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Made by Hand

The Strange Little Stranger

The Strange Little Stranger

[manuscript story]
1890s autograph book with drawings and vernacular repairs

1890s autograph book with drawings and vernacular repairs

[folk art]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Nine Art Deco chair designs in gouache

Nine Art Deco chair designs in gouache

[original art, furniture design]
Standard Spelling Blanks - with 3 pages of color ornithological sketches

Standard Spelling Blanks - with 3 pages of color ornithological sketches

[original art, made by hand]
A young woman’s illustrated letter to her sister in a birch bark booklet

A young woman’s illustrated letter to her sister in a birch bark booklet

[manuscript letter]
Compositional design and color theory drawings

Compositional design and color theory drawings

[made by hand]
Thumb O Graphs: We'll Note You in Our Booke of Memory

Thumb O Graphs: We'll Note You in Our Booke of Memory

[autograph books]
1877 album of 40 botanical watercolors

1877 album of 40 botanical watercolors

[original art, botanical]
Record of the M. E. 
Sabbath School Library

Record of the M. E. 
Sabbath School Library

[manuscript notebooks, ledgers]
Janette Shipman's copy book from paid study under S. Lee Lyman, September 17, 1855.

Janette Shipman's copy book from paid study under S. Lee Lyman, September 17, 1855.

[penmanship, manuscript copy book] Janette L. Shipman; S. Lee Lyman
1886 - Manuscript spelling quizzes & experimental penmanship

1886 - Manuscript spelling quizzes & experimental penmanship

[penmanship, spelling, manuscript student workk]
Compositions of Lizzie Carroll, St. John's School (Patterson's Complete Composition Book)

Compositions of Lizzie Carroll, St. John's School (Patterson's Complete Composition Book)

[manuscript notebook, student work]
Small collection of mounted sewing skill samples

Small collection of mounted sewing skill samples

[sewing, student work]
Collection of 12 mounted upholstery fabric swatches, ca. 1940s

Collection of 12 mounted upholstery fabric swatches, ca. 1940s

[textile samples, student work]