Folder 1
Container
Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence
File — Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, and copies of several personal reminiscences including an 1884 trip to Egypt to pilot a boat up the Nile River to relieve General Gordon's British troops and his autobiography "Memories and life of A.R. Russell" in two typed copies. One copy (14 leaves) is single spaced and fairly complete, the second copy is double-spaced (77 leaves) but is incomplete. Includes mention of his brief schooling, his first job as a steamboat pilot, working as a hired man in Missouri, his wedding,...
Dates:
1880-1967.
Personal reminiscences
File — Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, and copies of several personal reminiscences including an 1884 trip to Egypt to pilot a boat up the Nile River to relieve General Gordon's British troops and his autobiography "Memories and life of A.R. Russell" in two typed copies. One copy (14 leaves) is single spaced and fairly complete, the second copy is double-spaced (77 leaves) but is incomplete. Includes mention of his brief schooling, his first job as a steamboat pilot, working as a hired man in Missouri, his wedding,...
Dates:
1880-1967.
"Memories and life of A.R. Russell"
File — Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Correspondence, and copies of several personal reminiscences including an 1884 trip to Egypt to pilot a boat up the Nile River to relieve General Gordon's British troops and his autobiography "Memories and life of A.R. Russell" in two typed copies. One copy (14 leaves) is single spaced and fairly complete, the second copy is double-spaced (77 leaves) but is incomplete. Includes mention of his brief schooling, his first job as a steamboat pilot, working as a hired man in Missouri, his wedding,...
Dates:
1880-1967.