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Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Craw diary
Collection
Identifier: MS 386
Abstract:
The collection consists of the personal diary of Elizabeth Craw (1819-ca.1909), which records her journey from Ohio to see her soldier fiancé in Texas, and her experiences there. Craw’s fiancé fought and died at the Battle of the Alamo.
Dates:
1833-1841
Travelers in the Middle East collection of travel guides, narratives and images
Collection
Identifier: MS 585
Overview
This collection consists of the physical materials that are represented digitally in the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA), a collection created to make possible the study of Western interactions with the Middle East, particularly travel to Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The materials are of diverse types: images in the forms of post cards, photographs, and stereograph films; articles, pamphlets, and travel guidebooks; maps, and souvenirs.
Dates:
1852 - 2004