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Drawing Made Easy. A Set of Fifty Exercises on Cards (partial second and third series)

Drawing Made Easy. A Set of Fifty Exercises on Cards (partial second and third series)

Hall, Abbie G.
Clothbound gravestone order forms, 1918

Clothbound gravestone order forms, 1918

[ephemera]
1896 basket business ALS: "we never were so much disappointed and annoyed in any one thing as we have over these baskets"

1896 basket business ALS: "we never were so much disappointed and annoyed in any one thing as we have over these baskets"

[ephemera, labor] The Arnold Wooden Ware Co.
Third Season. M. B. Curtis as Sam'l of Posen, The Commercial Drummer

Third Season. M. B. Curtis as Sam'l of Posen, The Commercial Drummer

[trade card, ephemera]
William Hermes' United States Systematic Drawing Schools, no. 195

William Hermes' United States Systematic Drawing Schools, no. 195

[drawing books] Hermes, Wilhelm.
Methods of Business of the Largest Establishment in the World for the Manufacture and Sale of Men's Wear

Methods of Business of the Largest Establishment in the World for the Manufacture and Sale of Men's Wear

John Wanamaker
Manual of the Fisk Teachers' Agencies 1896 [with] teacher registration form

Manual of the Fisk Teachers' Agencies 1896 [with] teacher registration form

(Everett Fisk)
Brown's Burlesque Ritual (drop title)

Brown's Burlesque Ritual (drop title)

Geo. Wesley Brown (Improved Order of Red Men)
Wealth in Mice: An appeal for a more extensive propagation of white mice

Wealth in Mice: An appeal for a more extensive propagation of white mice

(vaccines, medical supply)
1899 Seat Work notebook with drawing, writing, spelling and math

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

[student work, notebook, manuscript]
1880 Letter from a middle-aged woman to her friend about her widower boy-toy & bachelor crush

1880 Letter from a middle-aged woman to her friend about her widower boy-toy & bachelor crush

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

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

[student work, 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.
The Phrenological character of Mrs. Emery, “Temperament chiefly nervous” written Nov 8, 1864 (manuscript)

The Phrenological character of Mrs. Emery, “Temperament chiefly nervous” written Nov 8, 1864 (manuscript)

Perry, D. [phrenology charts]
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]
First Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Industrial School for Girls at Lancaster

First Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Industrial School for Girls at Lancaster

[delinquent girls, education]
A Sermon Preached Before the Fatherless and Widows' Society, in the Central Church, on Sunday Evening, October 28, 1849

A Sermon Preached Before the Fatherless and Widows' Society, in the Central Church, on Sunday Evening, October 28, 1849

Gannett, Ezra S.
Anonymous letter to a dying man's "tormentor" wife: "Are you not afraid that people will brand you as his murderess"

Anonymous letter to a dying man's "tormentor" wife: "Are you not afraid that people will brand you as his murderess"

[women, threats]
The Delinquent Girl and Woman: Proceedings of a Conference of the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor; February 3, 1919. (Prison Leaflets 48)

The Delinquent Girl and Woman: Proceedings of a Conference of the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor; February 3, 1919. (Prison Leaflets 48)

[prison reform]
Circulars issued for the Northwestern Mutual Endowment Society for Unmarried Persons, Organized Dec. 21, 1884 (6 items)

Circulars issued for the Northwestern Mutual Endowment Society for Unmarried Persons, Organized Dec. 21, 1884 (6 items)

[ephemera, insurance, fraud]