Fairchild, Sally, 1869-1960
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1869 - 1960
Biographical note
Sally Fairchild was an American from a prominent and wealthy Boston family. In 1911 she accompanied her younger brother, lawyer Gordon Fairchild, on a journey to China, Japan, and the Philippines, where Gordon was apointed to the bureau of justice of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands. While in China the Fairchilds collected the remains of their brother Nelson, who had been vice consul general to Manchuria when he died in 1906.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sally Fairchild diary, 1911-1914: manuscript
Collection — Volume 1
Scope and Contents
Written in a commercially-produced blank book of 184 pages, of which the last 54 are blank, this diary recounts the travels of Sally Fairchild in China, Japan, and the Philippines from 1911 to 1914. Fairchild describes excursions to temples and mountains, and life among the families of staff of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands. The final entry of 1914 August 12 describes Fairchild's shock at the outbreak of war. Most entries are illustrated by tipped-in gelatin silver print...
Restrictions on Access
Open for research.
Dates:
1911 January 18-1914 August 12