Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
023.055.15 |
Collection |
Robert Bowne Suckley (1856 - 1921) |
Title |
Daily Diary, February 1913 |
Date |
1913 |
Object Name |
Diary |
Scope & Content |
Small light gray notebook with "February, 1913" printed on cover. Provides two lined pages for each day of the month. Excerpts: Feb. 5: Ther. at 8, 25° / Splendid day / Weight at gare, 89K = Lbs.195.8 / Bkt., coffee & roll; Lunch, omelette; Supper, soup / 9:35 train to Saanen-Mooser / Started up 10:34 (1272M) / Arr. Bern Ski Hutte 11:40 / Arr. Gstaad Ski Hutte (1817M) 12:55 / Start down 1:05 / Arr. gare 2:07 / Skis stuck a little on descent / 2:40 train home / Bed by 8 P.M./ Up from gare to Gstaad Ski Hutte 2 h 21 13: Bit of a fire near Miss Taylor’s / Began purchase of eggs from Mme. Rosat . B ½ doz./ Promised to give a cup for a billiard match among the members of the Cercle Democratique. 17: Dark & cloudy/ Froze all day / Began to snow at 4 P.M. / Bkt, milk & eggs; Lunch light, no meats; Supper / Mme R, 7 oeufs / Letter from H.M.S.; Letter from Bessie; 2 photos from Daisy / Pd. concièrge 13.25 annual dues Suisse Alpine Club / Tip concierge 5; Tip femme de Ch [chambre] 5. 19: Splendid day, Ther. 16° at 8 A.M. / Sun rose from top of peak of Gummfluh at 8:53 / Bad night, much coughing, etc. / Miss A. Bicket pd. me a little visit in P.M./ Returned 1 book & obtained 1 from B.K. / Reuss brot [brought] his wife & sister-in-law to visit me & see photos / Reuss procured for me ½ lit. alcool à brûler & 6 eggs from Mme Rosat B. 21: Letter to Bessie enclosing Baumer Punch illustration / With Mr. & Mrs. Beauclerk, Miss Jacquerod & Miss Bicket went to Montbovon in 6:49. Had truite au bleu dinner & ret. In train leaving Montbovon at 7:39. Bridge later. |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Beauclerk, Algernon Reuss, J. Leonard Suckley, Robert Bowne, Sr. (1856-1921) |
Subjects |
Alps Skiing Switzerland Winter sports |
Legal Status |
Property of Wilderstein Historic Site |