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CHARLES F. GUILLOU
(1813-1899)
Papers,
1838-1947
Box Ser.
1 1 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES, 1879-1899
1. Reminiscences no. 1, 1818 to 1830
(1 volume) [1890-1894]
2. 1836 (1 volume) [1893]
3. 1839 reminiscences no. : an experience
in Terra do Fogo (1 volume) [ca. 1890]
4. G[uillou], Charles F.
Autograph letter signed (copy) :
New York, N.Y., to Emma Brewster Guillou,
Hueneme, Calif., 1894 Dec. 10, (20 p.)
Includes partial typescript.
(1 folder) 1894
5. Autobiographical notes (1 folder) 1879-1893
6. Obituary (1 folder) 1899
2 2 SKETCHBOOKS AND DRAWINGS, 1838-1872
1. Memorials of travel, being sketches taken
during Exploring Expedition, in the
years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841 : by Cha[rle]s
F. Guillou, M.D., Ass[istan]t Surg[eo]n,
U[nited] S[tates] N[avy] (1 volume) 1838-1842
3 2. Sketch book no. 2 : cruize of the Columbus
to China, Japan, and around the world
in 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848 : C[harles] F.
G[uillou] (1 volume) 1845-1847
4 3. Unbound drawings (filed chronologically;
refer to separate index):
1. 1842 Jan. (2 items)
2. 1849 Jan. (12 items)
3. 1849 Feb. (2 items)
4. 1849 Mar. (6 items)
5. 1849 Apr. (4 items)
6. 1850 Oct. (1 item)
7. 1851 Mar. (2 items)
8. 1852 July (1 item)
9. 1853 (1 item)
10. 1854 Oct. (8 items)
11. 1855 Oct. (1 item)
12. 1855 Nov. (1 item)
13. 1860 (1 item)
14. 1872 (1 item)
15. Undated (12 items) 1842-1872
Box Ser.
4 3 LETTERS RECEIVED, 1845-1899
1. Charles F. Guillou (11 items) 1845-1860
2. Dinah Postlethwaithe [Mrs. Charles
F.] Guillou (3 items) 1861
3. Margaret A. Guillou [Mrs. George A.]
Blackmore (6 items) 1883-1899
4 GUILLOU AND MILHAU FAMILY PAPERS, 1861-1947
1. Financial papers (11 items) 1861-1868P
2. In memoriam : Constant Guillou
(Philadelphia : Edward Stern,
[1872]), 25 p. (1 folder) [1872]
3. Guillou, Charles F.
In memoriam : Victor Gabriel
Guillou : holograph, 1880 Mar., 10 p.
(1 folder) 1880
4. Milhau and Thibault family obituaries
(1 folder) 1891-1899
5. Redfield, Mary Guillou.
Recollections (n.p. : [1947]), [16 p.]
(1 folder) [1947]
5 PHOTOGRAPHS, 1859-1899
1. House built by Dr. Robert William Wood in
1847 on Hotel St., Honolulu, part of
site of Alexander Young Hotel, Honolulu,
Hawaii, 1859 : ambrotype (copy) mounted,
4.5" x 6" (1 item) 1859
2. [Margaret A. Guillou, Charles F. Guillou,
and Dinah P. Guillou], Honolulu,
Hawaii, 1864 : albumen print mounted,
4" x 2.5" (1 item) 1864
3. [Dinah P. Guillou, Petersburg, Va.?],
1870 : albumen print mounted,
5.5" x 4" (oval) (1 item) 1870
4. [Eloise (Polly) Thibault and Margaret
A. Guillou?], Petersburg, Va.,
1880 : tintype, 3. 25" x 2"
(1 item) 1880
5. [Margaret A. Guillou?], Petersburg, Va.,
[ca. 1880] : albumen prints
mounted, 4" x 2.5" (2 items) [ca. 1880]
6. The water tower for "Dell Wood", the
residence of Dr. Charles Guillou,
near Petersburg, Va., [Petersburg, Va.,
ca. 1880] : albumen print mounted,
7" x 4.75" (1 item) [ca. 1880]
Box Ser.
