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| Books: | ||||||
| Codes | Book Title | Year | Content/Subject/Story | Reference Source: | ||
| B001 | "Exploración del Rio Madera" | 1870 | by Jose y Francisco Keller, 72 pages | click to download | ||
| pre-1878 exploration of the Madeira | ||||||
| B002 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" | 1874 | by Franz Keller, 177 pages | click to download | ||
| Pre-1878 exploration of the Madeira | ||||||
| B003 | "The Route To Bolivia Via The River Amazon " | 1877 | by Col. George Earl church, 216 pages | clcik to download | ||
| Report to the governments of Brazil and Bolivia | ||||||
| Pre-1878 exploration of the Madeira | ||||||
| B004 | "Up the Amazon and Madeira Rivers" | 1879 | by Edward D. Mathews, 402 pages | click to download | ||
| Resident engineer on the earlier Col. Church Expedition | ||||||
| B005 | "Do Rio de Janeiro ao Amazonas e alto Madeira" | 1885 | by Brazil Studies Committee for the Madeira Mamoré Railway | click to download | ||
| 230 pages, Travel impressions | ||||||
| B006 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" | 1907 | by Neville B. Craig, 479 pages | click to download | ||
| 1878 Expedition - best descriptive reference available | ||||||
| B007 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" | 1907 | literary news and criticism (of B-6 above) | click to view | ||
| 1878 Expedition - from New York Tribune Dec 17, 1907 | ||||||
| B008 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" | 1917 | book review (of B-6 above) by J. W. Evans | click to view | ||
| 1878 Expedition - "An Abortive Enterprise in Brazil" | ||||||
| B009 | "The Rubber Country of the Amazon" | 1911 | by Henry C. Pearson, pages 119-137 | click to download | ||
| 1907-1912 Expedition with many photos | ||||||
| B010 | "The Sea and the Jungle" | 1912 | by Henry Major Tomlinson, 354 pages | click to download | ||
| Narrative of the 1909-1910 voyage of the steamer "Capella" | ||||||
| B011 | "The Jungle Route" | 1940 | by Frank W. Kravigny, 234 pages | AmazonBooks | ||
| 1907-1912 Expedition with many photos | ||||||
| B012 | "Two Boys in South American Jungles" or | 1929 | by Grace B. Jekyll, 167 pages | AmazonBooks | ||
| "Railroading on the Madeira-Mamore" | (wife of the contactors "May, Jekyll & Randolph") | |||||
| 1907-1912 Expedition historical fiction - adventure story | ||||||
| B012A | "Seven Grass Huts" or | 1939 | by Cecile Hulse Matschat, 281 pages | AmazonBooks | ||
| "An engineer's wife In Central & South America" | Authors husband was engineer on 1907-1912 Expedition | |||||
| B013 | "The Wilderness Voyage" | 1952 | by Peter Grieve, 216 pages | AmazonBooks | ||
| 1940-1950 descriptive travelogue - excellent writing | ||||||
| B014 | "Mad Maria" | 1985 | by Marco Souza, 390 pages | AmazonBooks | ||
| 1907-1912 Expedition historical fiction | ||||||
| B015 | "Graveyard of the Atlantic" | 1989 | by David Stick - UNC Press, pages 86-104 | AmazonBooks | ||
| 1878 Expedition Metropolis shipwreck | ||||||
| B016 | "Railways of Brazil in Postcards and | 2005 | by Carlos Cornejo e João Emilio Gerodetti, 260 pages | click to preview | ||
| and Souvenir Albums" | Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamore pages 250-256 | |||||
| B017 | "Trem-fantasma: a Ferrovia Madeira-Mamore | 2005 | by Francisco Foot Hardman, 345 pages | AmazonBooks | ||
| e a modernidade na selva" | ||||||
| Maps: | ||||||
| Codes | Book Title | Names | Content/Subject/Story | Reference Source: | ||
| M001 | "Ill-Fated Expedition" by Craig, 1907 | no | Madeira-Mamore Railroad plan (used at the top of this page) | click to view | ||
| M002 | "Ill-Fated Expedition" by Craig, 1907 | no | Madeira and Mamore Rivers | click to view | ||
| M003 | "Ill-Fated Expedition" by Craig, 1907 | yes | Engineer Corps No. 1 - Camps 2, 3, 4, & 5 | click to view | ||
| M004 | "Ill-Fated Expedition" by Craig, 1907 | no | Amazon below Obidos | click to view | ||
| M005 | "Ill-Fated Expedition" by Craig, 1907 | no | Bolivia | click to view | ||
| M006 | "The Rubber Country" by Pearson, 1911 | no | Madeira-Mamore Railroad | click to view | ||
| M007 | "The Rubber Country" by Pearson, 1911 | no | Amazon Rubber Region | click to view | ||
| M008 | "The Rubber Country" by Pearson, 1911 | no | Amazon Delta | click to view | ||
