William Woodville Rockhill papers, 1826-1941.

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William Woodville Rockhill papers, 1826-1941.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612720345

Chiefly letters to William Woodville Rockhill from various correspondents including: Henry Adams, Horace Newton Allen, Samuel Beal, Henri Cordier, Chandra Das Sarat, William Foster, Alfred Edward Hippisley, Friedrich Hirth, Sir John Scott Keltie, Richard Olney, Theodore Roosevelt, Reinhold Rost, Thomas Watters, James Harrison Wilson, and John Russell Young. Also contains speeches and articles by William Woodville Rockhill and his diaries from 1908 to 1914. There is correspondence of Thomas C. Rockhill and a commonplace book about him. Finally, there are letterbooks with copies of typed letters to various people and an account book belonging to Edward Augustus Rockhill, among other materials.

34 boxes, 6 card file boxes, and 8 v. (18 linear ft.)

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Rockhill, Edward Augustus, 1824-1876

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Rockhill, William Woodville, 1854-1914

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Rockhill was an American scholar-diplomat known especially as the first Westerner to befriend and advise a Dalai Lama of Tibet. He was U.S. Minister to Greece, Romania, Serbia, China, Russia, and Turkey. From the guide to the William Woodville Rockhill papers, 1826-1941., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918

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Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, was educated at Harvard and served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, when he was Minister to England. He rejected a political career to teach history at Harvard and edit The North American review, 1870-1877, then returned to Washington. He wrote prolifically on many subjects and is best known for his Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904) and The education of Henry Adams (1907). From the description of Henry Adam...

Cordier, Henri, 1849-1925

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Das, Sarat Chandra, 1849-1917

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Hippisley, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward)

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Young, John Russell, 1840-1899

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Epithet: American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000574.0x000334 Irish American journalist, author, diplomat and Librarian of Congress. From the description of John Russell Young letters [manuscript], 1867-1891. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174958754 Journalist, editor, diplomat, and Librarian of Congress. From the description of John Russell Young paper...

Keltie, John Scott, Sir, 1840-1927

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Epithet: geographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x00013b ...

Beal, Samuel, 1825-1889

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1850 ordained deacon; 1851 ordained priest; c 1851-c 1852 curate, Brooke in Norfolk and Sopley in Hampshire; 1852-1877 naval chaplain; 1853 naval instructor; 1853-1857 appointed to HMS Sybille; 1857 acting naval interpreter; 1863-1867 chaplain to the marine artillery; 1867-1872 chaplain to the Pembroke dockyard; 1872-1873 chaplain of St George's, Portsea; 1873-1877 chaplain to the Devonport dockyard; 1877 professor of Chinese, University College London; 1877-c 1880 rector, Falstone ...

Olney, Richard, 1835-1917

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U.S. attorney general, U.S. secretary of state, and lawyer. From the description of Richard Olney papers, 1830-1928 (bulk 1893-1917). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131217 Counsel for Boston & Maine Railroad; Secretary of State under Grover Cleveland (1893-1897). From the description of Richard E. Olney collection, 1895-1974. (Falmouth Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70969627 Biographical Note ...

Allen, Horace Newton, 1858-1932

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Diplomat. From the description of Horace Newton Allen correspondence, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449300 Horace Newton Allen (1858-1932) was an American missionary, diplomat and physician. From the description of Horace Newton Allen papers, 1883-1923, bulk (1883-1905). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122314019 From the guide to the Horace Newton Allen papers, 1883-1923, 1883-1905, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division....

Foster, William, Sir, 1863-1951

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1882 Joined India Office; 1907-1923 Registrar and Superintendent of Records, India Office; 1923-1927 Historiographer. Epithet: historian and archivist Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x000329 ...

Hirth, Friedrich, 1845-1927

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Columbia professor; porcelain collector? From the description of Autograph letter signed : to J.P. Morgan, 1913 July 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270721409 R. R. Professor, Vienna. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Belle Greene, 1913 Apr. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270721392 R.R. Professor, Vienna. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Elsa Knopf to Belle Greene, 1913 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Rost, Reinhold, 1822-1896

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Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925

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Soldier, railroad builder, and author. From the description of James Harrison Wilson papers, circa 1862-1923 (bulk 1890-1915). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452964 Military engineer, Civil War general and cavalry commander, post-war railroad man. From the description of Papers, 1864-1876. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 62725438 American soldier and engineer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keo...

Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIII, 1876-1933

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Watters, Thomas, 1840-1901

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