Africa
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Todd-Bingham picture collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 496E
Abstract:
Photographs, albums and scrapbooks, glass negatives, lantern slides, daguerreotypes, tintypes, prints, sketches, and paintings, 1837-1966, relating to the personal and professional lives of members of the Todd-Bingham family. These materials document the lives and careers of Mabel Loomis Todd, David Peck Todd, and Millicent Todd Bingham, in particular. Personal photographs and albums of Mabel Loomis Todd include views of family, friends, and places where she lived and travelled. Amherst,...
Dates:
1837-1966
David Peck Todd papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 496B
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, records of astronomical expeditions, diaries, notebooks and scrapbooks of David Peck Todd, astronomer and teacher at Amherst College from 1881 to 1917. Between 1882 and 1914 Todd conducted nine expeditions to various parts of the world to study solar eclipses. The notes, photographs, drawings and memorabilia of these expeditions make up a significant portion of the papers. He was also a fertile inventor, and plans and drawings for many devices, some related to...
Dates:
1862-1939
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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David Peck Todd papers
Howell Wright collection
Collection
Call Number: MS 565
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and printed material relating to the history of Rhodesia and South Africa, with specific focus on Jameson's Raid, 1895-1896, the Johannesburg Reform Committee, and Cecil John Rhodes. Correspondence includes letters with numerous individuals active in the government and military forces in South Africa and Rhodesia, and with friends, relatives, and associates of those individuals. These letters were solicited by Wright and...
Dates:
1868-1977
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Howell Wright collection