(TRAVEL) Large archive of Whitman family papers including tr

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(TRAVEL.) Large archive of Whitman family papers, including travels in South America and India. Hundreds of items in 2 boxes (2 linear feet); various conditions. Vp, 1819-1945

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The central figures in this collection are Mary Chase Hamilton Whitman (1844-1918), usually known as Minnie, and her husband Bernard Whitman (1834-1885). Bernard was an engineer and railroad developer whose work brought the family to Colombia and Brazil. After his premature death, Minnie returned to Boston and lectured frequently about her travels, in addition to her work as an officer with Unitarian minister Edward Everett Hale's Lend a Hand Society. This collection includes several letters to and from Bernard while in South America, 1871-85; his undated and incomplete 50-page lecture on his 1867 journey up the Amazon River; and her lecture notes on Colombia, Brazil, and India. The collection also includes correspondence of Bernard's father, the Rev. Jason Whitman (1799-1848) and several other family members; two family Bibles; an extensive collection of family photographs; and 14 books and pamphlets by or about the Whitman family. The earliest document is a town pauper report from Middleton, MA dated 1819. A more detailed inventory is available by request.