| 1 | Creator: | Breton, Adela, 1849-1923 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Adela C. Breton Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1915-1923 | | | | Abstract: | Having inherited a fortune from her father, the middle-aged Adela C. Breton (1849-1923) began to indulge her interest in travel and archaeology. Between 1894 and 1908, Breton took thirteen excursions to the Mayan archaeological sites in Yucatan, Mexico, researching the artwork and producing valuable watercolor paintings of the ruins. She died in 1923, during a trip to attend the International Congress of Americanists in Rio de Janeiro.
The Breton Papers consist of one hundred letters written by Adela Breton to her friend and relative Ella Lewis of Philadelphia. Although they offer little insight into Breton's archaeological interests, they do provide a glimpse of her personality and her opinions on everything from American immigration law to the First World War, the malice of Germans, and her experiences traveling in western Canada. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.B754 | | | | Extent: | 0.1 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Breton, Adela, 1849-1923 | Canada--Description and travel. | Lewis, Ella | Women archaeologists | World War, 1914-1918 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Plée, Auguste,1787-1825. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Auguste Plée papers, [ca. 1820-1824]
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1820-1824 | | | | Abstract: | These papers include sketches made on a trip to the United States, Canada, and the West Indies; catalogs of objects of natural history, such as fish, animals, insects, and fossils, sent by him to the Museum; and notes. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.506 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Canada--Description and travel. | Catalogs. | Microfilm Collection | Natural history. | Notes. | Plée, Auguste,1787-1825. | Sketches. | United States -- Description and travel. | West Indies -- Description and travel. | |
| 6 | Creator: | Andreani, Paolo, 1763-1823 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Count Paolo Andreani journals, 1783?-1791
| | | | Dates: | Circa | | | | Abstract: | Includes Frammenti de Diario, a fragment of a diary kept on a trip to Britain, circa 1783-1784; Viaggio da Milano a Parigi, journal of a voyage from Milan to Paris, 1784; Viaggi di un gentiluomo milanese, Giornale, typed transcriptions of the travels of a gentleman from Milan, containing notes on the Iroquois Indians, 1790; Giornale de Filadelfia a Quebec, journal from Philadelphia to Quebec, 1791; and, journal of a trip through New York state (including visits to Albany, the reservations of the Six Nations, Saratoga, and the Shaker community at New Lebanon), 1790; | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.604 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Andreani, Paolo, 1763-1823 | Canada--Description and travel. | England -- Description and travel. | France -- Description and travel. | Iroquois Indians | Italy -- Description and travel. | New York (State) -- Description and travel. | Shakers - New York (State) - New Lebanon. | United States - Description and travel | Verri, Antonio Sormani, Count | |
| 7 | Creator: | Harvey, Jacob. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jacob Harvey papers,1808-1847
| | | | Dates: | 1808-1847 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes ca. 200 letters to and from Harvey's family, concerning Quakers, the Missouri Compromise, slavery, the depression of 1819-1820. There is also a commonplace book (1819-1820, 1821 Aug.), with observations on a balloon ascension of 2 Aug. 1819 from Vauxhall Gardens in England, slavery, Indians, and descriptions of Washington and Baltimore. There are also journals of trips to Niagara Falls and Canada in 1820 and to the American West, from Baltimore to Louisville and back, with an added description of a voyage around Long Island aboard the Robert Fulton in August 1821. | | | | Call #: | Mss.Film.1111 | | | | Extent: | 3.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Balloons. | Baltimore (Md.) -- Description and travel. | Canada--Description and travel. | Depressions -- 1819 -- United States. | Harvey, Jacob. | Hosack, David, 1769-1835 | Microfilm Collection | Missouri compromise. | Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel. | Quakers. | Robert Fulton (Ship). | Shakers. | Slavery -- United States. | Slaves, slavery, slave trade | Voyages and travels. | Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel. | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. | |
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