Record

Repository	Jesuits in Britain Archives
Ref No	ABSI/SJ/1/1/3
Title	Illustrations for 'Amazon Valley'
Date	[1909-1945]
Level	Series
Description	It is assumed that the majority of photographs, maps, drawings and illustrations in this collection were created by Cary-Elwes during his time in Guyana (1909-1924), or during the drafting of his autobiography, [1934-1945]. The photographs were divided into the following topics by Cary-Elwes: Georgetown, Morawhanna, Essequibo, St. Ignatius, St. Aloysius (Tipuru), Potaro, Koituok, Waipa - St. Francis Xavier, St Maria etc, Roraima and Seramang, Wapishanas, Taruma and Wai-wai, Surinam (Dutch Guyana), Drawings, and Surveys of Rivers. The topics have been preserved as Cary-Elwes intended. Fr. Cary-Elwes also compiled two indexes to the photographs and to their intended position in his autobiography (see SJ/1/1/2/6-7). Most of the photographs in the index were given a reference number by Cary-Elwes. His draft autobiography was annotated with this number to indicate its intended position in the text. The reference numbers have been entered into the description of each photograph.

Album amicorum of George Strachan

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