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ARCHIVAL AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS

Africa, Eastern--Description and travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

East Africa, 1907-1908

 Record Group — Carton 14
Identifier: 14
Abstract

Envelope of loose photographs and letters. Photograph album and scrapbook recording trip Miss Susan Hicks-Beach's trip to Eastern Africa in the company of H.R.H. Hélène, Duchess of Aosta. November 1907 to June 1908.

Dates: 1907-1908
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

East Africa, Circa 1900-1920

 File — Box 15
Identifier: 15
Abstract

Collection of 130 magic lantern slides. Various photographers, circa 1900-1920.

Dates: Circa 1900-1920
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

East Africa, Abyssina, White Nile, 1908-1912

 Record Group — Album 19
Identifier: 19
Abstract

Album of original photographs of East Africa.

Dates: 1908-1912
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

East & Southern Africa, 1920s

 File — Box 20
Identifier: 20
Abstract

A collection of 100 magic lantern slides. Unidentified photographer, 1920s.

Dates: 1920s
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Egypt, Sudan & Kenya, Circa 1935-1940

 Record Group — Album 22
Identifier: 22
Abstract

Album of original photographs and postcards recording the military travels through Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Zanzibar and Palestine.

Dates: Circa 1935-1940
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Lydia Luhman Pederson collection

 Collection
Identifier: 039
Abstract

Artifacts and other objects collected during Lydia Pederson's 1953 trip from Capetown, South Africa to Cairo, and during Sonjia and Jim Olstad's 1967 stay in Nigeria. The collection includes a small amount of related material.

Dates: 1969 - 1990
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / Lydia Luhman Pederson collection

Photographs and letters of Miss Susan E. Hicks-Beach, 1908-1911

 File — Group 14, Envelope: 1
Identifier: 14-1
Abstract

An envelope of 3 loose photographs and five pages of handwritten text, including two letters written in Swahili and the English translations of them.

Dates: 1908-1911
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / East Africa

Sudan, 1907-1908

 Record Group — Group 14, Album: 2
Identifier: 14-2
Abstract

Photograph album and scrapbook recording trip Miss Susan Hicks-Beach's trip to Eastern Africa in the company of H.R.H. Hélène, Duchess of Aosta. November 1907 to June 1908.

Dates: 1907-1908
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / East Africa