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- 1914 (Creation)
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Born into a Jewish family in Siauliai, Lithuania, 1888; with her seven brothers and sisters and her parents emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, USA, as a young child; active in the fight against tuberculosis in Boston and president of the Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis Association in Boston, 1912-1913; visited Europe, 1914; married Morris Klein, an emigrant from Krakow, 1921.
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GB 1753 PTA 4 LOU 1914 Collection (fonds) 1 file Klein , Dora Leba , b 1888 , née Lourie
Born into a Jewish family in Siauliai, Lithuania, 1888; with her seven brothers and sisters and her parents emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, USA, as a young child; active in the fight against tuberculosis in Boston and president of the Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis Association in Boston, 1912-1913; visited Europe, 1914; married Morris Klein, an emigrant from Krakow, 1921.
Given to the University of Westminster Archives by the author's grand-daughter in 1999.
Typed transcript of a diary, Jul-Aug 1914, written by Dora Leba Lourie, recording a trip via Liverpool to London, Paris, Switzerland, and the return via Boulogne and Folkestone, recording hotels, sights, acquaintances and impressions, and including references to the outbreak and early stages of World War One. The trip to the continent was a tour arranged by the Polytechnic Touring Association of Regent Street Polytechnic. Also including addresses, accounts, and miscellaneous other personal notes.
Open, subject to signing the Regulations for Access form.
Requests to copy or publish material will be referred to the donor.
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Transcribed from the original diary held by the author's grand-daughter.
The University of Westminster Archives also holds records relating to Polytechnic tours (Ref: UWA PTA).
Extracts from the diary have been published online at: http://july1914.blogspot.com/.
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project, additional information added by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer. Source: information from the donor. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jan 2002 and May 2008. Boulogne Diaries Documents England Europe Folkestone France Holidays Information sources International conflicts Jews Kent Klein , Dora Leba , b 1888 , née Lourie x Lourie , Dora Leba Lancashire Literary forms and genres Literature Liverpool London Nonfiction Paris Polytechnic Institute , Regent Street x Regent Street Polytechnic Polytechnic Touring Association Primary documents Prose Religious groups Switzerland Tourism Travel Travel abroad UK War Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events)
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Given to the University of Westminster Archives by the author's grand-daughter in 1999.
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Typed transcript of a diary, Jul-Aug 1914, written by Dora Leba Lourie, recording a trip via Liverpool to London, Paris, Switzerland, and the return via Boulogne and Folkestone, recording hotels, sights, acquaintances and impressions, and including references to the outbreak and early stages of World War One. The trip to the continent was a tour arranged by the Polytechnic Touring Association of Regent Street Polytechnic. Also including addresses, accounts, and miscellaneous other personal notes.
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Open, subject to signing the Regulations for Access form.
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Requests to copy or publish material will be referred to the donor.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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The University of Westminster Archives also holds records relating to Polytechnic tours (Ref: UWA PTA).
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Extracts from the diary have been published online at: http://july1914.blogspot.com/.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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