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Tour of C. C. R. across the American continent :

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Description: During the course of a research trip into Mexico in the summer and fall of 1906, Robertson kept a diary account documenting his travels to the Pacific Coast from New Haven across Canada, south from Vancouver to Los Angeles and on into Mexico from the American Southwest
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1906 June-October.
Call number: mssHM 52701
Creator: Robertson, C. C (1884-1946)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. Dairne M. Rowsell, July 1988.
Dimensions: 10 x 15 cm

Photographs of scenes in Mexico

Manuscripts

Four photographs taken while researching his master's thesis in Mexico in 1906, including two views of the peaks of the Pachuca Mountains in Hidalgo province, one street scene in the city of Chihuahua, and one photograph of the botanist Cyrus G. Pringle

mssHM 52704

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John C. Fall letter to Henry Goode Blasdel

Manuscripts

Fall writes to Blasdel, the governor of Nevada, that his town of Unionville "is under control of a mob." He reports a group of armed miners has banded together to force out the town's population of "Chinamen," who are in fear for their lives. Fall reports his mills have ceased operation due to this incident, and that the local law enforcement has been ineffective in restoring order.. Printed Western Union Telegraph Company telegram forms, filled in by hand.

mssHM 31538

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Mercedes Bryant photograph travel album of Omnibus College tour

Manuscripts

The photographs, postcards, and ephemera document the travels of the participants in the 1931 Omnibus College tour, the first traveling summer school excursion for the college. The tour took the students through Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Montana, and Wyoming. The album contains over 300 photographs, all identified, 77 postcards, and various ephemera. With the album is a 14-page typewritten journal of the trip, along with over 12 loose photographs and postcards (one written by Mercedes Bryant to her mother, Etta). The album also includes 40 photographs taken by Mercedes Bryant in 1932 of locations in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

mssHM 83850

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John C. Gowan letter to William Barton

Manuscripts

An autograph letter written and signed by John C. Gowan from Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico to William Barton in Providence, Rhode Island in early 1888. The letter contains important observations on the development of southern California and northern Mexico. Gowan writes of the temperate climate and how it helped with his chronic medical condition; he also goes on at length about the business opportunities in southern California, particularly Pasadena. He relays news of the church he and his congregation built in Baja California, and that it is slowly growing; Gowan also provides details about the fertile land and the crops which were grown in the area. He describes the United States business development by the International Company of Mexico and the plans to build railroads, roads, and telegraph lines. The letter has a small hole burned into the second page but overall it is in good condition.

mssHM 84049

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Viaje a la Costa

Manuscripts

This manuscript diary by Juan Francisco de la Boedga y Caudra accounts his third voyage in the North West Pacific, from San Blas to Nootka in 1792. During this important voyage, Quadra was commissioned to define the boundaries of the British and Spanish territory on the Vancouver Island (B.C.). There is an extensive vocabulary of the Nootka dialect and a table of the ship's course found on two leaves that displays the meteorolocial conditions on the journeys.

mssHM 141

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W. C. White photograph album of road trip through Mexico City

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Photographs of an early automobile tour of Mexico City and vicinity, taken in April, 1906, approximately four years before the upheaval of the Mexican Revolution. The traveler, most likely an American, photographed his automobile in many locations, often where burros or horse wagons are mostly seen on the road. A woman is seen in the passenger seat sometimes, and possibly another car is part of the touring group. Images include stops at historic buildings, landmarks, street scenes, and the "Noche Triste Tree" in Mexico City; old Spanish architecture in Lerma; and travel through the countryside to Toluca. Local residents appear throughout, including men gathering water at a cistern, a woman washing clothes outside her house, and people at a Mexican National Railway train station. There are three images identified as "General Gonzales, Governor of the State of Mexico," riding in a car with other officials. Handwriting inside the album's cover identifies it as "W. C. White's pictures - Mexican trip, April 1906," and there are detailed captions throughout.

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Tour of C. C. R. across the American continent :

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