Diary Series History and Notes

A journal of commercial voyages and domestic life on the Tigris River -- subjects and notes in diaries 47-49.

Pohrlitz, Czechoslovakia; Jewish community.

Copy of article on Jewish history of Porhlitz, today Pohořelice in the Czech Republic. Copy of letter from Dr. D. Whiteman describing experiences in Czechoslovakia during research trip 1988. Contains xeroxed photos of community leadership of Pohrlitz.

Erinnerungen 1861-1925

Fragment of author's mother's (born 1861) memories; author's father came from Hungary and attended Pressburg Yeshiva; orthodox Jewish family; main part of childhood in Mesingwerk near Eberswalde in orthodox Jewish milieu; Hirsch, Rosenblueth and Calvary families in Messingwerk and Berlin; recreational travel; move to Berlin in 1911; father's house was center for Zionist youth in Berlin.

To Greta: The Biography of Kurt Tauber 1914-1995

The memoir contains poems, eulogies and family photos and was written in 1995 in Connecticut. Recollections of the author's childhood in an orthodox Jewish family in the Leopoldstadt, the second district in Vienna. He was the third of four children. His father was a businessman who was dealing with clothing and textile. Kurt was enrolled in the same class as his older brother Hans at Gymnasium. Memories of his Bar Mitzvah celebration. Cello lessons and concerts with his brother Hans. After graduation Kurt started to study medicine at the Anatomic Institute of Julius Tandler at the Vienna University. Member of the liberal medical students' union "Wiener Mediziner". Acquaintance with his future-wife Greta. Skiing trip in the mountains. Antisemitic attacks at University, particularly within the faculties of law and medicine. Arrest under the false accusation of distributing illegal literature. In January 1938 Greta and Kurt Tauber were married. Worsening of political situation and rising of the illegal Nazi movement in Austria. Recollections of the "Anschluss" (Nazi take-over) in March 1938. Affidavit for Greta and Kurt from her brother in the United States. In June 1938 they went to London, where they waited for their visas to the US. Fervent attempts to arrange exit permits for their families in Vienna. Greta and Kurt Tauber arrived in New York in October of 1938. Difficult start at the beginning. Kurt started to work in a bakery. Greta and Kurt moved to a small apartment in the Lower East Side. Move to Queens with Greta's parents. Kurt's parents arrived in 1940 and moved to Washington Heights. Kurt and Greta started a baking business in Kew Gardens, Queens. Birth of their daughters Judy in 1941 and Ellen in 1944. Recollections of Passover family celebrations and vacations in the mountains and at Fleischmann's in the Catskills. Description of business encounters and family events, such as the birth of their grandchildren. Journey to Israel. Retirement and

Es war einmal 1882-1902

Childhood in Berlin; cultural life in fin-de-siecle Berlin; voyages and travels; marriage with physician Ernst Gustav Levin; contains newspaper clippings on author's mother, the social worker Hermine Lesser, copies of letter by the author from 1942, poems by Ernst Ludwig Levin

Wagner Kokisch Family Correspondence 1902-1949

The bulk of the correspondence was sent 1939-1941 from Anna Deutsch and then 1945/46 from Irene Lichtblau-Reger, both in Vienna, Austria, to Adele and Margarete Wagner, who lived with the Kokisch family (Ernest, Gertrud and Ron) in New York.

Viagens extraordinárias e ucronias ficcionais: uma possível arqueologia do steampunk em literatura

