Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917. Autograph title page for African nature notes and reminiscences, bearing Selous' signature, together with a typescript of the Preface
Object Details
- General note
- Containing many penciled corrections in the author's hand, plus a further page of pencil notes for Chapter IX "Notes on the Tsetse fly". M144 is the 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
- 5 Pages (Correspondence, 7 x 9 in. - 8.5 x 11 in.)
- Date
- 1907 July 27
- Container
- Item M144
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Pages
- 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 corrections to the Preface all appear in the published version of the book with the exception of the lengthy paragraph concerning President Roosevelt on page 3.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890720-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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