Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Contract with Peru, Discharge and Letter of Thanks, 1872-1874, 1896-1901
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
The contract was between Noland, Civil Engineer, and J.R. Tucker, President of the Amazon Hydrographic Commission of Peru (April 10, 1872). Also present is a letter of thanks for services rendered to the steam launch "Mayro" during the voyage to Iquitos, Peru (August 11, 1873), and a final letter of thanks from the Peruvian government for the successful completion of the mission (December 4, 1874). There is a letter from Senator Thomas S. Martin describing his efforts through the...
Dates:
1872-1874, 1896-1901
Correspondence and Negotiations concerning the Probable Gold Fields located in Peru by Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland and others, 1899-1900
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
A packet of typed letters translated and bound together with the notation “C” on the back include the following correspondents and topics:
Manuel Santillan wrote Alexander W. Thornely about the opportunities for mining the riches of the area of the Marañon River region of Peru, including gold dust, rubber trees, and chocolate (February 6, 1899). Abraham Madina wrote to Manuel Santillan about the danger from indigenous peoples in the region creating difficulties in harvesting...
Dates:
1899-1900
Correspondence and Negotiations concerning the Probable Gold Fields located in Peru by Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland and others, bulk: 1904-1906, 1964
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Contains a print copy in Spanish and hand-written English translation of the transfer of an agreement of The Inca Gold Development Corporation of Peru, Limited, with the government of Peru for the right to dredge the Inambari River, Province of Carabaya, April 29, 1904. Other correspondents writing about the project or furnishing letters of introduction March 22-23, 1906) include A.J. Montague, E.B. Thomason, Nelson B. Noland, Irving B. Dudley, Z.A. Loredo. The folder also...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1904-1906, 1964
Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland's Peruvian Amazon Exploration Journal, 1873 February 18-1874 December 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Journal
The journal kept by Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland describes his travels and adventures as a member of the Hydraulic Commission of Peru in the upper Amazon region while making accurate navigational charts for the tributaries of the Amazon. The Commission began their mission by leaving Iquitos, Peru, with two boats, the launch “Mairo” and the steamer, the "Tambo, with Noland being aboard the "Mairo" as the civil engineer.The handwritten journal also contains some drawings,...
Dates:
1873 February 18-1874 December 1
Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland's Peruvian Amazon Exploration Journal - Excerpts selected for possible publication, 1875
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland's time in Peru, and contains his journal, a typed transcript of the journal by Mary Noland Young, photographs (chiefly albumen prints) of items, places, and peoples in the Amazon, correspondence (including drafts and translations), and legal documents. Also present are oversize blueprint maps of the Peruvian Amazon region drawn by Noland, a "Map of a Section of South America - Peru, a Vertical Cross Section of the Continent...
Dates:
1875
Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland's Peruvian Amazon Exploration Journal - Transcription by Mary Noland Young, with a copy of the "Report of the Hydrographic Commission of Peru on the Amazon River", 2020 March
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland's time in Peru, and contains his journal, a typed transcript of the journal by Mary Noland Young, photographs (chiefly albumen prints) of items, places, and peoples in the Amazon, correspondence (including drafts and translations), and legal documents. Also present are oversize blueprint maps of the Peruvian Amazon region drawn by Noland, a "Map of a Section of South America - Peru, a Vertical Cross Section of the Continent...
Dates:
2020 March
Reports of Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland on the existence of Gold Fields in the Peruvian Amazon area, circa 1975
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Reports include A "Some Facts About the Peruvian Amazon,B "Recapitulated and Condensed," and "Something about Gold Fields, know to exist, but not now definitely located, in Rich Peru." Noland wrote these to interest investors and raise money to find and mine gold in the Peruvian Amazon region.
Dates:
circa 1975