‎Biography‎

‎Martucci Vincenzo‎

‎Martucci Vincenzo. Serena. La regina del tennis. Kenness 2019.‎

‎Martucci Vincenzo Martucci Vincenzo. Serena. La regina del tennis. Kenness 2019.. s.l. , Kenness 2019 italiano, in ottavo pp. 138 7785 Martucci Vincenzo. Serena. La regina del tennis. Kenness 2019. In-8. 138 pp. Brossura. Ottimo.‎

‎Marty, Andre; Sepet, Marius [intro]‎

‎L'Histoire de Jeanne D'Arc d'Après Les Documents Originaux et Les Oeuvres d'Art du XV au XIC Siècles. Limited Edition‎

‎Paris and Orléans: André Marty; Marcel Marron. VG : in very good condition with rubbed and chipped glassine dust wrapper. Lower RH corner bumped. 1907. Limited edition 180/200. Illustrated white card cover. 370mm x 290mm 15" x 11". 27pp14pp 100 illustrations. Cent fac-similés de manuscrits de miniatures estampes tableaux et statues. 'Accompagnés d'une description des planches et de notes de voyage par André Marty et précédés d'une introduction par Marius Sepet'. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . André Marty; Marcel Marron unknown‎

Bookseller reference : e3582

‎Martyn, Carlos.‎

‎WENDELL PHILLIPS: The Agitator. With an Appendix Containing Three of the Orator's Masterpieces, Never Before Published in Book Form, Viz: "The Lost Arts" / "Daniel O'Connell" / "The Scholar in a Republic."‎

‎600p. First signature loose. XLib. 8vo. Original full half leather binding. Spine taped. Extremities worn. BLKAM 1.‎

‎Martí i Pol, Miquel - PUJADES, Ignasi‎

‎MIQUEL MARTÍ I POL, AMB VIDRES A LA SANG. Viure amb l'esclerosi - Barcelona 2013‎

‎Barcelona, Edit. Proa, 2013. 450 p. Gran 8è. Rústica editorial ilustrada. Molt bon exemplar. 1ª edició. Primera edició. 1st edition. First edition‎

‎Marv Fishman; Tracy Dodds‎

‎Bucking the Odds The Birth of the Milwaukee Bucks‎

‎Milwaukee WI: Raintree 1978. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 8vo 127 pages brown cloth <br/><br/>Milwaukee realtor Fishman's goal was to bring a professional basketball team to Milwaukee. This book tells that story as well as how he landed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to play in a smaller market. Signed on the endpaper by the co-authors broadcaster Wayne Embry and players such as Flynn Robinson Guy Rodgers Len Chappell. Raintree hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0008451 ISBN : 0817211993 9780817211998

‎MARVIN J MILLER‎

‎1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND TESTAMENT TO HUMAN SURVIVAL AND ENDURANCE HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN AIRMAN SHOT OUT OF THE AIR IMPRISONED IN GERMANY'S HARSHEST POW CAMP AND THEN NEARLY MARCHED AND STARVED TO DEATH‎

