Richmond Barnes Williams travel journals 1925-1986

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Richmond Barnes Williams travel journals 1925-1986

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Richmond Barnes Williams (1903-1986) was an American business executive and world traveler. He worked in the Long Lines Dept. of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1926 until his retirement in 1968. He traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada and abroad. Travel journals of Williams are in the form of original typescript copies arranged in chronological order and they record every aspect of his travels from their inception and planning to the return home. Journals of trips abroad begin with his trip, 1925-1926, to Great Britain and the Continent. Succeeding trips took him to most of the countries of Europe, North Africa, the Near East, Central Asia, and the Far East. His travels in North America were mainly in the period of 1930s to 1950s.

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Williams, Richmond Barnes, 1903-1986

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Telephone company executive and magazine editor. From the description of Papers, 1921-1986. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122571608 Richmond Barnes Williams (1903-1986) was an American business executive and world traveler. He worked in the Long Lines Dept. of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1926 until his retirement in 1968. He traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada and abroad. From the guide to the Richmo...