Africa
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Keystone View Company Collection Tour of the World
Collection
Identifier: MS 00008
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a full set of stereoviews from the Keystone View Company's "Tour of the World" series. The set includes stereoview images from six continents, excluding Antarctica. The scenes capture diverse people, monuments, and landscapes. Each stereoview has a description of the scene located on the back. The descriptions are often ethno-centric towards non-western cultures. Points of interest include European-controlled Africa, the Middle East before the creation of Israel,...
Dates:
circa 1892-1933, 1936
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
The Mandela Washington Fellowship collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 426
Dates:
2022
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William Stamps Cherry Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 01778
Content Description
This is a collection of papers from William Stamps Cherry's visits to Africa around the end of the 19th century. Cherry was an American businessman, explorer, and writer involved in the Ivory trade. In these letters he mentions interacting with the native people, elephant hunting as well as ivory shipping, and the possibility of treaty negotiations. 35 letters in English and French, 13 business documents such as receipts, itemized lists, and a certificate of authenticity. Two...
Dates:
March 1893 - April 11, 1902
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center