| M009 | "The Rubber Country" by Pearson, 1911 | no | Rubber Country | click to view | ||
| M010 | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection | no | 1860 Map of Bolivia | click to view | ||
| M011 | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection | no | 1866 Map of Brazil | click to view | ||
| M012 | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection | no | 1874 Map of Bolivia-Brazil Border | click to view | ||
| M013 | Library of Congress | no | 1914 Map Roosevelt Map | click to view | ||
| M014 | "The Wilderness Voyage" by Grieve, 1952 | no | 1952 Map book foldout | click to view | ||
| Historical-Misc: | ||||||
| Codes | Document Title | Names | Content/Subject/Story | Reference Source: | ||
| H001 | Madeira and Mamore Association | yes | 1908 membership list of 1878 participants | click to view | ||
| 1878 Expedition - survivors association | ||||||
| H002 | 1878 Expedition by R. H. Hepburn | yes | unpublished recollections, 65 pages | click to download | ||
| 1878 Expedition - Juno & Brazil tugs | ||||||
| H003 | Madeira-Mamore Railway by Halsey, 1918 | yes | US Dept of Commerce - Special Agent Series No. 169 | click to view | ||
| part of "Investments In Latin America", pages 155-156 | ||||||
| H004 | "History of Cambria County" | yes | by Henry Wilson Storey, 1907, pages 539-542 | click to view | ||
| 1878 Expedition - Genealogy reference Collins Bros. | ||||||
| Newspapers: | ||||||
| Note: Some newspaper articles are copyrighted but original copies can be downloaded from the web sites listed below. | ||||||
| GenealogyBank, NewspaperArchive and Footnote are subscription websites. | ||||||
| The NYTimes, BrooklynPublicLibrary and LibraryOfCongress are free websites. | ||||||
| Codes | Newspaper Articles | Names | Content/Subject/Story | Reference Source: | ||
| (listed chronologically) | ||||||
| 1877 | 1877 | 1877 | 1877 | 1877 | ||
| N001 | Philadelphia Inquirer Nov 17, 1877 | none | Brazil favors railroad | GenealogyBank | ||
| N002 | Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 22, 1877 | none | Collins prepares Mercedita | GenealogyBank | ||
| N003 | Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 26, 1877 | yes | Mercedita arrives Wilmington | GenealogyBank | ||
| N004 | Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 31, 1877 | yes | Mercedita prepares to sail | GenealogyBank | ||
| 1878 | 1878 | 1878 | 1878 | 1878 | ||
| N005 | New York Times Jan 2, 1878 | yes | Mercedita prepares to sail | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N006 | Philadelphia Inquirer Jan 3, 1878 | yes | Mercedita sails for Brazil | GenealogyBank | ||
| N007 | New York Times Jan 3, 1878 | yes | Mercedita on her way | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N008 | North American Jan 3, 1878 | yes | Mercedita on her way | GenealogyBank | ||
| N009 | New York Herald Jan 3, 1878 | yes | Departure for Brazil | click to view | ||
| N010 | Indiana Progress Jan 3, 1878 | yes | Harry B. Kinport departs | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N011 | Indiana Democrat Jan 10, 1878 | yes | Lists Indiana County, PA men | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N012 | Philadelphia Inquirer Jan 12, 1878 | none | Metropolis next to carry out supplies | GenealogyBank | ||
| N013 | San Francisco Bulletin Jan 17, 1878 | yes | Mercedita prepares to sail | GenealogyBank | ||
| N014 | Denison Daily News Jan 20, 1878 | yes | Mercedita prepares to sail | GenealogyBank | ||
| N015 | Philadelphia Inquirer Jan 22, 1878 | none | Metropolis to anchor at Willow Street wharf | GenealogyBank | ||
| N016 | New York Times Feb 1, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | NYTimes | ||
| N017 | St. Albans Messenger Feb 1, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N018 | Wheeling Register Feb 1, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N019 | Cincinnati Daily Gazette Feb 1, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N020 | Inter Ocean Feb 1, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N021 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle Feb 1, 1878 | none | Metropolis wreck details | BrooklynPublicLibrary | ||
| N022 | Critic-Record Feb 1, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N023 | Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 1, 1878 | yes | Metropolis - lists lost & saved | GenealogyBank | ||
