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Balch Photographs and Travel Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: D-Mss-0977
Abstract
The Balch Photographs and Travel Ephemera Collection consists of forty-four bound photograph albums and twenty-seven boxes of primarily visual material related to the world travels of Janet Jacks Balch and Allan Christopher Balch during the 1910s-1930s.
Dates:
1912-1943; Majority of material found within 1920-1930
Found in:
02 - Ella Strong Denison Library
Joseph Talmage and Vera Jean Jones Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1118
Abstract
The J. Talmage and Vera Jones Collection mostly covers the decades of the 1930s through the 1970s. The photos and documents in this collection are personal, family, and church involvement records ranging from the US Southwest to Singapore and Canada. The majority of the records are from or about J. Talmage Jones with some records produced or about his family, having most to do with their church activities and missionary work. The primary language of this collection is English and is largely...
Dates:
1913-2002
Oriental Study Expedition Archive
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-0591
Abstract
The Oriental Study Expedition Archive contains records and memorabilia from a year-long expedition embarked in 1929 by ten Pomona College students to immerse themselves in Chinese life, culture, and religion. The students traveled and studied throughout China, primarily in the Guangdong province, Shanghai, and Beijing, and visited Hawaii, Japan, and Korea as well. The collection includes correspondence, diary entries, dispatches, photographs, photo albums, newspaper clippings, articles,...
Dates:
1919-1989 and undated
Katherine Gillette Osborne Collection
Collection
Identifier: D-Mss-0976
Abstract
Compiled by Katherine Gillette Osborne (1847–1943), who was both the founder and resident director of the Boston Students’ Union from 1910 until her death in 1943, the Katherine Gillette Osborne Collection includes two religious manuscripts of either southeast Asian or Middle Eastern origin and four scrapbooks, containing maps, photographs, correspondence with several government officials, and select art documenting Osborne's travels in Quebec, Switzerland from 1910-1932, and India,...
Dates:
1910-1943
Found in:
02 - Ella Strong Denison Library
Rundel Latin American Map Collection
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1126
Abstract
Collected by Dr. Rundel, a Distinguished Professor at UCLA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and director of Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA, the Rundel Latin American Map Collection contains maps produced in the late 1600s to the late 1800s. The subject matter of the maps is largely focused on South America, but along with the South American maps are maps from Africa, Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia. The maps are predominantly in English and French, however...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1600’s – 1800’s
Scudder Travel Archive,
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1070
Abstract
The archive, comprised of journals and films, documents the world travels of Los Angeles attorney Eric G. E. Scudder (1887-1975) and his wife, Marie Kaplan Lazarus (1890-1973) between the years of 1906 and 1967. Unlike many travelers of the era who went on typical “European Tours”, the Scudders journeyed to lesser-traveled destinations including Manchuria, Hong Kong, Turkey, the Balkans, Russia and parts of Latin America.The collection contains 19 travel journals and 160 reels of...
Dates:
1906-1967