September 10, 1960 postcard journal
Item
Swenson, May. 1960. “September 10, 1960 Postcard Journal”. November 18, 1960 Postcard Journal, May Swenson in the Modern Literature Collection, accessed March 28, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/swenson/item/60128
- Title
- September 10, 1960 postcard journal
- Description
- One of 185 postcards Swenson kept on her year-long trip to Europe in 1960 on the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship, accompanied by her partner, Pearl Schwartz. On this card Swenson recounts visiting Pompeii and being barred from the room of an ancient brothel with pornographic murals on the walls.
- Date
- 1960-09-10
- Type
- Diaries
- Creator
- Swenson, May
- Extent
- one postcard, recto and verso
- Language
- English and Italian
- Relation
-
November 18, 1960 postcard journal
- Identifier
-
MS111_184_5496_19600910_a
MS111_184_5496_19600910_b - Rights
- In copyright
Swenson, May. 1960. “September 10, 1960 Postcard Journal”. November 18, 1960 Postcard Journal, May Swenson in the Modern Literature Collection, accessed March 28, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/swenson/item/60128