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Record of a voyage to the Orient in 1918

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Description: Kinney's journal starts the day he leaves California and ends the day he gets back four months later. In it, he includes details about his work on board the ship, the daily inspections, the conditions on the ocean, the meals he has, and the various stops along the route including: Hawaii, Japan, China, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. Kinney gives detailed descriptions of Honolulu, Hawaii; Tokyo and Kobe, Japan; Shanghai, China; Manila, Philippines; and Hong Kong. The typed journal includes photocopies of pages from Kinney's original diary, photographs, maps, advertisements, menus, passenger lists, and various other things he collected during his voyage.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1918.
Call number: mssHM 75688
Creator: Kinney, Roland Thomas (1900-1989)

The critic in the Orient

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Life on the Ocean Wave: Reminiscences of My Voyages Around the World [typescript]

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The volume is Charlotte A. Babcock's reminiscences of her five years at sea (1851-1856) with her husband Captain David S. Babcock aboard the ships Swordfish and Young America. She gives detailed descriptions of San Francisco, Hawaii, Canton (Guangzhou), China, Hong Kong, Bombay, Manila, and Singapore. She also discusses the people she met, parties she attended, and the activities of the sailors and passengers on board her husband's ships. Also included is a sketch of the ship Young America by Charlotte A. Babcock

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Traveling around the world with General Nelson A. Miles : extracts from home letters of Henry Clark Rouse, esq., October 1st, 1902, to February 15th, 1903

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Henry Clark Rouse accompanied General Nelson A. Miles on a world tour setting out from San Francisco on October 1, 1902, and returning to New York, February 15, 1903. The album focuses on the military inspection and diplomatic tour of Hawaii, Guam, the Philippines, Japan, China, and concludes with the journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway. This privately printed work is illustrated lavishly with photographs taken on the trip. The photographs are particularly rich in depictions of daily life and military installations in the Philippines, where the party spent three weeks sailing between the islands and this section comprises the bulk of the photographic and textual content of the work. Photographs from China include locations in Hong Kong, Canton and Peking (Beijing) and the Great Wall. Two photographs of the aftermath of a public execution in the streets of Peking are also present.

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Photograph album of United States naval activities in Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, and United States

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This photo album was compiled by a member of the United States Navy who was aboard the USS Wisconsin between 1902 and 1904. The 48 black-and-white photographs are accompanied by extensive handwritten descriptions. The photos depict American, British, and Japanese military ships. The U.S. Naval ships include the USS Adams, the USS Kentucky, the USS Oregon, and the USS Wisconsin. The locations represented in the photographs include San Diego, California; Yokosuka, Japan; Yokohama, Japan; Hong Kong; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Manila, Philippines. The photographs depict views of military boats and crew, shipping docks, a few views of churches and street scenes, and the Queen's Palace in Honolulu.

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Charles W.C. Senter letters

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The nine letters, which Senter wrote to his friend "Miss Elizabeth," cover his time spent on board the USS Shenandoah and USS Oneida with the US Navy from 1865-1869. In those four years he was sent to Brazil, South Africa, India, Madagascar, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, and China. More specifically he talks in detail about his time in Rio de Janeiro, Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope, Bombay, Tamatave, Bangkok, Yokohama-shi, Hyogo-ken, Hokkaido, and Ying Xian. His letters from Thailand discuss the funeral plans for King Pinklao; included with the letters is a copy of the "funeral circular" distributed by King Mongkut (the copy was handwritten by Senter).

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Ogden's Guinea Gold photographic cigarette cards

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A group of ten small photographs related to China and Japan that were issued as cigarette cards inside packets of Ogden's Guinea Gold cigarettes. Images depict: a group of Chinese Boxers; "Lin Ta Jen," a supporter of the Boxers; Chinese Christians; "A Mandarin and his family"; the Taku Forts in China; the Empress Dowager Cixi; Mutsuhito, Emperor of Japan; and the British Navy in Hong Kong harbor. The cards have printed captions.

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Record of a voyage to the Orient in 1918

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