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Charlotte and David Brown papers
Collection
Identifier: 648
Content Description
Through Operation Crossroads Africa, Drs. Charlotte and David Brown worked on medical projects and helped run several hospitals in Africa, in particular the Eastern Clinic in Mobai, Sierra Leone from 1962 to the present. The materials in this collection consists of scrapbooks and correspondence related to a trip to Ekwendeni, Nyasaland, in 1962 by the Brown family; scrapbooks, news clippings and correspondence regarding Dr. David Brown’s work with the Eastern Clinic, which was founded by Dr....
Dates:
Other: 1962-2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ida F. Hayden diary
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2077
Scope and Contents
The travel diary of Ida F. Hayden consists of 84 handwritten pages detailing her travels in southern and eastern Africa, parts of the Middle East, and Europe from January to May 1907. Traveling by steam ship with companions, Hayden details her travels, the weather, interactions with fellow travelers, and visits to cities and towns along the way. The diary begins on 4 January 1907 with Hayden's departure from Greytown, South Africa, to Durban. She travels on the ...
Dates:
Created: 1907; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1968
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
Ida Vera Simonton postcards
Collection
Identifier: 2194
Scope and Contents
This consists of three picture postcards, dated 1906 to 1907, from Ida Vera Simonton to George Seibel of The Gazette-Times of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In one postcard, Simonton writes of a "voyage with a cannibal crew." The postcards, each with a brief personal message, depict a street scene in Dakar, Senegal; a hunting party in the Congo; and a village in French Congo.
Dates:
Created: 1906-1907; Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1973
Found in:
Amistad Research Center