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Nelson, Robert Henry, 1853-1892. Leather notebooks containing information on rosters and rations for the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition

Catalog Data

Collection Creator:
Train, Russell E., 1920-2012  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)  Search this
Extent:
5 Volumes (Manuscripts (document genre), 5 x 8 x 0.75 in. or smaller.)
Container:
Item NelA007
Type:
Archival materials
Volumes
Date:
1887 March 11 - 1889 November 7
Scope and Contents note:
Five notebooks documenting C and/or No. 3 Company's rosters. Information includes roll calls, caravan book, and roster of rations. Three black leather with latch or band (3.5 x 5 x 0.5in.), one black leather (5 x 7.75 x 0.25in.), and one red leather (5 x 8 x 0.75in.).
General note:
NelA007 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
Collection Rights:
The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
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Russell E. Train Africana collection
Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 8: Robert Henry Nelson personal papers
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Libraries
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sc25a815a08-4301-4c26-afa9-1acb5a771764
EDAN-URL:
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