Object Details
- General note
- From the Nelson archival collection. NelA002 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 8: Robert Henry Nelson personal papers
- Extent
- 7 Items (Artifacts (object genre), 8.5 x 10 x 0.25 in. or smaller.)
- Date
- circa 1800 - 1899
- Container
- Item NelA002
- 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
- Includes: 4 x 6 x 0.5in., brown crocodile leather with metal edging and latch; 3 x 4.5 x 0.2in., Boudet, black leather bi-fold with monongram (RHN), stylus, and includes note and stamp; 3 x 4.5 x 0.25in., brown suede bi-fold with bone pick; 2.75 x 4.25 x 0.25in., maroon leather bi-fold with two empty oval photograph frames; 4 x 5.25 x 0.5in., black leather with metal edging and latch; 6 x 9 x 0.25in., green leather bi-fold with latch and stylus; and 8.5 x 10 x 0.25in., Inchbold & Viney, black leather bi-fold.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890739-5
