Box 42

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A softcover copy of American diplomat Albert Rhodes’ book Monsieur at Home (1885) bound in leather with 24 handwritten letters tipped in – presumably a presentation or office copy made by Rhodes himself. The letters, dated 1884-5, are copies of correspondence Rhodes sent to his publishers, the Leadenhall Press (Field & Tuer) and discuss the book’s production.

Scope and Contents Leather-bound 3-hole binder containing the typed diary of American scientist and explorer Arthur J. Moulton. The text describes a sea journey from New York to Europe, followed by a tour through Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia in his Simplex automobile, including maps highlighting the roads he took. Moulton begins January 24th on board the "Olympic" as it sails to England and ends February 21st describing the trip from Tlemcen, Algeria to Oudjda, Morocco and back. Also included is a list of...

Scope and Contents 58 pieces of correspondence from the papers of artist, sculptor, and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Thomas Woolner, the vast majority of which are letters to and from Woolner or his wife Alice Gertrude Woolner (neé Waugh). Correspondents are largely artists including painters Walter William Ouless (1848-1933) and Carl Haag (1820-1915), fellow pre-Raphaelite sculptor Henry Hugh Armstead (1828-1905), and Anglo-American author Henry James (1843-1916), but academics such as...

Scope and Contents A collection of materials related to American poet Ned O’Gorman. The bulk of the collection revolves around a trip O’Gorman took to China in 1973 and 1974: a disbound travel journal with disorganized notes and thoughts, and a series of 92 Kodakchrome and Ektachrome slides, 110 size, some in 2x2 mounts and some without. The slides indicate they were processed in 1974. Three additional slides in cardboard mounts processed in 1977 and 1982 are also included, but what relation they may have to...