Black-and-white photograph of Morris and Sidney Legendre, captioned on back: “San Diego, Cal., Morris Legendre, Mrs. Edgar Palmer, her daughter, Sidney Legendre, on board the yacht 'Guinavere' on their trip around the world. March 10th '26.”
Photograph of Mario Pansa with 'Pat,' 'The Captain,' 'Dee,' and 'Bruchlemeyer' on board the S.S. Conte Rosso, 1932. Captioned: “Pat the Captain. Dee and Bunchlemeyer. Ceylon 1932.“
A letter to Harold Cranston on Capers Island from James Vidal discussing his brother traveling to Hunting Island for palmettos, the enslaved persons Noble and Eugene repairing the plantation boat, requesting for the use of the enslaved man Dedfort in exchange for an enslaved boy, and Vidal suffering from a sickness.
A letter to Harold Cranston on Capers Island from James Vidal discussing an enslaved person named Dedfort, selling wood, the hiring of workmen, delivering wood to Sullivan's Island, boat captain Sinclair and purchasing tar.
A letter to Harold Cranston on Capers Island from James Vidal discussing Vidal's questioning of the enslaved persons. Concerning the enslaved persons, Vidal writes, "if you have too much familiarity, it will spoil them." He continues by discussing a boat and the unknown location of his rafts.
A letter to Harold Cranston on Capers Island from James Vidal discussing a vessel ready to transport items and Vidal's haste to Summerville. Vidal makes the notation he would put the "black hand" to work unloading items if Cranston transports them on the vessel.
This album consists of photographs, newspaper clippings, and other documents related to the Legendre South West Africa Expedition for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
This album is comprised of photographs from the Legendre Indochina Expedition, including photos of Gertrude and Sidney Legendre and T. Donald Carter of the American Museum of Natural History. Photos show expedition members traveling throughout Indochina.
This album is comprised of photographs from the Legendre Indochina Expedition, including photos of Gertrude and Sidney Legendre and T. Donald Carter of the American Museum of Natural History. Photos show expedition members traveling in Vietnam and Laos.
This album is comprised of photographs of Gertrude and Stephen Sanford hunting wild game in East Africa, including elephants, zebras, and water buffalo.
A letter from Ann Ball at Comingtee Plantation to her husband John Ball in Charleston discussing her mother's health, that Captain Peter "did not make his port," feeling anxious over "how Dublin got down with his charge" and a shipment of bricks.
