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Letter from Emin Pasha to Paul Prencke, 1891-02-02

 Item — Group: 29, Envelope: 3
Identifier: 29-3-6

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

Folio (43 x 34 cm.), containing 92 albumen prints (13 large images: 26 x 21 cm, 79 smaller images of various dimensions), all laid in card, many with German captions printed from the negatives, together with a card box containing a number of visiting cards and letters, and a framed, circular silver print (10 cm. in diameter).

Dates

  • 1891-02-02

Creator

Language of Materials

From the File:

Italian

Conditions Governing Access

To inquire about access to this collection, please contact the Herskovits Library at africana@northwestern.edu.

Extent

From the Record Group: 1 album (1 album and two envelopes, one containing calling cards, the other 7 handwritten letters.) : Folio (43 x 34 cm.), containing 92 albumen prints, in contemporary black morocco portfolio, flaps and ties, with ‘Erinnerung an Deutsch-Ost Afrika, 1890-1892’ blocked in gilt on the upper cover; spine repaired, photographs housed in recent custom-made cloth box inside the portfolio.

Abstract

Letter, in German, from Emin Pasha in Bukoba, Victoria Nyanza, to Paul Prencke, received May 22, 1891. Letter is signed "Dr. Emin."

Physical Description

Letter 6

Library Details

Part of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository

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