Finding Aid for the Henri C.J. Heusken Papers, 1855-1861
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Henri C.J. Heusken Papers, 1855-1861
Collection number: 198
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, July 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Henri C.J. Heusken Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1855-1861
Collection number: 198
Creator:
Heusken, Henry C.J., 1832-1861
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Henri C.J. Heusken (1832-1861) served as secretary and interpreter for Townsend Harris, the first U.S. Consul-General in Japan.
The collection consists of the manuscript of the
Mémoires de Voyage of Henri C.J. Heuskens. The diary, illustrated with 37 original ink wash vignettes by the author, is an account of his voyage to and sojourn in
Siam, and later in Japan with Harris.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Swets & Zeitlinger C.V., purchase, 1952.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Henri C.J. Heusken Papers (Collection 198). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Heusken served as secretary and interpreter for Townsend Harris, the first U.S. Consul-General in Japan; he sailed from Brooklyn
Harbor in October 1855, reached Siam and later Japan; he died in the winter of 1861.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of the manuscript of the
Mémoires de Voyage of Henri C.J. Heuskens, who was secretary and interpreter for Townsend Harris, the first U.S. Consul-General in Japan. The diary, illustrated with
37 original ink wash vignettes by the author, is an account of his voyage to and sojourn in Siam, and later in Japan with
Harris.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Heusken, Henry C.J., 1832-1861--Diaries.
Translators--Archival resources.
Thailand--Description and travel.
Japan--Description and travel.
Related Material
Townsend Harris Papers (Collection 839). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Note
Description derived from in-house card file.
Box 1
Holograph manuscript diary, October 25, 1855-January 8, 1861.
Physical Description: (384 pp.).
Scope and Content Note
- Written by Heusken and entitled
Mémoires de Voyage, illlustrated with 37 original ink wash vignettes by the author.
- Diary is account of author's voyage to and sojourn in Siam, and later in Japan, as secretary and interpreter to Townsend Harris,
first U.S. Consul General to Japan.
Box 1
Record print reproduction of above-mentioned Diary.
Box 1
Henry C.J. Heusken, Interpreter to the First American Consular and Diplomatic Posts in Japan, by Richard S. Patterson.
Note
(In
American Foreign Service Journal, July 1947, vol.24 no.7, pp.14-15, 50-55.)
Record prints of original in Library of the University of Southern California.
