‎Collectibles‎

‎GRANT L JOHNSON‎

‎1919 - 1921 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF OPERA AND BALLET IN POST WAR CHICAGO BEING THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT'S HANDWRITTEN PLOT BOOK‎

‎CHICAGO ILLINOIS IL. Good. 1920. Hardcover. On offer is an original super manuscript relic of opera and ballet in Chicago being the 'Plot Book' of the 1919 - 1920 season of the Chicago Grand Opera Association Auditorium Theatre handwritten by Grant L. Johnson of the Electrical Department. La Nave Fedora Madame Butterfly Masked Ball Lucia La Boheme Aida . Some pages have a play or opera titled but no notes. There are also a couple of pages dated 1921 regarding the Riviera Theater perhaps the company was on Tour. There are two pictures enclosed: one cut from a magazine showing a family and then a separate photo of two young women one of whom is in the magazine picture. One gets the impression this is Mr. Johnson's family or the family of his girlfriend. Sixty five plus pages of which one third have writings makes this a unique relic of the stage arts and Chicago arts Americana. Overall G.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: OPERA BALLET DRAMA DRAMATIC ARTS CHICAGO ROARING TWENTIES FLAPPER ERA ENTERTAINMENT THEATER THEATRE CHICAGO LYRIC OPERA CHICAGO GRAND OPERA AUDITORIUM THEATRE POST WORLD WAR I WWI HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA VADE MECUM Als antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001390

‎REVEREND JOHN C STUFF & ISABELLE GISH [later STUFF]‎

‎1929 - 1931 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES 4 HANDWRITTEN BY A DOUBT FILLED SEMINARIAN AND HIS DEVOTED WITHOUT-A-DOUBT FUTURE WIFE‎

‎CHAMBERSBURG PENNSYLVANIA PENN PA. Good. 1929. On offer is an original grouping of four 4 manuscript diaries dated 1929 through 1931 handwritten by Reverend John C Stuff and Isabelle Gish later Stuff written during a period when John was in seminary and Isabelle was working in Chambersburg PA. Historians and researchers interested in the development and growth of a young man seeking a life in Christian outreach with all the passions doubts and difficulties that occur with youth and young love will find a unique treasure trove having a pair of diaries from both sides of the relationship. With great charm we initially read a card at the front of one diary: "Each time you record life's happenings here will you think of someone else who is recording her events Let us strive to make each day better. Your devoted fiancee Isabelle". John has written that they were engaged on April 6 1928 formally announced the engagement at Thanksgiving and spent their first Christmas together in spirit and truth as an engaged couple. While the diaries are interesting on a number of levels the story of their increasing love and subsequent marriage are really the stars here. John writes: "I took Isabelle to the Chb'g train this PM. It is hard to watch the train pull out but thro the lingering last smile and the sparkle of the eye is the hope that cannot be lost but lives til the train brings her again to me. I resolve to read more and take Sem. life more conscientiously. I resolve to stand on my own feet self confident and courage equal to all others. To try to be more helpful and make my dearest happier." John's diary is fascinating reading as he considers his religious training in light of the real world around him and expresses his interest in some of the new religious developments such as the writings of Rutherford and Russel Jehovah's Witnesses and "this interesting age and life of Industrialism and Science." John's diaries unlike many more mundane diaries of clerical types are a study of real humanity as he struggles with the balance between his calling and his culture and the difficulties of life in modern times. Here is a snippet: "Mother William and I left for State College this AM at 7:00. Car wasn't working. Arrived 11:00 AM Will was registered and boarding at Criterion Club. I'm sure he will like it and get much from it. We came back thru Dry Run stopped at Esther's for 6:30 dinner. I was hungry and tired. Home about 10 pm. Esther and Jacob seem to be very happy. Probably a good thing that she was tired of teaching before marriage. That valley surely has its moral problems." "Tried to sleep this AM but couldn't. Got an interesting reaction from Isabelle. Today I don't see why she read the meaning into it that she did. We are both too sensitive and too easily upset by things which don't apply to us. Saw "Hallelujah" this pm I was a bit disappointed with the picture of negro life. Worked tonight again. Good radioing but getting very cold." "Left at 8:30 for Sem again. Arrived here. Went to 11:00 am class. Many boys not back yet. Several sick. Hill not back yet. I wish M Tozer were here this year. I think he would be a good companion. Miller and I saw "Gold Diggers" tonight. Very good show. Thank the Lord Isabelle isn't a gold digger; for ministers don't have - gold." "Rev Honch asked me to assist him in communion service this AM. I read scripture. Mk 10:12-26 and administered sacrament of wine. Little nervous at first but very good experience." "Cold coming up from Hotel. Slept from 10-1 pm today. Dinner with waiters. Slept this PM. Worked at hotel tonight. didn't eat till about 10 pm. Read NT and Listing to Dr Smith of Illinois. Preacher. My dear called from Ardmore tonight. I am so glad she called for it made me feel so much better in every way. Put new life into my work and thinking. Perfect understanding is a much desired thing." "Letter from Sem today. I'm ready to go back and wasn't to room alone. Began fixing the bed springs. Helped JN to refill silo this pm. Hard work and hot. Went to Mill. Has been reading Judge Rutherford - Russelism -he thinks more than the average man." Judge Rutherford was a leader of the Jehovah's Witness movement and Russelism was an early name for the tenets of the Watchtower Society. "Read H Spirit book went downtown and bought 3 bottles of ginger ale. The idea of bringing them up to Sem. was amusing." "Tonight we played cards til 8:30 then I read HS book and went to bed at 10:30 pm. Just a week ago I was relaxing with ease and comfort in Isabelles room and we were having a splendid visit. I wish I were there this weekend for I surely enjoy going down to see her and be with her if only the cost wasn't so great." "Wrote Isabelle felt like quitting and going down to her. Heartache for her. Studied Greek felt better after Chapel worked late." Here are snippets from Isabelle's diaries: Jan 1: "My first diary. Had the last vacation date with John tonight. It seems hard to part but time will pass and soon we will be together always. Dad sick in bed with the flu. Came back to Ardmore. What a thrill after such a nice vacation. John took me to Chambersburg for the train. 4:22 was almost starred and nothing in the apartment to eat. Chatted a while and went to bed. First day teaching. Taught three music classes for Miss Metzger. Unpacked fruit that came from home. Guess I'll do no more tonight. Too much talking. How glad I am its Friday. Made out some final tests today and wrote 3 letters. Sort of have the blues reaction setting in from vacation. Must iron some hankies then retire for a much needed sleep.Got weighed lost 3 lbs weigh 137. Henrietta gained 1 lb. Taught 2 B Art for Miss Rodgers. Held one of the pupils on my lap coming in on the bus route. Mrs Arterburn looked at me and said they had bugs. Makes me feel itchy. Mr Goos told Henrietta to take Ep. Salts for cold. Washed my hair. Taught two art classes today again. Was put on hall duty today. Another new job. Adeline Crouse invited me to a bridge party Feb 8th. Have a boil on my face. Kelly called Helen again. Gave Frank Cappella a taste of the ruler. Another boil on my face. Went up to Metzgers to see Henrietta's sister and Ismine. Insurance agent came. Helen met her at the door Judge jumped behind screen and I leaped to the bedroom. No time for such folks. Ma said we should take our paper downstairs everyday. She is afraid of fire. Judge shed some tears. Washed and ironed as usual. Carrie Miller was out in the afternoon. Rest went to Chambersburg. John and I practiced some music then went to see Will Rogers in "Lightning" Good light comedy. Had a long epistle from Henrietta. Made out marks. Had a letter from John. He made an appointment for vocal on Friday night. Someone took his hat on Sunday night. Went up to have Pauline Hege give me some q's on vocal but she wasn't home." Here is a specific breakdown of each book: Diary 1 is a Wanamaker diary for 1929 red binding used by Isabelle. The pages are firmly attached but the front cover and spine are starting to separate from the binding. However the book is in very good condition for its age and is solid. The diary is very full of writing and extra things are glued in on some pages. Diary 2 is a small National diary for 1929 used by John. It is very full and the writing is very easy to read. Diary 3 is a personalized Day by Day diary used by John with a lock on the strap that holds the diary closed. It is very full and is in excellent condition. John's name is embossed on the cover. Diary 4 is a Wanamaker diary for 1931 used by Isabelle. It is not as full as the other diaries. It was used almost daily until mid May after which it is blank. Overall they are G.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CHAMBERSBURG PENNSYLVANIA REVEREND EDUCATION BACKSLIDING STUFF GISH DEPRESSION DEPRESSION ERA RUSSELLISM JEHOVAHS WITNESS CULTS RUTHERFORD AND RUSSELL POST SUFFRAGE WOME'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES SOCIOLOGY SOCIAL STUDIES SEMINARY LIFE SEMINARIANS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001398

‎DANIEL WRIGHT KITTERIDGE‎

‎c1905 - 1906 CHARMING ARCHIVE OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS FROM NOTED AMERICAN NOVELIST TO HIS DEAR FRIEND AND THE ONE DAY WIFE OF DIPLOMAT AND INDUSTRIALIST FAY INGALLS‎

‎AVONDALE CINCINNATI OHIO OH. Good. 1905. Manuscript. On offer is a charming archive of seven 7 handwritten letters with four 4 envelopes circa 1905 - 1906 written by Daniel Wright Kittredge to his friend Rachel Gaff Holmes. Research suggests that Holmes came from a family of New Orleans merchants and she would one day become Mrs. Joseph Fay Ingalls in 1909. Daniel Wright Kittredge a noted American author from Cincinnati we believe who wrote "Memoirs of a Failure" in 1908; "All the World Loves a Quarrel in 1911; and "A Mind Adrift" in 1920. The letters are humorous affectionate and speak of the times they've had she helping him pick titles for his books his health his "stuttering" guitar asking her to lean on him more many mentions of places and people they are going to visit etc. Obviously the two enjoyed a long intimate easy friendship. Overall VG; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: INGALLS AVONDALE CINCINNATI OHIO KITTERIDGE NEW ORLEANS HOLMES AUTHORS Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento Manuscrito . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 00MV770

‎Jack Ernest Bridgman, SX3874‎

‎1940 - 1942 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND EPHEMERA BY AN AUSTRALIAN SIGNALMAN WHO FOUGHT FOR THE LIBERATION OF GREECE AND HIS RECOVERY OF WOUNDS SUFFERED IN SYRIA‎

‎ATHENS GREECE DAMASCUS SYRIA. Good. 1940. On offer is an interesting modest archive of three 3 manuscript letters plus additional ephemera from an Australian signaller with the 1st Australian Corps Signals serving in Greece Syria and Lebanon between 1940 to 1942 to his sweetheart in Melbourne. Jack Ernest Bridgman SX3874 who went on to become a sergeant in the AIF by the end of the war writes in the first dated 4 May 1940 is three pages in length Jack makes apologies to Lois for not writing as he was one of the boys in Greece and he 'had a very busy time what with the mud snow bombs and bullets" "and there was even very little time to sleep". He considered himself lucky to survive and he "thought I was going to be left to be buried but luck was on my side". He describes Athens and being sent to the "front lines" which was "hell on earth" as he was a despatch rider. He describes the Germans aircraft bombing them and the hardships imposed by the Germans. In great detail he describes a dispatch job to a ammo dump that was 15 miles away and it took him 4 hours as German aircraft flew over "by the dozens' and forced him to "jump off his bike 20 times". He finally made it to the ammo dump but 12 planes came over and "blew up all the ammo and I was in the middle of it" and he had to stay in a mud hole for 3 hours until "all the shells and bullets stopped going off". To his great sorrow his motorcycle had been blown up as well. He then had to get a lift via a military truck and they had driven not long when another plane attacked the truck he was in then it "blew it the truck off the road killing the two boys that were in the front" and forcing Jack to jump off the rear of the truck "just in time". All that Jack sustained was a gashed leg. A super letter regarding the war in Greece. The second has Jack looking not so fortunate as he explains to Lois as to why he has not written to her for a long time. He was travelling through a township when "a few Hun planes dropped quite a few large bombs and one made a mess of me". He has quite a few stitches in different parts of his body including his head and had lost his index finger on his right hand. He is in hospital and the nurses are treating him well and his "cobbers" have been dropping in to see him. He explains that "there are a lot of boys around me a lot worse than I ever was". He was unconscious for two days and lost his hearing for 6 days. This letter would have been written when he was in Syria as it is dated 3 Oct 1941. Fortunately Jack would get back to his unit and eventually survive the war. For an infantry division to fight effectively its commander must be in contact with his subordinate units at all times. To do this during the Second World War the signals unit had to provide the commander with communications whether by despatch rider on motorcycle over the telephone and wireless or any other necessary means. Communications had to be maintained around the clock under all conditions and no matter how difficult. This was the role of Jack. The third and final letter of two pages has Jack describing that "he thinks his Army days are over" and he is thinking of joining the Navy and wanting confirmation from Lois if she thinks he is doing the right thing. What is really interesting is that he has not heard from his 'three cobbers' who were on board the HMAS Sydney when it was sunk. The letter is dated May 1942 6 months after the sinking and basically the Australian public was still unaware that all hands had been lost. Such was the fear on public reaction. Here are the ephemeral pieces: 1 a card from the 1st Australian Corps Signals to Lois; 2 three telegrams and envelopes two sent to Lois when Jack was still in Australia and one sent from Syria and the envelope has a censors stamp; 3 there is a postcard from Happy Jack to Lois showing the Mosque at Damas; 4 5 small "snaps" mainly of Syria but a really good one of; "Aussie Bren Gun Carrier at official entry into Beirut". Each snap is written on the rear; 5 There is a leather souvenir wallet Syria/Lebanon with 3 photos large one of 'Happy" Jack to Lois 1941 the author of this lot which is postcard size two smaller photos of Jack and two mates and Jack on his signallers motorcycle; 6 There is a large message from Syria to Australia and Jack is wishing a Merry Xmas to Lois; and lastly 7 A letter to Lois with mainly small talk and Jack enquiring about contacting her via telephone. Overall an excellent record for the AIF historian or an enthusiast of the AIF Greece and Syria campaigns. G.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: AIF Australia Syria Lebanon Cobbers Bridgman World War Two WWII Hellenic Hellas Aegean Studies Mediterranean Greece Greek Modern Greek History Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001433

