These scrapbooks contain articles clipped from newspapers and The Home Journal written and/or compiled by Cyrus C. Adams. The
articles largely document travel and exploration. While the earlier scrapbooks focus
on exploration at a more general, international level, the later scrapbooks focus
more heavily on Africa and include articles on the expeditions of Henry Morton
Stanley. Other articles focus on trade, including the railroads, petroleum,
minerals, gems, and slavery; and peoples, including Mormons, Indian tribes, and
cannibals.
