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Kirkpatrick reference: 307 Description: 10 copies (3, [1] p.) Imprint: London Notes: Copies bound nested inside each other Insertions: Card with typescript "Captain Burton et les membres du Consulat de S.M. Britannique ont l'honneur d' inviter M.M. leurs Collègues à être presents pendant le procès d'un matelot qui a menacé le Vice-Consul Brock de violence peronelle ... Trieste, 15 Octobre 1881".
635664
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Manuscripts
Collection of Burtoniana -- correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, and ephemera -- assembled by Edwards H. Metcalf over more than thirty years. The collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of Sir Richard Francis Burton and Lady Isabel Burton, chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's life after her husband's death.
RFB 528
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Manuscripts
Collection of Burtoniana -- correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, and ephemera -- assembled by Edwards H. Metcalf over more than thirty years. The collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of Sir Richard Francis Burton and Lady Isabel Burton, chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's life after her husband's death.
RFB 828
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Kirkpatrick reference: 328 Description: 8 pages Imprint: London Notes: "From 'Extracts from the press;' and 'The Anglo-Brazilian Times,' of October, 1865." "Printed for private circulation".
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Manuscripts
Materials related to Peter SooHoo, Sr. and his wife Lillie Leung SooHoo, particularly Peter SooHoo's role in creating New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California; the couple's involvement in professional and community activities; and their family life. The first series consists primarily of albums, blueprints, correspondence, ephemera, financial records, and photographs; this material relates to community activities and the construction and opening of New Chinatown in Los Angeles, California. The second series consists primarily of albums, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs related to Peter SooHoo's family, and his education, personal investments, and work at LADWP. The 2021 addendum includes additional letters, photographs, ephemera, and other documents related to Peter and Lillie SooHoo, including materials related to Lillie SooHoo's appointment as Deputy Consul of the Republic of China in Los Angeles, and work with the Los Angeles Chinese Women's Club.
mssSooHoo
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Manuscripts
Fragile -- Do Not Remove from Mylar. Note: originally enclosed with letter from Isabel Burton to Oliver Notcutt, Sep. 1, 1886; now cataloged separately in Correspondence.
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