‎ANTON HUGH SYREE, MRCS, LSA M R C S L S A‎

‎1893 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TWO 2 JOURNALS DETAILING LIFE AND DUTIES ABOARD A CABLE LAYING SHIP PLYING THE MEDITERRANEAN‎

‎C.S. ELECTRA et al. Good. 1893. On offer is an interesting pair of 1893 and 1895 manuscript journals handwritten by Anton Hugh Syree Syree 1859-1924 M.R.C.S. L.S.A. surgeon on two cable laying ships the `Electra` and another unnamed describing his activities while plying the Mediterranean from home base in England then from Portugal Gibraltar Malta Bona Greece Alexandria and more. The diaries consist of short businesslike entries describing Syree's duties not onerous the ship's activities repairing and testing cable leisure activities shooting in Egypt bicycling sightseeing cricket poker socialising and corresponding Lady King-Hall is an acquaintance his health often 'very seedy' the weather. Historians and researchers will find insight to the difficulties and duties of the ship as it deals constantly with the weather conditions repairs to the ship and a basic lethargy in the operation at no fault to the ship and its crew. The first diary has Syree's ownership inscription on the front cover: 'A. H. Syree Lisbon January 1st. 1892 sic'. At the beginning of 1893 Syree's unnamed ship is anchored off Cascais Portugal; the ship will travel to Syra Tenedos Alexandria Zante Messina and Malta. Entry for 6 January: 'Find day - fresh - At 10 a.m. went out 3 miles in Gibraltar. Bay to repair the Gib. Lisbon cable - finished at 8 p:m: About 8 p:m: our little Monkey died - thro' taking some Carbolic Acid it seems - foul play suspected.' 20 January: 'Wretched day - raining - blowing - very dull - Lack invited me to "High Tea" and then "The Theatre" amateur - military - so rough couldn't get away from the Ship - Gifford made himself obnoxious - I was much upset - very seedy all day.' The diary resumes on 5 October 1893: 'Received letter from Pater enclosing letter fr. London Office asking if I will accept post as Surgeon on "The Electra" - Their letter was dated Decr. 3rd. - Will my pay begin from then - or fr. day of my acceptance -'. At this point Syree is in Cannock Staffordshire in the English Midlands. He packs and travels to Chartham in Kent. 17 October 1893: 'Went to the Ship and was signed on "The Articles" - lunched aboard. Had Supper at Scott's in the evening.' On 22 October the ship leaves Falmouth for Gibraltar; arriving in Malta on 2 November and Alexandria four days later. In Zante at the end of the month. Entry for 2 December typical: '4225 390 = 4615 m Anchored in Bay Terra Nuova about 8 a.m - Electrical staff went off at once testing - very isolated place - only the Cable House and Station anywhere near. Payton & I went shooting in morning - got nothing -'. Working off Greece at end of year. The Electra is at Malta at the beginning of 1895 as the year progresses it continues to do its work around the mediterranean. On 28 April 1895 Syree writes: 'The Anniversary of my Wedding Day. 9 years ago on a Wednesday - I little thought what was in store for me - mine was a very short innings of happiness.' Description of pleasant 'extended' stays: in Patras in May including one entry in French regarding a 'promenade avec M. Corus' Malta in June and in Gibraltar - where he has a long walks with 'darling' Edie Spratt whom he buys 'a gold Curb bracelet with Padlock' - in July. On 18 July he writes: 'feeling very miserable at leaving Gib - or rather the people who are there - I have had a very happy time at Gib and now have to pay for that in being miserable at leaving'. Back in London at the end of July he writes: 'Edie will receive my letter today. I wonder what she will think and what she will say.' Edie's answer 4 August 1895 is 'Yes if we can fight the good fight together' and the entries for the rest of the month contain further positive comments about their relationship. In the last entry 30 August 1895 Syree writes 'to Dr. Cormack about partnership at Bournemouth'. Loosely inserted in the first volume are Autograph Letters Signed from Edward W. Simmons Frederick H. Saunders and W. F. Webster all dated 7 May 1897 regarding a medical practice advertised by Syree in the Lancet. Also an Autograph Letter Signed from 'Alice' of East Mosely 12 May 1897 of a personal nature. Also two receipts by Syree written out on a Memorandum slip of the Eastern Telegraph Company Limited C.S. "Electra." The books proper: 1 January to 20 February 1893; 5 October to 31 December 1893; 1 January to 30 August 1895. 4to 87 pp including 3 pp of accounts. In two diaries: the first 'Letts's Rough Diary with a week on a page for 1893' with 23 pp including 2 pp of 'Expenditures'; the second 'T. J. & J. Smith's Large Quarto Manuscript Diary for 1895' with 64 pp including a page of accounts. All texts clear complete and legible. The books have rubbing and some general ageing and light soiling but internally sound on lightly-aged paper in worn and discoloured covers. Overall G.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: CABLE SHIPS CABLE LAYING MEDITERRANEAN SURGEON MEDICAL DOCTOR PORTUGAL GREECE ALEXANDRIA BONA TRAVEL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001444

‎RICHARD ROUSE BOUGHTON ORLEBAR‎

‎1890 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY BY A CONTRARY CRITICAL XENOPHOBIC ENGLISH MAN‎

‎CHARING CROSS TO TORINO ROME ITALY. Good. 1890. On offer is an interesting manuscript relic of late 19th Century travel and xenophobia handwritten by Richard Rouse-Boughton Orlebar R. R.-B. Orlebar 1862-1950 of Hinwick House near Wellingborough Bedfordshire on an extended trip to Italy. The largish 8.5 x 7 inch cloth bound book has 54 pages of detailed observations and entries. Beginning at Charing Cross January 15th 1890 Orlebar is not shy to criticize: 'I revile the luggage registering official at Charing Cross' the landscape 'how hideously ugly France seemed' the locals in Basle 'capacious…dirty…swarm of porters' to the old lady who scowled at him 'for the rather profuse amount of luggage to the unaccustomed eye'. He also notes; awaking a 'strong John Bull feeling' in him. In Basle it is too dark to see anything but the 'fine station' with its 'villainous lot of porters'. In Italy he is appalled 'by the nauseous abundance of olive oil' and 'the habits of certain natives . eating macaroni with their fingers dangling it on high as it flapped against their eye teeth. The women were as bad as the men. Eugh! John Bull for ever.' While fulminating against the 'eccentricities of Italian railways' he declares that 'verily there is much need for warning wherever the spur of the Englishman doesnt penetrate deeply enough'. Where the natives 'are left to their own unhappy devices civilization is sure to suffer'. He finds this view confirmed on the discovery that his wife's pocket has been picked in Rome and that he himself has lost 'a friendly walking stick & a still more friendly knife that B had given me 10 years ago'. Embarking at Brindisi they discover Sir Greville Smyth 'at the head of the gangway'. The feel they are 'almost like getting home again' until they discover that 'a 4th. being had been made happy in Italy that day through having obtained unlawful possession of one of the straps off a Gladstone bag - that most willing & suffering of all articles of baggage - but to whom a strap is as invaluable as a belt to an over hungry man.' Matters are more to Orlebar's satisfaction on board ship until he discovers 'sand from those villainous Italian Railways' inside his portmanteau' - the culprit is revealed as an open mustard tin.` Even the ancient Romans had to bear his ill will at times. Orlebar though can be quite charming as a writer with many nice turns-of-phrase and when all is well and there aren't other people around he can be quite tolerant. The travel diary is further enhanced with his tucked in drawing of Aden Harbor 2 Cape St. Vincent and Valleta Historians and researchers of the era and overland European travel may well relish a 'contrary' diarist who is not afraid to 'dish'. BIO NOTES: One online reference finds: 'Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar born 1862 married 1889 died1950. Was a Captain in the 5 Bt Bedfordshire Regiment 1904-1912. Lt Col 5th Bt Res 1915-1918 mentioned in Despatches. Hon Lt Col TF Res from 1918. Lived at Hinwick House near Wellingborough. Appointed a JP in 1911. Listed in Kelly's Handbook funeral notice in The Times says the funeral was at St Mary's Podington.' The book proper has some bend to the cover curl to the tips and rubbing but the interior is very good otherwise. Overall G.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: XENOPHOBIA TORINO ORLEBAR BOUGHTON ORLEBAR BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT SOCIAL STUDIES RACISM PREJUDICE HINWICK HOUSE GRAND TOUR TRAVEL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001443

‎DR ANSELMO [ANSELM] WINDHAUSEN‎

‎1909 - 1920s ORIGINAL MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF PRIMARY HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS PHOTOGRAPHS DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA BY NOTED GEOLOGIST GEOGRAPHER AND EXPLORER OF ARGENTINA AND THE SOUTH AMERICAN CONTINENT‎

‎ARGENTINA SOUTH AMERICA. Good. 1908. On offer is an exceptional massive historically significant archive of original handwritten manuscripts documents photographs and related ephemera including maps passports and research materials of noted geographer geologist explorer and expert on South America Anselmo Windhausen. Of particular interest to historians and researchers and collectors of the natural history of the continent are 10 original manuscripts: 1. Geologica Argentina; 2. Paleonto Logia I; 3. Geologia Historica Y Sudamericana II; 4. Geologia De Los Combustibles; 5. Nociones de Hidrogeologia; 6. Mineralogia Y Geologia; 7. Geologia General III III IV; 8. Geografia Fisica I; 9. Accion Coustructiva Y Destructiva Aqua Carrienta; 10. Sierra De Cordoba Hidrogeolica Y Pampeano Cordoba with hundreds of photographs in albums full of exploration photographs and a trip from Argentina to California; across the US in 1915; the Panama Pacific Exposition plus the archive boast hundreds of documents maps passports and other ephemera. BIO NOTES: Dr. Anselm Windhausen 1882-1932 Anselm Windhausen was born in Lingen Germany on April 20th 1882. He studied at the Gymnasium Josephinum in Hildesheim and successively at the universities of Berlin Munich and Göttingen where he had among his teachers such renowned scientists as Ferdinand von Richthofen Wilhelm Roentgen Karl von Zittel Wilhelm von Branca and Adolf von Koenen. He began his scientific work at the Unicorn Cave in the Harz mountains of Germany under a scholarship from the Virchow Foundation conducting geological and paleontological studies whose basic conclusions were confirmed many years later. In those early years he worked for Göttingen's Geological-Paleontological Institute and the Roemers Museum in Hildesheim. In 1907 he obtained his Ph. D. in Geology at the University of Göttingen and that same year he was appointed to take care of the geological and paleontological collections at the Provincial Museum in Hanover. On April 20th 1909 when he was turning 27 he was hired by the Mines and Geology Division of Argentina's Ministry of Agriculture as a staff geologist. He moved to Argentina shortly thereafter. His first geological surveys in Argentina where conducted in the southern area of the province of Mendoza between 1909 and 1910. In 1910 he was in charge of organizing the mineralogical collection at the Centennial Exposition in Buenos Aires. Commissioned by the Argentine government he organized the Mines and Geology Division exhibition at the Industries and Labor Exposition in Turin and Roubaix in 1911 in which he obtained a "Grand prix." Between 1912 and 1913 he began his first explorations in northern Patagonia to investigate the oil outcrops that had been reported in the late 19th century in the Cerro Lotena area of the province of Neuquén. In September of 1913 he recommended the exploitation of oil in what is today the Plaza Huincul field during a lecture he gave at the Sociedad Científica Argentina in Buenos Aires. However the merit of having discovered that oil field was wrongly attributed to one of his superiors Dr. Hans Keidel and it wasn't until 1972 some 60 years later that Windhausen's achievement was finally recognized. In 1916 he resumed his explorations in the areas of Río Negro and Neuquén to define the limits between the Cretaceous and the Jurassic. His conclusions were first published in 1918 in the American Journal of Science. In that study he established the concept and nomenclature of the so-called 'Jagüel layers'. Subsequently he extended his expeditions to the area south of Lake Nahuel Huapí the Chubut River Puerto Camarones Puerto Madryn and other parts of Patagonia. He published his research on the Neocomian fauna at the National Academy of Sciences in Córdoba Argentina of which he became a member a few years later in 1922. He maintained important scientific correspondence on the controversy surrounding the theories of Florentino Ameghino with such renowned colleagues as Herman von Ihering director of the Museo Paulista and W. D. Matthew of the American Museum of Natural History. In 1919 he was transferred to the newly-created Dirección General de los Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales which later became the state-owned oil company YPF. Windhausen was commissioned to conduct a complete geological survey of the oil areas of Chubut and Santa Cruz whose partial conclusions he published in Argentina and Germany. In 1920 Windhausen took the Argentine citizenship. After a strong argument with the Director of YPF Col. Enrique Mosconi about the prospects for the exploitation of Patagonian oil which he defended against other opinions he returned to Mines and Geology in 1923. In 1924 he published a landmark geological study of the Bay of San Jorge which for decades was the basis for the exploration and exploitation of oil in that zone of Patagonia. Besides he brought back to public attention the importance of the Jaramillo Petrified Forest now known as the Cerro Cuadrado Petrified Forest in the southern province of Santa Cruz. He sent samples of area fossils like the " Araucaria mirabilis " to his German colleague Walter Gothan a celebrated paleontologist with a recommendation for further studies in Germany. Windhausen also recommended the exploitation of what was later known as the lignite fields of Río Turbio and extensively explored the Lake Argentino area of Santa Cruz. In 1923 he cooperated with renowned South African scientist A. du Toit during his visit to Argentina closely working with him on the geological correlations of Patagonia and Southern Africa. He then published a milestone article titled "El nacimiento de la Patagonia" The birth of Patagonia in 1924. In it he pioneered the idea of using Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift for the study of South American geology. His ideas about the tectonic plates of South America were confirmed some 30 years later with the use of satellite photography. In 1925 as a member of the Argentine Geographical Society GAEA he actively cooperated with the expedition of the German oceanographic ship " Meteor " which mapped the South Atlantic floor with the use of sonar. Along with his brother-in-law the German topographer Fritz Graef he co-edited GAEA's scholarly journals. In 1926 he was appointed Geology and Paleontology professor of Graduate Studies at the School of Natural Sciences of the National University of Córdoba. In 1928 the Berlin Geographical Society in its centennial granted him the Gustav Nachtigal medal ex aequo with the noted German geographer Fritz Kühn for his contributions to Earth Sciences. In 1929 he published the first volume of his landmark work 'Geología Argentina' Ed. Peuser Buenos Aires. Dr. Windhausen working circa 1926. At that time he also worked as a private consultant for the U.S. company Electric Bond and Share Co. for building a dam in Anisacate Córdoba. He was one of the founders of the Mining and Geology Society of Argentina. He traveled to Germany in late 1929 invited by the famous German geographer Albrecht Penck to finally receive the Nachtigal medal. In January of 1930 he lectured on " Bau und Bild Patagoniens " at the Society in Berlin presented by Penck himself.In 1931 he published the second volume of his " Geología Argentina " devoted to regional and historical geology. For decades the two volumes of this work were an obligatory source for scholars and a textbook on the subject. The book incorporated his visionary application of Wegener's theory of continental drift to the geological interpretation of South America. In April of 1931 through the University of Córdoba he proposed to YPF the establishment of a scholarship program for students of natural sciences which benefited several generations of Argentine geologists as of 1932. After making a trip to Southern Patagonia in the summer of 1931-32 he suffered a stroke. Anselm Windhausen died at the German Hospital in Buenos Aires on April 2 1932 just eighteen days before turning 50. In 1935 a jury of which later Nobel Prize winner Bernardo Houssay was a member gave him a posthumous National Science Prize for his "Geología Argentina." There are also some early German papers when Dr. Anselmo Windhausen leading up to his taking on the position in Argentina. Overall G.; Spanish German English; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA GEOLOGY GEOGRAPHY GERMANY GOTTINGEN ARGENTINA ANSELMO WINDHAUSE NATURAL HISTORY PALEONTOLGY VOLCANO MINERALS MINERALOGY PANAMA EXPOSITION HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES GEOLOGIA DE LOS COMBUSTIBLES GEOLOGIA HISTORICA Y SUDAMERICANA MINERALOGIA CARRIENTA SIERRA DE CORDOBA HIDROGEOLICA Y PAMPEANO CORDOBA SOCIEDAD CIENTÍFICA CERRO LOTENA PATAGONIA CÓRDOBA ARGENTINA JARAMILLO PETRIFIED FOREST . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001468

