Frederick L. Hoffman Papers, 1900 - 1926
COLLECTION GUIDE
Prepared by Ruth Olivera, July 1981.
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, questionnaires,
clippings, and other printed material relating to Frederick L. Hoffman
(1865 - 1946), a statistician for the Prudential Life Insurance Company,
who traveled in Mexico and South America.
Folders 1 - 3
Included is a set of letters and reports sent to Hoffman from U.S.
consul in Veracruz and Tlacotatpam and the Presbyterian mission in Jalapa
during the years 1900 - 1903. They provide information on the effect of
climate on health and the prevalence of such diseases as yellow fever.
Folders 4 - 5
The collection contains papers related to a scientific trip Hoffman
made to South America in 1921, with a published report he sent back on
investment opportunities in Bolivia, a correspondence in which he tells
of explorations on the Bopi and Beni rivers, and copies of the newspaper
El Noreste for 1921 and 1922 sent from Cobija, Bolivia.
Folder 6
Correspondence of 1924 with an offical of the Madeira Mamoré Railroad
Company of Porto Velho, Brazil, about negative photocopies of the list of
deaths in the company hospital between 1921 and 1924, which is sent from
Cobija, Bolivia.
Folder 7
A 1926 correspondence with U.S. consuls in Mexico indicate Hoffman's
intent to investigate health conditions in Mexico and reveal his interest
in maps and the archeology of Mexico.
Folders 8 - 9
Miscellaneous clippings about Mexico and South America, a Mexico City
restaurant menu, and a brochure (c. 1906) on tarpon fishing at Tampico.
Latin American
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