Diary of Aglae de Jora St. John, 1882-1890

This second diary by Aglae de Jora St. John dates from September 17, 1882 to October 24, 1890 and covers diplomatic life in Croatia and other places. The St. John family includes the surgeon Valentine St. John (1883-1964) and his mother Aglae de Jora St. John. Aglae de Jora St. John was Romanian. Her husband, Dr. St. John's father, was a British diplomat and cousin of the 4th Viscount Bolingbroke. The surgeon Valentine St. John (1883-1964) who worked and lived in many countries around the world, served as Medical Health Officer in Alert Bay 1941-44 and in Campbell River from 1944-46, and was the physician to Maharaja of Jaipur.

In Collection:

• St. John Family Collection

Creator

• St. John, Aglae de Jora

Subject

• Surgeons
• Diplomats
• St. John, Alfred Henry Valentine, 1883-1964
• Personal narratives
• Families

Language

• fre

Date created

• September 17, 1882 to October 24, 1890

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 140 pages ; 20.4 x 12.5 cm

Geographic coverage

• Europe
• Croatia
• Romania

Coordinates

• 46, 25
• 45.16667, 15.5

Additional physical characteristics

• Includes key and lock.
• Image 119 includes dried, pressed flowers; discoloration also appears on images 118 and 120
• Most pages are written lengthwise rather than widthwise

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• 19th Century Manuscripts Collection
• St. John Family Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• manuscripts (documents)
• diaries

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2017-007

Fonds title

• St. John family fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC532

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/st-john-family-fonds

Date digitized

• January 24, 2022 to January 27, 2022

Technical note

• Scanned Jan 24-27 2022 on the Betterlight/TTI at 600 DPI Tiff (1/20, 263, copy4, camera 650) by PD. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/vgy4-qa64

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