The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Frances Shaw West Indies Cruise |
| Date | Feb-Mar 1935 |
| Document type | Travel Journal; Map |
| Description | Notes written by Frances Shaw during a cruise around the West Indies, offering advice for anyone taking the same trip on a later date. For example she suggests that people pre-book their dining reservations with the tourist office to ensure they are seated in the same room as the Captain's table and gives suggestions about booking cabins and checking luggage. She also writes small entries about the Virgin Islands, Martinique, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Granada, describing the scenery, the harbours and the botanical gardens visited. |
| Biographical information | Wealthy Chicago and Lake Forest traveler, poet, and playwright. Frances Wells Shaw was born in Chicago in 1872. Her mother died when she was an infant, so her father, Moses Wells, a successful shoe manufacturer, sent for a relative to care for her and her older sister. They grew up in a house on Michigan Avenue. Frances Wells was educated at Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, Connecticut. In 1893 she married Howard Van Doren Shaw, a long-time family friend and one of Chicago’s leading architects. He was later to design many homes in the Hyde Park and Kenwood neighborhoods of Chicago, as well as of Market Square in Lake Forest, where he and Frances Shaw raised a family with three daughters. Frances Wells Shaw and Howard Van Doren Shaw traveled together in the United States and other countries around the world. After his death in 1926, she resumed her travels, alone, going even farther from home-to the Far East. She traveled by motor car, by bus, by railroad, on cruise ships, by freight packet (down the Mississippi River), and by donkey (up Mt. Aetna). Her adventurous and interesting travels made her a well known speaker on travel topics in Chicago clubs. Many of her verses were published in Poetry magazine. She was the author of several plays. She died in 1937. |
| Theme(s) | Package Tours, Cruises and Organised Travel Women and Tourism About themes |
| Regions | Central and South America Caribbean United States of America |
| Country/State | Mexico Cuba Florida Jamaica Venezuela Trinidad and Tobago |
| Ships | M.V Britannic |
| Keywords | itinerary, cruise, tourists, excursion, hotel, church, city, lake, food, beach, motor car |
| Visual content | View thumbnails |
| Collection | Frances Wells Shaw Papers, 1866-1976 (bulk 1925-1937) |
| Reference | Series 3: Travel Diaries with Notes, Receipts, and Ephemera, 1906-1936 |
| Library | The Newberry Library |
| Language | English |
| Additional information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Newberry Library catalogue. |
| Copyright | The Newberry Library |
| Catalogue Link | The Newberry Library Catalogue |