‎PIERRE W GOLAY et al‎

‎1938 - 1950 ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH ALBUM AND RELIC OF SWISS NEUTRALITY DURING WORLD WAR II AS ONE STUDENT VORACIOUSLY COLLECTS AUTOGRAPHS INCLUDING MONTGOMERY GUISAN AND DOLLFUS‎

‎BERNE SWITZERLAND. Good. 1938. Full-Leather. On offer is a super autograph album and memory book of Pierre W. Golay who in 1938 was being schooled in Switzerland. It appears that for most of the war years he was in the neutral country but by 1945 he was a young British soldier. There are many many dozens if not 100 of signatures and inscriptions plus photographs in the book and ephemeral items enclosed like menus of important dinners are also signed and sometimes inscribed. There are three stand out autographs of important World War II personages among the school family army and theater friends in the 2/3rds filled book: 1 Field Marshall B.L. Montgomery undated; 2 General Henri Guisan Jan. 5 1940 credited with almost singlehandedly saving Switzerland from Hitler's armies and a symbol of resistance to Nazism his picture is attached on the opposite page; and 3 Col. Div. Dollfus Adjutant General de l'Armee the Swiss Army Mars 1940. The largish 6½ x 7¾ full leather once premium album is now rubbed and chipped and the clasp is removed leaving slits in te leather the tab is in half but the interiors are very good and overall G. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: GENERAL HENRI GUISAN DOLLFUS ADJUTANT GENERAL DE L'ARMEE SWITZERLAND PIERRE W. GOLAY WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR TWO WWII FIELD MARSHALL MONTGOMERY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001485

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1942 - 1946 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WORLD WAR II TORONTO HOME FRONT DIARY OF A WEALTHY WASP MATRON DEDICATED TO WORK AT THE RED CROSS IN SUPPORT OF THE WAR EFFORT‎

‎TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA. Good. 1942. On offer is an original manuscript look at life on the home front in World War II era Toronto Ontario Canada through the diary entries and observations of an unidentified woman of some means. Typically of an upper socio-economic distinction prevalent in Toronto of the 1940 our writer is obsessed with hockey games working at the Red Cross most days attending luncheon with Lady Eaton diplomatic events at Queen's Park Granite Club teas and other social events at important clubs throughout the city Bank of Toronto Lady's Club events Landseair Club shopping in Buffalo the Royal Alex volunteering at St. Johns Ambulance King Edward parties travel to Vancouver parties for Members of Parliament CNIB luncheons and much much more from 1942 to 1946. Some damage to the binding but overall G.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: WOMEN STUDIES GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES WHITE ANGLO SAXON PROTESTANTS WASP LANDSEAIR CLUB RED CROSS WWII WORLD WAR II WW2 HOME FRONT HOMEFRONT CANADA CANADIANA TORONTO ONTARIO CANADIANA WRITER HOLOGRAPH SIGNED PERSONAL MEMOIR HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN AUTOGRAPH AUTOGRAPHS SIGNED LETTERS DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS WRITERS WRITER AUTHOR HOLOGRAPH TRAVEL PERSONAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001496

‎FLORENCE E HUGHES‎

‎1933 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF DEPRESSION ERA TENNESSEE AND A SADLY TYPICAL LOOK AT THE LIFE AND TIMES AND RACE RELATIONS OF THE DAY‎

‎SPRINGFIELD BARREN PLAINS TENNESSEE. Good. 1933. On offer is a very interesting manuscript diary handwritten by Florence E. Hughes who lived in or near Springfield Tennessee in 1933. We believe Florence was an African American woman though this is not stated categorically in the book there seems little doubt given the clues some activities etc. Florence was born on July 4th 1867. She married Walter S. Hughes in 1890 and had three children with rather interesting names; Golden R. Pearl M. and Jewel A. She talks of "traveling" to Springfield and living closer to Barren Plains which she writes about it as if it were home. Prolific but rather illiterate Florence details life and quite a few deaths from the area talks of barn dances tobacco growing shows coming into town a "Negro" trial that was held on their front lawn and much more for a full diary. Her husband was a blacksmith by trade and Florence designed several gravestones for her family and some local folks providing a very broad knowledge base of doings in the town. Here are some snippets: 1933 "January 1st Mary Olive Highsmith Jones will have her funeral at the Baptist Church here today. She died at her home in Murfreesboro Tenn. on Friday and brought here to her mother and father's Mr. and Mrs. P.M. Highsmith on Saturday and kept her there until today. Buried her in Springfield. A large crowd attended church. I was sick in bed and could not go so I was so sorry. Great deal of sickness here this winter." "January 3rd I am up today but not well. Mr. Morris is clearing the old brick house. Is moving everything he has today at the new house near Mt. Penson Church. We have lost a real neighbor and friend. Floral Park wishes them the best of wishes. Hope to have them come back. I mailed Ruby a pk this morning. I received a new year book from her. Mr. Clinard is moving to the Sommer's house today. I have been up all day. Charley Johnson was arrested this morning and carried to jail selling whiskey." "January 11th V. Strange and wife are moving near Guthrie Ky today. Sure wish them well and like to have them back some day. 3 o'clock still raining. I made a design for Bro Zoa and sister Ida's grave. Will carry them to the cemetery soon. This is the third one I have made for their grave in Springfield Tenn……Annie sick a bed." "January 20th & 21st I spent the day at the club house. Had a real nice dinner and large crowd. Mrs. Lillie Holman gave me a clipping from the Nashville Banner in behalf of Ed. He sure has all honors a man could have. Nothing too good can be said of him. Oh why did he have to go. Some day we will understand. Oh what a man he was….I received several papers from Ia in Houston Tex giving the articles of bro Ed funeral and burial. It was wonderful to read. To see and know how his country honored him……" "February 10th Captain Charles A. Lindberg is getting some more trouble about his baby. Kidnapers are demanding $500000 or they will take his baby……." "March 8th Somewhat warmer today. They are going to carry Mr. Joe Gown's remains out to Mr. Pink Gown's this morning from Henry and Bill. They went over to Nashville last night after he died and brought him to town. I sent flowers over town to Annie Taylor for her mother's grave her birthday tomorrow. The club are going to send eats to Mr. Gown this eve. Rev. F. E. Alford of Cedar Hill got run over by a car this morning and got his hip broken and they carried him to Nashville Hospital but died the same day. Did not live but little. A fine man gone." "April 21st …….Elizabeth Holman taken supper here tonight. Stayed over for the Negro play that is on tonight at the High School building. Club meeting this eve. Mrs. Smith was still in the hospital not able to come. The jury sent King to the pen for 21 years." "May 6th A large crowd was in town to see the large whale. Idella and myself went to Springfield this eve was guest of Aunt Lucy Gorham. I also called on Mr. Lowery fishery. Purchased me two mated fan tailed fish also snails and tad poles……." "June 1st E. T. and Nancy have a girl baby. Washed for Annie today. Real warm. Daniel Garrett of Houston Tex left for his home this morning. He spent several days with his mother Mrs. Viola Garrett. Mrs. Dan Holland Mrs. Mollie Barbee Mrs. Barbee Holman Mrs. Estelle Corbin were guests at Floral Park this eve. Mrs. Laura Scott Cantrell died in Nashville today. Henry and Bill undertaker went for her remains and carried them to George Robert Scott where she will remain until tomorrow's burial 2 P.M." "August 14th Show came to Barren Plains for a week. It is real good. Viola and Hettie spent the night here. Idella and I went to the show. Mrs. Emma Benson stayed here with Viola while we were gone. The show is over in the lot in front of the house. Only 3 in the show. Mr. and Mrs. O'Brian and daughter……""August 21st & 22nd Had a real good show tonight. This is their last one. I did not go. Set on front porch and could hear real good….Had large crowd at show. The darky's had some trouble and 2 spent the night in jail. Robert Garrett and wife from Mich. are here for a few days……Had the darky's trial here in front yard. Fined them $7.50 each. The show left in this morning. Hope things will be quiet once more….Quite a crowd here at the trial. Sheriff A. L. Jett was here and Mr. Moor. Mrs. Harvey Powell was here and Mr. and Mrs. O'Brian the show people." "September 24th Preaching this morning and night. Truck load drove in Springfield to Tabernacle to hear a 13 year old girl preach. She is a missionary from China. She sure was fine. The meeting at the M.E. Church closed last night. They had a large crowd. Hope things will get quiet for awhile…." "November 6th Mr. and Mrs. Clenelan Mason has a baby girl. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jackson has a baby girl. Hettie Lee is with Dora Lee. Cleve Baker buried their little girl at the Edward Cemetery today. March has gone to town as this is first Monday several spent the day in Springfield. Making flowers for our little cemetery." "December 13th One year ago today Bro Ed. Passed away at his home in Washington D.C. Buster went to see Dr. Dye this morning about his feet they are giving him some trouble….They begun the work at the High School today digging out the basement and filling in the front. Will do some painting too. Buster working at the oil well tonight. Short of one hand…." Historians genealogists and researchers of the area will be delighted by the number of names are mentioned: Farrar Ollie Hughes Morris Charley Holland Viola McNeil Mollie Barber Randall Powell Jack Dean Dr. Charley Tanner Jim Chinnard Laura Pook Bob Trogdon Sam Moon Martha Alexander Pantha Hollingsworth Dr. Dye Bud Powell Charles Highsmith Bob Bell Olive Garrett C. Baggett Orndorff Earl West and more. The diary measures about 5" x 7 ½" and the cover is rather worn but overall G.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: GRAVESTONES NEGRO TRIAL TENNESSEE FLORENCE E. HUGHES SPRINGFIELD BARREN PLAINS BLACKSMITH DEPRESSION DEPRESSION ERA HEADSTONES TOMBSTONES NEGROES NEGRO SMITHY AFRICAN AMERICANS TRIALS WOMEN STUDIES GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES WRITER HOLOGRAPH SIGNED PERSONAL MEMOIR HANDWRITTEN HAND WRITTEN AUTOGRAPH AUTOGRAPHS BRITISH ENGLAND ENGLISH SIGNED LETTERS DOCUMENT DOCUMENTS MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPTS WRITERS WRITER AUTHOR HOLOGRAPH TRAVEL PERSONAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001509

