Mary French Sheldon papers, 1885-1938.
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Mixed materialsDescription: 1,350 items; 7 containers plus 1 oversize; 2.8 linear feetSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: Correspondence, writings, lectures, notes, address book, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers primarily concerning Sheldon's interest in Africa, particularly the Belgian Congo (later the Democratic Republic of Congo). Includes fictional writings, translations of works including Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert, and an unpublished work relating to the Congo. Correspondents include Henry M. Stanley; Albert I, King of the Belgians; and several of Albert's cabinet ministers.
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Correspondence, writings, lectures, notes, address book, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers primarily concerning Sheldon's interest in Africa, particularly the Belgian Congo (later the Democratic Republic of Congo). Includes fictional writings, translations of works including Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert, and an unpublished work relating to the Congo. Correspondents include Henry M. Stanley; Albert I, King of the Belgians; and several of Albert's cabinet ministers.
Negative nitrate films transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Commemorative medal transferred to Smithsonian Institution.
Author, lecturer, and explorer. Also known as May French Sheldon.
Collection material in English.
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