During the 1920s and 1930s Georgia O’Keeffe travelled to York Beach (Maine), Yosemite National Park (California) and Hawai'i, among other places. She began her international travels in 1932 traveling to the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, but it wasn’t until 1951 with a trip to Mexico that she began a more active period of travel abroad.
O’Keeffe’s travel books and papers reflect her interest in adventure and exploration, her lifelong pursuit of learning, and the interconnectedness of her expansive and diverse social circle. Studying the items from her collection helps researchers to better understand the ways in which her travels informed, and reflected, O’Keeffe’s interests and relationships.
![Georgia O'Keeffe standing outside in a desert next to one person with others in the background. O'Keeffe is wearing [shemagh] on her head and looking directly at you with hands folded in front of her.](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/customers/7185/images/2006-6-780.jpg)
Georgia O’Keeffe saved keepsakes from her travels, such as maps, brochures, postcards, notes, travel itineraries, photos, and ticket stubs. Grouped by region or country, she stored the material in recycled boxes and kept the boxes on the shelves of the bookroom in her Abiquiú home. Travel box locations include Greece, Jordan, Petra, Lebanon, India, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain and Egypt. The contents of the boxes help researchers to better understand where and when O’Keeffe traveled, who her companions were, as well as her personal and artistic interests and influences. The travel boxes are part of the Georgia O'Keeffe Papers (MS-33) collection.
Georgia O'Keeffe: living modern by 
Lovingly, Georgia: the complete correspondence of Georgia O'Keeffe & Anita Pollitzer by 
Maria Chabot - Georgia O'Keeffe: correspondence 1941-1949 by 
Georgia O'Keeffe: art and letters by 
Georgia O'Keeffe: catalogue raisonne by 
To find books related to travel in O'Keeffe's personal book collection, search the library catalog and use the search term "travel"