‎DR HARRY H BAKER‎

‎1910 - 1911 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF TWO 2 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THE LIFE AND ILLNESS OF A BROOKLYN DOCTOR FROM DIAGNOSIS TO DEATH‎

‎BROOKLYN NEW YORK CHICAGO ILLINOIS. Good. 1910. On offer is a very interesting archive of two 2 handwritten diaries and 14 early photos handwritten by Dr. Harry H. Baker of Brooklyn New York and at one time Chicago Illinois. The diaries relate specifically to his life and practice but of particular note are entries detailing his own illness from diagnosis to death. In fact he writes right up until the last week of his life. Historians researchers and collectors of medical writings of a personal and intimate nature will find this a unique perspective within the two small leather bound diaries that the doctor kept in 1910 and 1911. He lived at 480 East 19th Street Brooklyn New York. He kept careful daily recordings of his activities. Beginning in June 1910 through December he begins detailed records of his visits to the doctor and he gets a diagnosis of Mitral Stenosis. He reports frequently afterwards on symptoms and medication. He keeps up a lively social schedule through the rest of the year. The 1911 diary continues with the details of his medical condition as well as social visits. He records driving his auto and taking a doctor who was afraid to drive on his calls. In fact he seems to love taking people for a ride in his auto no matter the weather no matter how bad he feels. His condition worsens in April of 1911 and he requires a nurse at home. Perhaps the same nurse who is represented in group of photos that came with these diaries He is bedridden and the diary ends May 7th. Research suggests he died only a few days later on May 12th. He sensed his oncoming death because at the end of April he makes out and signs a new will. Here are some snippets: 1910 "June 20th Began Digalon again. 5 qts. B's d. First since 4/9. 10 weeks. Legs swollen worst since came from Ohio. Did not go down at night as formerly." "July 7th Dig. 5 qts. Demonstration of Overland with Dr. F. When talking with Mr. Silver on curb felt faint. Sat on window ledge a moment. Worse. He took me in to Cowperthwaite's where I lay down on settee. Better. Walked to 62 Ave. Worse again. Sat and cold sweat on forehead. Pulse almost imperceptible. Lay down for almost 40-45 minutes. Better." "July 13th Mr. Silver agreed to make me a special agent for Overland on 10 percent commission and sell me a car at special reduced price and give me prospect to follow up. Watch 52 seconds slow." "July 30th Called on Mrs. Krause Bismarck Hotel Chicago. "Ed" Moved. "Isn't she a luscious piece of flesh" Fannie to Mrs. Clarke music teacher about Helen. Left 1934 Sedg. About 1 mo ago. H. W. at work for Field's on wagon. Mrs. Yorke and Mr. and Mrs. Opert's came." "August 6th At Dr. Cady's 11:30-12:30. Walked over Brooklyn Bridge. Called on Clara Girrach and with her inspected Nurse's Home and several wards of Bellevue Hosp. No dig. Today. Watch 45 seconds slow…." "August 27th Downtown then to Br. Beach. Walked to Marsh Beach and Ocean Ave. car. Then to Sheepshead Race Track where I saw Ely fly and one other. First flight I have seen. Entrancing. Wonderful. Watch 42 seconds slow…." "September 26th Went to Bellevue Hosp. Poor report for Miss Brink Supt. Of training nurses. Also poor report of Mr. Wilson of Roosevelt Hosp. Exam of Cadillac Stearns and Jackson Autos." "October 2nd Slept late and well. Went in auto with Dr. and Mrs. F. to call on Dr. Barnes at Williamsburg Hosp. Still in bed over 4 weeks after operation for Apps. Chess. Pinochle in eve with Dr. and Will Raymond. No Dig." "October 4th At home all day. In eve heard Elbert Hubbard lecture on "The New Religion" at Cooper Union with Theo. Met him and Madam Adrla Maria Rique'; also Kauffman." "November 14th In bed till after 2 P.M. Headache splitting now for about 4 weeks on account of hard cough. Cough not so hard pain in and side of chest at old pneumonia spot. Heavy. Played chess with Will he 6 I 4." 1911 "January 2nd Went to E. NY and took Dr. F. on his calls. Returned to 480 E. 19th St. with Mrs. F. Took Elsie Randall through Prospect Part to Coney Island Manhattan Beach and back via Ocean Ave. First time she had seen Atlantic Ocean. She enjoyed ride immensely. After dinner music. Mr. and Mrs. Operts. Took Mrs. F. home in auto and stayed over night." "January 23rd Went with will on his calls in his auto in A.M. After 2 took him in mine on a call then down town. Played 1 game of billiards at Knick's. He 25 I 24. Then home. Went to Dinsmon's and had stop cock of radiator lowered. After dinner took Mrs. F. to hear Surette and Charles G. Soprano's on Brooklyn's 1st Symphony. Met Auntie Ida Elsie Randall and Abbie Ingram there. 3 handed pinochle after getting home with Will and Raymond." "February 2nd Drove auto downtown. Took Mr. Davis on a call. Called on Dr. Campbell. Had a talk with his wife. They bought a Cadillac. Dinner at McCann's. Took Mr. Lindon to St. Johns Hospital then went on to Archer's Hill Jamaica where heard Mrs. Gregory on "Folk Lore and Songs of the South." Drove her home. Cold N.W. wind. She had had bad news from her sister." "March 1st Went to NY with Will to Frank's office. Heard him explain why no one paid up notes. Told him I wanted everything turned back into my name. All my property. He first said he couldn't do it. I told him he had promised to do so and I now demanded that he should. Then he said he would see if he could figure out some way to protect both of us. Went to garage and got Jan. and Feb. bill receipts. Drove car to Dr. F's in garage on Penna Ave. Dig 5 qts." "March 21st About 12:30 P.M. had an attack of weak heart and poor circulation causing awful tingling and numbness in leg then foot and toes became immovable. Will gave me Puls. Cc1. In 2-3 hrs it got some better tho tingling when touched on inside of leg and foot. 2 days. Pain with this was excruciating. Auntie came over and helped Dr. and Mrs. F. Had a nurse Mrs. Evelyn at night." "April 5th Slept fairly well. Felt better during day than since taken sick this time tho very weak. Sharp pain about heart 4-5 times very severe. Up most all day 11-7…." "April 21st Slept about 5 hrs. Very well no retarded respiration. Abd. full and feels heavy but no pain. Bad attack of shortness of breath 12-3. Auntie over all day. 35 ozs. urine 4 P.M. New will made out and books received by McD. Corrected new will. L. Thigh 23 ½". Urine 37 ozs. Dig 12 qts A.M. Dig 12 qts. P.M. Ars. 30 2h 3 only." "May 5th Slept 5 ¼ hrs. at night. None during day. Sat up most all day. Very difficult to lie down. Miss Smith sick and did not come Thursday night. Miss Arnold stayed till 11 A.M. 5". Auntie over and helped. Swells quite bad on account sitting up so much. About 5 Mr. Charles L. Thatcher over and Will and I each signed request for exam by a Reform of Ct. F. over to see Will 9-11 P.M. Miss Cunningham at night……" Enhancing the narrative are related photographs showing Dr. Baker from childhood as a baby only 4 months and on into his adult years. There are 9 photos of him all have his name on the back and some even his address at the time and the date. Two are duplicates but the rest were taken during the various stages of his life. On the back of one it says "6239 Monroe Ave. Hyde Park Chicago Ill. 1st Practicing medicine." One photo states: "Nurse. Mrs. Annis. 1908 or 1909." The other photos show his father and mother: The Rev. and Mrs. Ephraim Baker. Two of the CVDs are of Rev. Ephraim Baker at different ages. Then the younger man's photo was made by J.W. Clark Mendota Illinois the older man was made by Soderberg Sutton Nebraska. His wife was Janet or Jeanette Whitney. There is a photo of her as an attractive young woman with her hair dressed with long curl on her shoulder. The photographer was J.W. Clark. The Cabinet photo shows her as an older woman and there is no photographer named. According to family research both people graduated from Oberlin College. They were the parents of Dr. H.H. Baker. The 1910 diary measures about 2 ½" x 4" and the 1911 diary measures about 2 ¾" x 5 ¼". Both the diaries and photos are in good shape. ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HARRY H. BAKER BROOKLYN NEW YORK CHICAGO ILLINOIS MITRAL STENOSIS HEART FAILURE HEART CONDITIONS MEDICAL MEDICINE DOCTORS GETTING ILL SICK DOCTORS HEAR FAILURE HEART CONDITIONS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover‎

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‎GEORGE CRAWFORD MURRAY, LAVINIA MURRAY, JAMES M HOAGLAND et al‎

‎1830s - 1870s ORIGINAL MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES 50 AND HANDWRITTEN LETTERS 65 DETAILING THE LIFE AND LOVES AND RELIGIOUS DEVOTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY COUSINS‎

‎MIDDLETOWNE NEW JERSEY MONMOUTH CTY NEW YORK CITY. Good. 1830. On offer is a fascinating massive archive of letters notes diaries and some ephemera of particular interest to researchers historians and collectors of mid 19th century New York City and New Jersey and religion of the day. The archive is made up of two 2 main components: 1 approximately 50 diaries and notebooks and 2 approximately 69 letters of inter-family correspondence dated from the 1830s through to the late 1870s they are mostly by and between three people; James Hoagland of Jersey City New Jersey; Lavinia Murray of NYC and her brother George C. Murray of Middletowne New Jersey. Lavinia is the main recipient receiving letters though some are in her hand from her brother George her cousin and one day husband James Hoagland her mother and father and some cousins and friends. The diaries are unusual and unique as the author George Crawford the books are unsigned but the handwriting is assuredly the same as George's letters to Lavinia kept 'double' books; one set of books are diary like entries describing his life and times travel and business dealings but also a real picture of New York City of the era as George was in love with the city and he seemed to have a number of real estate holdings perhaps he moved a lot that he wrote from many different addresses. He would delight in describing the color of the sun as it came up over a particular street or intersection. George also must have had a touch of obsessive compulsive behaviour as is evident in his writings. He is incredibly detailed and a keen observer. The other side of the diaries is his obsession with religion. He keeps a diary of his devotions the many different Churches he goes to the sermons and lectures heard the speakers . He expostulates in essay form and writes detailed descriptions of the sermons and sometimes point form notes. We have never seen anything quite like the breadth and depth of this man's writings. The books themselves are mostly coverless or perhaps handmade mostly 8 x 5.5 inches with a few smaller and a couple larger. Some are about 25 - 27 pages some a few pages and the odd one or two are triple thick but there are approximately 1000 pages from 1851 to 1881. Historians and researchers will find a treasure trove of Christian activity thought and devotion regarding New York City in this group. This archive was once held by Milton Wyatt of NYC a long time ephemera dealer in Greenwich Village NYC and was purchased from his estate. HISTORICAL NOTES from several online sources: 1 Murray George Crawford Ideal Citizen Legislator. The late George Crawford Murray of Middletown Monmouth County New Jersey was one of those men whose lives and characters are of inestimable value as exemplars of what worthy lives should be. His ambition was ever along the worthiest lines and his whole life was devoted to the highest and best ideals. His nature was of singular sweetness openness and sincerity. He had a profound knowledge of human nature and was ever thoughtful for the welfare of his fellow beings. His family which was of Scotch descent was resident in New Jersey from about the middle of the eighteenth century. 2 Lavinia Murray born December 17th 1818 died 1876 married August 26th 1847 James M. Hoagland a merchant of New York City whom she survived; resided in Jersey City and New York City; no issue. 3 James M. Hoagland Birth 13 Sep 1818 Father Nathan Hoagland 1778-1848 Mother Elizabeth Bird 1782-1847 Spouses 1 Lavinia Murray Birth about 1820. Overall G.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GEORGE CRAWFORD MURRAY LAVINIA MURRAY JAMES M. HOAGLAND MIDDLETOWN MONMOUTH COUNTY NEW JERSEY MILTON WYATT CHRISTIANITY RELIGION ECCLESIASTICAL ECUMENICAL EPISCOPALIAN BAPTIST EPHEMERA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0001523

‎Fitkin, Ed‎

‎Maurice Richard‎

‎Canada: Castle 1950. Solid with two reading creases along the spine on the front cover and there are a few other small creases and dents on the covers. Some stains on the back cover and a small stain on the right edge of the inside pages. 1st Printing. Paperback. Good- Very Good. Castle Paperback‎

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‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1911 VERY UNUSUAL ORIGINAL HUSBAND AND WIFE TANDEM TRAVEL DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A PAIR OF TRAVELING SPOUSES TOURING THE WEST INDIES AND CENTRAL AMERICA‎

