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Sylvia Lesser Chary and Philip Chary Travel Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1204

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Scope and Contents

In this collection documents the Sylvia Lesser Chary and Philip Chary and their thirteen European trips. The thirteen travel diaries were written by Sylvia between 1952-1969 and record in great detail their experiences on ocean liners, trains, hotels, restaurants, and the sights they saw, the people they met, and other things they observed or experienced during the course of their extensive travels in Europe during this period. They only traveled to Europe by ocean liner and never by plane because Sylvia had an eye condition that led her physicians to tell her not to fly on planes.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found in 1952-1969

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials may be unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives as the source of the material. For further information, visit https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/services/rights/

Biographical / Historical

Sylvia and Philip Chary lived an upper middle class very educated and cultured lifestyle in Manhattan, New York City, for most of their adult lives. They were both born in New York City at the start of the Twentieth Century. Sylvia graduated from hunter College about 1930 and Philip graduated from Pharmacy School about the same time. In their early years of marriage Sylvia wsa a New York City elementary public school teacher and Philip was a pharmacist. About 1940 they became publishers by starting an entirely new trade journal called "Nursing Home Business," and a few years later another trade journal called "Nursing Home Administrator." Both of these trade journals were very successful and Philip and Sylvia ended their careers as publishers by selling both trade journals to McGraw Hill Publishing Company in the early 1960s.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection documents Sylvia Chary and Philip Chary diaries and their trips to Europe via ocean liners between 1952-1969.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to Special Collections and Archives by Arthur Bonfield in 2022. Sylvia and Philip are Arthur's aunt and uncle.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
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