| N024 | Boston Journal Feb 1, 1878 | yes | Metropolis - lists lost & saved | GenealogyBank | ||
| N025 | Chicago Tribune Feb 1, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | Footnote | ||
| N026 | New York Times Feb 2, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | NYTimes | ||
| N027 | Minnesotian Herald Feb 2,1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N028 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle Feb 2, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | BrooklynPublicLibrary | ||
| N029 | Critic-Record Feb 2, 1878 (1) | none | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N030 | Critic-Record Feb 2, 1878 (2) | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N031 | Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 2, 1878 (1) | yes | Metropolis - lists lost & saved | GenealogyBank | ||
| N032 | Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 2, 1878 (2) | yes | Metropolis - lists lost & saved | GenealogyBank | ||
| N033 | North American Feb 2, 1878 (3) | yes | Metropolis - lists lost & saved | GenealogyBank | ||
| N034 | New York Times Feb 2, 1878 | yes | Metropolis - lists saved & injured | NYTimes | ||
| N035 | Galveston Daily News Feb 3, 1878 | none | Metropolis wreck details | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N036 | Daily Constitution Feb 3, 1878 | none | Metropolis wreck details | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N037 | Sedalia Daily Democrat Feb 3, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N038 | Dubuque Herald Feb 3, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N039 | Salt Lake Daily Tribune Feb 3, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N040 | Milwaukee Daily News Feb 3, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N041 | New Orleans Times Feb 3, 1878 | none | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N042 | Times Picayune Feb 3, 1878 | none | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N043 | Cincinnati Commercial Tribune Feb 3, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N044 | Denison Daily News Feb 3, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N045 | New York Times Feb 4, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | NYTimes | ||
| N046 | New York Times Feb 4, 1878 | none | Uneasiness over Mercedita | NYTimes | ||
| N047 | Boston Journal Feb 4, 1878 | yes | Mercedita & Metropolis notes | GenealogyBank | ||
| N048 | Springfield Republican Feb 4, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N049 | Worcester Daily Spy Feb 4, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N050 | Baltimore Sun Feb 4, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N051 | Inter Ocean Feb 4, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N052 | Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 4, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N053 | Critic-Record Feb 4, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N054 | Cincinnati Daily Gazette Feb 4, 1878 | none | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N055 | Critic-Record Feb 4, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N056 | Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 5, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N057 | Worcester Daily Spy Feb 5, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N058 | Boston Journal Feb 5, 1878 | none | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N059 | Baltimore Sun Feb 6, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N060 | New Hampshire Patriot Feb 6, 1878 | none | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N061 | North American Feb 6, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N062 | Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 12, 1878 | none | Mercedita in Barbados | GenealogyBank | ||
| N063 | Indiana Democrat Feb 14, 1878 | yes | Indiana county men on Richmond | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N064 | Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 15, 1878 | yes | The Richmond sails Brazil | GenealogyBank | ||
| N065 | North American Feb 15, 1878 | yes | The Richmond sails Brazil | GenealogyBank | ||
| N066 | Indiana Democrat Feb 21, 1878 | yes | Harry B. Kinport Letter - early | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N067 | San Francisco Bulletin Feb 21, 1878 | yes | Metropolis wreck details | GenealogyBank | ||
