C. Chaillé-Long papers, 1809-1918 (bulk 1863-1918).
- 1,800 items. 3 containers. 2 microfilm reels. 1.2 linear feet.
Open to research.
Personal and official correspondence, articles, speeches, news clippings, scrapbook, awards, commissions, maps, and photographs concerning Chaillé-Long's exploration of the headwaters of the Nile, his service as chief of staff to Charles George Gordon in Egypt, his activities as acting U.S. consul general in Alexandria during the bombardment by the British in 1882, and African and Korean geography. Correspondents include D.F. Ardouin; Oreste Baratieri; Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford; Montgomery Blair; Sue Virginia Field; J.C. Aristide Gavillot; Paul Giraud; Ismail, Khedive of Egypt; Jean Jules Jusserand; Charles Marie Le Myre de Vilers; Paul H. Orillat; Edward Dean Proctor; Paul Taillet; and Henry Vignaud.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975.
Soldier, explorer, and diplomat.
Collection material in English and French, with Italian,Arabic,Turkish,Japanese, and other languages
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010128
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Ardouin, D. F.--Correspondence. Baratieri, Oreste--Correspondence. Beresford, Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron, 1846-1919 --Correspondence. Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883 --Correspondence. Field, Sue Virginia--Correspondence. Gavillot, J. C. Aristide 1837- --Correspondence. Giraud, Paul--Correspondence. Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885. Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 1830-1895 --Correspondence. Jusserand, J. J. 1855-1932 --Correspondence. Le Myre de Vilers, Charles Marie, 1833-1918 --Correspondence. Orillat, Paul H.--Correspondence. Proctor, Edward Dean--Correspondence. Taillet, Paul--Correspondence. Vignaud, Henry, 1830-1922 --Correspondence.
Geography--Africa. Geography--Korea.
Africa--Discovery and exploration. Alexandria (Egypt)--History--Bombardment, 1882. Egypt--History--British occupation, 1882-1936. Nile River--Discovery and exploration.