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Collection of Zanzibar Trade Documents, 1806-1905, 1954, undated
Collection of Zanzibar Trade Documents contains correspondence, photographs, contracts, and two Arabic manuscript volumes. The material included in this collection is chiefly related to trade and diplomatic relations between the United States and the Sultanate of Zanzibar in the 19th century.
Edwin Vernon Morgan Journals, 1896-1905, 1926, undated
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.
Richard P. Waters Papers, 1830-1939, undated
Although the papers range from 1831-1939, the bulk of the materials concern the mercantile activities of Richard P. Waters and his brother, John G. Waters at Zanzibar and Madagascar in the 1830s and 1840s.