‎WEST INDIES TRINIDAD CUBA COLUMBIA VENEZUELA PANAM. Good. 1911. On offer is a very unique superb pair 2 of original manuscript travel diaries that commence in February of 1911. Of particular fascination is the fact that the books appear to be written by traveling spouses so finely tuned a couple that at first the one book seems to be a transcription of the other but soon their interests diverge and uniquely one reads two versions of the same tour of the "West Indies". Our authors are not unidentified but assuredly from the United States. He leaves with his wife from New York Feb 16 1911 by steamer than down the Atlantic to Florida. From Florida they proceed to Cuba Venezuela Colombia Puerto Rico Jamaica Panama Trinidad Barbados Martinique and Bermuda. The first book the husband's a simple thickish flip style lined pad is well filled with about 175 pages of copious writings. The second the wife's is a red leather diary with about 80 pages. The pair offer a great deal of fascinating content about the trip such as visiting markets in Trinidad the Negro women buying produce for their white bosses Negro Police in Kingston ethnographic descriptions of native people from barefoot children women with nose rings grave rites in Cuba native fishermen and write in great detail about the scenery monuments etc. There is a tour of cabaña fortress in Cuba active volcanoes in Martinique touring the rebuilt city of Kingston Jamaica after a massive earthquake listening to a confederate civil war veteran onboard the steamer give a lecture about the civil war. Here are some snippets and only a fraction of their Caribbean and Central American tour writings: Feb 16 1911 NY - Florida - Cuba excerpt Saturday morning went aboard the steamer " Aron" about eleven sailed out of NY harbor a little late about two thirty with the orchestra playing the Star Spangled Banner. It was cloudy but the water was smooth you would hardly realize you were moving. We were happily surprised to find four steamer letters and four packages awaiting us. It made us feel we were not without friends tho none were present to take our hand and say goodbye. We were finally started the bugle sounded to announce that lunch was served we watched as the pilot leave the boat - We have a fine orchestra aboard that gives us concerts morning afternoon and evening in the ladies social hall we have the use of the library my first book is the " Call of Dan Matthews". Feb 22 1911 Havana Cuba Arrived at Havana about six this morning Feb 22nd we found George Washington's pictures at the head of the stairs surrounded by the American flag & decorated flowers we thought it a very pretty complement for a British ship to pay him. We anchored outside and a tender came ashore to inspect us. We were told to go into the dining saloon for inspection of course it was only a formality we simply passed before him. Next we drove to the cemetery this we found very interesting. Here we were told how they bury their dead. The grave is about 7 ft deep and all committed here the casket - without outside box is deposited than lime is thrown over it and a little earth after this the grave is covered with a heavy white stone with handles and tightly sealed. This is left undisturbed for some years this it is opened the bones taken out & deposited in a small casket a small cemented receiving vault which sometimes is built at the head of the grave. A guide & myself went out into the country passed the water works insane asylum etc when about a mile from the asylum we had an experience our gasoline gave out & we sit in the road one hour while our chauffeur went back to the asylum to replenish. Feb 27 1893 Puerto Rico It is customary for families here to take their wash to the river it being Sunday we saw a good deal of this. There were large companies of them and they seemed to be having a happy time. Our guide told us they beat the clothes with a stick. I remarked that it would be quite an undertaking for the families high up on the mountain to bring their clothes to the river. He informed us they did not wash very often. We saw entire plantations of sugar cane large coconut groves bananas etc. When we reached the end of the line about 1 o'clock we were served with ham sandwiches oranges cake and lemonade from the boat. Feb 28 1911 Puerto - Rico Organized sports began today consisting of curling - shuffle board pillow fights - cock fights etc- they are quite interesting & amusing it is lovey warm today girls in swimming suits dancing on deck in the sunshine. We left Santiago about 4 pm for Jamaica as we to sailing out of the harbor we one of the wrecks of the Spanish fleet. March 2 1911 Jamaica We took a special trolly to the Constant Springs Hotel where we found carriages waiting to take us to Stoney Hill. It was a delightful ride we met a great many natives carrying heavy loads of produce apparently very easy on their heads many of them had donkeys also heavily loaded which they were leading or driving. The natives were a variety of bright colors were barefooted & occasionally we saw some of the woman smoking cigarettes or pipes. March 5 1911 Panama Arrived at the isthmus of Panama this morning both Carlton and I regret exceedingly that we must see this interesting place today of at all. After breakfast - Sunday morning we left Colon on special train for Panama to see the much talked of canal our first stop was at Galoon we had some minutes here to get out & see the locks there are to be is triple flight locks arranged in Janio at the Southern extremity of Galum. March 7 1911 Cartagena Colombia March 7 arrived at Cartagena this am this is an old city walled Spanish city with a population of 27000 was founded by Spanish in 1533. I saw nothing attractive it is a very dirty city squalor and flies everywhere street scenes were amusing nude children colored women sitting on the street with a little tray of vegetables for sale. A fat black woman frying cakes on a charcoal stone etc. It was hot on land & delightful to return to the Aron. March 11 1911 Trinidad We were told the stores would close at noon or one o'clock so we spent the morning at the stores going through the market etc - The market was thronged by colored women buying their supplies the various kinds of meat and vegetables were sold by colored people some of the women were very much decked out with jewelry bracelets to their elbows earrings all around the ears. A ring a nose stud in the nose to me was so disgusting Chet wondered way we saw no white people at the market we were told it would not do for white people to go to the market they all send their cooks. Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; TRAVEL LATIN AMERICA CARIBBEAN CUBA VENEZUELA COLOMBIA PUERTO RICO NEGRO POLICE COLORFUL MARKETS VOLCANOES WEST INDIES TRINIDAD PANAMA CENTRAL AMERICA SOUTH AMERICAN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0007029

‎LT BYRON F DOENGES‎

‎1945 SUPER ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT PAIR 2 OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A DOGGED AND DETERMINED FORT WAYNE INDIANA NAVAL LIEUTENANT WHO WILL GO ON TO FAME AND RENOWN BUT NOT UNTIL HE SURVIVES IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA‎

‎SOUTH PACIFIC PHILIPPINES JAPAN. Good. 1945. On offer is a rare first-hand record of a naval officer's presence at two significant WWII battles. Labelled "War Diary I and II these volumes are official United States Navy War Diaries from WWII. They are in excellent condition. They each measure 8 inches by 5 inches and contain 196 pages. The covers bindings and pages are all in good condition. The first diary is 100% complete and the second diary is about 11% complete. They also contain wartime Japanese currency and other ephemera. A war diary is a regularly updated official record kept by military units of their activities during wartime. The purpose of these diaries is to both record information which can later be used by the military to improve its training and tactics as well as to generate a detailed record of units' activities for future use by historians. The author of the diaries is Byron F Doenges. Doenges was born in 1922 in Fort Wayne IN. In WWII he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the US Navy Reserve. He was assigned to USS LST 1033. Landing Ship Tank LST or tank landing ship were ocean-going ships built during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks vehicles cargo and landing troops directly onto shore. LST-1033 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theatre and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa from April through June 1945. Following the war she performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid-July. She was re-designated LSTH-1033 on 15 September 1945. The ship was decommissioned on 1 August 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 28 August that same year. LST- 1033 earned two battle stars for World War II service. After his war service Doenges remained in the USNR rising to the rank of Lt Commander before retiring in 1946. Following his war service he earned an MBA and a PhD. He taught and worked in several universities before entering public service in 1965. He served as economic adviser to the Governor of Oregon before moving to Washington to join the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He served in the agency as Deputy Assistant Director chief of economics and special studies division and finally as senior economic adviser. Doenges passed away in 2006 at the age of 83. His War Diaries documents the ship's journey and participation in the assault on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. And damage assessment of Nagasaki after the atomic bomb had been dropped the repatriation of Japanese soldiers and the transport of Chinese Nationalist troops. The diaries end with his orders to return to the United States. At 0837 underway from Pearl Harbor Hawaii to Eniwetok Marshall Islands operating in Task Unit S1.42.2 via Route Mary. 1300 formed sixty ship convoy with Commander Phil Neikum riding DD LITTLE in command. This ship is in third column from right second ship in column. This convoy is one of 3 similar convoys which is to merge with similar convoys which are to merge at Saipan Marianas to form Task Force 51 for the eventual capture of Iwo Jima . Jan 23 1945 At 0300 sighted salvo flashes and star shells originated by navy fleet units which were bombarding and shelling Iwo Jima volcanoes. 0500 formed cruising disposition # 5 made of 28 LST'S of tractor groups Able and Baker; this ship 14th ship in left hand column. All ships steaming in preparation to line up in single column 5500 yards to seaward of southern beaches of Iwo Jima. 0620 Suribaichi Yama came into view ; the weather was perfect with clear atmosphere At 0741 formed Task Unit 53.3.3 as we came into position before Green Beach #1 .All marines and amphitracks left ship by 0754. . At 0825 aft port pontoon launched to be used as casualty evacuation barge At 0930 this vessel reached its station as casualty ship 4300 yards to seaward Green Beach # 1 Iwo Jima. All while heavy shelling and bombardments by flash units continued while dive-bombers continued strafing and bombing attacks on enemy positions. At 0937 first casualties transported to ship via LCVP's and LCM's from beaches. . Feb 19 1945 Manoeuvring in casualty wound station position 4300 yards to seaward of Green Beach Iwo Jima volcanoes. Casualties close to come aboard after sundown; during daylight hours however when boats can get into beach many casualties were transported to ship. During the night of the 20th approximately ninety Marines remained on tank deck because no boats available or because the APA's would not take them. This is a sad condition because this ship does not have the real hospital facilities an APA has and hence many wounds may have been infected due to delay. The terrific fighting and heavy casualties were in evidence continually. Fleet units and carrier-based aircraft continued to bombard island. 1555 and 1907 enemy aircraft reported in vicinity however none were visible. Feb 20 1945 Anchored as before in Kerawa- Kaikyo Kerawa Retto Okinawa Gunto. 0310 Flash Red alert yellow; heavy enemy air attacks reported at Okinawa Shiwa. 0312 to 0635 exercised at general quarters. No enemy planes or anti aircraft fire sighted in this area. Smoke coverage of this ship was very poor. 0836 to 0851 exercise at general quarters 1047 first casualties arrived wounded from USS Nevada. 1221 underway to shift berths. 1248 anchored in berth K-90 Kerawa- Kaikyo- Kreama Retto Okinawa Gunto. . 1520 & at 1522 the Control became Yellow. Many enemy aircraft reported in vicinity.1630 USS LST 447 preceding from Okinawa to Kerawa Retto and just ready to enter channel was suicided upon by a low flying enemy fighter The ship was hit amidships and a terrific explosion was observed for we were just a little more than a mile north of the beleaguered ship. All ships in vicinity opened fire. At 1640 all hands were seen abandoning the 447. Also at 1640 tea more enemy fighters approached port beam from west side of Fukashi Shima. Again all batteries opened up on attackers one suiciding into SS Logon Victory an ammunition ship and the other demolished by five inch shell hit before it accomplished its mission of diving into another ship. Two friendly F4F's took off the Tulagi CVE 72 at 1645 one was shot down apparently dumping on the other side of the island.1715 first survivors and casualties arrived from LST 447 and the SS Logan Victory; this ships small boat aiding in the rescue work. April 6 1945 Anchored as before. During the mourning ship's officers and army officers aboard went ashore to inspect the Atomic bomb damage at Nagasaki. American troops in force have not yet landed in their area. Got underway for Sasebo Kyushu Japan at 1308 in accordance with CTG 55.7 dispatch dated 200150. . Sept 20 1945 The first of March found LST 1033 skirting the coast of China enroute from Hong Kong to Chaingtao with a load of 832 Chinese troops of the new 1st Nationalist army ship arrived in Chanigtao on March 6 and unloaded immediately. Trip was uneventful. Communist and Nationalist troops were fighting a pitched battle a few miles away while unloading was taking place. Learned that the Chinese first army was completely American equipped however the troops on the whole were very unsanitary. .March 1 1946 . The ship sailed to Shanghai in company with LST's 1046 935 and 96. On 7 March and arrived at the Chinese metropolis on 10 March. However ship did not get into Whangpoo anchorage until 13 March on 15 March ship was notified that she was to load up with 2000 tons of UNRRA food supplies and sail for Hawkow. 1000 miles into the interior to deliver food to starving Chinese.The 1033 was the first LST ever ordered to make a run up the Yangtze River. March 1 to Mar 31 1946 The ephemera includes a 50 Japanese Sen banknote 0.50 Yen. They are part of the withdrawn Japanese Yen banknotes series. The Bank of Japan started issuing these 0.5 Japanese Yen banknotes in 1938. They were withdrawn from circulation in 1945. Also included is a copy of the discharge request on an officer aboard LST 1033 and a draft of Doenges own request for release. This is a thoroughly outstanding documentary record of an American ship and officer in the chaotic last months of WWII and the early days of the Chinese revolution. For a historian is serves multiple purposes. It documents the activities of this ship; it cross-references the names and locations of other ships and officers assisting in filling in the historical record and it speaks to the reach and range of the U.S. Navy and the foreign policy behind its actions. It is truly an eyewitness to history. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BYRON F. DOENGES; LANDING SHIP TANK; LST 1033; IWO JIMA; OKINAWA; NAGASAKI; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE RIVER; U.S. ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY; JAPANESE SEN WAR IN THE PACIFIC SOUTH PACIFIC FORT WAYNE INDIANA USN UNITED STATES NAVY WWII WW2 WORLD WAR TWO AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0007033

‎NOT IDENTIFIED‎

‎1924 CHARMING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF AN IDYLLIC CAR TRIP UP AND DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD‎

