Thomas C. Kyle WWI travel diary, 1919

Collection

Identifier: 1991-016

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Travel diary of a trip to England in the form of a letter to Kyle's mother and dated April 18, 1919, written from Chaumont, France. The trip dates were April 2 through 16, 1919. The letter, which consists of thirteen closely typed pages signed 'Tom', are interspersed with postcards, train tickets, receipts, maps, bus ticket, rugby game program, Y.M.C.A. bunk ticket, theatre program, movie ticket, church service program and a 16-page booklet on the Tower of London.

Thomas C. Kyle was attached to the General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, France during World War I.

Dates

Creation: 1919

Creator

Kyle, Thomas C. (Author, Person)

Language

These materials are in English.

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Use and Copyright

This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box (Travel diary, 27p., 21 cm.))

Additional Description

Physical Location

Collection shelved on 3rd floor.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase

Physical Description

Handmade. Front and back covers are fashioned from brown paper pasted onto airplane cloth. A map of the British Isles is pasted on verso of the front cover. Typewritten pages on onion skin paper are intermingled with items such as souvenir postcards, train and bus tickets, receipts, visitors guides to historical sites, rugby game and theatre programs, Holy Week schedule for the catholic cathedral in Westminster, souvenir album of the Tower of London (folded to fit), pasted onto onion skin paper. Covers and contents were originally stapled together.