Object Details
- General note
- M188 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
- See more items in
- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 Item (Correspondence, 8.5 x 11 in.)
- Date
- 1960 June 5
- Container
- Item M188
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- Says Edmund Caldwell was the finest illustrator of African books. He had just received a letter from Tony Sanchez. Talks about photos someone took of him in London. Compares the quality of ivory from different regions of Africa. How he was unable to persuade his assistant Aly to call him John instead of Bwana despite the fact that they were sleeping under same tent, etc.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890733-0
