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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation:
Muriel McCormick Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Processing Information:
Accessioned and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley in January 2011. Physically and intellectually arranged by SCRC staff member Leigh Soares in March 2011.
Biographical Information:
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Scope and Contents
Diaries and photographs, 1937-1949, of Muriel McCormick. McCormick was a staff member at the United States embassy in Paris, France, from 1945-1946, and much of the collection chronicles her travels through Europe.
Arrangement of Materials:
This collection is currently being reorganized.
Related Material
A Guide to Women's Studies Resources in the Special Collections Research Center
Information about related materials is available at http://guides.swem.wm.edu/content.php?pid=87496
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Diaries
- France--Description and travel--20th century
- Photographs
- Women travelers--Diaries
- Women--Diaries
- Women--Travel
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history--Sources
- World War, 1939-1945--European Front
- Young women--Diaries
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- France--Description and travel--20th century
Container List
This series consists chiefly of five diaries left by Muriel McCormick, dated from 1937 to 1947. They follow her time as a high school student in Stamford, Connecticut, a young adult working in Washington, D.C., a staff member of the United States embassy in Paris, France, and then as a newlywed woman back in the U.S. Among the everyday details of her life are discussions about her aspirations, relationships, hobbies, and travels, as well as national or international news. Two of the diaries had photographs tucked inside the pages, but they have been removed and housed with the photograph series. Although the earliest diary has some water damage, the others are in fairly good condition. Additionally, the series includes an undated envelope which Muriel presumably used to send photographs to a studio for development after her time in Europe.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id89418
Box 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id89419
Diary1937-1938
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id89420
Diary1944
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id89421
Diary1945
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id89422
Diary1946
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id89423
Diary1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id89419
The collection also includes a large series of photographs. The majority of the series is arranged chronologically to trace Muriel McCormick's journey from Connecticut to Washington, D.C., to Paris and back to the U. S. While stationed at the embassy in Paris for over a year, she made several trips throughout Western Europe, taking hundreds of photographs of the places she visited. She labeled many of her photographs meticulously with dates and locations, but there is still a large group of unidentified landscapes that can be found here. When traveling as a tourist, she often also purchased packaged sets of souvenir images which are included throughout the series. Lastly, there are dozens of photographs with people as their main subjects. These include pictures of Muriel, her eventual husband, Ramon Hall, their families, and friends.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id89428
Box 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id89429
North Stamford and Shelton, Connecticutundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id89430
Washington, D.C.1942
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id89431
Fort Belvoir and Mt. Vernon, Virginia1942 June
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id89432
Baltimore, Maryland1942 August
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id89434
Stock images: Baltimore, Maryland
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id89435
Paris, Franceundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id89429
- Mixed Materials Box: 2
Box 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id89437
Packaged photographs, Paris
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id89438
Barbizon, France1945 November
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id89439
Bern, Scheidegg and Interlaken Switzerland1945 December
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id89440
Packaged photographs, Bern
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id89442
Packaged photographs, Basel
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id89443
Gstaad, Switzerland1945 December
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id89444
Packaged photographs, Chillon
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id89445
Packaged photographs, Geneva
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id89449
Brussels, Belgium1945 December
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id89450
Packaged photographs, Brussels
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id89451
Stock images: Waterloo, Belgium
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id89452
Packaged photographs, Waterloo
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id89453
Packaged photographs, Antwerp
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id89456
Reims, Chartres and the French Riviera, France1945 December and 1946 March
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id89460
Packaged photographs, Cote d'Azur
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id89461
Monte Carlo, Monaco1946 March
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id89462
Sceaux, France1946 May
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id89464
Normandy, France1946 June
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id89465
Stockholm, Sweden1946 June
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id89437
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 id89499
Box 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id89500
Packaged photographs, Stockholm
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id89503
Packaged photographs, Stockholm
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id89505
Denmarkundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id89506
Packaged photographs, Volendam
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id89510
Bremen, Germany1946 July
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id89511
Frankfurt, Germany1946 July
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id89512
Hitler's window, Bavarian Alpsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id89514
Chartres, France1946 July
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9 id89516
Packaged photographs, Chartres
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10 id89517
Packaged photographs, Malmaison
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11 id89520
Loire Valley, France (Day 1)1946 July
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12 id89521
Loire Valley, France (Day 2)1946 July
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13 id89525
Loire Valley, France (Day 3)1946 July
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id89500
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 id89530
Box 4
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id89526
Packaged photographs, Chenonceaux
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id89531
Packaged photographs, Milan
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id89532
Packaged photographs, Milan
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id89534
Packaged photographs, Milan Cathedral
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id89536
Packaged photographs, Venice
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id89538
Florence, Italy1946 October
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id89541
Packaged photographs, Florence
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id89543
Packaged photographs, Florence
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id89544
Packaged photographs, Florence
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id89546
Capri, Italy1946 October
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id89547
Packaged photographs, Capri
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id89526
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 id89553
Box 5
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id89549
Rome, Italy1946 October-November
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id89555
London, England1946 November
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id89556
Packaged photographs, London
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id89557
Packaged photographs, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id89558
Packaged photographs, Anne Hathway's cottage
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id89559
Packaged photographs, Shakespeare's birthplace
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id89560
Packaged photographs, New Place Museum
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8 id89561
York, England1946 November
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9 id89562
Packaged photographs, Edinburgh
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10 id89563
Packaged photographs, Dublin
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11 id89564
Mountain regions, the Virginias1947 January
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id89549
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 id89660
Box 6
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id89665
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id89666
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id89667
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id89668
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id89669
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id89670
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id89671
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id89665
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 id89679
Box 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id89680
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id89681
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id89682
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id89683
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5 id89684
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6 id89685
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7 id89686
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 8 id89687
Unidentified landscapescirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id89680
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 id89689
Box 8
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id89690
Unidentified images from packaged sets
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id89691
Unidentified packaged set (#1-20)
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id89692
Unidentified packaged set (#21-40)
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id89693
Unidentified packaged set (#41-60)
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5 id89694
Muriel McCormickundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 6 id89695
Ramon Hallcirca 1945-1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 7 id89696
Muriel and Ramonundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 8 id89697
Family and friends1942-1947
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 9 id89698
Unidentified family and friendsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 10 id89699
Unidentified friendscirca 1940s
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 11 id89700
Photographs pulled from diaries
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id89690