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Ball, Elisabeth W. and George Alexander
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Montgomery, Lall G.
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Walker, Dugald Stewart
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Bookplate drawing by Dugald Stewart Walker for Elisabeth Woodworth
Ball. 1916
(34.28.5 cm drawing on 39 x 34 cm leaf.)
(47 printed bookplates.)
(Folio folder)
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Among the correspondents represented in the collection are:
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1873-1890
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1891-1892
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1893
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1894-1895
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1896
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1897-1900
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1901-1917
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Emily Cross, Paris, for the Comite Franco-Americain Pour La
Protection Des Enfants de la Frontiere. To Elisabeth Ball, Oakhurst, Muncie,
Indiana. 1917,
Aug. 12
(T.L.S. --typed letter signed, 1 p.)
About Solange Santens |
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Virginia Howland (Mrs. Charles P. Howland, Sec'y. Central Supply
Committee), Comite Franco-Americain.... To Mrs. Ball. 1917?
(A. and T.L.S., 2 p.)
About Solange Santens and a printed list of clothing for one year. |
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1918
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Solange Santens to Mrs. G. A. Ball, Oakhurst, Muncie, Indiana.
1918, Jan.
18
In French. (1 p. with envelope of the Children of the Frontier) |
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Mme. Marlez, "pour Oudre," Paris, to Elisabeth Ball. 1918, Dec.
30
In French. (A.C.S. --autograph card signed, postcard - New Years Greeting) |
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Postcard photograph of ten children, all of whom are named,
including no. 7, Solange Santens, at Verneuil. 1918, Dec.
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War Orphans Committee. Official information about Robert Douard, his
family, and a photograph. 1918?
(2 items)
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1919-1920
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Mme. Veuve Douard to Dear Benefactor and Benefactress. 1919, Feb.
14
In French. (A.L.S., 4 p.) About her son Robert. Envelope addressed to French Relief Fund, War Orphans Committee, 44 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana. Accompanied by English translation. |
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Envelope only addressed to Miss Elisabeth Ball from Children of the
Frontier. No letter. 1919, Mar. 28
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Mme. Veuve Douard to "Cher Bienfacteur." 1919, May 2
In French. (A.L.S., 3 p.) About her son Robert. Envelope addressed to Elisabeth Ball and Mr. George Ball of the French Relief Fund, War Orphans Committee, Indianapolis, Indiana. Enclosed are two postcards, dated 2 May 1919 from Robert Douard, one to Elisabeth Ball and one to Mrs. George Ball. |
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Solange Santens to Elisabeth Ball. 1919, Aug. 21
In French. (A.L.S., 1 p. with envelope of the Children of the Frontier) |
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Robert Douard to Elisabeth Ball. 1919, Dec. 3
In French. Postcard--New Years Greetings. Both enclosed in envelope in care of the War Orphans Committee, Mrs. Lucius B. Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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Solange Santens to "Marraine." 1919, Dec. 21
In French. (A.L.S., 2 p.) |
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Elisabeth Ball to Solange Santens. 1919?
(Draft of A.L.S. with French translation, 2 p. each)
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Solange Santens to "Marraine." 1920, Feb. 2
In French. (A.L.S., 2 p.) |
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Solange Santens to "Marraine." 1920, Dec. 29
In French. (A.L.S., 2 p.) |
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Letters to George A. Ball from Indiana Boys School, Plainville.
1920, Dec.-1921, Jan.
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1921
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Mrs. Lucius B. Swift, the War Orphan Committee of the French Relief,
Indianapolis, Indiana. To Miss Ball. 1921, Feb. 25
(2 p.)
About Robert Douard and Lucienne Chaumet. Encloses carbon of "...my stories of my visits to our war orphans..." including Meurthe-et-Moselle and Nancy with an internal date of November 2. Pages 1-3. |
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Mrs. Lucius B. Swift to Miss Ball. 1921, Mar. 16
(2 p.)
About Robert Douard and Lucienne Chaumet. Encloses carbon of "visits," with internal date of October 27. Pages 5-7. |
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1922-1925
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Lucienne Chaumet to "Chere protectrice." 1922, May 19
In French. (2 p.) Encloses printed form about contribution and invoice for clothing with envelope addressed to Elisabeth Ball, Oakhurst, Muncie, Indiana. |
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Nevart, Constantinope. To "Dear American." 1922, June 1
In Turkish. Accompanied by English translation and form letter from Near East Relief, Constantinople, Orphanage Department, May 25, 1922, with a lace doily. Envelope addressed to Miss Elisabeth Ball, Oakhurst, Muncie, Indiana. |
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Lucienne Chaumet to "Chere Bienfaitrice." 1922, Aug. 3
In French. (A.L.S., 2 p.) Encloses printed form for contribution. With envelope to Miss Elisabeth Ball. |
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Mrs. Lucius B. Swift to Mrs. Ball. 1922, Oct. 31
Report on pensions for war orphans. |
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Lucienne Chaumet to "Cher bienfaitrice." 1922, Nov.
