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Jumbo (Elephant)
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Collection on P. T. Barnum
Collection
Call Number: MS002
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, inventories, photographs, clippings, and memorabilia documenting aspects of the career of P.T. Barnum and Barnum's relationship with Tufts University. The development and maintenance of Barnum Hall and the Barnum Museum are detailed through the correspondence of Barnum, Professor John P. Marshall, the Smithsonian Institution, and Ward's Natural Science Establishment, dating from the 1870s through the 1890s. Transcriptions of many of these...
Dates:
bulk 1837 -- 1985, 1818 -- 2009