Michitaro Sindo letters, 1901-1902.

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Michitaro Sindo letters, 1901-1902.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122369579

This collection contains three letters from Sindo to Cone. The letter of June 20, 1901, discusses his ichthyological work in Hawaii with Dr. Jordan and the Hawaiian countryside. The letter of Nov. 24, 1901, written at Stanford, concerns his academic work and his assessment of Japanese home and social life (in reaction to an article in OUTLOOK). The letter of July 31, 1902, written from Pago Pago, Samoa, discusses his ichthyological work there with Jordan and Dr. Kellogg, and his description of Samoa and its people, including his visit to Robert Louis Stevenson's residence and grave.

3 items (38 leaves)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6692657

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937

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Cone, Elizabeth.

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Sindo, Michitaro.

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Michitaro Sindo, a Japanese student at Stanford from 1900 to 1906, worked with David Starr Jordan on ichthyological studies and the Commission to study Hawaiian fishes. While at Stanford he was tutored by Elizabeth Cone, who earned her A.B. in English in 1901 and was a graduate student and assistant in the English Department, 1906-1908. From the description of Michitaro Sindo letters, 1901-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122369579 ...

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Stanford entered into a research project with the National Iranian Radio and Television agency in 1974 to study and recommend a satellite-based communication system for Iran and how to utilize it for Iran's educational radio and television. From the description of Stanford NIRT project records, 1974-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510722 The Leland Stanford Junior University was established in 1885 in memory of Leland Stanford Jr., the only child of Senator and Mrs. ...