4 5 7. Margaret A. Guillou Blackmore, Charles
Thomas Blackmore, Charles F. Guillou,
Eloise (Polly) Thibault, and Philip
Guillou Blackmore, New York, [ca. 1899] :
silver prints mounted, 4.25" x 6.5" and
5.5" x 4.25" (2 items) [ca. 1899]
8. [Three unidentified women, n.p., n.d.] :
tintypes, 3.75" x 2.5" and
4" x 2.5" (2 items) [n.d.]
6 MISCELLANEOUS, 1861-1894
1. Passport [in Spanish], 1867 Mar. 21
(1 item) 1867
2. Newsclippings (2 items) 1861;1866
3. Business and calling cards
(7 items) [n.d.]
4. Holy Bible (New York : American Bible
Society, 1868). Includes annual
reading notes by Charles F. Guillou,
ca. 1869. (1 volume) 1868-1869
5. Printed material (6 items) 1875-1894
1838-1897
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Ser. 2
CHARLES F. GUILLOU
(1813-1899)
Papers,
1838-1947
Index to unbound drawings,
1842-1872
1. Cape St. Lucas, s[outhernmo]st extremity of California (bearing
north true), Friday morning, Jan[uar]y 14th, 1842, Brig Peabody.
(1 item)
2. Mazatlan, the town and anchorage (from Christon grande to
Christon chico) taken from naval anchorage, Brig Jos[eph]
Peabody, Jan[uar]y 17th, 1842. (1 item)
3. Gibraltar, distant about 12 or 15 miles, bearing per
comp[ass] East by S., U.S.S. Constitution, January 2nd, 1849,
11 a.m. (1 item)
4. Coast of Africa : Mount Abyla bearing S.E. by E. per comp[ass]
: distant about 8 miles, 1 p.m., Jan[uar]y 2nd, 1849. (1 item)
5. Rock of Gibraltar at early dusk, Jan[uar]y 2, 1849 :
distant about 10 miles, bearing per compass ENE.
(1 item)
6. Maretemo, bearing per comp[ass] E.S.E. : distant about
15 miles : Monday January 8th, 1849.
(1 item)
7. Pantelleria : W. by S. about 15 miles : January 8, 1849.
(1 item)
8. Linosa Island bearing S.W. by W. : distant 25 miles :
U.S.S. Constitution : Jan[uary] 9th, 1849.
(1 item)
9. Tripoli bearing S.S.W. per comp[ass] : distant about
3 miles : January 19, 1849. (1 item)
10. Triumphal arch of Aurelius Antoninus Lucius Verus :
erected 164 A.D. : now a wine shop in Tripoli :
Jan[uar]y 20, 1849 (from memory). (1 item)
11. Gateway or principal entrance to Tripoli : Jan[uar]y
20th 1849. (1 item)
12. La Valetta from anchorage of U.S.S. Constitution :
January 29th 1849. (1 item)
13. Senglia : Jan[uar]y 29, 1849. (1 item)
14. The quarantine ground and "parlatorio" in the grand
harbour at La Valetta, Malta : January 30th, 1849.
(1 item)
15. Victoriosa and St. Angelo : February 10th, 1849 :
Senglia isola : day of St. Paul's landing in Malta.
(1 item)
16. La Valetta : Febr[uar]y 10th, 1849. (1 item)
17. The citadel and memlook tombs, Cairo, Egypt : March
5th, 1849. (1 item)
18. Pyramids of Ghizeh or
Memphis, Egypt : March 6th, 1849 :
Micerinus : Cephron : Cheops, 450 ft. high, 750 ft.
side of base. (1 item)
19. Sphynx near Ghizeh, Egypt : March 6th, 1849.
(1 item)
20. The Sphynx near the Pyramids of Ghizeh, Egypt : March
6th, 1849. (1 item)
21. Tree of the Holy Family or of the Madonna, Heliopolis,
Egypt : March 7th, 1849. (1 item)
22. Tomb of a santon near Cairo, Egypt, at the forking of
Suez Syria roads : March 7th, 1849.
