Scrapbook 3: Letters from Chile
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smith, Houghton Cranford, 1887-1983
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content: Houghton Cranford Smith papers
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content: Houghton Cranford Smith papers / Series 1: Scrapbooks
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1920
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 46-57
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
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content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This scrapbook include notes and correspondence about Smith's travels in South America and home in Chile. He left for South America from Brooklyn on October 19, 1916 with his "Uncle" Steve, a family friend. Smith writes at length about his train trip across Argentina to Los Andes, Chile and about his explorations of Los Andes, Puerto Varas and Santiago. He also writes about his financial difficulties and his artwork.