Robert Siddell Collection, ca. 1903-1922, bulk (bulk 1908-1909)

Summary

Creators:

Siddell (Robert)

Extent:

.4 linear feet (1 document box)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains more than 200 picture postcards, black/white and color, from a 1909 trip that Robert Siddell took to South America (Guyana - then British, Dutch, and French Guiana) and the West Indies (Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Dominica, Martinique, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Trinidad, Virgin Islands - then the Danish West Indies), as well as other places such as Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia), Turkey (Constantinople), and the U.S. (Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan) at other times. Also included are a few letters, photographs, and ephemera, some relating to the American College for Girls in Constantinople during and just after World War I.

The collection was donated by Mae K. Siddell, wife of Robert Siddell and Santa Barbara resident, in 1969.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Mae K. Siddell, 1969.

Physical location:

Del Sur

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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