Description: Elizabeth Dunbar collection of papers about Talcott Williams

Elizabeth Dunbar collection of papers about Talcott Williams

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Main Author:	Dunbar, Elizabeth (Creator)
Collection:	Elizabeth Dunbar Collection of Papers About Talcott Williams
Collection Number:	0717
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects and Genres:	Williams, Talcott > 1849-1928 Africa > Description and Travel > 19th century. Biography > 20th century. Historians > Research Material. Journalism > 19th century. Journalism > 20th century.
Online Access:	Link to finding aid
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Physical Description:	0.4 Linear feet ; 1 box, 1 flat file
Summary:	This collection contains typewritten copies of letters, testimonials, addresses, obituaries, tributes of African Americans, bibliographical notes, mementoes, and sketches, gathered by Elizabeth Dunbar for a biography of Talcott Williams. Included are letters, 1933, addressed to Elizabeth Dunbar; papers on Morocco, the Muslim world, and related subjects. This small collection consists mainly of typewritten copies of letters, testimonials, addresses, obituaries, tributes of African Americans, bibliographical notes, mementoes, and sketches, gathered by Elizabeth Dunbar for a biography of Talcott Williams. His collected writings are a substantial portion of the collection. Subjects include: emigration and colonization of the African coasts and Haiti; the English language, journalism, politics, academics, Philadelphia, and religion (Islam, Confucianism, and Christianity). Williams was an advocate for the disenfranchised, seen in his writings on child welfare and civil rights. There is also a significant amount of Williams’ writings on his trip to Morocco in 1898, including anthropological and archaeological notes, and a list of artifacts donated to the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The bracketed date span for this collection reflects the fact that this collection contains Dunbar’s contemporary copies of Williams’ correspondence. Researchers will also find a few original letters by Williams, as well. There is also a series of letters written to Elizabeth Dunbar about her research process. Dunbar’s book, Talcott Williams, Gentleman of the Fourth Estate was published in 1936.

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0.4 Linear feet ; 1 box, 1 flat file

Summary:

This collection contains typewritten copies of letters, testimonials, addresses, obituaries, tributes of African Americans, bibliographical notes, mementoes, and sketches, gathered by Elizabeth Dunbar for a biography of Talcott Williams. Included are letters, 1933, addressed to Elizabeth Dunbar; papers on Morocco, the Muslim world, and related subjects.
This small collection consists mainly of typewritten copies of letters, testimonials, addresses, obituaries, tributes of African Americans, bibliographical notes, mementoes, and sketches, gathered by Elizabeth Dunbar for a biography of Talcott Williams. His collected writings are a substantial portion of the collection. Subjects include: emigration and colonization of the African coasts and Haiti; the English language, journalism, politics, academics, Philadelphia, and religion (Islam, Confucianism, and Christianity). Williams was an advocate for the disenfranchised, seen in his writings on child welfare and civil rights. There is also a significant amount of Williams’ writings on his trip to Morocco in 1898, including anthropological and archaeological notes, and a list of artifacts donated to the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The bracketed date span for this collection reflects the fact that this collection contains Dunbar’s contemporary copies of Williams’ correspondence. Researchers will also find a few original letters by Williams, as well. There is also a series of letters written to Elizabeth Dunbar about her research process. Dunbar’s book, Talcott Williams, Gentleman of the Fourth Estate was published in 1936.

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