‎LUFT. D. CAMP IV STALAG GERMANY. Good. 1940. On offer is a sensational original World War II manuscript relic being the 50 page handwritten diary and ephemera of American Airman Marvin J. Miller who documents his capture and time spent in Luft. D. Camp IV Stalag considered one of the most violent and brutal German prison camps noted for bayoneting prisoners beating and mistreating them as a matter of routine in IV-D and after the war there were hearings on this camp in a rough notebook he traded for cigarettes from a camp guard. While Marvin a devout Latter Day Saint didn't smoke he did play Pinochle and he always had a supply for barter. The diary starts out with their ill fated mission; Marvin was in the top turret of a B-24 flying with the 464th Bomb Group in the 776th Bomb Squadron and was shot down on 24 August 1944 flying in "COM-BATTY" which was stationed in Pantanella Italy and was lost to enemy action on a mission to Pardubice Czechoslovakia. Marvin was on the February 6th "Black March" also called the "Starvation March" a long and arduous forced march from the Stalag that took 86 days and nearly 600 miles until liberated on April 26th 1945. He was very ill with dysentery and even while in the sick detachment and he names the men who died from pneumonia etc. Even amidst the horror of captivity by the Germans Marvin and his chums still have times for humor recording a few pages from letters of fellow POWs that had black humor to them. He also wrote several fine poems and thoughts on flying German Flak War Love Peace and Food! He meticulously records the contents of the various Care Packages that the Red Cross delivered: super detailed content and record of daily life in the Stalag and Liberation. Flak smoke in the sky enemy fighters and interrogations. Marvin does a super job with some very stirring and poetic words as well as just plain telling it like it was. Historians and researchers will appreciate Marvin's contribution to history recording the names and addresses of many of his friends that he's made in camp and acquaintances. Listing them by Stalag Building Number and then by room. Many are local Utah internees. Included are four photos taken in Halle of wrecked German ME-109 STUKAS an 88 and a girl on a bicycle and a letter written to Marvin while in captivity! Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARVIN J MILLER CATERPILLAR CLUB SWITLIK PARACHUTE PILOTS AAF ESCAPE EVASION SURVIVAL PRISONER OF WAR BLACK MARCH SURVIVOR POW STARVATION MARCH BATAAN DEATH MARCH WWII WW2 WORLD WAR II EUROPEAN THEATRE AMERICAN AIRMEN SHOT DOWN SALT LAKE VALLEY LUFT. D. CAMP IV STALAG GERMAN PRISONER HERO COM-BATTY LATTER DAY SAINT AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA 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 . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0002096

‎Marvin Rosenberg‎

‎Electrical: Based On The Ontario Electrical Safety Code 25Th Edition/2012‎

‎Orderline 2014. Soft cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Book Very Good Condition. With No Remarks Or Highlights. 1360 Pages With The Index. Paperback.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Orderline paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 042211 ISBN : 1897498810 9781897498811

‎Marvin, Keith; et al‎

‎Air Cooled News, Number 90, March [Mar.] 1984, Vol. XXX, No. 3 - Company Sales Awards / A. Atwater Kent‎

‎32 pages. Features: Passing of members Ralph G. Maddox, Dr. Leonard M. Aquilino, and Arthur C. Nelson; Spotlight on "Dutch" Kern and his 1931 Franklin; The Governor's Franklin - First in the State; H.H. Franklin Co. Sales Awards; Benny's Biography - car 6202 was built in 1908; The Cotton Body Company; Reproduction of "Royal Automobile Club, Report of Trial No. 724, Franklin Car; Reproduction of Franklin-related article in The Bystander in 1927; Detailing the Series 12-A of 1928; Reproduction of 1928 ad for the Franklin "Airman"; History of a Franklin Boattail in Hawaii; Atwater Kent and Franklin; Reproductions of two Atwater Kent ads; Reproduction of Atwater Kent ignition ad; Parts Price List for Atwater Kent Scientific Ignition Type CA-F Franklin System; Reproduction of vintage engineering drawing of the Franklin Lion Mascot, dated 1924; John Burns column on maintenance and restoration - Folberth windshield wiper motor replacement, electric gasoline gauges for series 12 and early series 13, scarcity of 6 volt batteries; Reproduction of four-page brochure for the Nagel R.K.D. Electric Gasoline Gauge, Franklin Installation, Series 12; Reproduction of vintage 1928 Franklin ad from the Syracuse Herald. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book‎

‎Marx‎

‎Il 18 brumaio di Luigi Bonaparte‎

‎Marx Il 18 brumaio di Luigi Bonaparte. , Editori Riuniti 1974, Buono stato. Le pagine sono molto ingiallite con un nome in quelle ad occhietto. La copertina flessibile è ombrata. Buono (Good) . <br> <br> <br> 234<br>‎

‎Marx Allen, Mirium (ed.)‎

‎Love, Groucho: Letters from Groucho Marx to His Daughter Miriam‎

‎Few slight grubby marks on white paperback covers. Edges are a little worn. Minor wear at head and foot of spine. Sticker on rear cover. Contents are sound and clean, and the text is clear. TH. Used‎

