Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Date: Oct 1953-May 1954

From: Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Reference: MSX-9144

Description: Travel journal relating S M Miller's travels in Italy, Austria, and Germany between October 1953 and May 1954. Contains impressions of places visited, including Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri, Venice, Austria, Zurich, Basel, The Black Forest, Frankfurt and Rhine River. Specific subjects and activities written about include churches, fountains, baths, ruins, viaducts, mosaic flooring, hostels, Italian people and Smith's impressions their customs and attitudes, art, agriculture, treatment of animals, food, hiking and the landscape, train travel, the weather, and the post-war rebuilding and social effects in Germany. Includes loose piece of card with information regarding Eleanor Quantity: 1 volume(s) with one enclosure of loose materials. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 13 May 1954-1955

From: Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Reference: MSX-9146

Description: Journal relating to S M Miller's travels around England and Wales, and her trip back to New Zealand via Ceylon, ca 1954-1955. Contains impressions of towns and cities visited including Stratford, Stow-On-The-Wold, Oxford, Llangollen, Conway, Ross, Monmouth, The Cotswolds, Dorchester and London. Miller describes castles and natural features (flowers and geography), hitch-hiking, bus travel, walks, and staying in hostels. Includes her reflections on other tourists from New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa, with opinions voiced regarding accents and manner of dress. Much of her time in London is focussed on Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family, including the Royal Derby, Royal Tournament, and various parades. Also contains reminiscence about her time [and colleagues?] working as a [dental nurse?]. Miller records impressions of Ceylon when her ship stopped their en route home. Includes account of trips taken into unidentified city, with a focus on people and landscape, dangerous driving, monks, and a visit to a tea factory. Contains pressed flowers, a newspaper clipping, and an unused envelope printed with an Aberdeen Commonwealth Line emblem. Quantity: 1 volume(s) with two enclosures of loose materials. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, dried flowers

Date: 1953-Oct 1953

From: Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Reference: MSX-9143

Description: Journal relating S M Miller's travels in Ireland, England, France, Monaco, and Italy in 1953. Impressions of towns, cities, and other locations visited, including: Magillycuddy's Reeks, Limerick, County Clare, Galway, Donegal Bay, Ballycastle, Chester, Worcester, Gloucester, The Cotswolds, Oxford, London, Angouleme, Toulouse, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Cagnes, St Paul's, Grenoble, Bianco, Milan, Lake Como, Bologna, Florence, Pisa, and Rome. Contains references to hitch-hiking, the various standards of hostels stayed in, art and architecture, other tourists and their behaviour, social customs (dancing, food, drinking), the Bodleian Library, obtaining visas, seeing a play by T S Elliot 'The Confidential Clerk', crossing the English Channel, beaches, hiking in the Alps, landscapes, casinos, agriculture (vineyards, sheep, goats, donkeys, crops), the weather, autumn, and industry (a visit to a car factory [Morris Minor?] in England). Diary entries in Ireland include topics such as politics, superstition, and Catholicism. French attitudes to the British are discussed. And the behaviour of Italian men towards female hitch-hikers is commented on. Contains travel ephemera such as tickets for the Museo Teatrale alla Scala and another Italian attraction, stamps, a timetable for linge Marseille-aix-Avignon, and a business card for Dr Gepp Mitterftiller. Also includes pressed flowers. Quantity: 1 volume(s) with two enclosures of loose materials. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, dried flowers

Date: 15 May 1954

From: Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Reference: MS-Papers-11620

Description: Inward letter to S M Miller written from Waimapu Station [Bideford?], Wairarapa, on 15 May 1954. Discusses work options as a dental nurse (including the opening of a new clinic in Dunedin), purchasing a property near Masterton, common acquaintances, pig hunting on Glendonald Station, a boat race, the weather, and what Miller should expect on her voyage home to New Zealand (including temperatures, the Red Sea, and hawkers). Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: MSS

Date: Nov 1953-Apr 1954

From: Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Reference: MSX-9145

Description: Journal relating S M Miller's travels in Germany, Belgium, France, and England between November 1953 to April 1954. Contains impressions of locations visited including Rhine River surroundings, Cologne, Aachen, Liege, Brussels, Paris, London and Stratford. Particular subjects and activities include vineyards, agriculture, hiking, destruction of buildings by bombing in World War II and the ongoing social effects of the war in Germany (food, shelter, attitudes), churches and other buildings, shopping, prices and costs, hostels, seeing Hitler's custom Mercedes, weather, art and art galleries, gardens, and monuments. Contains loose card with Scarlet Mistletoe illustration Quantity: 1 volume(s) with one enclosure of loose materials. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter

Date: 1 Feb 1953-1953

From: Miller, S M, fl 1953 : Travel journals and letter

Reference: MSX-9142

Description: Journal relating S M Miller's life in London and travels around England, The Netherlands, Scotland and Ireland in 1953. Documents Miller's arrival on the Rangitane and life working in London. Also travelling to cities, towns, and other locations including The Hague, Leiden, Haarlem, Alkmaar, Amsterdam, Marken, Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Berga op Zoom, Krabbendijke, Rotterdam, Brighton, Seaforth, Winchester, Salisbury, Exeter, Torquay, Salcombe, Plymouth, Truro, Falmouth, Clovelly, Boscastle, Bideford, Combe Martin, Cambridge, Grandchester, Rotherham, York, Edinburgh, Glendevon, Devil's Elbow, Braemar, Ballater, Bonar Bridge, Orkney Islands, Sandhills, Isle of Skye, Fort William, Glencoe, Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Keswick, Grassmere, Windermere, Chester, Wexford, Cork, Bonane, and Killorglin. Entries are on topics including parks and gardens, streets, local people (English, Dutch, Scottish, Irish), New Zealand house in London, English tea rooms, friends, searching for work in London, architecture, bomb damage to cities and towns, hostels, hitch-hiking, art galleries and museums, theatre productions, the British Royal Family, working as a maid for a Jewish family in London, produce markets, cycling, shopping, pottery, flooding, church services, flowers, dialects and accents, Atlantic Ocean, train travel, lakes, walking, other tourists (Australian, New Zealand, French, English), and the Puck Fair. Journal contains loose manuscripts ephemera including addresses, a bookmark with pressed flowers from Mauritius, a correction slip from the Scottish Youth Hostels Association, and a clipping regaridng De Woeste Hoeve World War II memorial. Also contains pressed flowers. Miller is travelling with 'Margaret' in the Netherlands Quantity: 1 volume(s) with two enclosures of loose materials. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, dried flowers