Laura Jean Libbey journals 1892-1903

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Laura Jean Libbey journals 1892-1903

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Laura Jean Libbey was a popular American author of romance novels. She kept these journals (6 vols.) from 1892-1903 during tours through Europe, Egypt, the West Indies, and Bermuda. The journals include information on Florence, Genoa, Naples, Rome, Venice, and the Lake District of Italy, as well as Paris, Rouen, southern France, Greece, Austria, Bohemia, Dresden, Cologne, the Rhine country of Germany, Antwerp, Belgium, Switzerland, England, and Scotland. The journals also include postcard illustrations and other material

1.23 linear feet (6 volumes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6311672

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Libbey, Laura Jean, 1862-1924

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Brooklyn author, editor and newspaper columnist who published more than 80 successful romance novels, including "A Fatal Wooing" (1883), "A Mad Betrothal" (1890) and "We Parted at the Altar" (1892). From the description of Laura Jean Libbey letter and novel [manuscript], 1889 Feb 25, undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648017563 American fiction writer. From the description of ALS, [18--?]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 25611...