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Eleven diaries which reveal a sensitive and perceptive young woman. With her family, she traveled extensively in England, the United States, and most countries of the Continent. Her diaries describe her reactions to foreign scenes and places, and contain numerous references to her father and to her visit to Columbia University early in 1889. Also, a typewritten description of the diaries of Eleanor Joy's son, Sir Douglas Busk; and a copy of THE ANCESTORS OF PATRICK AND PERONELLE KINNEL, compiled by Sir Douglas Busk in 1970.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Eleanor Joy papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Typescripts of the first four volumes of the diaries are available.
Source of acquisition--Busk, Sir Douglas. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1972. Accession number--M-72.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.
Eleanor Joy was the daughter of Charles Joy (1823-1891), Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University, 1857-1877.
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