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Aileen Train and Her Mother

Artist:
Harrington Mann, 1864 - 28 Feb 1937  Search this
Sitter:
Mrs. Russell E. Train  Search this
Emily Ligon Foley, 1900 - 1987  Search this
Type:
Painting
Date:
1928
Topic:
Costume\Jewelry\Necklace  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Earring  Search this
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Couch  Search this
Home Furnishings\Pillow  Search this
Mrs. Russell E. Train: Female  Search this
Emily Ligon Foley: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Private collection
Object number:
DC990403
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm479dfe07e-d5f8-48dd-9137-15a0bb584321
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_DC990403
view Joseph F. Cullman Library digital asset number 1

Joseph F. Cullman Library

Author:
Di Loreto, James  Search this
Subject:
Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Interior ; Medium: Digital Photograph
Type:
Photographic print
Interior
Date:
June 28, 2005
Topic:
Libraries  Search this
Shelving for books  Search this
Rare books  Search this
Books  Search this
Standard number:
2005-19087
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12757
view Black and white photograph of porters carrying an elephant skull, intact with large tusks digital asset number 1
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Black and white photograph of porters carrying an elephant skull, intact with large tusks

Author:
Heller, Edmund 1875-1939  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 photograph 10.5 x 6.5 in
Type:
Pictorial works
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Africa
Date:
1909
1926
Topic:
Elephants  Search this
Porters  Search this
Call number:
M070f
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1043332
Online Media:
view Ten-bore half stocked percussion shot and ball gun, made for the African trade, with the stock extended and native repairs with shrunken leather, and native brass wire. Manufactured by Hollis and Sons, approximately 1860 digital asset number 1

Ten-bore half stocked percussion shot and ball gun, made for the African trade, with the stock extended and native repairs with shrunken leather, and native brass wire. Manufactured by Hollis and Sons, approximately 1860

Author:
Hollis and Sons  Search this
Cameron, Verney Lovett 1844-1894  Search this
Livingstone, David 1813-1873  Search this
Wainwright, Joseph active 1873  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Carswell, William active 1910 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
1 item 50 in. (length)
Type:
Specimens
Artifacts (object genre)
Place:
Africa
Date:
1860
Topic:
Firearms  Search this
Call number:
A001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044709
view The Albert Nyanza, great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources / by Samuel White Baker ; with maps, illustrations and portraits digital asset number 1
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The Albert Nyanza, great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources / by Samuel White Baker ; with maps, illustrations and portraits

Author:
Baker, Samuel White Sir 1821-1893  Search this
Former owner:
Van Rensselaer, Eugen DSI  Search this
Printer:
R. Clay, Son and Taylor  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Baker, Samuel White Sir 1821-1893 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 516 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, color maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Nile River Valley
Sudan
Albert, Lake (Congo and Uganda)
Date:
1866
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT117 .B16 1866
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_767202
view The Albert N'yanza : great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources / by Samuel White Baker. With maps, illustrations and portraits digital asset number 1
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The Albert N'yanza : great basin of the Nile, and explorations of the Nile sources / by Samuel White Baker. With maps, illustrations and portraits

Author:
Baker, Samuel White Sir 1821-1893  Search this
Engraver:
Jeens, Charles Henry 1827-1879  Search this
Bookseller:
John Dale & Co.  Search this
Printer:
R. Clay, Son and Taylor  Search this
Binder:
James Burn & Company  Search this
Author:
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Baker, Samuel White Sir 1821-1893 Travel  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes, [11] leaves of plates : illustrations, , portraits, maps (1 folded, colored) ; 22 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Nile River Valley
Sudan
Albert, Lake (Congo and Uganda)
Date:
1866
Topic:
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_767524
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Horns and hoofs : or Chapters on hoofed animals / by R. Lydekker

Title:
Chapters on hoofed animals
Author:
Lydekker, Richard 1849-1915  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Mayo, Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke Earl of 1851-1927 DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 411 pages, [1] folded leaf : illustrations ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1893
Topic:
Big game hunting  Search this
Ungulates  Search this
Antlers  Search this
Call number:
SK31 .L94 1893
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_782142
view Environmental Law Conference digital asset number 1

Environmental Law Conference

Creator:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this
Train, Russell E. 1920-2012  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs  Search this
Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1971
January 29, 1971
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1697]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_372733
view Presentation of Schweitzer Medal to Russell E. Train digital asset number 1

