| Admin/Biog History | The author [either Waterfield or a member of the Waterfield family] of this journal visited North America, in what appears to be both a holiday and a chance to see friends. He flew from London Gatwick to New York, then to Cincinnati, Chicago, and Spokane. He then took a bus to Trail in Canada. The return journey mainly followed this route in reverse. He stayed with friends Don and Frieda near Trail and joined them on a short driving tour of the southern part of British Columbia, in which they met or stayed with other friends. When in New York state towards the end of his holiday he stayed with other friends and took a 'Southern Railroad Tour' with his friend Karl. |
| Description | This journal accompanied other items in the Humphrey Waterfield collection but may not have been written by him as it differs a little in style and content from his other journals. It records a holiday to the United States of America and Canada and is undated but was possibly written in the late 1960s or later. The 50-page is complete except for a missing first page and where there is damage to pages; in places it is hard to read the handwriting. Entries are mostly chronological with partially dated headings (for example, Thursday 11). It includes descriptions of travel by air, bus and train and accommodation, visiting or staying with friends [and possibly family], sightseeing trips such as to Vancouver Island and other places in British Columbia, and the price of goods or services.
It includes visits and journeys to and from the following places or sites, although most entries about places are brief, of no more than a page:
-Trail, Nakusp and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, including museum in Victoria, Vancouver Island
-Chicago, USA, including the Art Institute of Chicago
-New York, USA, including day trip(s) to New York City
Other entries of note are a description of a visit to a bakery factory and a brief reference to a computer centre that appears to be controlling Amtrak trains.
The journal is fragile due to water damage to most of the pages, and in some places the paper has worn away. |