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George Earl Church family collection (MS.2016.012)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Margarita Palacios de Lopez Videla (A2016.032)

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 George Earl Church letters to Margarita and her fiance Daniel Lopez Videla
Contents Note: 59 letters all written in Spanish.
1891-1909
Box 1, Folder 1 Estate of George Earl Church
Contents Note: 11 documents in Spanish and 1 document in English.
1910-1911

Series 2. Nora Church Pedrazzoli (A2016.033)

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 2 Last Will and Testament of George Earl Church
1909
Box 1, Folder 2 Genealogy Chart of Church family showing descent to Lesley Church Graham
Box 1, Folder 2 George Earl Church letters to Nora and her fiance Antonio Pedrazzoli
1897-1898
Box 1, Folder 2 Newspaper article: Brazil has abandoned 'railroad to hell'
Box 1, Folder 2 Affadavit by Nora Church Pedrazzoli about her parents
1938
Box 1, Folder 2 Copy of Death Certificate of George Earl Church, died January 4, 1910
1959
Box 1, Folder 2 Copy of Death Certificate of Olivia Sconzia, died June 23, 1916
1959
Box 1, Folder 2 In Memoriam: George Earl Church
1910

Series 3. Biographical materials (A2013.052)

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 3 Charles Makey to George Earl Church
1889 December 4
Box 1, Folder 3 W.R. Sullivan to George Earl Church
1889 December 15
Box 1, Folder 3 Church Family Genealogy: 1608 to 1975
1975
Box 1, Folder 3 Photograph of train engine "Colonel Church" in Porto Velho, Brazil with accompanying letter from W.A. Senten to George Earl Church (b.1924)
1980 May 30
Box 2, Folder 1 Biographical material relating to Colonel George Earl Church
Accession Number: yjFac C47
1870-1908

Series 4. Research materials

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 2 Arica - photographs
Contents Note: Photographs made by Ricardo Villaalba. Views of Arica after the earthquake of August 13, 1868. In 1868 Arica was part of Peru. Includes image of beached boats USS "Wateree" and of the Peruvian corvette "America" in the background after the tsunami caused by the earthquake.
Accession Number: ztG Ar4
1868, undated
Box 2, Folder 3 Argentine finance - "The Statist"
Accession Number: zgHT Ar7
1890
Box 2, Folder 4 Argentine Republic - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: zgG Ar7
1886
Box 2, Folder 5 Aymara Indians (Bolivia) - carte-de-visite photographs
Contents Note: 3 photographs by Ricardo Villaalba. 2 photographs by Rodrigo Y Cia (Carlos E. Rodrigo from Tacna, Peru). 2 photographs by unidentified photographer. See also "South American views" for additional images of indigenous people.
Accession Number: ZqPy Ay5
undated
Box 2, Folder 6 Babylon - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: Gmc Ar7
1887
Box 2, Folder 7 Baillairge, C.P.F. - articles extracted from various periodicals
Accession Number: Frqac B15a
1896-1908
Box 2, Folder 8 Bolivia - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: zqG Ar7
1882-1905
Box 2, Folder 9 Brazil - Treaty of November 17, 1903 with Bolivia
Accession Number: ywJXTR B72
1903-1904
Box 2, Folder 10 Brazil and Don Pedro II - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: ywF B27
1889
Box 2, Folder 11 Brazil: Revolution 19 November 1889-3 December 1889 - letters and newspaper clippings
Accession Number: ywF Ar7
1889
Box 3X, Folder 1 Central American Unity - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: xgG C33
1907
Box 2, Folder 12 China - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: Gna Ar7
1895-1902
Box 2, Folder 13 Clayton-Bulwer and Hay Paunceforte Treaties - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: JXTR C57
1902
Box 3X, Folder 2 Colombia - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: ylG Ar7
1907
Box 2, Folder 14 Columbus - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: Grh C72a
1904
Box 2, Folder 15 Costa Rica - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: xnG Ar7
1895
Box 2, Folder 16 De Lesseps, death of - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: ykHJC L56
1894
Box 2, Folder 17 El Tratado Boliviano-Brasileno - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: zqJXB T69
1904
Box 2, Folder 18 The Guayaquil and Quito railway of Ecuador (published in The Railway Age)
Accession Number: zwHJR G93
1902
Box 2, Folder 19 George Earl Church - Old Homestead of the Churches, (Rochester, MA)
Accession Number: yjFac C47
c. 1892
Box 2, Folder 20 Quechua Indians of Peru (Quichua or Kechua) - carte-de-visite photographs
Contents Note: 8 carte-de-visite black and white photographs by photographers Ricardo Villaalba and Rodrigo Y Cia (Carlos E. Rodrigo from Tacna, Peru). See also "South American views" for additional images of indigenous people.
Accession Number: zt PY K23
undated
Box 2, Folder 21 Nicaragua and Panama Canal - newspaper clippings and correspondence
Accession Number: xlHJC Ar71
1893-1900
Box 2, Folder 22 The Nicaragua Canal - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: xLHJC Ar7
1895
Box 2, Folder 23 Philippines - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: Gnq Ar7
1904
Box 3X, Folder 3 Mexico and Argentina - photographs and prints
Contents Note: Includes panoramic photograph of Great Mines of Fresnillo Mountains in Zacatecas, Mexico, west of San Luis Potosí. The lithographs are from Argentina and were made by Juan Leon Palliere, born in Brazil but a French national living in Buenos Aires (around 1855).
Accession Number: xaF P83
1866, undated
Box 3X, Folder 4 River Coura Branch of Orinoco
Accession Number: ypG An2
1900-1902
Box 2, Folder 24 Silver mines of Mexico - pen and ink drawings
Contents Note: Drawings of the silver mine known as Santa Eulalia, in the Mexican State of Chihuahua.
Accession Number: xaRD Si3
undated
Box 2, Folder 25 Simon Bolivar - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: yjFac B64a
1883
Box 2, Folder 26 South American Views - carte-de-visite photographs
Contents Note: These images are primarily of indigenous people from South America. 9 photographs by Ricardo Villaalba. 10 photographs by Rodrigo Y Cia (Carlos E. Rodrigo from Tacna, Peru). 7 photographs with no photographer identified includes: General Tomas Mejia (Mexico); Bolucos [Botocudos] from Brazil; "Dwarf in Escobeda's liberal army". 2 photograhs by The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company including: "The Hairy Tribe - they inhabit the Andamann Islands about two days sail from Rangoon". 1 photograph by C. Leuzinger titled "Turtle shooting on the Medeira River".
Accession Number: yjG So81
undated
Box 2, Folder 27 Venezuela - newspaper clippings
Accession Number: ypG Ar7
1900-1905