Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
2011.013.033 |
Object Name |
Notebook |
Donor |
Snow, Carey |
Scope / Description |
Notebook with worn, black cover and golden edges of the pages. The inside of the cover and the first and the last pages are multi-colored and figured. Throughout the book pages with handwriting in ink or pencil and drawings in pencil, and blank pages alternate. There are four loose pages at the end of the notebook. Each page has a watermark with either an oval frame with a crown at the top and a figure with a staff and a shield inside the frame, or with text saying "LENDRUM LTD. / LONDON". Both text and picture are upside down. There is a price tag in the lower corner to the viewer's right at the inside of the back part of the cover. Two newspaper clippings, a name tag in the shape of a leaf with Magda's name on it, two leaves, and a small blue note have been placed inside the notebook. All these items have been left at their original places in the notebook. Notebook: On the first roughly 30 pages Magda Laugesen describes the first part of her trip from Tokyo, Japan, to Denmark. The description is in Danish. She traveled by train from Tokyo to Nara, where she stayed some weeks, before she went to Kobe and got on a ship to Europe. They made stops in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Colombo and Aden. She describes her departure from Tokyo where she has sold her house and her time in Japan before the departure, which was prolonged because a planned trip to Peking (Beijing) was cancelled. She describes the life on board the ship, and writes that she finds the company more pleasant that on previous travels. At each stop she gives her impressions of the city and writes about any excursions she has done with other passengers from the ship. The journal ends with a description of the ship's voyage through the Suez Canal. The journal is followed by a number of blank pages. Then follow a couple of pages with notes about birthday greetings for Magda's birthday in 1977. The headline is "Mandag April 3, 1977" i.e. "Monday April 3, 1977". These notes are mostly in English though there are a few Danish words. More blank pages follow, and then come three pages with the lyrics for three songs handwritten on a page each. The songs are "Just because It's You", "Song of the Baby dolls", and "Sing a Song of Sixpence". After a few blank pages come five pages with a drawing of a plant or flower on each page. The drawings are made by hand in pencil. The two first pages just have a drawing and the name of the plant, the next two have both drawing and name and then additionally some notes on the placing of the leaves, and the last page just has a drawing but no text. The next page has four plant names and instructions for drawing the leaves on each plant. This part of the notebook is in Danish. After this follow a number of blank pages. In the back there are four loose pages. The first three are blank. The fourth has two addresses in Copenhagen on the front side of the page, one in black ink and one in pencil, and on the back side of the page is a description of how to mix different colors, written in pencil. The next page has a list of items belonging to Aage (Magda's husband) with numbers next to them. Below this are two addresses, one in Tokyo and one in Copenhagen. After a couple of blank pages, a page with a list of names and numbers, possibly telephone numbers, now follows. The next page is the last, and it has a list with the cities that Magda visited on her journey in 1926 and the number of days it took to travel from each stop to the next. At the bottom of the page it has arrival and departure times for a few of the cities. This part of the notebook is in Danish. Between the two last pages of Magda's travel journal two newspaper clippings have been placed. On a page between Magda's journal and the list of birthday greetings a name tag in the shape of a leaf with Magda's name on it is pasted to a page. Two leaves have been placed in the notebook, leaf 1 between two blank pages and leaf 2 between some of the pages with drawings of plants. A small blue note has been secured to the last of the loose pages with a pin. 6 1/2 x 8. Clipping 1: A newspaper clipping about Jørgen Castenskiold, a landowner who was married to the Danish princess Dagmar, and who held an honorary title at the Danish court, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The headline is "80 år i morgen". There is a black and white photo of Jørgen Castenskiold in the middle of the clipping. The newspaper clipping is in Danish. It the clipping it is mentioned that he sold his estate Kongstedlund in Northern Jutland after his wife died ten years earlier. His positions of trust and memberships of boards are mentioned, and it is also mentioned that he gave financial support to restore the Rebild Museum after it had burned down. 2 x 5 1/2. Clipping 2: A newspaper clipping about vice consul Aage Henriksen on the occasion of his 75th birthday. The headline is "75 år i morgen". There is a black and white photo of Aage Henriksen in the middle of the clipping. The newspaper clipping is in Danish. It the clipping it is mentioned that he has been stationed in China, Japan, The Netherlands, Portugal, Brazil, and Danzig. It is further mentioned that he was a member of The Adventurers' Club of Denmark and that he speaks a great number of languages, one of these being Japanese. In the clipping his three books about his travels, "Dagligt liv i Peking", "Jeg bor I Tokyo", and "Insulindes Perle (Solskinsøen Bali)", are also mentioned. 2 1/4 x 7. Name tag: The name tag has the shape of a triangle with a leaf fastened to it. The triangle is white with a black line and has "MAGDA" written on it in black. The leaf is colored red, brown, orange, yellow, and green. The name tag is made with paper covered in plastic. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2. Leaves: Both leafs are brown. They are star shaped with seven points each. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. Blue note: The note is a guarantee certificate from a watchmaker in Copenhagen. The certificate is blue and has black letters in print on the front side. A few lines have been filled in in dark ink. The back is blank. The headline is "GARANTI-BEVIS". The note has been secured in the notebook by a pin, and there are holes in the certificate from the pin as well as a small piece of paper torn from the page it was secured to. The certificate gives a guarantee for a chrome watch for a two year period from October 1936. The watchmaker is Axel Janniche, Skindergade 44 in Copenhagen. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2. |
Language of Material |
Danish/English |
Title |
Notebook |
Creator |
Laugesen, Magda |
Dates of Creation |
1926-1977 |
Associated People |
Laugesen, Magda Clement, Magda Clement, Aage Clement, Annelise Stoaks, Annelise Stoaks, Warder Castenskiold, Jørgen Henriksen, Aage |
Search Terms |
Laugesen, Magda Clement, Magda Clement, Aage Clement, Annelise Stoaks, Annelise Stoaks, Warder Castenskiold, Jørgen Henriksen, Aage Japan Tokyo Nara Kobe Shanghai Hong Kong Singapore Penang Colombo Aden Suez Lendrum Ltd. notebook newspaper clipping leaves nametag note journal travel |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Annelise Magdelene Clement Stoaks |
Date Received by Museum |
06/06/2011 |
Images |
139\2011013033.JPG |
Accession number |
2011.013 |
Collection |
Stoaks, Annelise Clement Collection |