Oswell, William Edward. Collection of about 50 letters written during a fourteen year period to Mr. William Morris Colles, his agent
Object Details
- General note
- The letters range from 1 to 4 pages and are all handwritten and signed. M121 is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list, of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 50 Items (Correspondence, 4.25 x 7 in. - 5 x 8 in.)
- Date
- 1898 - 1901
- Container
- Item M121
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- The letters deal mainly with matters relating to the publication of Oswell's book by Heinemann, details of his father's life, and requesting meetings on various subjects. Many of the letters deal with problems in illustrations by Joseph Wolf. The book was one of the first illustrated by Wolf and the letters give some insight into some of the artist's problems in drawing African animals for which he later became famous.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890713-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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