16
In French. (A.L.S., 2 p.) Encloses printed form for contribution and photograph of Lucienne. With envelope to Miss Elisabeth Ball. |
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Lucienne Chaumet to Cher Marraine. 1922, Nov. 26
In French. (A.L.S., 1 p.) Accompanied by A.D. 1 p. (in French). Information on Lucienne's family, with English translation. |
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Lucienne Chaumet to "Chere bienfaitrice." 1923, Jan.
24
In French. (A.L.S., 2 p.) With envelope to Mademoiselle Elisabeth Ball. With printed form for contribution. |
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Envelope of Mrs. Lucius B. Swift to Mrs. George A. Ball., 1923, May 7
enclosure only: Envelope to Madam Lucius B. Swift, postmarked 1923, April 21 |
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Letter of Henri from Luneville. 1925, Feb. 14
(A.L.S., 2 p.)
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Letter of Lambotin Charles to Nancy. 1925, Feb. 15
(A.L.S., 4 p.)
With photograph of the [Lambotin family?]; printed form for contribution to the Lambotin family. |
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Envelope only to Elisabeth Ball [Fund?]. May have enclosed the two
previous letters. 1925, Mar. 19
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1926-1927
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1928
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1929
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1930-1932, Sept.
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1932, Oct.-Dec.
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1933
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1934-1935
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1936, Jan.-May
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1936, June-Dec.
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1937
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1938
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1939-1940
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1941
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1942
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1943
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1944
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1945
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1946
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1947
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1948-1949
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1950
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1951
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1952
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1953
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1954
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1955
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1956-1960
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1961
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1962, Jan.-July
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1962, Aug.-Dec.
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1963
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1964
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1965-1966
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1967-1968
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1969
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1970
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1971-1981
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A-E n.d.
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F-Z n.d.
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Solange Santens to "Cher Marraine."
In French. (A.L.S., 2 p.) |
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Solange Santens to "Chere Marraine."
In French. (A.L.S., 1 p.) |
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Solange Santens Photo 1
Photograph of Solange Santens, alone, accompanied by penciled note. |
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Solange Santens Photo 2
Photograph of Solange Santens with a group of unidentified children. |
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Morris, Ernest. The Angelus Bell. n.d.
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| Box 2 |
Bookmark n.d.
(green cloth with white counted cross-stitch 5.5 x 1
cm)
removed from a volume of Bookcase of Knowledge , London, 1800 (PZ6. B722). |
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Washington letters owned by George Alexander Ball.
Prefatory note by Stan V. Henkels. Philadelphia, Privately printed, 1926. 52 pg. Annotated in the hand of George Alexander Ball. Includes typescript of Letter 36A (page 26) which is not printed in the book. |
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About authors and writings
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About Ball book collection
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and D'alte Welch
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pages 1-41 (numbered on verso)
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About books
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About "Little Goody Two Shoes" (Owen and Gumuchian
collections)
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Book sale lists
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A-B
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C-R
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S-Z
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Exhibits, loans
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Lists of books and games with Hamill and Barker
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Lists of books with Brentano's
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Materials collected by Kathryn G. Grant
(2 folders)
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The Mrs. George A. Martin Library -- Sold by Park-Bernet.
1947, Jan. 13-14
(Children's books). Accompanied by typed copy of "prices realized...." 5 pp. |
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Adventures/Travels: Robinson Crusoe.
(15 items)
See also: Slipcase in Box 3 |
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Bells:
See also: Slipcase in Box 3 |
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Pictures and cartoons
(43 items)
Consists of:
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Pictures: John Taylor and Co.
(30 items)
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Poems
(48 items)
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Prose, 1743-1920
(42 items)
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Prose, 1921-1944
(48 items)
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References
(16 items)
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Bridges
(20 items)
See also: Slipcase in Box 3 |
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Forges
(15 items)
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Omar Khayyám, Three poems about. 1887-1902
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Rides:
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Pictures and cartoons
(11 items)
See also: Slipcase in Box 3 |
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Poems collected by Louella Dorothea Everett.
62 enclosed with letter to G. A. Ball, Nov. 21, 1941 |
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Prose
(16 items)
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References
(13 items)
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Sermon preached to a Congregation of Glass-Bottles, etc., London,
1715 . T.
D.
(21 p.)
