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Oscar Knight Diary #1, The Journey from England to the United States

November 17, 1898-October 29, 1899

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Oscar Knight Diary #1, The Journey from England to the United States
  • Title
  • Oscar Knight Diary #1, The Journey from England to the United States
  • Creator
  • Knight, Oscar Le Maistre, 1888-1961
  • Date
  • November 17, 1898-October 29, 1899
  • Identifier
  • 31735070004779
  • Description
  • Oscar Knight's first diary records his and his family's time traveling from Australia, through Europe and eventually to Pittsburgh. Oscar records his life aboard the German mail ship P.R. Lutpold during the journey to England stopping at Aden, Port Said, and Genoa and records the family's outings, schooling, and other activities from their boarding house in Southampton, England. From there he records the family's journey across the Atlantic to Hoboken, New Jersey and their time in Hoboken waiting to move on to their new home in Pittsburgh. The diary is bound in quarter cloth and has marbled boards. Inside the front cover Oscar wrote his name, wrote the address of the boarding home where the family stayed, and stamped his name. There is a bold handwritten script of "Diary" on the first page with adornments drawn on either side. Two pages are cut out by the May 2nd 1899 entry.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • diaries
  • Subject
  • Boys
    Family life
    Travel
    Students
    Sunday schools
    Immigrant children
    Children's writings
    Knight, Oscar Le Maistre, 1888-1961
  • Geographic Subjects
  • England
    Europe
    Pennsylvania
  • Source
  • Oscar Knight Diaries
  • Container
  • box 1, folder 1
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Oscar Knight Diaries
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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