Transatlantic voyages
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Society of Clinical Surgery photograph album
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/017
Scope and Contents
This photograph album documents the 1925 European tour of the
Society of Clinical Surgery. The Society visited clinics and
surgeons in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, the
Netherlands, and England. Included are photographs of scenic
views, tourist attractions, and members of the Society. Of
special interest, however, are the numerous photographs of clinics,
hospitals, and famous European surgeons. Many of these photographs
where taken while the surgeons were performing...
Dates:
1925
Travel diary and other writings [anonymous]
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/178
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains the holograph diary of the physician
from his 1910-1911 voyage to Arabia, India, and Africa, as well
as the itinerary from his 1929 voyage to Sweden and Poland,
and a few poems.The 1910-1911 diary contains the physician's account of his experiences
and sights on his journey from Philadelphia, across the Atlantic
and Mediterranean to Egypt, around Arabia and through the Persian
Gulf to India, around the coast of Africa, and back across the...
Dates:
1910 - 1911
William W. Keen papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/076-01-06
Scope and Contents
The William W. Keen papers are comprised of six separate collections, including correspondence, photographs, diaries, and newsclippings. Much of the correspondence deals with eithr family matters or the controversy vivisection. For more detail on the materials contained the Keen papers, please see the "Scope and Content" note for each series.
Dates:
1855 - 1932
Wilson Jewell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/080
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Wilson Jewell's letters, marriage
certificates, and other items provides documentation of his personal life,
1824-1867, as well as the history of the Jewell family. The
collection is divided into three series: letters and documents
relating to Wilson Jewell, 1824-1867; a letter of his son, Howard
L. Jewell, 1905; and papers relating to the Jewell family, 1821-1977.Items of note in the collection are, in Series 1, a letter, 1
May 1867, from Jewell to...
Dates:
1821 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1821 - 1867
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