| N068 | Chicago Tribune Feb 24, 1878 | none | Mercedita arrives mouth Amazon | Footnote | ||
| N069 | Cincinnati Daily Gazette Feb 25, 1878 | none | Richmond arrives at St. Thomas | GenealogyBank | ||
| N070 | Inter Ocean Feb 25, 1878 | none | Richmond arrives at St. Thomas | GenealogyBank | ||
| N071 | Indiana Democrat Feb 28, 1878 | none | Richmond arrives St. Thomas | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N072 | North American Mar 1, 1878 | yes | Mercedita 400 miles up Amazon | GenealogyBank | ||
| N073 | Chicago Tribune Mar 2, 1878 | yes | Bondholders acquire control of railroad loan | Footnote | ||
| N074 | Chicago Tribune Mar 7, 1878 | yes | Steamship Rio de Janeiro launched | Footnote | ||
| N075 | Philadelphia Inquirer Mar 7, 1878 | yes | Mails for the Amazon | GenealogyBank | ||
| N076 | Chicago Tribune Mar 11, 1878 | yes | Brazil concedes Negro workers OK | Footnote | ||
| N077 | Philadelphia Inquirer Mar 11, 1878 | yes | Richmond arrives in Porto Rico | GenealogyBank | ||
| N078 | Indiana Progress Mar 14, 1878 | yes | Aliunde Joe Letter | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N079 | Worcester Daily Spy Mar 14, 1878 | none | Brazil concedes Negro workers OK | GenealogyBank | ||
| N080 | New Orleans Times Mar 14, 1878 | none | Brazil concedes Negro workers OK | GenealogyBank | ||
| N081 | Galveston News Mar 18, 1878 | none | Brazil withdraws embargo on Negros | GenealogyBank | ||
| N082 | Indiana Progress Mar 21, 1878 | yes | Harry B. Kinport Letter - early | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N083 | Philadelphia Inquirer Mar 25, 1878 | none | Schooner Anthony to sail for Brazil | GenealogyBank | ||
| N084 | Mays Landing Mar 30, 1878 | none | Schooners Wood & Anthony sail | click to view | ||
| N085 | Indiana Progress Apr 4, 1878 | yes | Brazil railroad in unhealthy climate | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N086 | Critic-Record Apr 15, 1878 | yes | Imboden in charge of 300 Negro workers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N087 | New Orleans Times Apr 15, 1879 | yes | Roach launches City of Para | GenealogyBank | ||
| N088 | Indiana Democrat Apr 18, 1878 | yes | J. P. Hildebrand letter from Para | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N089 | Baltimore Sun Apr 29,1878 | none | Richmond reports breakbone fever | GenealogyBank | ||
| N090 | Cincinnati Commercial Tribune Apr 29, 1878 | none | Italians dissatisfied - shot at - arrested | GenealogyBank | ||
| N091 | Cincinnati Daily Gazette Apr 29, 1878 | none | Italians dissatisfied - shot at - arrested | GenealogyBank | ||
| N092 | Inter Ocean Apr 29, 1878 | none | Italians dissatisfied - shot at - arrested | GenealogyBank | ||
| N093 | North American Apr 29, 1878 | none | Your Friend letter - Italians dissatisfied | GenealogyBank | ||
| N094 | Indiana Progress May 2, 1878 | yes | Teddy Maher's letter | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N095 | North American May 3, 1878 | yes | Col. William Frobock dies in Para, Brazil | GenealogyBank | ||
| N096 | Philadelphia Inquirer May 4, 1878 | none | Mercedita arrives on New York | GenealogyBank | ||
| N097 | Chicago Tribune May 5, 1878 | none | Collins securing colored laborers | Footnote | ||
| N098 | Cincinnati Commercial Tribune May 5, 1878 | none | Collins securing colored laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N099 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle May 5, 1878 | none | Collins securing colored laborers | BrooklynPublicLibrary | ||
| N100 | Philadelphia Inquirer May 6, 1878 | none | Collins securing colored laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N101 | Cincinnati Daily Gazette May 6, 1878 | none | Collins securing colored laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N102 | San Francisco Bulletin May 6, 1878 | none | Collins securing colored laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N103 | Indiana Progress May 9, 1878 | yes | Harry B. Kinport Letter No. 1-2 | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N104 | Indiana Progress May 16, 1878 | yes | Harry B. Kinport Letter No. 2-3 | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N105 | Indiana Progress May 23, 1878 | yes | Harry B. Kinport Letter No. 3 | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N106 | North American May 23, 1878 | none | Tugs Juno & Brazil in St. Thomas for repairs | GenealogyBank | ||
