Rumrill Letters/Melville (John H. Rumrill 1824-1901), 1846-1997

File — Box: 28, Folder: 18-22

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1846-1997

Creator

From the Collection: Warner, Truman A. 1920-1997 (Person)

Access Restrictions

Open for research without restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 63.5 Linear Feet (, 64 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Sub-Series: English

Additional Description

General note

Excerpts from The Individual and His Society: The Psychodynamics of Primitive Social Organizations by Abram Kardiner; letters and transcripts between James H. Rumrill and his mother, Mary Livermore, and sister Rachel Rumrill Nason of Boston between October 21, 1846, and July 28, 1901. Rumrill's journey to the South Pacific begins at the time when Herman Melville returned from his four years in the South Pacific.