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Bishop, William Henry, 1847-1928. William Henry Bishop papers, 1800-1927 (inclusive), 1874-1927 (bulk).

Title: William Henry Bishop papers, 1800-1927 (inclusive), 1874-1927 (bulk).

Author, diplomat. Diaries, consular papers documenting his service in Italy and miscellaneous personal papers including correspondence with William Dean Howells and Armando Palacio Valdʹes, notebooks, genealogical materials, subjects files on Maria Bashkirtseff and a few papers of his son, Julian B. Bishop, who died in 1912.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (22 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702165878 View

William Henry Bishop papers, 1800-1930

Title: William Henry Bishop papers 1800-1930

Author, diplomat. Diaries, consular papers documenting his service in Italy and miscellaneous personal papers including correspondence with William Dean Howells and Armando Palacio Valdés, notebooks, genealogical materials, subjects files on Maria Bashkirtseff and a few papers of his son, Julian B. Bishop, who died in 1912. William Henry Bishop's diaries, which make up half the collection, are in 127 volumes spanning the years of 1874-1928 and reflect his extensive travels in the United States and Italy. His consular papers contain correspondence, notes, clippings and photographs on political and social conditions in Italy (1903-1910) with material relating to the self-styled Duca di Santa Elisabetta, 1904-1910; the Petrosino murder case, 1904-1912; public security in Sicily, 1907; the Messina earthquakes, 1906-1908; consular relations between Panama and Palermo, 1905; material on immigration from Sicily; and material on the Taraca Expedition in the Philippines. The 2012-M-035 addition to the William Henry Bishop papers include consular material, correspondence, draft manuscripts and notes from 1841 to 1930.

ArchivalResource: 13.75 linear feet (29 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0083 View