Edwin T. Greninger Travel Letters
The 28 items in this collection, the Edwin T. Greninger Travel Letters, 1963-1992, are Christmas letters detailing the trips of Greninger. From 1969 and onward, he has entitled his years with his second wife Gem Kate as Gemini I, II, III, etc. They are thorough accounts about various journeys of North and South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Africa. Most of the letters feature the United States, especially Washington, D.C., the Eastern and Southern U. S., and the Midwest. There are also many accounts of European and Caribbean vacations.
This collection is missing the Christmas travel letters from 1987 and 1988, entitled Gemini XIX and Gemini XX.
Dates
- 1963-1992
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
0.3 Linear Feet
Abstract
The 28 items in this collection, the Edwin T. Greninger Travel Letters, 1963-1992, are Christmas letters detailing the trips of Greninger and his wife Gem Kate through North and South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Africa.
Biographical/Historical Note
Edwin T. Greninger was born in 1918 and taught history at Eastern Tennessee State University from 1958 until his retirement in 1986. He traveled all over North America and to the Poconos with his family. However, he did not begin to chronicle his trips until World War II when he became the historian for the 358th Anti Aircraft Battalion. His accounts were primarily for his father to know what he saw in Europe but became published works over time. In 1963, Greninger started writing about his travels in Christmas letters, a job formerly held by his late wife Jane. These became publications, read in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Since he began trips with his second wife Gem Kate in 1969, the letters were dated as Gemini I, II, III, etc. Greninger's trip to Russia was published in paperback as Fifteen Days in Russia (1966). Greninger died on December 21, 2007 in Washington County, Tennessee.
Arrangement
Collection consists of three folders.
Acquisition Note
Edwin T. Greninger donated this collection between August 1987 and March 1992.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository