University of Wyoming
Katherine Fuller, of Muskegon, Michigan, took a bus trip from Michigan out west August 1-16, 1939. Her other companions on the journey were Marian Bartlett and Faustine Gibson from Greenfield, Massachusetts and Minni Schempp of Boston, Massachusetts.
Katherine Fuller’s 71 page, typed diary documents their trip, including the route, the scenic sites, and hotels and motels in which the travelers stayed. Detailed anecdotes illustrate Katherine Fuller’s reflections on the journey with her traveling companions.
The trip began in Michigan, then the following states: Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, and Kentucky. One map, seven brochures, and seventy-two black and white or tinted postcards and brochures add to the typewritten account that was bound in a wooden binding engraved “Yellowstone Park.”
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There are no other known archival collections created by Katherine Fuller at the date of processing.
Katherine Fuller’s diary was purchased by the American Heritage Center
The collection was processed by Melanie Francis in December 2002.
Item Description, Katherine Fuller diary, 1939, Collection Number 11250, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.