Red Cloth Travel Notebook/Journal, 1977/1979
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 7
- Extent:
- 1 folder(s)
- Scope and content:
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The journal has red cloth over paper wrappers, with entries dating 1977 to 1979, with extensive addresses, phone numbers and names noted (including Ira Cohen). The handwriting in this journal is not Petra Vogt's.
The journal was likely kept by a person named John who was staying with Paul Gyss and possibly Petra Vogt at some point. The person writes diaristic details, with a few poems, and includes reflections about drug use, Ted Clarke, Jimmy Shelling, Paul Gyss, George [Andrews?], Maggie, and others, as well as details about travels in Goa, India, Kathmandu, and Pokara (Pokhara?), Nepal.
The author turned 37 on August 1, 1979, writing "unless I O.D. or walk into the river tonight". Though not Petra Vogt's, this is an important item in fleshing out the daily life in Kathmandu (numbered 12 in dealer description of notebooks).
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryUniversity of VirginiaP.O. Box 400110170 McCormick RdCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference StaffEmail: scpubserv@virginia.eduPhone: (434) 243-1776Fax: (434) 924-4968
- Parent restrictions:
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Most of the collection is open for research. The single exception is a bank book for an account owned by Petra Vogt.
The bank book belonging to Petra Vogt, 1977-1978, has been removed and restricted until her death. It has been placed in the control folder for this collection in a sealed envelope. The bank book is from the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank (short form: Hypo-Bank).