Jeanette Reid Healy papers, 1920-1922

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Summary

Abstract:
Diaries from Jeanette Reid Healy's honeymoon, 1920-1922, kept as she and her husband Augustine Healy traveled around the world. Countries visited include Japan, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, India, Pakistan, and Kenya. Includes 169 photographs of the couple's safari in Kenya, including images of William Judd, their guide.
Extent:
1.0 Linear Foot
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11092

Background

Scope and content:

Diaries of Jeanette Reid Healy, of Chicago, Ill., describing her two-and-a-half-year honeymoon with husband Augustine Healy touring Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, India, Pakistan, and Kenya, principally describing the tourist sights and places they visited. Jeanette includes her impressions of the local landmarks, temples, museums, scenery, and people, often describing native dress, hairstyles, and appearances. The Healys were passionate hunters, particularly Augustine, so the diaries include detailed descriptions of their tiger and bear hunting in India, as well as their three-month African safari with extensive big game hunting of elephants, lions, rhinosaurus, and large deer. They were guided by William Judd; a clipping of his death notice is included. Included are 169 photographs from their safari, as well as the diaries' original book sleeve, bound in zebra skin.

Biographical / historical:

Jeanette Reid Healy married Augustine (Gus) Healy on April 28, 1920, in Chicago. The couple then took a two year honeymoon trip around the world (1920-1922). New York Passenger Lists record that the couple returned to New York on Dec. 27, 1922.

According to Augustine's 1920 passport application for the trip, he was born in Chicago on Dec. 17, 1894. He was 26 when he married Jeanette. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I, and was stationed in France. At the time of their honeymoon, in 1920, he was a businessman.

Jeanette Reid Healy was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 18, 1891, to parents William J. Reid and Jeanie Lockard. She was 29 when she married Augustine.

After the conclusion of their wedding trip, the couple became interested in equine sport, particularly foxhunting. In 1923 they built Firleigh Farms, a winter foxhunting retreat in Moore County, North Carolina. They appear to have split their time between Chicago and North Carolina. The 1930 census shows that they lived in Moore County, where Augustine's occupation was listed as "farmer." The Healys were leaders in the Moore County Hounds hunting club, which formally incorporated as the Moore County Company, Inc., in 1929. Augustine Healy conveyed Firleigh Farms to Jeanette Reid Healy in 1934, presumably as part of the couple's divorce settlement. She continued to live at least part-time at Firleigh Farms for the duration of her life. Augustine Healy remarried twice: Eulalia Sceeley (married 1939, divorced 1957) and Harriet Pardridge Healy, his brother's widow (married 1957). According to his death certificate, Augustine died on February 2, 1975 in Palm Beach, Florida; he was survived by his wife, a son, and two grandchildren. According to Jeanette's death certificate, she died on November 19, 1961 in Southern Pines, North Carolina. She had no children.

Acquisition information:
The Jeanette Reid Healy Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1965.
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Processed by Meghan Lyon, November 2015

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