‎UNITED STATES EASTERN SEABOARD. Good. 1924. On offer is a delightful account of an automobile trip up the eastern seaboard of the United States. This softcover journal contains 80 pages and is about 50% complete. The cover binding and pages are all in good condition. The handwriting is in pencil and ink and is quite legible. The author of this journal is unknown. Context suggests that the writer is a woman and that she travelling with friends. Context also suggests that both the car and driver are hired for the trip. Written in 1924 it chronicles an automobile trip taken from Miami FL to New York City over a period of two weeks. Each day's journey is very well described with the writer commenting on scenery interesting bits of information places they stayed and people they met. ". We had a room . in a pretty new home of Mr. And Mrs. Bassett delightful people. Mr. C recommended staying over a day and after breakfast he took us around the place - showing us jungle land which had been cleared & transformed into beautiful gardens". p 1; ". We have quite different scenery today - we have hills and valleys. Motored all day through the peach belt of Georgia. The orchards are beautiful - many in full bloom ." p 12; ". There was a good cement road to Salisbury NC a distance of 66 miles . arrived at the Ford Hotel in Salisbury at a quarter of 3 . Tow couples from Ohio stopped there for the night had come up from Florida one from Clearwater the other from Daytona." p 17; ". About 4 PM we crossed the line from NC to VA the hotel prices are driving many into camps nearly every town advertizes their free camp - we have passed many of them but I confess they do not appeal to me" p 25. Their journey ended in New York City: ". Crossed on the 23rd St ferry and arrived at Prince George Hotel around 3:25 . So brings us to our destination after a delightful trip of eighteen hundred miles all well and happy. . We feel we made no mistake in choosing Mr. Chandler and stand ready to recommend him highly" p. 32. This is a charming account of a road trip in the halcyon years immediately before the onset of the Great Depression. A geographer would thoroughly enjoy the descriptions of the passing landscapes and a social historian would likewise enjoy the perspectives shared by these obviously middle-class travellers as they journeyed north.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES; 1920S; 20TH CENTURY; ROARING TWENTIES; JAZZ AGE; EASTERN SEABOARD; EAST COAST AUTOMOBILE TRIP; TRAVEL JOURNALS; AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL IN 1920s; TRAVEL IN 1920s AMERICA; MIAMI FL; FLORIDA; NEW YORK; FROM MIAMI TO NEW YORK; CARS TRAVEL IN ROARING TWENTIES; AMERICAN LANDSCAPES IN 1920s; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0008201

‎JOSEPH L OCTAVE LEBRUN‎

‎1888 ORIGINAL FRENCH LANGUAGE MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF POETRY ESSAYS AND OPINION BY A LATE 19th CENTURY MONTREAL MAN‎

‎MONTREAL QUEBEC CANADA. Good. 1888. On offer is a fascinating collection of prose and poetry written in the late 19th century by a French Canadian writer from Montreal. Measuring 5 inches by 3.25 inches this flip-style note book contains 88 pages and is approximately 60% complete. The cover and pages and in good condition. The binding has loosened and several pages are loose but all are accounted for. The handwriting is neat and legible. It is written in French. The author is Joseph L. Octave LeBrun. The collection was written in 1888. He notes in the journal that he lives in Longue Pointe Montreal. Casual research has not found additional biographical information on LeBrun. However it is clear from his writing that he is a well-educated man. The collection consists of essays on various topics poems and some personal writings. Much of it is in the romantic style popular in late 19th century literature. He begins with the following essay on the advantages of Marriage - Avantages du Marriage: "L'homme trouve dans la femme une douce compagne une sincere ami qui lui offre tout ce que la nature a des plus seduisant de plus precieux qui lui procure la satisfaction des desires les plus tendres lui fournit la societe la plus agreable; qui lui prodigue tous les soins dont il peut avoir besoin ." - "The man finds in the woman a sweet companion a sincere friend who offers him all that nature has most seducing the most precious which gives him the satisfaction of the most tender desires furnishes him with the most agreeable society; who gives him all the care he may need". His poetry begins: "Pour toi seul oh crois moi Je garde un mot supreme Ce doux mot c'est je t'aime Et je ne le dis qua toi" - "For you alone oh believe me I keep a word supreme this sweet word it's I love you And I only say it to you". Another piece is entitled simply Lettre Letter: "La premiere fois que mes regards si fixerent sur vous je senti un fremissement delicieux qui me revela les sorts de mes sentiments ." - "The first time my eyes were so fixed on you I felt a delightful stirring that revealed to me the spells of my feelings ." He signs the letter to the unidentified object of his feelings: "Votre Adorateur" - "Your worshipper". This is a delightful collection of writings from a well-educated and romantic person. It is an excellent example of the type of romantic literature written at that time. It would be of obvious interest to someone studying or researching such literature from that period.; French Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 19TH CENTURY; 1880s; CANADA; QUEBEC; MONTREAL; POEMS; FRENCH POEMS; JOSEPH L OCTAVE LEBRUN; 19TH CENTURY POETS IN MONTREAL; 19TH CENTURY ROMANTIC LITERATURE; FRENCH CANADIANS; LONGUE POINTE MONTREAL; FRENCH LANGUAGE CANADIAN POETRY; CANADIANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0008206

‎EDITH HEATH‎

‎1916 ORIGINAL UPSTATE NEW YORK MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOCAL FARMER'S WIFE INTENT ON RECORDING ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND OBSERVATIONS OF LOCAL LIFE AND TIMES WITH THE AWFUL BACKDROP OF WWI EVER LOOMING‎

‎JEFFERSON NEW YORK. Good. 1916. On offer is an interesting original manuscript diary handwritten by a woman living in rural up-state New York during WWI. Measuring 5 inches by 3 inches the diary is in good condition. There are 365 pages and it is 100% complete. The handwriting is legible. Edith M. Heath lived in up-state New York on a farm with her husband Fred. She was born in 1863 and lived her life in Jefferson County New York. Casual research has not turned up any additional information. She passed away in 1940 at the age of 77. She was pre-deceased by her husband Fred who passed away in 1923 at the age of 61. She had no children. Her diary is filled with the day-to-day activities of running a farm. "Pleasant and very cold. We washed. Had a very large washing washed two big quilts and eight sheets and a lot of other things . " Feb 14 1916; "Pleasant and cold. Bradley went to Adams after lumber. Fred went down to Kelley's to fix telephone but it was too cold to work. Bradley and Dora were over here we sugared off" Mar 17 1916; "Cold and pleasant. Bradley rolled all day they turned the cows out in the afternoon for the first time Mrs. Kelley and Dora went fishing I canned 3 quarts of cow slips and finished cleaning the pantry" May 13 1916; "Rained hard all day. Fred sprouted potatoes. I baked. Fred went to the Centre in the morning and got a new lawn mower $3.50. I fell down stairs and hurt my foot. Bradley and Dora went to the party at the Center." June 3 1916. In February she records the death of her mother Sarah Fassett: ". Ma was very bad all day. She died five minutes to twelve. Had been here 12 weeks and 3 days" Feb 9 1916. Several months later on April 20th she records that Fred sold her mother's house for $800.00 Edith's diary is intensely local. Despite a world war raging there is no mention of it in her diary. Indeed although significant events are taking place in the United States she resolutely focuses on life in her immediate surroundings. In addition to her daily entries she keeps a record in the back of the diary of all of the births marriages and deaths in the area. These are in addition to the many many references to friends and neighbours throughout the diary. This diary is an excellent glimpse into the daily life of a small farming community in America a century ago. The wealth of detail makes it very easy to picture the rhythm of the days and the seasons. Through her entries it is easy to visualize life in that place at that time. A genealogist would prize the names and associated details of the many people she mentions in her diary.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; UNITED STATES UP-STATE NEW YORK; 20TH CENTURY; 1910s; WW1; EDITH M. HEATH; JEFFERSON COUNTY NY; LIFE IN RURAL AMERICA; AMERICA AND WORLD WAR I; RURAL AMERICA; FARM LIFE IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; FARMING OPERATIONS; FARM WOMEN; AGRICULTURE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY; CLIMATE IN NEW YORK STATE IN 1910s; JEFFERSON COUNTY GENEALOGY; WOMEN STUDIES; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0008214

‎ROBERT WHITE WILLIAMS‎

‎1929 SUPER ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A RENOWNED JURIST EARLY ENVIRONMENTALIST AND ACTIVE WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONIST‎

‎FLORIDA WASHINGTON D.C. Good. 1929. On offer is a sensational original manuscript diary and journal of Judge and noted Conservationist Robert White Williams. He was Chief Counsel of the Fish and Wildlife Service United States Department of the Interior and former Solicitor of the Department of Agriculture until his death in 1962. The diary was written in 1929 - 1936 and is filled with diary entries notes on bird and animal life family genealogy and reminiscing about his career in the government. Most of his life he lived in Florida and Washington D.C but there is lots of travel included in this diary. William's inspects wildlife refuges and spots birds and other animals in the southern part of the United States. This book makes for an unusual and unique manuscript relic being equal parts history ecology genealogy and politics plus personal entries regarding his wife's Tuberculosis and other travel related commentary that make for great depth. Williams was born in East Carrol Parish Louisiana on December 5 1877 the son of Robert Willoughby Williams and Virginia Sutton. Robert White Williams is from an old southern family landed gentry of sorts his father Robert Willoughby Williams was a cotton planter in Louisiana and there married Miss Virginia Sutton the daughter of a prominent planter. His father than joined the Confederate Army and served under General Edmund Kirby-Smoth until the close of the war and became on to be a prominent lawyer in Florida. His grandfather was General Robert W. Williams of Tennessee a well known plantation owner with many contacts in the Confederacy. Here are some snippets: Tallahassee Trip January 1929 December 281928 I left Washington with Elizabeth for home reach there at 8:30 pm on the 29th at Jacksonville Virginia and Mr. Hillison meeting in the stateroom and we had lunch in the restaurant leaving for Tallahassee on the bus at 206. I relinquish the Solicitorship of the US Dept. of Agriculture 3 pages in length Early in June 1929 Secretary Hyde said he had been told by former secretary Jardine that I was going to resign as Solicitor very shortly as I Tired of the work and wished to - in something else. This to use suspended like a suggestion that the secretary wished to put some personal or political friend in my place and I Countered it. Return To Washington - 1931 Procrastination - Thou Art the thief of time Truly! Here it is Oct 4 1931! I left Tallhasse Fla July 5 1931 for Washington and only now about to record this unhappy record our more of the heart rending moments of my life. Nora went to In August 1920 leaving the children and me a the house in Tallahassee contented and happy as time wore on the we began to unite with her doctor Colby advised her not to try to live in Florida as the climate is to damp and altitude too low! A change of climate seemed the best immediately and I began to wonder where I would go while pondering this problem from time to time still adverse to leaving my old home I received a telegram from Mr. Ridington Chief go the Biological Dept. of Agriculture Washington D.C. asking whether I would oblige a transfer to Washington to take Mr. Denmead opposite page vacancy I worried that I preferred to remain in Florida! In July Guy Winthrop and I in his automobile went to Cedar Key and Boca Grande Fla and visited a number of the Bird Reservations in that state. It was a fine trip with Guy and we finished the job in one week. As soon as I returned I began to pack for the move to Washington it was a months job and hot and dry spell I had two Jackson's doing the creating and I packed every box. The largish 10.5 x 6 inch journal contains 300 pages is well filled but even includes a copy of a letter he wrote the text for President Roosevelt there are some letters from other judges the original obituary of his grandfather newspaper articles many that include content regarding Williams with additional commentary and annotations lots of loose ephemera including a map or plot of his land in Florida. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; CONSERVATIONIST ROBERT WHITE WILLIAMS CHIEF COUNSEL OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FLORIDA WASHINGTON D.C EARLY ENVIRONMENTALIST BIRDING BIRDER DEPRESSION ERA LOUISIANA EAST CARROL PARISH CONFEDERACY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

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‎Gladys Casteel‎

‎1905 High School Composition Book of a Young Creative Writer with Fictional Stories and Real-Life Accounts of Life in Francisville Indiana‎

‎Francisville Indiana: Francisville Indiana 1905. Good. 1905. Softcover. On offer is an excellent example of English composition writing in early 20th century America. The author of this notebook is Gladys Casteel. She was born Mabel Gladys Casteel in 1888 in Redmon IL and lived in several communities in Illinois and Indiana. She was married at age 22 to Silas Kopka in 1910. Gladys Casteel Kopka passed away in Francisville IN 1965 at the age of 76. Our informal research has not turned up any additional biographical information. However she helpfully includes an autobiographical story that covers her early life. This notebook is entitles "Compositions" and signed by her. It contains a number of stories. From a comment made in her "My Biography" this was written while she was high school. Some stories refer to Francisville others to general themes such as "Our Flag" while another makes indirect reference to Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of The Seven Gables" published in 1851 a book that was popular in America. Her stories are well-written showing a very good command of language and grammar and an ability to turn a good phrase: "…Being the youngest of four children & they all grown I expect I was what they called spoilt - well not exactly that but greatly humoured…" My Biography; ".I had just returned from a visit to Indiana in the Summer of intentially blank. My return was on the 14th of July & Barnum & Bailey Circus was to entertain the people of Kankakee Illinois. Much to my delight papa decided to go and take my two nephews and myself. As you can imagine we did not sleep much that night ." Circus Day. She goes on to give an excellent description of the arrival of Barnum & Baily's world-famous circus and the main performance 'under the big top' Other stories are clearly fiction although some may be loosely based on life and experiences in her community. She also mentions a number of people and places by name. However it is quite possible that these individuals are fictional creations for her stories. They could however offer a genealogist a possible starting point in research of this are. For a social or education historian this composition notebook offers an excellent look into the quality of language and writing education that was being taught in small high schools across the United States at that time. It is certainly a benchmark for education historians and those interested in comparing education today vs that of nearly a century ago. Measuring 8.25 inches by 7.0 inches this soft-covered notebook contains 96 pages and is 100% complete. The covers are in good condition the binding intact and the pages also in good condition. The handwriting is quite legible. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages; Signed by Author . Francisville, Indiana, 1905 paperback‎

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‎Gertrude W B Steele‎

‎1916-1927 Two Diaries by the Busy Affluent Wife of US Navy Dr. John Murray Steele Detailing Life and Death in Annapolis MD‎

