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Raphael Pumpelly Papers

Description

This collection consists chiefly of letters, with some documents and manuscripts (including 29 volumes of notebooks and diaries) related to the lives and family affairs of Raphael and Eliza Pumpelly. The collection includes a few professional papers of Raphael Pumpelly, along with geological notes and descriptions of people and expeditions in Japan, China, Mongolia, Russia, Turkestan, and various places in the United States. Among the papers related to Eliza Shepard Pumpelly, there are descriptions of travel in Europe and Asia and also of the expeditions to Turkestan in 1903 and 1904. The collection also contains a few business and personal letters of Raphael Pumpelly's parents, William Pumpelly and Mary Wells Pumpelly, and their family.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1839-1916
Call number
mssPumpelly papers
Creator
Pumpelly, Raphael (1837-1923)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Raphael Pumpelly (grandson of the geologist), January 28, 1960.
Associated people
Pumpelly, Eliza Shephard, (-1915.)
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