Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI Search this
Physical description:
1 item (21 pages) 12.25 x 10.5 in. (envelope), 8.5 x 2 in. (portfolio)
Type:
Manuscripts
Humor
Printed ephemera
Place:
Africa
Date:
1909
Notes:
Includes chart of guest seating. Together with typed letter signed from Robert Collier, chairman of the event, to Edward E. Higgins, dated 31 March 1909, sending him a copy of the program. All in portfolio entitled "Advance Proofs from Africa"
M129 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History. DSI
Supplied title
Forms part of: Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Summary:
Contains numerous parodies in the format and style of prominent publications which purport to report on the progress of Roosevelt's safari
