Howell Wright collection 1868-1977

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Howell Wright collection 1868-1977

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0565

The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and printed material relating to the history of Rhodesia and South Africa, with specific focus on Jameson's Raid, 1895-1896, the Johannesburg Reform Committee, and Cecil John Rhodes. Correspondence includes letters with numerous individuals active in the government and military forces in South Africa and Rhodesia, and with friends, relatives, and associates of those individuals. These letters were solicited by Wright and contain the reminiscences of and comments about such figures as: Frederick Russell Burnham, Jack Carruthers, Louis Cohen, John Hays Hammond, J. B. M. Hertzog, Sir Leander Starr Jameson, Cecil Rhodes, George Bernard Shaw, and Jan Christian Smuts.

18.75 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6350621

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Wright, Howell, 1882-1954

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Howell Wright was born in Swansea, Massachusetts, on January 21, 1882. He graduated from Yale University (B.A., 1906) and served as a municipal official in Cleveland, Ohio, for several years. He collected books, manuscripts, and photographs on Rhodesia and South Africa until his death in 1954. From the guide to the Howell Wright collection, 1868-1977, (Manuscripts and Archives) Howell Wright was born in Swansea, Massachusetts, on January 21, 1882. He graduated from Yale Univ...