‎MARX Karl - STRAUB G., WEISS G. u. DOPPELBAUER J. F‎

‎Komponisten in Bayern Band 3: Karl Marx. Von Karl Marx auf dem Vortitelblatt signiertes Exemplar. Beiligend: Schreiben (Typoskript) von Karl und Elsa Marx "Liebe Freunde, Stuttgart, 14. 11. 198 mit Hinweisen zu einem Buch von Gerda Johst.‎

‎Verlegt bie Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1983. 135 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen teils faks. Abbildungen u. Notenbeispielen. Illustrierte Originalbroschur. 23x16 cm‎

‎* Dokumente musikalischen Schaffens im 20. Jahrhundert. Enthält von Seite 133 bis Seite 150 ein Werkverzeichnis. --- Karl Marx (* 12. November 1897 in München; ? 8. Mai 1985 in Stuttgart) war ein deutscher Komponist und Musikpädagoge. Karl Marx war Sohn des Obersteuersekretärs Josef Marx und dessen Ehefrau Emilie, geb. Eheberg. Nach frühem Violin- und Klavierunterricht studierte Karl Marx 1916 zunächst Naturwissenschaften an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Die Begegnung mit Carl Orff, bei dem er nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg privat Tonsatzunterricht nahm, war entscheidend für seinen Entschluss, sich beruflich der Musik zuzuwenden. 1920?22 studierte Marx an der Akademie der Tonkunst in München Komposition bei Anton Beer-Walbrunn und Dirigieren bei Eberhard Schwickerath und Siegmund von Hausegger. 1924?35 war Marx Solorepetitor der Gesangsklasse von Felix von Kraus, 1935-39 leitete er eine eigene Interpretationsklasse für Lied- und Oratoriensänger an der Akademie der Tonkunst in München und unterrichtete 1929-39 dort auch Harmonie- und Formenlehre. 1928?39 leitete er den Chor des Münchener Bachvereins, bis 1931 zusammen mit Edwin Fischer, bis 1933 mit Carl Orff. In dieser Zeit entstanden erste Vertonungen von Texten Rainer Maria Rilkes, einen ersten großen Erfolg hatte Marx mit der Rilke-Motette Werkleute sind wir op. 6 beim Tonkünstlerfest 1928 in Schwerin und den VII. Weltmusiktagen der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Neue Musik (ISCM World Music Days) 1929 in Genf. In der Folge wurden Werke von führenden Interpreten aufgeführt, u. a. das Klavierkonzert op. 9 von Edwin Fischer unter Eugen Jochum, das Bratschenkonzert op. 10 in Berlin unter Hermann Scherchen und die Passacaglia op. 19 von den Berliner Philharmonikern unter Wilhelm Furtwängler. 1932 wurde Marx mit dem Musikpreis der Stadt München ausgezeichnet. Nach 1933 sah sich Marx Diffamierungen der nationalsozialistischen Presse ausgesetzt, sein Name verschwand nach und nach aus den Konzertprogrammen. Rückblickend schrieb er darüber 1963 an Fred K. Prieberg: ?[?] meine Werke ? vor allem die größeren ? verschwanden nach der ?Machtübernahme? fast völlig aus den Konzertprogrammen, woran vermutlich weniger der Stil der Werke als mein ?aggressiver? Name schuld gewesen sein dürfte?. An der Akademie der Tonkunst hatte er, da er nicht der Partei angehörte, keine weitere berufliche Zukunft zu erwarten. Er nahm einen Ruf an die neugegründete Hochschule für Musikerziehung in Graz an, wo er von 1940 bis 1945 Tonsatz, Formenlehre und Komposition unterrichtete. Der kompositorische Schwerpunkt verlagerte sich zunehmend auf Chor- und Laienmusik, es entstand u. a. die Rilke-Kantate zu Worten aus dem Stundenbuch op. 43, 1942. Zu den bekanntesten Liedern von Marx gehört Jeden Morgen geht die Sonne auf nach Worten von Hermann Claudius. Die Behauptungen, die Michael H. Kater in seinem umstrittenen Buch Die mißbrauchte Muse[5] über die angebliche NS-Vergangenheit von Karl Marx aufstellt, halten keiner Überprüfung stand und können nur als Geschichtsfälschung bezeichnet werden. 1946-66 lehrte Marx Tonsatz und Komposition an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart, seit 1955 als Leiter der Abteilung Schulmusik. 1953 wurde die Kantate Und endet doch alles mit Frieden nach Worten aus dem Hyperion von Friedrich Hölderlin für Soli, Chor und Orchester op. 52 uraufgeführt. Marx wurde 1954 in den Deutschen Musikrat (1977 Ehrenrat) berufen. 1963 war er für 3 Monate Ehrengast der Deutschen Akademie ?Villa Massimo? in Rom. 1966 wurde ihm das Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse verliehen. Karl Marx nennt einmal zwei Wesenszüge, die seine Musik kennzeichnen: Sparsamkeit in der Anwendung der Mittel und konstruktives Denken, und fährt fort: ?Daneben steht das Bekenntnis zur Melodie, das vom Umgang mit dem Volkslied ebenso beeinflusst ist wie von der Begegnung mit der vorklassischen Polyphonie?. Damit wird ein Stil charakterisiert, der ? immer ausgehend von vokalem Duktus ? durch seine hohe Durchsichtigkeit ein sehr eigenständiges Klangbild vermittelt. Das entspricht wiederum den Texten, die Marx für seine Vokalkompositionen wählt. Er bevorzugt Dichter wie Rilke und Hölderlin, die eine hohe Sprachmusikalität besitzen, der er einerseits sensibel nachspürt, deren Ausdruckskraft andererseits mit musikalischen Mitteln neu gestaltet wird. (Quelle Wikipedia)‎