Presentation of Schweitzer Medal to Russell E. Train

Creator:
Krantz, Victor  Search this
Subject:
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this
Train, Russell E. 1920-2012  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1972
November 21, 1972
Topic:
Medals  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [72-10582]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_386187
view Presentation of Schweitzer Medal to Russell E. Train digital asset number 1

Presentation of Schweitzer Medal to Russell E. Train

Creator:
Krantz, Victor  Search this
Subject:
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this
Train, Russell E. 1920-2012  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1972
November 21, 1972
Topic:
Medals  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [72-10583]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_386188
view Presentation of Schweitzer Medal to Russell E. Train digital asset number 1

Presentation of Schweitzer Medal to Russell E. Train

Creator:
Krantz, Victor  Search this
Subject:
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this
Train, Russell E. 1920-2012  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1972
November 21, 1972
Topic:
Medals  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [72-10584]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
No Copyright - United States
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_386189
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Increasing Online Discoverability of a Mixed-Format Collection

Author:
Parilla, Lesley L.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Electronic document
Year:
2016
Citation:
Parilla, Lesley L. 2016. Increasing Online Discoverability of a Mixed-Format Collection. RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts and Cultural Heritage, 17(1): 32-43. doi:10.5860/rbm.17.1.456
Topic:
Library science  Search this
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SILSRO_139550
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The northern goldfields diaries of Thomas Baines; edited by J. P. R. Wallis

Author:
Baines, Thomas 1820-1875  Search this
Wallis, J. P. R (John Peter Richard) 1880-1957  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
3 v. fronts. (1 col.) illus., plates (part col.) ports., maps (part fold.) 27 cm
Type:
Books
Sources
Place:
Matabeleland
Zimbabwe
Date:
1946
Topic:
Description and travel  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
DT964.M4B3X 1946
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_400378
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Mammals collected by John Jay White in British East Africa, with two plates / by N. Hollister

Author:
Hollister, Ned 1876-1924  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
12 p., [2] leaves of plates ; 24 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Africa, East
Date:
1910
Topic:
Mammals  Search this
Call number:
QL737.A353 H74 1910
QL737.A353H74 1910
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_380957
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General Rigby, Zanzibar, and the slave trade, with journals, dispatches, etc., edited by his daughter, Mrs. Charles E. B. Russell

Author:
Rigby, Christopher Palmer 1820-1885  Search this
Russell, Lilian M. Rigby  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
5 p. l., [15]-404 p.: 1 illus. (coat of arms) fold. map. ; 22cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, East
Zanzibar
Date:
1935
[1935]
Topic:
Slave trade  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
DA565.R48A4X 1935
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_396737
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Chief Kgama and his times c. 1835-1923 : the story of a Southern African ruler / J. Mutero Chirenje

Author:
Chirenje, J. Mutero 1935-  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Khama III Chief of the Bamangwato approximately 1837-1923  Search this
Physical description:
140 p. : maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Botswana
Date:
1978
Topic:
History  Search this
Kings and rulers--Biography  Search this
Biography  Search this
Call number:
DT795.K5C47 1978X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_382547
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Cape Maclear / by P.A. Cole-King

Author:
Cole-King, P. A. 1932-  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Livingstone, David 1813-1873  Search this
Physical description:
67 p., [13] p. of plates (1 folded) : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Maclear, Cape (Malawi)
Date:
1968
Call number:
DT859 .C68 1968
DT859.C68 1968
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_382924
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African silences / Peter Matthiessen

Author:
Matthiessen, Peter  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Matthiessen, Peter Travel  Search this
Physical description:
225 p. : maps ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
Africa
United States
Date:
1991
C1991
20th century
Topic:
Natural history  Search this
Naturalists  Search this
Authors, American  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT12.25.M39 1991X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_899843
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Secret Eden : Africa's enchanted wilderness / Eric Robins ; photographs by Marion Kaplan

Author:
Robins, Eric  Search this
Kaplan, Marion  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania)
Date:
1980
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_899849
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Russell E. Train personal papers relating to African Safaris, 1956 - 1958, 1961

Collector:
Train, Russell E. 1920-2012  Search this
Author:
Smithsonian Libraries  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Train, Russell E. 1920-2012  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries  Search this
Physical description:
0.50 linear feet ; 8.5 x 14 in. or smaller
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Personal papers
Place:
Africa
Date:
1956
1956-1961
[between 1956 and 1961]
Topic:
Safaris  Search this
Call number:
RET005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1054631

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