A presente dissertação procura examinar o fenômeno do subgênero steampunk na literatura de ficção científica contemporânea, rastreando suas origens e analisando suas definições. O steampunk, em sua forma mais comum, trabalha com projeções contrafactuais do passado vitoriano, criando ambientações retrofuturistas para narrar suas histórias. A partir de indícios levantados por pesquisadores sobre a marcante influência cinematográfica sobre esta vertente, em especial das releituras feitas por Hollywood dos scientific romances britânicos e das voyages extraordinaires de Júlio Verne, procurou-se fazer uma espécie de arqueologia do subgênero a partir do projeto editorial original de Júlio Verne e seu editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel, projeto que, desde o seu início, possuía um caráter interdisciplinar e intertextual e que vai permanecer influenciando a ficção científica desde o seu estabelecimento como gênero literário autônomo. Em seguida, tentou-se demonstrar a afinidade da arte cinematográfica, desde seus primórdios, com esse projeto e abordar suas experiências de tradução visual deste universo como um desdobramento natural do corpo textual. Por último, analisou-se os componentes do steampunk (viagens no tempo, história contrafactual, mundos paralelos, ucronias ficcionais) e contextualizamos a vertente brasileira do subgênero no advento do novo romance histórico e no aumento da demanda por livros de divulgação histórica em virtude da efeméride dos 500 anos do Descobrimento do Brasil.

Naturaleza, paisaje y memoria: alturas y ciudades del Reino de Qutio en la experiencia viajera del siglo XVIII (Estudios)

A mediados del siglo XVIII las alturas de los Andes del Reino de Quito, al igual que sus centros urbanos, fueron visitadas por viajeros naturalistas y misioneros. Este artículo explora cómo algunos de esos viajeros percibieron, construyeron y recordaron desde dos puntos de vista distintos la naturaleza y el paisaje. Tras exponer las categorías y enfoques empleados, el artículo explora dos tipos de percepción y memoria de la naturaleza: el sobrenatural y el naturalista. Finalmente, se analiza el paisaje urbano en cuya construcción escrita se combinaron las antiguas ideas del orden colonial con la perspectiva de la prosperidad terrenal, correlato del interés por las ciencias aplicadas que animaba la exploración de las alturas nevadas y de los volcanes.

Mirada de viajeros e historiografía: la campaña de Buenos Aires al concluir el s. XVIII (Estudios)

El artículo revisa los relatos de Francisco de Amigorena y de Alexander Gillespie, un funcionario y un militar, escritos a fines del siglo XVIII e inicios del XIX, que han sido la base de la historiografía tradicional argentina sobre el mundo rural de Buenos Aires. Desde la perspectiva de la nueva historiografía económica argentina y de la historia del paisaje, replantea la imagen de la conformación de las clases dominantes rurales de la época y el papel económico del interior de la pampa de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Específicamente, el artículo cuestiona la idea de un espacio desierto, tal como la pintó la historiografía romántica, y propone el perfil de un hinterland heterogéneo, dedicado a distintas actividades.

O mar e as viagens: épico e romance antigo em Galáxias, de Haroldo de Campos

The aim of this paper is to discuss the presence of epic and ancient romance as construction’s mechanism of the poem Galáxias by Haroldo de Campos, whose work was, all of the time, dedicated to both: innovation in poetry forms and rescue of tradition. It is quite important to investigate how epic and ancient narrative elements contribute to the meaning construction of poem Galaxias, written by Campos during thirteen years. This investigation appears to be very challenging because seems to be an opportunity to think about post-modern and post-antique, at the same time, making both instances dialogue. Galáxias seems to be exemplary to show this dialogue between present and past: it is a sea voyage book and a book as sea voyage, not only because the epic and ancient narrative have strong presence in the poem, but also because the poem central theme is the sea voyages – and the book.

Bill of disbursments [for the] sch[oone]r Lydia : manuscript, 1790

List of ship's expenses between Feb. 7 and May 25; dated at Aux Cayes, (Haiti) May 27, 1790; includes money paid to an interpreter at Tobago, workers for ship maintenance, and various harbor officials; and notation of purchases for goods such as sugar, coffee, rice, tar, food, and rum.

Collection of Mary Gardner Marshall, 1795-1957 (inclusive)

Collection consists mainly of correspondence among family members and includes courtship correspondence of J. Doddridge to Julia, 1868-1875, and of Elsa and her future husband, Courtenay Hemenway, 1908-1912. Also included are photographs, genealogical material, a diary, commonplace and wedding books.

Hombres y piedras; al margen del Baedeker,

Mode of access: Internet.

En viaje, 1881-1882 /

Mode of access: Internet.

En viaje, 1881-1882.

Mode of access: Internet.