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Herbert Ingram Priestley letters : ALS, 1901-1904.
BANC MSS 94/13 czLOCAL
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Title:

Herbert Ingram Priestley letters : ALS, 1901-1904

Creator/Contributor:

Priestley, Herbert Ingram, 1875-1944, creator

Abstract:

Letters written by Priestley when travelling to and from the Philippines and when teaching there. The letters provide a detailed narrative of ocean voyage from California via Hawaii, as well as later travels in Japan, China, Macao, and Hong Kong. Most letters were written to the author's mother, Sarah Parker Priestley (1843-1904). Includes typed transcriptions of most of the letters.

Date:

1901 (issued)

Subject:

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Teachers -- Philippines
Enseignants -- Philippines
Teachers
Travel
Philippines -- Description and travel
Japan -- Description and travel
China -- Description and travel
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) -- Description and travel
Philippines -- Descriptions et voyages
Japon -- Descriptions et voyages
Chine -- Descriptions et voyages
China
China -- Macau (Special Administrative Region)
Japan
Philippines

Note:

Herbert Ingram Priestley was a professor of Mexican history at the University of California, Berkeley, a staff member of The Bancroft Library after 1912, and director of the Library from 1940-1944.

Physical Description:

2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 94/13 czLOCAL

Origin:

Various places