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| Box 3 |
Slipcase materials
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Adventure/Travels. Typed copies of the following books:
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1601. An Historical Treatise of the Travels of
Noah.
(108 p.)
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1673. The Floating Island.
(64 p.)
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1688. The Isle of Pine.
(15 p.)
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1704. Prince of Bohemia.
(297 p.)
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1706. Man Unmask'd.
(36 p.)
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1766. The Life and Surprizing Adventures of Don Antonio de
Trezzanio.
(160 p.)
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Bells.
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Slipcase 1.
(2 items)
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2.
(About 100 items)
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3.
(About 100 items)
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4.
(About 100 items)
Includes Legends O' the Bells by Ernest Morris. T. D., 147 p. |
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Bridges
(About 100 items)
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Rides
(About 100 items)
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Trees, Slipcases 1 and 2.
(About 100 items each)
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| Box 4 |
Notebooks: in black notebook covers
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Catalog of children's books in the Elisabeth Ball Collection.
Prepared by D'Alte Welch
[see his letter of 8 Sept. 1965] |
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Scrapbooks of holograph and printed items re: Ball
collection
(2 notebooks)
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| Box 4 |
Children, group of four, unidentified, n.d.
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Woodworth, Claudius Hiram, n.d.
(2)
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Mills in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, photographed by C. H.
Thomas of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
(19)
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Trees in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, photographed by C. H.
Thomas of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
(22)
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| Oversize 1 |
Photograph album: All Aboard for Colorado, by James E. Pierce,
Sept. 21,
1901
(46 photos in black album)
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| Oversize 1 |
About miniatures
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Alice in Wonderland
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Art
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Book sale catalogs
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A-J
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K-Z
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Brochures, etc., 1932-1971
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Clippings
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from sale catalogs
(3 folders)
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"from sale catalogs to put in Book Catalog"
(2 folders)
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Hornbooks
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The Child Discovers its World through Books of
Travel.
T. & Carbon D. S. [38p.] 28 cm. Talk delivered at
University of Texas, March 1943.
[see letter of 10 Feb. 1943] |
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Children's books. How collection was formed.
A. D. [7p.], 14.5 cm. Notes in pencil for talk to teachers. |
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The Moving market.
A. D. [4p.], 28 cm. Notes in pencil and ink for a presentation on cries of street vendors. |
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Nowadays, since traveling conditions....
A. D. 1p., 22.5 cm. Pencil draft. |
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Ball, Elisabeth W.
To Panama.
1913, Jan. 29-Feb.
Selections from Elisabeth's journal with illustrated cut-outs and photographs on heavy brown paper. (103 p.) |
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Exotic Scrapbook ca. 18th century.
Bound in vellum covered boards. 40 x 16.5 cm. Many blank pages with 15 numbered leaves. Watermark: Pro Patria G R. Contents: Cut-outs of exotic scenes pinned in; laid-in designs, one imprinted--Bath Pub by I Hamlyn 1789 (leaf 1); laid-in four playing cards in red and black water color. |
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Chinese Cut-Outs. ca. 1925
(15 pieces)
On gold foil or paper with hand-colored human figures, exotic creatures and floral designs hand-colored in orange, pink, dark blue, purple, green, etc. |
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1. Rectangle with note on heart: To Betty from Mrs.
Stevens.
(15.5 x 9.2 cm)
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2. Circle with figure in green robe.
(4 cm. in diameter), verso: Made in China
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3. Nineteen circles: 10 women and 9 men, both in orange
robe.
(3 cm. in diameter), verso of some: Made in
China
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4. Four identical men in orange robe, green belt, with pack on green
stick.
(11 cm.)
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5. Five men, dressed individually.
(8.5 cm)
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6. Four identical exotic butterflies.
(5.6 x 11.7 cm at widest point), one with date on
verso: 15/2/25 and Chinese note.
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7. Three identical exotic parrots.
(8 x 12 cm)
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8. Two identical blue-trimmed circles with man on boat and woman on
shore with fan.
(11 cm. in diameter)
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9. Three identical blue-trimmed circles with two men, exotic
creature and ball.
(11 cm. in diameter)
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10. Two identical blue-trimmed ovals with man, woman and
child.
(15.5 x 10 cm.)
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11. Two identical rectangles with two sitting men.
(8.5 x 11 cm.)
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12. Circle with vase and flowers.
(17.5 cm. in diameter)
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13. Four rectangle floral designs, 3 with identical coloration and
one with variant color in lower right hand corner.
(11 x 26 cm.)
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14. Two identical rectangles of two men among floral
designs.
(18.5 x 21 cm.)
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15. Two identical rectangles of floral cut-outs.
(21 x 25 cm.)
