Scope and Content Note and Arrangement
Series I: "Her Own Trip Book," 1903 - 1948
Series II: Poems, 1907 - 1944
Series III: Diaries, 1930-1945
Guide to the Mabel Newton Betticher Papers
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Description is in English.
Mabel's personal diary (1903-1948), which she labeled "Her Own Trip Book," seems to have begun as a travel diary and expanded over the years to record her daily activities. The earliest diaries in this series contain notes of Mabel's trips to New York City, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. These diaries are minutely detailed and report on the details of the places she visited more than on her or her companions' own personal thoughts and experiences . For example, Mabel faithfully copied the inscriptions on each monument, church, or other building she visited. While the early diaries in this set describe trips taken to visit family and friends, the later diaries describe her frequent trips to New York City for the purpose of sightseeing, attending services at Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel, and visiting the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Mabel was a devout Episcopalian, and these diaries contain detailed notes (often in outline form) on sermons she attended. The very last diaries contain clippings from The New York Times and other newspapers. Many of these clippings are on the subject of global politics.
Box: 1 "Her Own Trip Book" Volume 1
December 1903 - July 1917
October 1918 - May 1919
Box: 6 "Her Own Trip Book" Volume 13
Volume found in the stacks in April 2022, separated from the collection. Reunited and added to the finding aid, April 14, 2022.
May 1932 - August 1932
August - December 1932
December 1932 - April 1933
April - November 1934
February - September 1935
February 1937 - March 1938
April 1938 - March 1939
October 1938 - March 1939
September 1939 - October 1939
October - November 1939
February - July 1940
August - October 1940
Box: 2 "Her Own Trip Book" Volume --
November 1940 - March 1941
April 1941 - August 1941
August 1931 - November 1941
December 1941 - January 1942
February 1942 - October 1942
May 1942 - October 1942
October 1942 - April 1943
May 1944 - September 1944
October 1944 - June 1943
November 1945 - February 1946
March 1946 - April 1946
May 1946 - June 1946
December 1946 - February 1947
March 1947- April 1947
April 1947 - May 1947
August 1947 - October 1947
November 1947 - June 1948
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