Samuel Dodd and Samuel Thompson Carter Dodd papers, circa 1925 -- 2014

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Samuel Dodd and Samuel Thompson Carter Dodd papers, circa 1925 -- 2014

This series contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.

0.5 linear feet; 0.5 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains a copy of Samuel Dodd's 1861-1877 journal detailing travels in China typed and with notes by his son, Samuel Thompson Carter Dodd, and including a preface by S.T.C. Dodd and his brother, John Nevius Dodd. This series also contains correspondence regarding Samuel Dodd and his wife Sarah Green Dodd, as well as about the acquisition of the collection; and photographs on CD from the original journal as well as from S.T.C. Dodd's album of a 1922 China trip mirroring his father's (this 1922 album is included in the collection but is restricted due to condition).

This series is arranged in rough chronological order.



Box 1 Folder 1-10 "The Journal of Rev. Samuel Dodd Covering his Trip to and Life in China 1861 to 1877; Copied and with comments by his son Samuel T. Dodd," pp. 1 - 306, circa 1925


Box 1 Folder 11 Index to "Journal," pp. 307 – 315, circa 1925


Box 1 Folder 12 Appendix: "Rambles in North China; Being an account of a trip during summer of 1873, by Rev. Samuel Dodd, through Shantung Province to Tien-tsin and Peking up into Mongolia and return" and "Trial by Water", circa 1925


Box 1 Folder 13 Typed copies: "Rambles in North China" and "Trial by Water", circa 1925


Box 1 Folder 14 Continuation of preface to diary by John Nevius Dodd and Samuel Thompson Dodd, June 1958


Box 1 Folder 15 Correspondence: regarding Samuel and Sarah Green Dodd, February 1945


Box 1 Folder 16 Photograph album by Samuel Thompson Dodd, 1922

This item is restricted due to physical condition; use folder 18 for access.


Box 1 Folder 17 Correspondence: collection acquisition, June -- October 1958


Box 1 Folder 18 Photographs from Journal (folders 1-10) and Album (folder 16) on CD; index to images, circa 2008 -- 2014