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Made by Hand

"A Public Benefactor" manuscript essay

"A Public Benefactor" manuscript essay

[manuscript, student work]
Rosa Ida Lovell. "Autagraphs." (1892)

Rosa Ida Lovell. "Autagraphs." (1892)

[made by hand]
"Cahier du jour" 1934

"Cahier du jour" 1934

[student work, made by hand]
Specimens of Melvina Townsend’s work in the Kindergarten School, 1893 & 1894, 5 & 6 years of age…

Specimens of Melvina Townsend’s work in the Kindergarten School, 1893 & 1894, 5 & 6 years of age…

[kindergarten work]
The Picnic That Was Not A Picnic

The Picnic That Was Not A Picnic

[manuscripts, handmade books]
Manuscript liederbuch with three taufbriefe kept by South Bend immigrant Gottfried Poehlman

Manuscript liederbuch with three taufbriefe kept by South Bend immigrant Gottfried Poehlman

[manuscripts, songbooks]
“Biology Bud Collection”
typescript twig specimen album

“Biology Bud Collection”
typescript twig specimen album

[manuscript notebooks, student work]
The Strange Little Stranger

The Strange Little Stranger

[manuscript story]
Naomi Kennedy's 1868 manuscript "report card"

Naomi Kennedy's 1868 manuscript "report card"

[ephemera, manuscripts]
1890s autograph book with drawings and vernacular repairs

1890s autograph book with drawings and vernacular repairs

[folk art]
Child's multicolor notebook with WWI-era jottings

Child's multicolor notebook with WWI-era jottings

[manuscript notebook]
1939 Mount Vernon Academy student scrapbook with drawings related to Seventh-day Adventist eschatology (plus photos and cartoons and boy stuff)

1939 Mount Vernon Academy student scrapbook with drawings related to Seventh-day Adventist eschatology (plus photos and cartoons and boy stuff)

[religious education]
Cours de mise-en-carte: A portfolio of student work in producing "point paper" drafts for weaving, 1949-1951.

Cours de mise-en-carte: A portfolio of student work in producing "point paper" drafts for weaving, 1949-1951.

[textiles, mise en carte]
John Grubb’s “Arithmetic in Whole Numbers,” 1811 ciphering book 
with a section for “Ale and Beer Measure;” exercises for calculations related to cloth, land, time, wives (or their dowries), &c.

John Grubb’s “Arithmetic in Whole Numbers,” 1811 ciphering book 
with a section for “Ale and Beer Measure;” exercises for calculations related to cloth, land, time, wives (or their dowries), &c.

[student work, manuscripts]
University of Michigan student philosophy notebook, ca. 1872

University of Michigan student philosophy notebook, ca. 1872

John J. Stoddart [manuscript notebook]
1899 Seat Work notebook with drawing, writing, spelling and math

1899 Seat Work notebook with drawing, writing, spelling and math

[student work, notebook, manuscript]
1860 failed Virginia poet's manuscript compiled before joining the Confederate Army

1860 failed Virginia poet's manuscript compiled before joining the Confederate Army

[manuscript] Evans, Daniel J.
Flowers (manuscript essay in Class of 1883 prize ribbon binding)

Flowers (manuscript essay in Class of 1883 prize ribbon binding)

[student work, manuscript]
1834 ALS from a Midwest speculator to his brother in Vermont, on mortality and Ohio as the promised land

1834 ALS from a Midwest speculator to his brother in Vermont, on mortality and Ohio as the promised land

[correspondence]
1839 ALS from an Ohio man reconnecting with his sister in Connecticut (family misfortune & postal expansion content)

1839 ALS from an Ohio man reconnecting with his sister in Connecticut (family misfortune & postal expansion content)

[correspondence]
Histoire Naturelle Elementaire en Cahiers I. L'Homme & II. Les Animaux III. Les Végétaux

Histoire Naturelle Elementaire en Cahiers I. L'Homme & II. Les Animaux III. Les Végétaux

Richard, A.
Manuscript thesaurus/poet’s reference turned scrapbook of selected works, &c, by Mary Isabella Purington Cummings

Manuscript thesaurus/poet’s reference turned scrapbook of selected works, &c, by Mary Isabella Purington Cummings

[women poets, scrapbooks]
1840s ledger repurposed as scrapbook of serial romances published in 'The Courier-Journal' ca. 1880s

1840s ledger repurposed as scrapbook of serial romances published in 'The Courier-Journal' ca. 1880s

[romance, scrapbooks]
A Phrenological Chart of the Character and Talents of Miss Mary E. Shaw

A Phrenological Chart of the Character and Talents of Miss Mary E. Shaw

D. H. Campbell [manuscript phrenology chart]
Child art landscape on cloth

Child art landscape on cloth

[child art]
Boxer, biker, skier: trio of point paper designs for label weaving

Boxer, biker, skier: trio of point paper designs for label weaving

[original art, industrial design]
Hints (handmade book)

Hints (handmade book)

[made by hand]
Design 1 (class project book)

Design 1 (class project book)

George Callard [student work, manuscript notebook, design]