‎Annapolis Maryland MD Usa: US Navy Doctor's Wife in Annapolis Maryland. Good. 1916-1927. Hardcover. On offer are two diaries written in the early years of the 20th century written by Gertrude Steele wife of Dr. John Murray Steele USN. Gertrude Steele was born in 1865 and passed away in 1931 at the age of 66. Her husband had graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Pennsylvania in 1875 and had immediately joined the U. S. Navy rising to the rank of Commander. They lived in Annapolis MD. Our informal research has not turned up any additional biographical information. The first diary dates from 1916. Her entries show that she enjoyed a good standard of living reflective of her husband's standing in the community. Her entries are replete with the names of her many friends and acquaintances: "An ideal spring day - washed and shopping - then I met Connie Johnston and walked around with her to Carolyn's - & there C&D were so cordial & made us stay to lunch - I enjoyed it very much…" May 12; "Rae went to S>S with a little girl Jeffers and L & I went to see church. After tea we walked to College grounds and then came back in time to hear Mus…" July 2; "I woke up from my day of pleasure putting in a full day today unpacking and selecting things…" Sept 21; "John took me to Rosewood where Dr. Herring of State Lunacy Commission spoke - then we went to Hatties to spend the night - as she is giving Rae a birthday dinner - just ourselves - was lovely - ghosts and spooks and cake with black cats…" Oct 31. The second diary is a 5-year diary covering the years 1923-1927. It includes the year that her husband died. It certainly shows that Steele had a wide social circle and that she was active in meeting and spending time with her friends. The diary is simply crammed with entries and margins were not off limits to her writing: "Busy as a bee - at 9 had to go to music lesson - J brought us some lobster salads for lunch - it was so good G & I went out to Hattie's was feeling badly…" Feb 17 1923; "A heavy snow storm but John is going to sail on the "Allegheny" Feb 19 1924; "Kate called for me in Hatties car. Took us to lunch . M picked me up and George B and I and Flynn & M took lots of things out to the country. They are next to all night. J and I played " Mar 24 1923; "At 9: 30 A. M. John called . We all came quickly . Said he wanted a doctor . At 12: 30 he was gone…" Dec 19 1927. Throughout the dairies there are newspaper clippings noting travels of individuals attendees at balls etc. These diaries paint an excellent picture of a woman's busy life in these early years of the 20th century. A social historian would find them simply packed with details of life among the more well-to-do members of her society. For a genealogist it is a rich trove of names and connections especially valuable as they are New England families where records are extensive. This is an excellent resource for a Women's Studies program as it very clearly shows the roles women played in that society at that time. The 1916 diary measures 7.5x5" contains 183 pages plus memoranda and is 100% complete and in good condition. The 1923-1927 diary measures 7.5x5" has 365 pages and is 100% complete. It is in fair to good condition. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . US Navy Doctor's Wife in Annapolis Maryland hardcover‎

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‎WH AVERY W H‎

‎1878 - 1879 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND HANDWRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE TRAGIC AND COMPELLING VOYAGES OF THE BRIG "HARRIET G" AS IT PLIED ITS TRADE TO AND FROM NEW YORK AND VENEZUELA COMPLETE WITH DETAILED NAUTICAL CALCULATIONS AND IN-DEPTH CARGO LISTS.‎

‎ASEA. Good. 1878. On offer is an original exceptional manuscript ship's book one part ledger and some parts account of the ill-fated and tragic brig "Harriet G." The Harriet G is an unfortunate ship: by misfortune it runs aground and this in turn lays the ground work for various tragic events to save her. In addition she suffers major damage in 1879 in a Hurricane and then a yellow fever outbreak off the coast of South America here is an excerpt from that trip: "At 5 pm anchored off the castle of San Carlos. Got under way next morning and that night anchored of Maracailo and found all the vessels in harbor with yellow fever on board. All lost more or less and some of their captains and mates. We took it aboard us on the 8th day after our arrival. One man coming down at 10 am the next morning I took it and by the middle of the week everyone fore and aft had it excepting the Captain and steward and two of the men died. Furthermore a tug boat sent to pull the brig off the bar and was lost in high gales along with 7 men. After this happened a ship named appropriately enough the "Rescue" was sent from New York to release the "Harriet G" from her fate but a problem occurs and the main mast of the "Harriet G" is broken off in the process. The book also contains the interesting and detailed list of the cargo receipts and deliveries made by the brig in its lifetime. The book is kept by W.H. Avery "Master of the Brig" from 1878 to 1879. The book contains numerous cargo lists carried by the "Harriet G" to and from South America from New York. It is also interspersed with accounts by Avery of the ship and its travels as well as the fair amount of tragedy that seems to befall the brig over the course of two years. Over the course of two years the "Harriet G" makes trip from New York to Puerto Cabello Maracaibo Curacao and Coro all located in Venezuela. It also travels briefly to Basseterre in St. Kitts. The first section is entitled "Cargo To Rec'pt and Delivery and Private Memorandum Book of the Brig 'Harriet G' Kept W. H. Avery." This section is roughly 50 pages in length and contains detailed notes on all cargo items that entered and left the "Harriet G" in its duties to and from the port of Puerto Cabello in Venezuela. It also includes a number of pages of detailed mathematics calculating the position of the ship at sea it's longitude and latitude time at sea "mean time in Greenwich Eng." "mean time aboard ship" and other nautical calculations. According to Avery the "Harriet G.left New York on her first voyage to Puerto Cabello Venezuela on January 124 1878. Arrived in New York on March 26 1878. Five months and two days for the round trip." Each page has notes at the top that correspond to the figures below. One page is titled "Friday after 11 a.m. Puerto Cabello Deliveries" and contains the figures for what items were delivered where: "P x C Barrels Flour - 35" "VC x Co 1/2 Barrels Sugar - 11" "J.A. 1/2 Barrels Sugar - 16" "G x I Bags Rise - 7." Other items delivered in Puerto Cabello include codfish candles lard cordage corn crackers oil and green pears goat skins leather cases of nails kegs of oil and reams of paper. The most popular items delivered are flour sugar coffee and rice The letters next to each item seem to correspond to whom the item was delivered to. After the pages of deliveries to Puerto Cabello there are many pages of "Recp'ts for New York." These pages involve a good deal of math on the part of W.H. Avery combining and calculating in total of each item was dropped off at port. The next section Avery titles "Old accounts ended by 'Harriet G' running ashore on Paraguana on May 8 1878. New accounts opened at Curacoa on her arrival there July 6 1878." "On the night of May 8th1878 on or about 20 minutes past 9 o'clock the 'Harriet G' struck the black of Paraguana on the eastern coast of Cora and 3.5 miles north of the little harbor of Ardecora.The Captain decide to precede to Maracaibo and precede if possible to tow boat there which he did but on passage here the boat encountered a gale of wind in the Saco De Maracaibo - filled and sunk by which disaster 7 people lost their lives. The next attempt was made by the steamer the "Pico " and Maracado but failed and the ship was about to be abandoned when a telegram from New York was received announcing the departure of the steamer " Rescue" for our salvation on Monday June 24th. She arrived and is now waiting for a smooth sea to begin her work." As the "Rescue" attempts to tug the "Harriet G" to harbor a problem occurs and the main mast of the "Harriet G" is broken of in the process. A letter written by Avery to "Msers F Gogousas & Sons" located near the end of the book does an describes this affair in more detail. The letter begins "It is my painful duty to inform you that the 'Harriet G' lays on the beach. How she came there I can best explain when I see you but is enough to say now error of compass of judgment or both." A few days later W.H. Avery writes that he has applied for a discharge from the "Harriet G. then laying in Curacao." "Reason trouble with the mate while he was intoxicated." Avery seems to stay though as the next pages are filled with a cargo list for the voyage of the "Harriet G" to St. Kitts and Maracaibo. Throughout the logbook tragedy seems to follow the "Harriet G". In later voyages Avery notes that the ship suffers heavy damage in a hurricane in 1879 as well as an outbreak of yellow fever in South America. In Maracaibo on August 14 1879 Avery writes "Got under way next morning and that night anchored of Maracaibo and found all the vessels in harbor with yellow fever on board. All lost more or less and some of their captains and mates. We took it aboard us on the 8th day after our arrival. One man coming down at 10 am the next morning I took it and by the middle of the week everyone fore and aft had it excepting the Captain and steward and two of the men died." For this trip Avery is paid $1700 by Messrs Wade and Abbot and A.J. Cock Esq. Much of the last third of the book is taken up detailed breakdowns of cash receipts given and taken by Avery on the voyages on the Brig. There are also pages concerned with "Materials used in repairing Brig Harriet G while in Curacao" and "Labor employed on board the Brig Harriet G during her stay in the port of Curacao." Copies of letters written over the course of the voyage are also written down most notably the copy of the letter sent to the owners of the "Harriet G" after it had run ashore. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF W.H. AVERY BRIG HARRIET G 1878 1879 19TH CENTURY CARGO RECEIPT DELIVERY NEW YORK MARACAIBO CURACAO PUERTO CABELLO CORO PARAGUANA VENEZUELA BASSETERRE ST. KITTS SOUTH AMERICA CARIBBEAN DISASTER TRAGIC NAUTICAL NAVIGATIONAL MATHEMATICS SUNKEN SHIP RESCUE TUG BOAT SCARLET FEVER GOGOUSAS AND SONS MARITIME COMMERCE ILL FATED SHIPS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

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‎LIEUTENANT ALBERT SMITH‎

‎1867 - 1921 ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT ARCHIVE OF TEN 10 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A VICTORIAN ERA CAREER OFFICER IN THE ROYAL NAVY LITTERED WITH FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF NAVAL HISTORY INCLUDING THE SINKING OF THE HMS VICTORIA BY THE HMS CAMPERDOWN‎

‎ASEA/ENGLAND. Good. 1867. On offer is a superb group of original manuscript diaries handwritten by Lieutenant Albert Smith of the Royal Navy describing in vivid detail many important and historically significant scenes in British colonial and naval history over the course of 50 or so years in the Royal Navy from 1867 to 1921 as well as offering an intimate portrait of Lieutenant Smith through his lifetime. A dedicated diarist Lt. Smith chronicles his career over 10 notebooks totaling more than 1000 pages. Each diary is numbered accordingly from books 2 through to 18 1 7 and 12-17 are absent. The diaries give first-hand accounts of Lieutenant Smith's travels in the Royal Navy through England Europe Africa and the Middle East over the course of his naval career. Born in 1944 he was the child of Charles Smith and his wife Ann born Duffett of Wotton-under-Edge Gloucestershire. Historians collectors and researchers of the genre will delight in Smith's eye for detail providing specifics even in his genealogical notes on his nuclear and extended family down to the time of birth of each of his siblings and seven children! Fascinatingly the first volume of the diary tells of Albert's concerted efforts to find himself a wife. He writes that he has been in love with the daughter of a Mr. Gortley head of the Jews' Orphan School for three years. He also speaks of a 'Lizzie' and 'my little Jewess' and once again declares his love to a woman this time a 'Miss Hyde' but is rejected. Keeping with Smith's detailed diaries he gives the text of his letter to her. Smith eventually marries Elizabeth referred to as 'E B' on December 31 1870. Smith was a devout Christian and his religious sympathies and convictions are a common thread throughout all diaries. He describes himself often as a follower and believer in Jesus Christ and calls God "The Eternal Lord The First Cause The Father in Truth and Love." Despite his convictions Smith was also interested in unorthodox pursuits such as phrenology and astrology. The diaries also abound with passages of spiritual reflections and self-examination. The diaries commence on May 20 1867 off the coast of Algiers. Smith only 23 years old is serving on HMS Victoria the same HMS Victoria that he would see sink and take the lives of hundreds. The diaries begin on the day it sails from Malta for England. Smith then serves on the 'Boscawen training ship for Boys'. After serving on the ship he settles on the Island of Portland in Dorset until 1872 when he is promoted to Warrant Officer and assigned to the HMS Excellent. On the HMS Excellent Smith goes on tours of the East African Coast and the Mediterranean where on December 22 1892 he is promoted from Gunner to Chief Gunner. Also in 1892 during a tour in the Mediterranean Smith's ship the HMS Camperdown accidently rams into the HMS Victoria causing serious damage to the Camperdown and sinking the Victoria. The Victoria sinking causes the death of 21 officers and 348 men. The news of the accident caused a sensation and appalled the British public at a time when the Royal Navy occupied a prime position in the national consciousness. Smith's entry on the accident contains a two page printed clipping from some Naval publication which states "It is with an overwhelming sense of sorrow that we have to record the awful disaster that has happened to the 'Victoria.'…on Thursday afternoon June 22nd whilst manoevering off Tripoli the 'Victoria' and 'Camperdown' collided. The 'Victoria' sank 15 minutes afterwards bottom upward in 80 fathoms of water. It is computed that twentytwo Officers including the Commander-in-Chief and about 348 men were drowned.' The clipping records the names of the officers drowned and a list of the men 'invalidated' and currently recovering in a Royal Naval Hospital. Smith writes that he lying in his cabin on the 22nd reading a 'tale of a young lady who has months after marriage died of consumption nursed carefully by her husband who never left her - her husband had received a letter saying that his brother…had gone down in a ship off Smyrna and all hands perished when all at once I heard a commotion as tho the ship had grounded on shore. I hastily put on a coat left my cabin and rushed up the round the upper deck saw the life boats all carried…We had run into the flag ship Victoria - at least we collided she crossed our bows we were going astern with our Engine but still had headway on the ship. I went down to the fore camp astrident - the water was pushing in fast. I then changed coat & cap put my watch in my pocket went on bridge asking that boats might be lowered & told the flag seat that we were making water fast I then went to my station general …all at once she suddenly heeled over the sides of the ship was crowded with human beings struggling jumping hurrying to save their lives some jumped into the seas some ran down the bottom of the ship and some jumped over the quarter rail - on to the propeller which was now revolving with rapid rate out of the water. We were all staggered in a minute - she turned over went down bow first and left nothing but a mass of debris and struggling humanity in the water." Smith then writes of the lifeboats frantically trying to save as many men as possible and the carnage and horror that he witnessed as a result of this horrible collision. "Number missing 380 - saved 260." Smith writes another few pages on the cause of the crash and takes up a third of a page with a rough sketch of the Victoria's and Camperdown's actions that lead to the collision. The next few day's entries deal with the aftermath of the event including repairs on the Camperdown and the mourning for the lost men. "June 24 - a funeral procession passed by I shed tears over the brave fellows sunk beneath the waves" There are also pages describing Smith's time in the 'Malta Dockyard' as the boat is being fixed. Inventory: Diary 2 15 May 1867 to 1 September 1868; 3: 4 September 1868 to 19 September 1870; 4: 20 September 1870 to 7 September 1872; 'A diary written by "Albert Smith" G.M. & G.S. now serving on board HMS "Boscawen"; 5: 8 September 1872 to 27 November 1877; 6: 24 September 1877 to 31 October 1879; 8: 1 March 1883 to 31 December 1884; 9: 1 January 1885 to 15 March 1890; 10: 1 September 1892 to 7 June 1894; 11: 1 June 1894 to 31 December 1897; 'Work Book' while 'Serving as Chief Gunner on board HMS Camperdown Mediterranean Fleet Salonika ancient Thessalonika'; 18: 1 November 1914 to 16 February 1919; 'Diary of HM Lieutenant Albert Smith commenced at Dorking Surrey 1st November 1914 The Year of the Great War'. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LIEUTENANT ALBERT SMITH ROYAL NAVY EAST AFRICA THE SINKING OF HMS VICTORIA HMS CAMPERDOWN PLYMOUTH BROTHER QUAKER NAVAL NAUTICAL VICTORIAN ERA NAVAL OFFICER MARINE MARINER HORNBLOWER O'BRIAN JACK AUBREY HANDWRITTEN MA . unknown‎

