04944ntcaa2200541Ii 4500 traveldiariesel00hewid CaSfIA 20251130114815.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 170728i19131924nyuao o 000 0 eng d SMI eng rda SMI CaSfIA eng fre e------ n-mx--- n-us--- Hewitt, Eleanor, 1864-1924, creator. Travel diaries of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. [New York, N.Y.], approximately 1913-1924. 1 online resource (1.58 linear feet, .875 cubic feet (23 volumes in 2 boxes 31 x 24 x 16 cm)) text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Places visited by the Hewitt sisters are organized roughly in alphabetical order in each volume. Travel writers mentioned in the diaries: Edith Wharton; Elgood; Platt; Latham; Alfred de Champeau; Cain; Schmid; and A. Hallays. The individual volumes consist of commercially-produced ("National Simplex") two-ring metal binders with leather or paperboard covers and lined (graph) paper, measuring 16 cm. Each volume is housed in an individual archival paperboard clamshell box. The volume for France, Holland & unknown sketches (S-D-110) contains mostly sketches in black pencil, with a few in color, of landscapes and architectural details. Volume 3 for United States (S-D-101) contains some sepia-toned photographs of houses, interiors, and gardens. Italy (volumes 1-3, 5-6; S-D-88 to S-D-92; box 1) -- France (volumes 1-7;S-D-79 and S-D-93 to S-D-98; box 1) -- United States (volumes 1-4; S-D-99 to S-D-102; box 2) -- Italy/France/England/United States/Mexico (1 volume; S-D-103; box 2) -- Environs de Paris (1 volume; S-D-104; box 2) -- Germany (1 volume; S-D-105; box 2) -- Spain (1 volume; S-D-106; box 2) -- Holland (1 volume; S-D-108; box 2) -- France, Holland, & unknown sketches (1 volume; S-D-110; box 2) -- Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland & Switzerland (1 volume; S-D-111; box 2). Open for public research on site in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library. Twenty-three volumes of handwritten and typed notes created by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt during her travels by train and automobile through Europe and the United States, generally accompanied by her sister, Sarah Cooper Hewitt, and most likely by her butler William Donnelly. The diaries also containing some tipped-in or loosely inserted newsclippings, magazine articles, small brochures, letters, calling cards, and other ephemera. Notes briefly describe regional decorative arts and the gardens, villas and other sites of historic and cultural interest visited by the Hewitts in various locations, with dates. The diaries generally include information about the architecture, style, history and special features of places visited, notable artworks, the creators and current owners, and other contextual details. The diaries mostly lack details of a personal nature, except for some brief comments on hotels, meals, etc. Some entries are illustrated with hand-drawn sketches or photographs (particularly volumes S-D-110 and S-D-101). Volume S-D-103 lists some locations in Mexico, but it is unclear whether the Hewitt sisters actually traveled there. Daughters of Abram Stevens Hewitt and Sarah Amelia Cooper Hewitt, collectors of decorative arts, and the founders of the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration (an institution which evolved later into the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum). Text primarily in English, with some portions in French. A more detailed finding aid is available in the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library. Not included in collection numbering: Italy volume 4; S-D-107; S-D-109. It is unclear whether physical volumes exist (or existed) with these numbers. The individual volumes are housed together in two 2-piece gray archival paperboard boxes. Hewitt, Sarah, 1859-1930 Travel. Hewitt, Eleanor, 1864-1924 Travel. Decorative arts Europe. Decorative arts Mexico. Decorative arts United States. Europe Description and travel. United States Description and travel. Mexico Description and travel. Smithsonian Libraries. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library. 9 East 90th Street, New York City, N.Y., 10128, USA. http://library.si.edu/libraries/cooper-hewitt-smithsonian-design-library https://archive.org/details/traveldiariesel00hewid Free eBook from the Internet Archive traveldiariesel00hewid U.S. v. 1 ark:/13960/s22r5wk5xr3