| N107 | Critic-Record May 30, 1878 | yes | Murphy leaves with laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N108 | Baltimore Sun May 30, 1878 | yes | Murphy leaves with laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N109 | Macon Weekly Jun 11, 1878 | none | Collins securing colored laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N110 | Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 12, 1878 | none | Collins securing colored laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N111 | Indiana Democrat Jun 13, 1878 | yes | E. N. Stewart letter | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N112 | Critic-Record Jun 14, 1878 | none | Schooner Eldridge sails | GenealogyBank | ||
| N113 | North American Jun 14, 1878 | none | Schooner Eldridge sails | GenealogyBank | ||
| N114 | Plumas National Jun 21, 1878 | yes | Up The Amazon - Sam Scott's story | click to view | ||
| N115 | Boston Journal Jun 22, 1878 | yes | Abuse and suffering reported | GenealogyBank | ||
| N116 | Critic-Record Jun 22, 1878 | yes | Rourke & Judge arrive in Charleston | GenealogyBank | ||
| N117 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle Jun 22, 1878 | yes | Rourke & Judge arrive in Charleston | BrooklynPublicLibrary | ||
| N118 | New Hampshire Patriot Jun 26, 1878 | yes | Two men escaped from Brazil | GenealogyBank | ||
| N119 | Indiana Democrat Jun 27, 1878 | yes | Correspondent reports from Brazil | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N120 | Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 29, 1878 | yes | Collins answer criticism on Brazil | GenealogyBank | ||
| N121 | Chicago Tribune Jun 30, 1878 | none | USS Enterprise surveys Amazon | Footnote | ||
| N122 | Baltimore Sun Jul 3, 1878 | none | Collins securing colored laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N123 | Philadelphia Inquirer Jul 3, 1878 | yes | Collins securing colored laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N124 | Indiana Progress Jul 4, 1878 | yes | Kinport letter received | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N125 | Baltimore Sun Jul 15, 1878 | none | Provisions delayed | GenealogyBank | ||
| N126 | Indiana Democrat Jul 18, 1878 | yes | Correspondent reports from Brazil | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N127 | Indiana Progress Jul 18, 1878 | yes | Harry B. Kinport Letter | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N128 | Times Picayune Jul 27, 1878 | yes | O'Rourke and Judge story of hardships | GenealogyBank | ||
| N129 | New York Time Jul 30, 1878 | yes | Discouraging reports | NYTimes | ||
| N130 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle Jul 30, 1878 | none | Men in Brazil reported suffering every hardship | BrooklynPublicLibrary | ||
| N131 | Chicago Tribune Aug 1, 1878 | yes | Fearful misfortunes of Collins men | Footnote | ||
| N132 | Pomeroys Democrat Aug 3, 1878 | yes | W. Van Fleet reports matters worse | GenealogyBank | ||
| N133 | Times Picayune Aug 3, 1878 | none | Virulent fever among laborers | GenealogyBank | ||
| N134 | Indiana Progress Aug 8, 1878 | yes | Aliunde Joe Letter | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N135 | Indianapolis Sentinel Aug 8, 1878 | yes | Report on the men and the railroad | GenealogyBank | ||
| N136 | Chicago Tribune Aug 9, 1878 | yes | Collins denies hardships | Footnote | ||
| N137 | Philadelphia Inquirer Aug 9, 1878 | yes | Collins declares stories false | GenealogyBank | ||
| N138 | Times Picayune Aug 13, 1878 | yes | Report on the men and the railroad | GenealogyBank | ||
| N139 | Baltimore Sun Aug 16, 1878 | yes | Cilley reports laborers prostrated | GenealogyBank | ||
| N140 | Philadelphia Inquirer Aug 16, 1878 | yes | Cilley reports conditions exaggerated | GenealogyBank | ||
| N141 | Springfield Republican Aug 26, 1878 | yes | Connelly reports abuse | GenealogyBank | ||
| N142 | New York Times Aug 28, 1878 | yes | Selfridge & Enterprise survey aids navigation | NYTimes | ||
| N143 | Baltimore Sun Sep 9, 1878 | yes | Selfridge & Enterprise survey aids navigation | GenealogyBank | ||
