Evidence from the Archives

This month, I had the true pleasure of participating in the Modernist Podcast , joining Bret Johnson, Emma West, and host Séan Richardson in a discussion of our work in the archives. You can have a listen here or on iTunes.

 

It seemed such a pity to discuss archival finds without being able to display them that I’ve collected a few of the pieces I discuss (or just ones I love!) below.

 

A special occasion Cunard Line menu at the UK’s National Maritime Museum

The interior of the “Farewell Dinner” menu (National Maritime Museum)

Aberdeen & City Line’s much smaller menu (National Maritime Museum)

On the back of the A&C menu, someone’s was learning Morse Code (National Maritime Museum)

Malcolm Lowry jots notes on airplane stationary (UBC’s Lowry Collection)

More of Lowry’s notes, on a different airline’s stationary (UBC’s Lowry Collection)

The box of ephemera I inherited from my grandmother’s 1932 steamship journey from New York to Europe

The cover of the American Library in Paris’ little magazine (The American Library in Paris)

Advertising for Americans in Ex Libris (The American Library in Paris)