Ada Mitchell Travel Diary
name: label: Creator
content: Mitchell, Ada, 1882-1958
label: Donor
content: Griffith, Gordon
place: label: Place
content: Canada
label: Place
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: Automobiles -- 1930-1940
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Tourism
label: Topic
content: Automobile travel
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center by Ada Mitchell's great-grandson, Gordon Griffith in 2015.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mitchell, Ada, 1882-1958
label: Donor
content: Griffith, Gordon
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ada Mitchell Travel Diary
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents the forty day driving trip made by Ada Mitchell and her son Cecil from Vancouver, Canada to Key West, Florida and back, August-September 1938. This diary was kept by Ada Mitchell and tracks their experiences in all of the places they visited.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ada Mitchell was born on December 20, 1882 in Birmingham, United Kingdom and died in 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She lived most of her life in Toronto, moving to Vancouver for a short period. Her son, Horace Cecil Mitchell, was born on June 5, 1908 in Birmingham, United Kingdom and died in 1966 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He accompanied her on their trip from Vancouver, Canada to Key West, Florida and back to Toronto, Canada.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938 July 30-1938 September 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1369
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Diaries
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Corey Schmidt, intern, 2016.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Diary digitized in 2016. See repository for details.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1900-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A diary chronicling a road trip taken in 1938 by Ada Mitchell and her son Cecil. The trip began in Vancouver, British Columbia, continued through the southern United States to Key West, Florida, and concluded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Along the way Ada Mitchell commented on the places they visited, the prices of products, and other aspects of their trip. Two photographs of Mitchell and her son are included.