Hugh Mahaffey Travel Journals
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the diaries and travelogs of Dr. Hugh Mahaffey, a physician based in Richmond who documented his travels around the world from 1939-1969 . Included in this collection are his tours across Alaska, the Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, East Asia and the Pacific. Besides his impressions of the various places and cultures he visited, his writings give a glimpse into the social attitudes of his time, such as racial injustice in the Deep South and the cultural revolution that rocked China and the world. These journals also include brief historical sketches and even copied books about the places he visited.
Dates
- Creation: 1939 - 1969
- Acquisition: 2023-11-14
Creator
- Mahaffey, Hugh (Person)
Biographical or Historical Information
Note written by Aaron Moore
Full Extent
0.22 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Hugh Mahaffey Travel Journals
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Aaron Moore
- Date
- 04/08/2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository