Africa
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Philip D. Curtin papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0364
Abstract
Philip D. Curtin (1922-2009) was a historian and author. The collection of author and historian, Philip D. Curtin, consists of materials related to his teaching and writing career dating from 1955 to 1993.
Dates:
1955-1993
Found in:
Special Collections
Slave Registration certificate
Collection — Box BW-11: [Barcode: 31151030070852]
Identifier: MS-0511
Abstract
This collection consists of a slave registration certificate issued on 24 March 1871 to Jacinto Texidor for his slave, Valentin, 51 years of age, born in Africa.
Dates:
1871 March 24
Found in:
Special Collections
William Churchill papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0225
Abstract
William Churchill, philologist, ethnologist, and writer, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1859. He was appointed United States consul-general to Samoa (1896-1899) where he pursued his interest in philology and ethnology. Churchill also studied African languages and culture but less seriously than those of Polynesia. This collection contains two scrapbooks which Churchill compiled on Africa and the South Pacific, respectively, as well as a written draft of his 1892 book, ...
Dates:
1908-1911
Found in:
Special Collections