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Travel writing

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Esther A. and Lloyd Balderston papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1185
Overview

Materials documenting the life of Esther Balderston Jones during her time as a missionary in Japan (1914-1924) and from her father, Lloyd Balderston, about family history and geneology.

Dates: 1885-1961

Lewis and Sarah Benson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1303
Overview

This collection is primarily 20th century letters from the Benson, Potts, and Rhoads families.

Dates: 1906-2014

William Nisbet papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1292
Overview

The bulk of this collection consists of about 60 letters written by William Nisbet to his mother and sister during his travels abroad in the 1860s. William F. Nisbet was a retired businessman and travelor from a wealthy New York family. In 1865, at the age of 30, he retired in order to travel. In 1858, he traveled to South America, and from 1865 to 1868, he traveled around the globe. During his travels, he wrote letters and sent artifacts and artwork back home to his family in New York.

Dates: 1772-1881

Morris Wistar Wood Collection

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1140
Abstract

The papers of related Quaker families including Collins, Cresson, Emlen, Morris, Wistar and Wood, consisting of travel letters, diaries, notebooks and photographs. Principals in the collection are Horatio C. Wood, Annabella Cresson Wood, Morris Wistar Wood, Caleb Cresson and Charles Wood.

Dates: 1716-1979