Box 1
Container
Contains 5 Results:
August 24-25, 1899 in Minnesota, through March 4-7, 1900 in Japan. Contains: Trip through mid-west back home to Aurora, NY; Samoan crisis: comments accompanied by newspaper photos and clippings; Trip to New England; Magazine article by Morgan about Samoa; Morgan's account of becoming Secretary of Legation at Seoul, Korea; Two John Milton Hay letters, Dec. 2 and 16, 1899; Travel to Japan via Canada; Yokohama and Tokyo; color pictures., 1899-1900
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains some of Edwin Vernon Morgan's personal journals, and represents an almost daily record of his life from 1899 to 1901, and 1905 to 1906, and photographs. The final journal is from 1926. While some entries reveal contemporary political and historical insights on Asian events of the time, Morgan's journals mainly document dinners, concerts, and other leisure functions. Morgan supplemented his journal with such interesting souvenirs as postcards,...
Dates:
1896-1905, 1926, undated
March 7-9, 1900 in Japan, through March 29-30, 1901 in Korea. Contains: Work and recreation as American Secretary of Legation in Seoul, Korea; Collection of calling cards from various dignitaries; Notes and clippings about unrest and fighting along border of Korea and China; Two John Milton Hay letters, Sept. 9 and Dec. 29, 1900; Black and white photos from Korea, 1900-1901
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains some of Edwin Vernon Morgan's personal journals, and represents an almost daily record of his life from 1899 to 1901, and 1905 to 1906, and photographs. The final journal is from 1926. While some entries reveal contemporary political and historical insights on Asian events of the time, Morgan's journals mainly document dinners, concerts, and other leisure functions. Morgan supplemented his journal with such interesting souvenirs as postcards,...
Dates:
1896-1905, 1926, undated
April 1, 1901 in Nagasaki, Japan, through Dec. 31, 1901 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Contains: Trip from Japan to Russia via Suez, including stops in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Europe; Work and recreation as second secretary of the United States embassy in St. Petersburg, Russia; Many original programs, menus, invitations; Black and white photos of Russian royal family, July 1901, 1901
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains some of Edwin Vernon Morgan's personal journals, and represents an almost daily record of his life from 1899 to 1901, and 1905 to 1906, and photographs. The final journal is from 1926. While some entries reveal contemporary political and historical insights on Asian events of the time, Morgan's journals mainly document dinners, concerts, and other leisure functions. Morgan supplemented his journal with such interesting souvenirs as postcards,...
Dates:
1896-1905, 1926, undated
Feb. 25, 1904 in Aurora, N.Y., through Oct. 17, 1904 in China. Contains: Account of trip west across country, with photos; Waiting for word from Washington about fulfilling appointment to Dalny (Darien), Manchuria; Hawaii to Japan to Korea to China; Color-tinted and black and white photos from U.S. and from Asia; Accounts of formal affairs and rural travels in various Asian areas; One signed letter from John Milton Hay; [variously dated newspaper clippings and photos], 1904
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains some of Edwin Vernon Morgan's personal journals, and represents an almost daily record of his life from 1899 to 1901, and 1905 to 1906, and photographs. The final journal is from 1926. While some entries reveal contemporary political and historical insights on Asian events of the time, Morgan's journals mainly document dinners, concerts, and other leisure functions. Morgan supplemented his journal with such interesting souvenirs as postcards,...
Dates:
1896-1905, 1926, undated
October 18, 1904 in China, through June 27, 1905 in Korea. Contains: China, including Shanghai and Nanking (Nanjing); Singapore to Egypt to Europe to U.S.; Washington / souvenirs from Pres. Theodore Roosevelt inauguration; Aurora, N.Y. / re: gift to Wells College; Chicago to California to Japan., 1904-1905
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
This collection contains some of Edwin Vernon Morgan's personal journals, and represents an almost daily record of his life from 1899 to 1901, and 1905 to 1906, and photographs. The final journal is from 1926. While some entries reveal contemporary political and historical insights on Asian events of the time, Morgan's journals mainly document dinners, concerts, and other leisure functions. Morgan supplemented his journal with such interesting souvenirs as postcards,...
Dates:
1896-1905, 1926, undated