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‎ELIZABETH KNOWLTON‎

‎1940s WONDERFUL ARCHIVE INCLUDING EDITED TYPESCRIPTS OF ARTICLES SHORT STORIES AND NOVELS OF ELIZABETH KNOWLTON ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED FEMALE MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY‎

‎New York NY Nanga Parbat Kashmir India. Good. 1940. On offer is a super thorough archive of typescripts for numerous articles stories and novels by the pioneering mountain climber Elizabeth Knowlton. Knowlton was a renowned mountain climber who in 1932 became the first woman to climb as high as 20000 feet in the Himalayas. She attained world fame when she was the only woman in a German-American expedition that attempted to climb the 27660-foot-high Nanga Parbat in Kashmir the seventh-highest peak in the world. The men in charge of the climb would not let her continue beyond the 20000-foot level. Knowlton would capitalize on her fame and write numerous novels short stories and articles on both mountaineering and on wider societal trends and forces. This archive contains typescripts of: "Visits to Two Great Peaks" Time's Chariot" "Is the New Barbarism Practical" "Rip Van Winkle in the Alps" "Avalanche Wind" and "The Blue People and the Purple People Lived Together on an Island." There are no dates attached to any of these typescripts but they are most likely from the 1940s. The only solid indication is the "New Barbarism" piece written in 1941. Single page typed or mimeographed sheets bearing handwritten pencil corrections editing marks and commentary presumably revision comments most probably by Knowlton though there are numerous edits especially on "Visits to Two Great Peaks" that were obviously written by an editor. Some scripts are incomplete with pagination jumping when numbered. A few pages are cut presumably as part of the editing process. During the time that these articles and stories were being written Knowlton lived on 400 West 119th Street New York NY. This is indicated on the cover to "Time's Chariot" which also contains a editor's note "Due - April 30 For Discussion - May 6." Some of these works reflect Knowlton's interest in mountaineering with Avalanche Wind being part of an unpublished novel. The New Barbarism piece analyzes the rise of fascism in Europe questioning whether Hitler or Mussolini can be defeated so perhaps indicating an early 1940s timeframe. Several small photos of unidentified people glued to cardboard inserted at the rear of one script. Elizabeth Knowlton was mountaineer and writer working often as a freelance journalist who focused mostly on mountains and those who climbed them. Background - Elizabeth Knowlton a native of Springfield Mass. was a graduate of Vassar and received a master's degree in English from Radcliffe. She began climbing in the White Mountains of New Hampshire when she was 7 years old. Fluent in German French Italian and Spanish she was at home among explorers in the many expeditions in which she took part in the Alps and in Mexico and Canada. After World War II she took part in the first two ascents of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia. She was in her 60's when she made her last climbs in the Nepalese foothills. She was a member of the Explorers Club the Appalachian Mountain Club and the American Alpine Club. She is perhaps most known for her work "Naked Mountain"; which recalled her experiences on a 1932 expedition to Nanga Parbat. The typescripts are in good condition with the paper intermittently fragile and worn presumably due to handling. Exterior paper folder ink stained and creased.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ELIZABETH KNOWLTON FEMALE MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS FEMALE MOUNTAINEER WOMAN IN CLIMBING NANGA PARBAT 20000 FOOT MOUNTAIN NAKED MOUNTAIN VISIT TO TWO GREAT PEAKS TIME'S CHARIOT IS THE NEW BARBARISM PRACTICAL RIP VAN WINKLE IN THE ALPS AVALANCHE WIND EDITED TYPESCRIPTS WRITING IN PROCESS WRITING ON MOUNTAINEERING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING IN THE 20TH CENTURY MIMEOGRAPHED SHEETS EDITING IN ACTION PAPERS OF ELIZABETH KNOWLTON FREELANCE WRITING FEMINISM WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORTS WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES COMPETITIVE WOMEN ATHLETES SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS VASSAR RADCLIFFE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

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‎WALLACE WHEELER‎

‎1912 - 1929 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DETAILED AND COMPREHENSIVE JOURNAL AND SCRAPBOOK OF THE MUSIC CAREER OF ONE OF NEBRASKA’S MOST FAMOUS ORCHESTRA PIANISTS WALLACE WHEELER DURING THE ROARING 20s‎

‎OMAHA NEBRASKA NE SANTA MONICA CALIFORNIA CA. Good. 1912. On offer is an incredible exhaustive and deeply detailed scrapbook and diary entitled “The history of my career as a musician” by pianist Wallace Wheeler. Beginning with his joining of the Omaha Musicians Association in October 1912 Wheeler traces his career as a classical piano player from his burgeoning days of professional engagements through his growing recognition and skill in the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and his election as president of the Midwest Conference of Musicians. His career is traced is written in exhaustive detail for almost twenty years from 1912 - 1929 The book is made up seemingly equally of written pages describing his professional engagements and newspaper cutouts concert programs photographs of himself and his band's letters and postcards received and various other ephemera directly relating to his musical career. The book is numbered up to page 80 and then there are roughly 40 pages or so of just ephemera newspaper clippings concert programs with his Wheeler’s name letters and such. “The first engagement I ever played as a professional musician was on October 5 1912 at Treynor Iowa. On the engagement were - Frank Kiger - Violin; Jack Treen - Cornet; W.P. Jackson - Drums; Wheeler - Piano. I played with tes three men almost altogether until Jan. 26 1913 when Louis Mareus opened up the Majestic Theater in Council Bluffs after having it completely remodeled and redecorated. We played here until July 2 1913.” Though the writing is fairly matter-of-fact on his career when and where Wheeler played who he played with what type of music was played there are also parts where adds additional comments to his professional life: “The five months we played there the policy of the house was for the greater part of the time pictures and vaudeville. About six weeks of tabloid musical shows was the only interruption.” ; “That season 1913-1914 was a good one for me I made a good living in proportion to the times and look back on those days with much pleasure.”; “In December 1915 I was elected secretary of the Omaha Musicians Ass’n and took office the first Tuesday in January 1916. I served that one year and bowed out not being a candidate for reelection.The season of 1915-1916 at the Nicholas Theatre was not a very profitable one so we played there off and on more off than on filling in with other work.” For the most part in the early years of his career Wheeler takes on semi-steady jobs working theatres often playing for silent movies hotels and odd jobs to make a living. In each new engagement he always writes who he played with. In June 1917 Wheeler enlists as a “3rd Class Musician the band of the 6th Nebraska U.S. Band” He writes the names of the entire band all 30 or so men on cornets clarinets drums basses and saxes. He serves with this outfit until early 1918 when he transfers to another band the 135th U.S. Band. He writes “The names of all the members of this band I will attempt to list if my memory serves me correctly.” Amazingly or perhaps by copying from a diary or something he is able to write the names of over 50 men in the band. Ernest Meyers is the band leader. With this outfit he visits France where the band is broken up. After the break up he attends the “Ecole de Musique du Regiment” in Chaumont Haute-Marne France. Here he studied bassoon with Antoine Mathieu 1st bassoon of the Paris. Opera Orchestra and conducting under Andre Caplet conductor of opera at the “Grand Opera” in Paris. He then joins the band of the 306th Field Artillery 77th Division with whom he returns to the U.S. in April 1919. Back in Omaha he takes work at the Boyd Theatre mentioning that it's opening night September 28 1919 is “the night of the famous riot when a mob nearly destroyed the courthouse.” This is the “Omaha Race Riot” he is referring to when thousands of whites attempted to hang the Mayor of Omaha and then set fire to the Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Omaha. The next few years are filled with a similar pattern. Wheeler finds a job for a couple months with a theater or hotel then that closes he does a bit of jobbing then finds another engagement for a few months. In 1925 he spends much of the year working with five elementary school orchestras. He writes “I find this work with the youngsters very interesting and I take a great deal of pleasure in it. It is inspiring what one can do with six seventh and eighth graders. I did some of this work last year and find the idea spreading and interesting increasing from year to year.The main object of this work is to give the children some idea of ensemble playing before they reach high-school age. Their reaction to our efforts is proof indeed of the importance and desirability of this sort of work. During this time he is also composing his own original music. Around page 45 there are a dozen or so pages of newspaper clippings and the occasional description by Wheeler. This clippings deal mostly with his Summer 1926 engagement of music at Peony Park an amusement park and concert venue in Omaha. “Wallace Wheeler and His Band” play from May until the end of October. The next few years follow the same as before. Wheeler goes from engagement to engagement usually staying for a season or two and then moving on. He usually leaves pleasantly but he does say of one engagement: “Well! I closed at the Riviera on Thursday August 30 1918 and felt very much like a prisoner doing about ten years and is suddenly released.” After more pages of programs and newspaper clippings a long entry begins “Santa Monica Cal. July 26 1929.” “Here we are again little book and much water has flowed beneath the bridge since the program was pasted on the preceding page. First of all - when the aforementioned program was under rehearsal I had a personal squabble with Herr Harmati. It was a very regrettable incident and I am sorry that I lost my temper - not without provocation in my own opinion - but none the less a very unfortunate happening. I bear the Signor no ill-will and still consider him a fine musician however widely our ideas diverge on the manner of handling an orchestra. So much for that!” Wheeler sells his house and possessions and moves to California. On the trip he is accompanied by his wife and Ben Nye who was a renowned American makeup artist for the Hollywood film industry from the 1930s to the early 1980s. They find an apartment in Whittier California in Los Angeles County. “All we ask is a chance to earn a decent living and achieving that we will give thanks to the ‘Great Presence’ on high and after all these annoying vicissitudes shall dedicate ourselves to the building of a new life beneath the ever smiling sky of Southern California.” He finishes: “Here shall we pause little book. Santa Monica Cal. Fri. July 26 1929.” However there is another entry in which Wheeler updates the book written on November 21 1929 a month after the beginning of the Great Depression. He states that he finds a job in “the arranging department of the Fox Film Corp. at the Fox Hill studios in Los Angeles.This so far is a very good position well paid and more desirable than the theatre game on account of having evenings and Sundays off.” The Great Depression seems to not be making an immediate effect on him but whether or not his livelihood at the Fox Film Corp. lasts is unknown. Fox Film Corp. would eventually become the company 20th Century Fox which still exists today. After this final entry the scrapbook has roughly 60 pages devoted entirely to programs newspaper clippings and photographs all concerning Wallace Wheeler and his life. In its entirety the scrapbook is over 220 pages in length in a 3-ring binder format with a blank board cover. A number of pages are detached especially near the beginning. Many pages are slightly worn with age but still easily readable and Wheeler’s handwriting is neat and legible throughout.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WALLACE WHEELER AND HIS BAND ERNEST MEYERS ANTOINE MATHIEU PARIS OPERA ORCHESTRA ANDRE CAPLET JAZZ AGE MUSICIAN MUSIC IN THE ROARING 20s PEONY PARK MUSICIANS IN NEBRASKA OMAHA MUSIC SCENE OMAHA MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION MIDWEST CONFERENCE OF MUSICIANS OMAHA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA COUNCIL BLUFFS LIFE OF A PIANIST GIGGING FOR A LIVING U.S. ARMY BANDS MUSICIANS IN WORLD WAR 1 EARLY 20TH CENTURY MUSICIANS 6TH NEBRASKA BAND 135TH U.S. BAND 306TH FIELD ARTILLERY 77TH DIVISION WITNESS TO THE OMAHA RACE RIOT FOX FILM CORP LIFE OF A BAND LEADER BEN NYE MUSIC BEFORE THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHITE MEN IN EARLY JAZZ AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

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