(1 item)
23. Giglio Island : N. by W. per comp[ass] : N.N.E. per
comp[ass] : Monte Argentaro : Gianutti Island :
N.E. per comp[ass] : coast of Italy, distant about
30 miles : at 12 merid[ian] : U.S.S. Constitution :
April 11th, 1849. (1 item)
24. Island of Monte Christo : coast of Italy : bearing
p[er] c[ompass] S. by W. : distant about 10 miles :
U.S.S. Constitution : April 11th, 1849 (5 p.m.)
(1 item)
25. N.E. by E. per comp[ass] : E. by N. p[er] c[ompass] :
N.E. by E. : North per comp[ass] : Island of Elba,
coast of Italy : distant from 10 to 20 miles : April 11th,
1849 at 5 1/2 p.m. (1 item)
26. Arcola from the Magna River : April 25, 1849.
(1 item)
27. [From?] on board the U.S. Frigate Constitution :
October 20th, 1850 : C.F.G. (1 item)
28. Field of Waterloo : sketch taken on spot : Saturday
March 8th, 1851 : Guillou. (1 item)
29. Field of Waterloo : March 8th, 1851 : taken on spot
by Guillou. (1 item)
30. July 5, 1852 : landing "camel" and rope ferry to
Receiving Ship "North Carolina", off Brooklyn, N.Y.
(1 item)
31. Landing camel, Brooklyn Navy Yard, and tow line to
U.S. Receiving Ship North Carolina : 1853 : Naval
Lyceum in the distance. (1 item)
32. S. by E. : distant 2 miles : point of harbour, Panama :
October 17th, 1854 and
Singular rock off point marked bearing S. by E. :
distant 2 miles : Harbour of Panama :
Oct[obe]r 17th, 1854. (2 items)
33. "Panama" Church bearing N.N.W. : distant 1 1/2 miles :
October 17th, 1854 and
Panama Church bearing N.N.W. : distant 1 1/2 miles :
on board steamer "Senora" : Oct[obe]r 17th, 1854.
(2 items)
34. Coaling Cove bearing S.W. : beach dist[ant] 1/2 mile :
Acapulco : Oct[ober] 24, 1854 and
"Coaling Cove" bearing S.W. : beach distant 1/2 mile :
Acapulco : Oct[obe]r 24, 1854. (2 items)
35. Flag staff of fort on point bearing N.N.E. : 1
mile :
Acapulco : Oct[ober] 24th, 1854 : west coast of
Mexico and
"Fort Point" at Acapulco : flag staff on fort bearing
N.N.E. : distant 1 mile : Acapulco : October 24,
1854. (2 items)
36. Long lowly shed and improvements : Honolulu, Sandwich
Island : kitchen servants' shanty house of boards :
Oct[ober] 27th, 1855 : "adobe house" : [illegible] Street :
our first home in Hawaii. (1 item)
37. My first office at Honolulu : N.E. corner, Kaahumanu
Queen Sts. : November 25th 1855 : Honolulu.
(1 item)
38. Hula hula in 1860 : a flower dance whose movement seems
to say "don't" : the dance is performed to meles banjos
and tambourine : folklore ditties and legendary narratives of
the original islanders chanted by musicians with
accompaniment. (1 item)
39. Bovine or genissary (heifer) vaccinarium : Dellwood Farm,
Virg[ini]a : 1872. (1 item)
40. Folder of unidentified and undated pencil sketches,
chalk sketches, and watercolor (12 items)
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CHARLES F. GUILLOU
(1813-1899)
Papers,
1838-1947
Biographical
Charles Fleury Bien aime Guillou, naval surgeon, was born
in Philadelphia on 26 July 1813. He married Dinah Postlethwaite
(b. 1817) in 1852; they had one daughter, Margaret A. Guillou
Blackmore, and an adopted daughter, Eloise ("Polly") Thibault.
Guillou died of pneumonia in New York on 1 January 1899.
In Philadelphia, Guillou studied medicine with a naval surgeon,
Thomas Harris, and, in 1836, received an M.D. from the University
of Pennsylvania. He also attended courses at the Medical Institute
of Philadelphia and the Therapeutic Institute of Philadelphia.
