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Sir Thomas Phillipps collection of portolan atlases [essay]

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Description: Essay, by Edward Luther Stevenson, giving a brief history of Portolan charts and atlases. Essay also summarizes and describes the twelve manuscript Portolan atlases formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), now at the Huntington Library. Also includes one letter from Edward Luther Stevenson to Leslie E. Bliss, giving the essay to the Huntington Library
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1925-1931.
Call number: mssHM 58295
Creator: Stevenson, Edward Luther (1858-1944)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edward Luther Stevenson, Mar. 27, 1931.

Essays and letter concerning Ishi

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This group of items includes two essays and a letter, all of which relate to the Yana Indian Ishi. One of the essays, written by anthropologist Darwin B. Lyon who assisted Professor T. T. Waterman with the examination of Ishi, describes Lyon's experiences with Ishi including the two of them creating a map of the area in which Ishi lived. Lyon also talks about the Indians in California and their history in general. The other essay and letter are written by Alfred Barstow and also talk about Darwin B. Lyon and Ishi; the letter is addressed to Leslie Edgar Bliss of The Huntington Library.

mssHM 68201-68203

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Edward E. Ayer reminiscences

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The "Reminiscences of Edward Ayer's first trip from home..." (HM 68693) is a 1924 version of a narrative by Ayer detailing his many and varied experiences in the American West from 1860 to 1864. Most of the narrative deals with his time as a California Volunteer. The 1923 manuscript "Why I love Prescott's 'Conquest of Mexico'" (HM 68694) describes how Prescott's book opened up the world of books and history for Ayer. Both manuscripts are typewritten carbon copies, and the 1923 item is signed and dated by Ayer. The third item, HM 16784a, is a bound volume of 187 pages, entitled "Early Reminiscences of Edward E. Ayer." Inscribed to the Huntington Library by Ayer, it contains typescript versions of the "Reminiscences of Edward Ayer's first trip from home..." and of twelve other memoirs of various trips and adventures abroad -- in Europe, Asia, Central America and in the American West. It also includes typescripts of two letters from Ayer to the Board of Directors of the Field Museum. HM 16784b (also 187 pages) is a variant version of HM 16784a, and includes a print of a portrait of Ayer. HM 16784b is inscribed by Ayer to William Hertrich, gardener to Mr. Huntington and later superintendent of grounds and buildings at the Huntington.

mssHM 68693-68694, HM 16784 (a-b)

Sir Thomas Phillipps collection of portolan atlases [essay]

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