| N144 | Springfield Republican Sep 16, 1878 | none | Railroad likely to fail | GenealogyBank | ||
| N145 | Indiana Progress Sep 19, 1878 | yes | Kinport letter received | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N146 | Indiana Progress Oct 3, 1878 | yes | Harry B. Kinport Letter | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N147 | Indiana Democrat Oct 3, 1878 | yes | Charles Haden (Hayden) letter | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N148 | Cincinnati Gazette Oct 3, 1878 | yes | Workers abandoning the project | GenealogyBank | ||
| N149 | Columbus Daily Enquirer Oct 9, 1878 | yes | Workers abandoning the project | GenealogyBank | ||
| N150 | Indiana Democrat Oct 10, 1878 | yes | Some arrive home - others remain hopeful | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N151 | Indiana Democrat Oct 31, 1878 | yes | J. M. Stewart arrives home | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N152 | New York Times Nov 2, 1878 | yes | Selfridge & Enterprise survey to improve trade | NYTimes | ||
| N153 | Indiana Progress Nov 21, 1878 | yes | Indiana men expected home | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N154 | Indiana Progress Dec 5, 1878 | yes | Teddy Maher letter - John W. King killed by Indians | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N155 | Indiana Progress Dec 5, 1878 | yes | References letter on first page | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N156 | Indiana Progress Dec 12, 1878 | yes | Bruce & Maher leave engineer corps | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N157 | San Francisco Bulletin Dec 16, 1878 | yes | Railroad pushes on under Church and Collins | GenealogyBank | ||
| N158 | Indianapolis Sentinel Dec 17, 1878 | yes | Franck C. Morris letter | GenealogyBank | ||
| N159 | New York Time Dec 25, 1878 | yes | Former employees arrive in Para | NYTimes | ||
| N160 | Boston Journal Dec 28, 1878 | yes | Capt. William Weir reports smallpox in Brazil | GenealogyBank | ||
| 1879 | 1879 | 1879 | 1879 | 1879 | ||
| N161 | Atlanta Constitution Jan 2, 1879 | yes | Weir reports only 70 Collins workers still on job | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N162 | Wellsboro Agitator Jan 7, 1879 | yes | Weir reports only 70 Collins workers still on job | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N163 | Indiana Progress Jan 9, 1879 | yes | Indiana boys waiting transportation home | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N164 | Indiana Progress Jan 9, 1879 | yes | Hasinger dead - Wilkerson & Hildebrand return home | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N165 | Williamsport Gazette & Bulletin Jan 15, 1879 | yes | Robert H. Hepburn lecture at Academy of Music | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N166 | Indiana Democrat Jan 23, 1879 | none | Thomas Collins in Rio Janeiro asking aid | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N167 | New York Times Jan 30, 1879 | yes | Collins allows 230 laborers to return home | NYTimes | ||
| N168 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle Jan 30, 1879 | yes | Collins allows 230 laborers to return home | BrooklynPublicLibrary | ||
| N169 | Chester Daily Times Feb 6, 1879 | yes | Report on the Madeira Mamore Railroad | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N170 | New Hampshire Sentinel Feb 6, 1879 | none | Unprofitable venture has claimed 185 lives | GenealogyBank | ||
| N171 | Indiana Democrat Feb 13, 1879 | none | Money tied up in England has crippled the enterprise | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N172 | Indiana Progress Apr 3, 1879 | none | Work abandoned - may failed - legal quibbling | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N173 | Indiana Democrat Apr 17, 1879 | none | Collins waiting for funds for work done | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N174 | Indiana Progress Apr 17, 1879 | yes | T. C. Maher dangerously ill at San Antonio, Brazil | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N175 | Springfield Republican May 5, 1879 | none | Collins waiting for funds for work done | GenealogyBank | ||
| N176 | Indiana Democrat May 17, 1879 | yes | P. C. Collins shot by Indian May 1st | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N177 | Huntington Journal Aug 1, 1879 | yes | First to swim ashore was victim in explosion | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N178 | Philadelphia Inquirer Sep 27, 1879 | none | Report says 69 men return home to New York | GenealogyBank | ||
