crayon showing route “going out” and route “coming back,” respectively.
Volume 1 includes a page of notes at the end citing “States we were in,” “Canadian Provinces we were in,” ‘Birds and Beasts we saw,” and “Lists of Cities I saw Woolworth 5 [cents] and 10 [cents] stores in.”
Pasted on inside back cover of Volume 1: Three suit case tags, one each for Glacier Park Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise, and Emerald Lake Chalet. Manuscript note over tags: "My suit-case tags. Turn over."
Inserted in front of inside back cover of Volume 1: Clipping from hotel dinner menu inscribed “rings around just what Aunt E ate!! Checks opposite what I ate.”
Pasted on front cover of Volume 2: Illustrated emblems for the Glacier National Park and Canadian Rockies, as well as a clipping of a photomechanical view of an “Open Top” excursion bus.
Forms part of the Marriott C. Morris Collection.
Transcriptions of diaries available at repository.
Biographical / historical note Janet Morris, later Butler, was the daughter of amateur photographer and philanthropist Marriott C. Morris. She attended Germantown Friends' School and Connecticut College. She married Harvey Butler in Nevada in 1961. She lived in Claremont, Ca. at the time of her death.
Subject Morris, Janet, 1907-2010 -- Travel -- Canada, Western.
Morris, Janet, 1907-2010 -- Travel -- Great Lakes (North America)
Morris, Janet, 1907-2010 -- Travel -- Washington (State).
Morris Family -- Travel -- Canada, Western.
Morris Family -- Travel -- Great Lakes (North America)
Morris Family -- Travel -- Washington.
Animals -- Canada, Western.
Canoes and canoeing -- Canada, Western.
Hiking -- Canada, Western.
Hotels -- North America.
Lakes -- Canada, Western.
Horseback riding -- Canada, Western.
Steamers -- North America.
Tourism -- Canada, Western.
Tourism -- Great Lakes (North America)
Tourism -- Washington (State)
Geographic subject Canada, Western -- Pictorial works.
Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.) -- Pictorial works.
Niagara Falls (N. Y. and Ont.) -- Pictorial works.
Washington (State) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Clippings -- 1920-1930.
Ephemera -- 1920-1930.
Keepsakes -- 1920-1930.
Photomechanical prints -- 1920-1930.
Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Diaries -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.1 & 2]
Accession number P.2014.69.1
P.2014.69.2