Mimika Farish Frith Family Papers
Content Description
Collection of correspondence, journals, documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings concerning the family of Mimika Farish Frith. Included is correspondence (9 letters, 1779-1781) from Baron von Steuben to his aide-de-campe Pierre Etienne Du Ponceau and two letters (1781) from Du Ponceau to von Steuben. Also included is a bound journal kept by Du Ponceau from 1794-1820 which served as a family register, diary and account book. Also included is correspondence and documents from the Bauduy, Farish and Sassenay families spanning the period from 1782-1932. Of particular interest is a bound volume of photographs from the Suez Canal, Ceylon, Colombo, Java, Borneo and New Guinea, taken by Frederick G. Farish in 1907.
Dates
- Creation: 1779 - 1932
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1794-1800s
Creator
- Frith, Mimika Farish, 1858-1954 (Person)
- Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 (Person)
- Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Most manuscripts collections at the Georgetown University Booth Family Center for Special Collections are open to researchers; however, restrictions may apply to some collections. Collections stored off site require a minimum of three days for retrieval. For use of all manuscripts collections, researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections in advance of any visit.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mimika Farish Frith, 1947.
Processing Information
The collection was processed sometime prior to 1985.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John Zarrillo
- Date
- 2025-04
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu