WAUEnslySam5546.xml Guide to the Sam Ensly Travel Diary on the Cable Ship Dellwood 1929 Ensly (Sam) Travel Diary on the Cable Ship Dellwood Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2010 (Last modified: 4/13/2018)
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Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 5546 (Accession No. 5546-001) Ensly, Sam Sam Ensly travel diary on the cable ship Dellwood 1929 1 diary Collection materials are in English. Travel diary kept by Sam Ensly while aboard a U.S. Army cable ship

Sam Ensly was born in Bothell, Washington. He worked as an electrician on board a U.S. Army ship that sailed from Seattle on August 15, 1929.

One volume describing Sam Ensly's daily duties and travel experiences on board a cable ship, circumnavigating the globe. Diary bears the inscription "Around the world on the U.S. Army transport cable ship Dellwood." Entries span August through November 1929, when the cableship was in port at Manila.

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Ensly, Sam--Diaries Dellwood (Cable ship) United States. Army--Military life Voyages around the world Travel writing Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Military Diaries