| N179 | Indiana Democrat Oct 2, 1879 | yes | Maher returns - Leach expected soon & Kerr died | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N180 | Indiana Progress Oct 2, 1879 | yes | Maher returns - Leach expected soon & Kerr died | NewspaperArchive | ||
| 1880 | 1880 | 1880 | 1880 | 1880 | ||
| N181 | Indiana Progress Oct 16, 1880 | yes | "Teddy" Maher in town moving lively for a corpse. | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N182 | Salt Lake Daily Tribune Mar 25, 1880 | none | Bolivian loan restored to bondholders | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N183 | Connellsville Keystone Courier Apr 2, 1880 | none | Bolivian loan restored to bondholders | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N184 | Decatur Daily Review Apr 6, 1880 | none | Bolivian loan restored to bondholders | NewspaperArchive | ||
| 1898 | 1898 | 1898 | 1898 | 1898 | ||
| N185 | Altoona Mirror Sep 26, 1898 | yes | Thomas Collins dies at home in Bellefonte, PA | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N186 | Indiana Democrat Sep 28, 1898 | yes | Thomas Collins dies at home in Bellefonte, PA | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N187 | Salt Lake Herald Sep 26, 1898 | yes | Thomas Collins dies at home in Bellefonte, PA | LibraryOfCongress | ||
| 1899 | 1899 | 1899 | 1899 | 1899 | ||
| N188 | Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 19, 1899 | yes | Survivors of 1878 Expedition gather for banquet | GenealogyBank | ||
| N189 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle Apr 22, 1899 | yes | O. F. Nichols lecture at Brooklyn Institute | BrooklynPublicLibrary | ||
| 1906 | 1906 | 1906 | 1906 | 1906 | ||
| N190 | Aberdeen Daily News Feb 26, 1906 | yes | Members reunion held in Philadelphia | GenealogyBank | ||
| 1908 | 1908 | 1908 | 1908 | 1908 | ||
| N191 | The San Francisco May 13, 1908 | none | Yankee engineers take up the task when others fail | LibraryOfCongress | ||
| 1909 | 1909 | 1909 | 1909 | 1909 | ||
| N192 | Indiana Progress Jan 20, 1909 | yes | Peter Collins dies at home in Bellefonte, PA | NewspaperArchive | ||
| N193 | The Sun (NY) Dec 22, 1909 | yes | "Railroading In The Jungle" - 1908-1912 Expedition | LibraryOfCongress | ||
| 1910 | 1910 | 1910 | 1910 | 1910 | ||
| N194 | Washington Post Jan 2, 1910 | none | "Cutting A Jungle Trail" - 1908-1912 Expedition | Footnote | ||
| N195 | Chicago Tribune Jan 4, 1910 | none | "Germans Return Home" - 1908-1912 Expedition | Footnote | ||
| 1921 | 1921 | 1921 | 1921 | 1921 | ||
| N196 | Dallas Morning News Feb 7, 1921 | none | "Most Difficult Railway Ever Constructed" - historical | GenealogyBank | ||
| 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | ||
| N197 | Paris (TX) News Jun 30, 1983 | none | "Railroad in Amazon Partially Restored" | NewspaperArchive | ||
| Note: | Additional articles can also be found in British newspapers at: | BritishNewspapers | ||||
| Photos-Sketches | ||||||
| The earliest photos were taken in 1882 - we have not found any from the 1877-1879 expedition | ||||||
| Codes | Document Title | Date | Content/Subject/Story | Reference Source: | ||
| P001 | San Antonio with Steamer and Launch | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P002 | Mojos Indians at San Antonio | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P003 | Railway Trestle near San Antonio | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P004 | Sketches of San Antonio (NY Daily Graphic) | 1879 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P005 | Para - Street scene | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P006 | Para - La Libertad Cemetery | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P007 | Para - Estrada de Palmas | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P008 | Para - Cathedral de Santa Maria de Belem | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P009 | Para - Theater | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P010 | Para - Private Residence | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P011 | Bridgetown, Barbados - Ice House | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P012 | Amazon Cattle Station (sketch