Bookseller reference : 135439

‎Marx, Adolph Bernhard‎

‎Ludwig van Beethoven. Leben und Schaffen. In zwei Theilen mit chronologischem Verzeichnis der Werke und autographischen Beilagen. FÜNFTE Auflage, mit Berücksichtigung der neuesten Forschungen durchgesehen und vermehrt von Gustav Behncke. ERSTER und ZWEITER Theil.‎

‎Berlin, Janke,, 1901. XXVII,399 ; VIII, 562 Seiten ;10 (teils gefaltete) faksimilierte Tafeln. Gr- 8°. Originalleinenbände mit vergoldeten Deckel- und Rückentiteln. 23 cm‎

‎SEHR gutes Exemplar der VERMEHRTEN Auflage in ZWEI Bänden.‎

Bookseller reference : 283711

‎Marx, Arthur‎

‎Life with Groucho‎

‎<p>New York: Simon and Schuster 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in DJ; 310pp; DJ chipped edgeworn & protected by mylar sleeve boards square clean & bright pages slightly age-toned text unmarked binding is tight VG/Good condition. Biography and first-hand account of Groucho Marx by his son Arthur.</p> Simon and Schuster hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 018920

‎Marx, Arthur‎

‎Life with Groucho‎

‎310 p. Hardcover Very good condition. bookplate edge-worn Author is the son of Groucho Marx‎

‎Marx, Karl und Friedrich Engels‎

‎Der Briefwechsel. VIER (4) Bände. Band 1: Die Briefe aus den Jahren 1844 bis 1853. Mit einem Essay von H. Oncken. Band 2 : Die Briefe aus den Jahren 1854 bis 1860. Band 3: Die Briefe aus den Jahren 1861 bis 1867. Band 4: Die Briefe aus den Jahren 1868 bis 1883. Register. dtv ; 5991 : dtv-Reprint‎

‎München : Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, 1983. 518+537+466+746 Seiten Originalbroschur im Originalschuber. 18 cm‎

‎Schönes Exemplar der Ausgabe in VIER Bänden.‎

Bookseller reference : 253014

‎MARX, Karl, Friedrich ENGELS und Franz Mehring (Hg.)‎

‎Gesammelte Schriften von Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels 1841 bis 1850. 1. Band: Von März 1841 bis März 1844. 2. Band: Von Juli 1844 bis November 1847. 3. Band: Von Mai 1848 bis Oktober 1850.‎

