Voyages and travels

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Surgeon and naval officer. Correspondence (1860-1913) to and from Griffith regarding his experiences as a medical cadet with the U.S. Army during the Civil War, his participation in a U.S. naval expedition to Darien (modern Panama), and also regarding New Hope Seminary in the Choctaw Nation; diaries (1864-1870) regarding Griffith's travels abroad, and his emigration to Indian Territory; naval medical reports and requisition requests (1870-1871); petition (1894) from the residents of Sans Bois, Choctaw Nation, requesting that Griffith establish a medical practice there; certificates (1900-1917); a passport (1871); manuscripts (1864-1865) by Griffith concerning his Civil War experiences with Sherman's army in Georgia and North Carolina; and programs (1888-1931).

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Zoologist. Consumer rationing books (1943) issued during World War II to the Ortenburger family; and journals (1892-1898) of Charles C. Dean, Mrs. Ortenburger's father, regarding visits to Florida, Mexico and Guatemala. Also included is a letter (1921) from renowned herpetologist, Raymond L. Ditmars. A.I. Ortenburger Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Collector. A photocopy of Thomas Harrison's travel diary which he kept while on a Mediterranean cruise aboard the U.S.S. Susquehanna in 1860-1861. Harrison describes his impressions of various ports of call, and gives a complete list of expenses.

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Philanthropist. Correspondence (1923-1974), financial records (1922-1978), travel logs (1964-1978) of trips to Australia, the Pacific and the Near and Far East, and posters (ca. 1940) by British Railways. Also included are publications (1941-1963), including travel booklets.

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Collector. A diary of a tour of Spain and the Middle East, kept by a Mr. Covey who travelled with his wife.

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Oklahoma colonist in Bolivia. Correspondence (1924-1928) and memorabilia (1932-1936) from Marion Murray, the wife of Johnston Murray, to family members in Oklahoma regarding the experiences of the Murray family in Bolivia, the establishment of William H. Murray's colony, and its daily operation. A number of letters contain diagrams of the colony's layout. Marion Draughon Unger Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Collector. A manuscript recounting a journey made in 1857 by Campbell's family over the Oregon Trail to Colorado to prospect for silver.

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Typographer. Correspondence (1847-1869) from Eliza E. Dodd and Frank Ellis regarding family news and a trip on a Michigan packet boat in 1847; diary (1877) of an unidentified woman regarding her experiences as a teacher; scrapbooks (1877-1882) with clippings, correspondence, etc.; and publications (1882-1955). Also in this collection are diplomas (1876-1878) awarded to a relative of Ransom's. Will Ransom Photograph Collection also in repository.