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Brazil and Portugal collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1781
Overview: A collection of correspondence; writings; and published illustrated materials from and about Brazil related to Imperial Brazil, religious, economic, and geographic concerns. There is one item under the heading Portugal: a letter of condolence upon the death of a distant relative of Vasco de Gama.
Dates: 1639-1907

Percival Farquhar papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 205
Overview: The papers consist of the business files and correspondence of Percival Farquhar. They document his role in the economic development of Brazil, in particular the Itabira Iron Ore Company. Correspondents include mining engineer Alexander Malozemoff, businessmen J. F. Trippet and Alexander MacKenzie, and aide J. Armstrong Read. Also included in the papers are the research materials used by Charles Gauld, Farquhar's biographer, in the writing of The Last Titan: Percival...
Dates: 1893-1967, bulk 1919-1945

Latin American poster collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1829
Overview: The collection consists of posters from Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela, regarding political, economic, cultural, and educational affairs.
Dates: 1978-1985