by John Cox) | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P013 | Falls of the Theotonio (sketch by John Cox) | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P014 | Giant Tree Upper Madeira | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P015 | Manaos, Brazil | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P016 | Tug "Brazil" | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P017 | Tug "Juno" | 1882 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P018 | Metropolis - Wreck | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P019 | Metropolis - Currituck Beach Scene | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P020 | Charles W. Buchholtz | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P021 | George W. Craighton | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P022 | Camille S. d'Invilliers | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P023 | Charles Paul Mackie | 1878 | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P024 | Othniel F. Nichols | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P025 | Thomas Collins | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P026 | Phillip Collins | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P027 | Charles Bird | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P028 | Col. George Earl Church | ? | "Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition" by Neville B. Craig, | click to view | ||
| P029 | Woodcut - Craft On The Madeira & Amazon | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P030 | Woodcut - Turtle Hunting On The Madeira | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P031 | Woodcut - Theotonio Falls on the Madeira | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P032 | Woodcut - Halt Under A Giant Primeval Forest | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P033 | Woodcut - Soup for Dinner | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P034 | Woodcut - Catch An Alligator With Lasso | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P035 | Woodcut - A Mojo Returns From Fishing | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P036 | Woodcut - Caripuna Indians With Tapir | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P037 | Woodcut - Javary Palms On The Madiera | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P038 | Woodcut - Tent Under The Palms | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P039 | Woodcut - Settlement Of Rubber Collector | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P040 | Woodcut - Rubber Making On The Madeira | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P041 | Woodcut - Lateral River On The Madiera | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P042 | Woodcut - Arara & Caripuna Bark Canoe | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P043 | Woodcut - Interviewing Caripuna Indians | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P044 | Woodcut - Giant Of The Forest | 1874 | "The Amazon and Madeira Rivers" by Franz Keller | click to view | ||
| P045 | Woodcut - San Antonio - looking downstream | 1879 | "Up The Amazon River" by Edward Mathews | click to view | ||
| P046 | Woodcut - Caripuna cascara orbark canoe | 1879 | "Up The Amazon River" by Edward Mathews | click to view | ||
| P047 | Woodcut - Garitea or travelers Canoe | 1879 | "Up The Amazon River" by Edward Mathews | click to view | ||
| P048 | Four photos of 1878 Collins relics | 1909 | Danna B. Merrill Collection - complete set is W003 below | click to view | ||
| Web-Sites: | ||||||
| Codes | Content/Subject/Story | Date | Web Site Address | |||
| W001 | Madeira-Mamore Railway Society | 1907-1912 | http://efmm.net/pageenglish.htm | click to view | ||
| W002 | History of Rondonia - 4 pages, photos & text | 1907-1912 | Web site below translated to English & converted to .pdf | click to view | ||
| http://www.portovelhoagora.com.br/fotos_antigas.asp | ||||||
| W003 | Danna B. Merrill Collection | 1907-1912 | Photo groups converted to .pdf (64 pages & 260+ photographs) | click to view | ||
| New York Public Library - NYPL Digital Gallery | Index of photo groups converted to .pdf (16 pages) | click to view | ||||
| http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm | ||||||
| W004 | ||||||
| W005 | ||||||
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