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| | • | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | [Undo] |
| | 1 | Author: | Robinson, James M., 1901- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Paper Relating to Americanski Journalist
1962-1969 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1962-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Typescripts of manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, a diary from Yalta to Iceland, maps, travel brochures, postcards and other
memorabilia from Robinson's 1962 and 1964 railway trips in the Soviet Union. Includes typescripts of the original and final
versions of his book, Americanski Journalist, four photographs used in the book, correspondence with friends, travel agents, and Intourist. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Railroad travel -- Soviet Union -- Sources. | Voyages and travels. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 2 | Author: | Mead, Frank. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Mexico, May 1953: travel diary
1953 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1953 | | | | Abstract: | Original typescript of an automobile trip through Mexico in 1953, from El Paso to Mexico City and vicinity. Provides personal narratives and
observations of landscapes, cities, hotel accommodations, and activities. Contains a few mounted postcards and magazine pictures. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Automobile travel -- Mexico. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | Author: | Sothern, Edward Hugh | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Edward Sothern scrapbook and photograph portfolio
circa 1860-1920
(bulk 1870-1900) ead | | | | Date(s): | circa 1860-1920 | | | | Abstract: | Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, sketches, photographs, letters, hotel receipts and other memorabilia of Edward Hugh Sothern and his father, Edward Askew Sothern concerning their acting careers and personal interests, as well as a photograph portfolio containing five studio portraits and one color sketch of Julia Marlowe, E. H. Sothern, and others, mostly between 1870 and 1900. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Actors—Pictorial works | Theater—United States—History—19th century | Theater—England—History—19th century | Europe—Description and travel | Europe—History—1789-1900 | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | Shantz, H.L. (Homer LeRoy), 1876-1958 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Homer Leroy Shantz
papers,
1903-1958 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1903-1958 | | | | Abstract: | Field notebooks, reprint articles, speeches,
survey abstracts, photographs, diaries, and correspondence pertaining to
Shantz's interests in worldwide agriculture and botany. Shantz's various trips
to Africa resulted in extensive field notes, including those for the
Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919 to 1920, and the African Education
Commission, 1923 to 1924. Background material he collected about Africa
encompasses maps; postcards; dictionaries and primers on languages, including
Swahili; also, articles on the people, the areas they inhabited, and specific
problems, such as the tsetse fly, sleeping sickness, forced labor, and race
relations. Photographs of his travels from the Cape to Cairo depict the Nile,
Egyptian ruins, wild and domestic animals, vegetation and the landscape,
villages and cities, and people in tribal dress. Communal activities documented
include cultivation, thatching roofs, building a road, and weaving a large
bamboo mat to cover a bridge walkway. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Plant ecology -- Africa | Plant ecology -- United States | Vegetation surveys -- South America | Vegetation surveys -- Colorado | Vegetation surveys -- Africa | Swahili language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Swahili | Agriculture -- Africa | Soils -- Africa | Agriculture -- United States | Soils -- United States | Africa -- Description and travel | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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