Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains the diary of John Page, a member of a Nile expedition headed by Lord Abercromby. Dated October 23, 1857 to February 16, 1858, the journal is 41 pages long, with approximately 10,000 words and titled, Nile Journal 1857-58. The diary covers the expedition from Alexandria to Cairo and, eventually, up the Nile. It is a narrative of place, people, ancient culture, as well as contemporary customs, daily events, and occurrences during the trip. There are no private thoughts...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains a letter, dated June 23, 1892, by Charles Chaillé-Long, an American soldier and a member of Charles Gordon’s staff in the Egyptian Equatoria province. The letter is to British explorer and abolitionist Samuel White Baker, Gordon’s predecessor as Governor-General of Equatoria. The letter addresses Chaillé-Long’s book that has a negative outlook on General Gordon. The letter also touches on several points of British policy in Africa and slavery. In...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains a letter from Sir Samuel Baker to his publisher, Mr. Macmillan. In the letter, Baker addresses Macmillan’s negotiations with Hachette for French translations of two of his books, and selects The Albert N’Yanza Great Basin of the Nile; And Exploration of the Nile Sources (1866), to be sent first to the Emperor. The collection also includes a letter from Florence Baker, Baker’s wife, detailing her nearing departure from London to Constantinople...

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This collection contains 47 photographs of temples and antiquities located in Upper Egypt, including over 30 images of the Egyptian temples of Karnak, Luxor, Thebes, Philae and Abu Simbel. Also included are general views and close-ups of architectural details, statues, or bas-reliefs.

Occasionally, the images feature the region's native inhabitants, ancient structures still in modern use, and ships - including Egyptian dahabiyas and steamships - on the Nile.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection contains 47 photographs of temples and antiquities located in Upper Egypt, including over 30 images of the Egyptian temples of Karnak, Luxor, Thebes, Philae and Abu Simbel. Also included are general views and close-ups of architectural details, statues, or bas-reliefs.

Occasionally, the images feature the region's native inhabitants, ancient structures still in modern use, and ships - including Egyptian dahabiyas and steamships - on the Nile.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains 46 photographs of Lower Egypt taken by Karl Herold in 1905. The photos concentrate primarily on modern Egypt - depicting railways, shipping, soldiers, market sellers and a public demonstration – as opposed to images of ruins from ancient Egypt. Throughout the photographs are the native inhabitants of Egypt but including the Bedouins, seen on their horses and camels, herding sheep and camels and often with large families. Also included is the image of a desert well...