In 1836, Guillou was appointed Assistant Surgeon in the United
States Navy. He served aboard the "Peacock" as part of the
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) under Charles
Wilkes. In 1842, he helped William P. C. Barton to organize
the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. While Surgeon of
the "Columbus" in 1845, he was present at the ratification of
the first treaty between the United States and China. Guillou
was later assigned to the U.S. Frigate "Constitution" and attended
Pope Pius IX. He was assigned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard as
Surgeon aboard the Receiving Ship "North Carolina", circa 1852.
He resigned from the Navy in 1854 to assume charge of a Marine
Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.
During his sojourn in Hawaii, Guillou was Court Physician
to King Kamehameha IV, the first secretary of the Hawaiian Medical
Society, and Italian Consul. He left Hawaii in 1866, moving
first to Petersburg, Va., then to New York City, where he became
a manufacturing pharmacist.
Scope and contents
The collection, 1838-1947, contains autobiographical reminiscences
and sketchbooks documenting the naval career and voyages of
surgeon Charles F. Guillou. Also included are several letters,
family papers and obituaries, and photographs.
Series 1 contains several volumes of Guillou's incomplete autobiographical
reminiscences, describing his childhood; education, classmates,
and faculty at the American Classicaljand Military
Lyceum; experiences in Cuba in 1836; courtship and marriage;
and a canal boat voyage from Louisiana to Cincinnati. The reminiscences
also describe several weeks in 1839 during the voyage of the
U.S. Sloop of War, "Peacock", as part of the United States
Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). Guillou narrates the
voyage from Chile to West Antarctica, then back to Tierra
del Fuego, where he and several shipmates were stranded
on shore. Guillou conveys distrust of the abilities of Charles
Wilkes, leader of the Exploring Expedition. The series also
contains a lengthy letter describing Guillou's experiences in
China in 1846, including his impressions of William P. C.
Barton; notes on his career and experiences in Hawaii; and
an outline of reminiscences.
Two of Charles F. Guillou's sketchbooks and some unbound drawings,
1838-1872, are in Series 2. The sketchbooks function as pictorial
logs of Guillou's naval voyages. The first sketchbook documents
the United States Exploring Expedition's voyage from the Azores
to South America (including descriptions of Guillou's experience
at Tierra del Fuego), Tahiti, Hawaii, Fiji, Oregon and California, and
Mexico, from September 1838 to January 1842. The "Columbus"
sketchbook covers the voyage from Brooklyn, N.Y., to South America,
Hong Kong, Amoy in China, Japan, Hawaii, California, and Chile,
from May 1845 to October 1847. The 55 unbound sketches complement
the sketchbooks and also include drawings of Egypt and Italy.
Several miscellaneous letters, 1845-1899, of Charles F. Guillou,
including an undated holograph letter and photograph of King
Kamehameha IV of Hawaii; Dinah Postlethwaite Guillou; and Margaret
A. Guillou are in Series 3. Series 4 contains biographical
and genealogical material on the Guillou family, 1861-1947,
including memorials of Charles F. Guillou's father, Victor Gabriel
Guillou, and brother, Constant Guillou, and family recollections
of Mary Guillou Redfield. Photographs of Guillou and family members,
1859-1899, are in Series 5. Miscellaneous material, 1861-1894,
including calling and business cards, a passport, newsclippings,
and Charles F. Guillou's Bible are in Series 6.
Provenance
The Charles F. Guillou Papers were donated to the Historical Collections
of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by Mrs. C. T. Blackmore,
wife of Charles Thomas Blackmore, a grandson of Charles F. Guillou,
in June 1974. Some additional material was donated in 1976.
A large collection of family silver, medals, an instrument case,
and other objects were separated from the papers during accessioning
and transferred to the Mutter Museum. Several pieces
of furniture and a holograph letter of George Washington apparently
intended as part of the donation could not be located at the
time of accessioning.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1992.
1838-1947
4 boxes (1 linear ft.)
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