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The Rock collection consists of correspondence, photographs, diaries and unpublished manuscripts.
Sin títuloDiary includes monograph on the Island of Palmyra and diary of “My trip around the World begun Honolulu, Sept 14 1913 on USA Transport Thomas”
Sin títuloDiary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 7; Cho-ni to Wantsang 1926-1927 entitled Diary Vol.VII, Joseph F. Rock, Director Arnold Arboretum Harvard Expedition to West China and Tibet from August 24th 1926 to February 28th 1927.
Includes loose notes, pressed flower and Tibetan script
Joseph F.C. Rock’s annotated transcript of his diary volume 7, 1926-1927
Sin títuloDiary of Joseph F.C. Rock Volume 8, Cho-ni to Sung-pan, 1927 entitled Diary of Joseph F.C Rock, Director Arnold Arboretum Expedition, Vol. VIII, Journey from Choni via Tebbu country to Chungking, March 9th to April 18th [22nd], 1927.
Includes Sept. 14, Oct. 11 1952; Feb. 24-26 1954, New Year 1956-1957 and Aug. 31 1951.
Diary includes Chinese maps and ink sketches of Hawaiian landscapes.
Contains loose map of Minchow ['new country'] dated to 18 Dec. 1925 (with the compliments of J, McGillivray), pressed flowers and notes.
Annotated transcript of Rock’s Diary, Vol. 8, 1927 entitled 'Cho-ni to Sung-Pan; Journey from Cho-ni via The-wu country to Chung-Chang, Director Arnold Arboretum, Harvard Expedition. From March 9 to April 22 1927, Volume No. VIII (8)'
Transcript has been prepared for Rock and has been annotated by him to include corrections and Chinese / Tibetan characters.
Transcript is missing pages relating to the end of April 16th, April 17th and early April 18th 1927.
Transcript of Rock’s Diary, Vol. 8, 1927 entitled 'Cho-ni to Sung-Pan; Journey from Cho-ni via The-wu country to Chung-Cheng, Director Arnold Arboretum, Harvard Expedition. From March 9 to April 22 1927, Volume No. VIII (8)'
Transcript has been prepared for Rock and includes the corrections made in his annotated copy and although space has been left for him to add Chinese / Tibetan characters, this was not done.
