Published
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This collection includes a travel diary of E.M. Arnold, MD, documenting his journey through Mexico, Canada, and the United States during 1936-1939.
Finding Aid Authors: Samantha Reagan and Jenny Reibenspies.
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Published
1/1: Mexico Travel Diary (2 copies, 8 pages each): Traveling from Laredo to Mexico City; Talking about buildings in city and comparing meals and restaurants; Shops, movie theatres, museums; Cathedral and Cueravaca; Returned back to Laredo by the end
1/2: A revised copy of "Mexico Travel Diary" (2 copies, now 9 pages): no major changes noticed
1/3: "Two Innocents Abroad In Mexico" (17 pages): Arnold's train trip from San Antonio to Laredo, Monterrey, and Mexico City; July 2-July 7-8
1/4: Florida Bound (12 pages): Map of travels included; Houston to Miami; Brief history of Florida; Experiences on train… seems to ride the train a lot; Talks about different parts of Florida they visited (Dayton, Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, etc); Provides specific times; Returned to Houston, January 1937
1/5: "Away Out In The Mountains" (16 pages): Includes a map of travels; Talks about train ride experience; Poem about a pelican; Traveling to California[?], July 1936
1/6: Canada Travel Diary (17 pages): Map of travels included; Left from Houston, on a train; Brief summary of places stopped at; Small excerpt about Rockefeller Center; Talks about Montreal; On the ride back talks about an African American being on his train, July 1937
1/7: "Canadian Pacific" (37 pages): Random excerpt, don’t know where it came from (6 pages); Yet another train ride; Song excerpt; Talks about the mountains in Canada; Experiences at Banff, Johnson’s Canyon, Beaver Dam, Rebel stock; Compares Canadians, July 1939
1/8: "Canadian Pacific" Revised (now 38 pages): Map of travels included; Newspaper clipping included on the last page; No major changes