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Metal type for unidentified children's book illustrations. (4 items)
(2.5 x 1 . 1 x 2cm.)
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Miscellaneous art pieces, A-Z.
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1. Dick Turpin's last ride on his Bonnie Black Bess.
(Silk scene, 5 x 15 cm. in frame, 16.5 x 24 cm.)
Scene woven on silk by Thomas Stevens, inventor and manufacturer, Coventry and London (Registered). |
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2. Fight scene at cave by figures in 18th century?
(Costume: pen and ink with black and gray wash., 9.2 x 12
cm.)
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3. Indian: in ceremonial brown headress with horns and bells on
leggings.
(On sand paper, 36 x 26 cm.)
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4. Indian: in ceremonial winged costume.
(On paper, 28.5 x 36.6 cm)
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5. Indians: woman with green headress and pom-poms; man with gray
rattle and bells on leggings.
(28.5 x 36 cm.)
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6. Sylvan scene: Barefoot boy and girl, imprinted line
drawing.
(8.7 cm. on larger page)
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7. Sylvan scene: Leafy hand-made cut-outs of pink and white
paper.
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a. Tree design, pink paper.
(6.7 cm.)
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b. Leafy design on vase, white paper.
(9.5 x 7 cm.)
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c. Oval leafy design, white paper.
(9.5 x 8 cm.)
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8. Sylvan scene: man and woman painted in black on glass, placed
over sylvan background of milkweed and flowerlets.
(Framed, 14 x 14 cm.)
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9. Sylvan scene: man and woman among sheep and goats, hand-colored
printed cut-out, mounted.
(21 x 33 cm.)
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10. Sylvan scene: silhouette cut-outs on black paper.
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(1-2). Woman sitting by pool with fish.
(12 x 11 cm., Two identical cut-outs)
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(3). Woman in bouffant dress and ballet shoes and bird on branch
in leafy oval.
(22.5 x 17.5 cm.)
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(4). Girl and basket facing wolf in forested oval.
(20 x 15 cm.)
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(5). Boy and girl approaching house with squirrel in forested
oval.
(20 x 15.3 cm.)
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(6). Child pursued by geese, in oval.
(9 x 19.4 cm.)
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11. Sylvan scene: women with jars, printed view in oval of gold and
white design.
(5.5 x 6.5 cm.)
Accompanied by other gold and white printed designs, 5 floral, 1 figure of boy and girl, and an open book. |
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Paintings on glass (lantern slides). n.d.
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1. Cendrillon (Cinderella).
(5.5 x 20.8 cm., green paper edging)
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2. Good Night.
(Two broken pieces)
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a. Good Night banner, soldiers with U.S. Flag.
(6 x 11 cm.)
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b. Soldiers with drums and fife, leader on horse.
(6.8 cm.)
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3. Sailing ships.
(6 x 20 cm., broken edges)
Six sailing ships depicting stages of development. |
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4. Serin de Canarie, et al. n.d.
(Faded white edging, 8.2 x 34.2 cm.)
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a. Serin de Canarie. Series of 4 scenes with two French phrases
below each scene: Girl with bird in cage, 2 children with dog, three
children playing, 2 children with child in carriage.
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b. Bombardment. Sailing ship bombarding island castle in
flames.
(Paper edging missing from right side).
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c. Deerhunter. Man on horse with three dogs chasing
deer.
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d. Feasters. Three views: man and woman, two women, two men with
keg decorated with tree.
(Right end broken off - 8.2 x 29.5 cm.)
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e. Little man harassing others. Four views: man at piano, woman
with fan, soldier, soldier on horse.
(Broken into two pieces with one broken corner).
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f. Marchers. Eleven men in various garb following man on
horse.
(Right edge broken off - 8.2 x 32 cm.)
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g. Rider on dog, etc. Four views: on dog, on goat, on rabbit, on
rooster.
(Broken into two pieces with one corner angled).
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h. Riders on horseback. Man and two women.
(Broken into two pieces with Rider 3 missing or cut-out from
group).
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5. Sidewheelers and other ships.
(7.2 x 30 cm., in wooden frame holder 8.2 x 33 cm.)
Two scenes, one with buildings in the distance; the other with ship at dock. |
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6. Skaters.
(7.2 x 30.5 cm., broken into three pieces)
Eight skaters, boy on sled, and dog. No edging. |
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Printed on glass (rotary slides), n.d.
Eight scenes each slide, wording in English, French and German. Sandwiched in glass with tin rims. 15 cm. in diameter. |
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1. The Apple Thief
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2. John Gilpin
(one side of glass sandwich missing and loose rim).
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3. Natural history
(one side of glass sandwich broken).
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Child's school slate.
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