‎Stuttgart, J. H. W. Dietz, 1913. 2. Aufl., 3 Bde. 492, 482, 491 S. Gr.-8°, OHLnbde.‎

‎Einbände wenig berieben, Signatur, gestempelt, Vorsatz von Band 1 am Falz verstärkt, die ersten 2 Blatt von Band 1 mit kleinem Randeinriss, sonst schönes Ex.‎

Bookseller reference : 202306

‎Marx, Stefan‎

‎Franz Meyers 1908 - 2002 : eine politische Biographie. Düsseldorfer Schriften zur neueren Landesgeschichte und zur Geschichte Nordrhein-Westfalens ; Bd. 65. 1. Aufl.‎

‎Essen : Klartext-Verl., 2003. 532 S. ; 25 cm. Gr.-8°. Gebundener Originalpappeinband.‎

‎Gutes noch eingeschweißtes Exemplar.‎

Bookseller reference : 31569

‎MARY A HERRICK‎

‎1864 1867 ACCOUNTS BOOK ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG PIONEER CIVIL WAR ERA WOMAN BESET BY TRAGEDY‎

‎Blandford Massachusetts. Very Good. 1864. This modest archive of diaries belonged to Mary A. Herrick of Blandford Mass. Sometimes slow reading but legible each page details the incredibly hard life of this pioneer woman. We believe she is a young late teens perhaps as she mentions once she is making cheese for the very first time. woman married I think as I believe the girl Hattie was hers living with her brothers sisters and father. I have not found reference to a mother and I am not sure about the husband. Most of the chores fall to her each day toiling many days tragedy to report for example the year begins straight off; "A solemn New Year with the corpse of little Hattie lying in the south room. Aunt ____ and children gone home. Holden and Louisa worked for us all day. In my black duds." "Mr. Osborn brought home the coffin black walnut." The neighbor down the road assesses that Hattie's death is "from diptheria and then croup." Feb 14th "Went to church first time since Hattie died. I was very much affected not a child to sit with me". It takes Mary until July to pay Dr. Andrews the monies he is owed. Another entry states "chimney caught fire". "Little May is not well. Father borrowed Mr. Tiffanys machine as his is broke." "Went to __'s fraid he's got diptheria. carried up some medicine." The only direct mention of the Civil War is "We hear bad news from the Army." Other references are more subtle. This pioneer woman is too preoccupied with hard scrap times to worry about the war otherwise it seems. Father makes many occasional trips to Springfield. The last heartbreaking entry for Dec. 31st 1864 - "exactly one year ago today my Hattie passed away." Then there are ledger pages first couple of entries for cash accounts. Not much else there until the very end with a list of deaths for the years. Poor Mary was beset and pre-occupied on the subject the whole year. Other entries dealing with everyday life so many ending with how very tired she is. Only 4 days do not have any entry at all in 1864. 1867 is a little less written but not by much. The diaries measure 4" wide x 2.5" high. The cash ledger 4 x 6 in. is being held together by the strings in the binding. There is a 2.5" tear on the lower rear spine edge. Three of the pages are loose. 52 pages have entries. The name on the inside front cover appears to be A.A. Leffingwell of Massachusetts Barrington Making of cider selling of lamb charges for the use of a horse are among the transactions. Some of the names listed are Henry Chapman William Golden Henry Bigelo William Avery L.K.Bosworth Henry Woodruff Edward Pease John Aldrich E.B.Cole Charley Washburn Charley Bartlet John Campbell Elisha Avery Theodore Lyman William Johnson. We are uncertain as to the connection of the items but they came from the same estate and our policy is to keep items together. ; Manuscript; 64mo - up to 3" tall; 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 Genealogy Civil War Pioneer Massachusetts Diptheria Civil War Era . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 000085

‎MARY AND ELLEN CLARK‎

‎MID & LATE 1800s ORIGINAL GROUP OF SIX 6 DIARIES OF SISTERS COMING OF AGE IN TWO DIFFERENT TIMES IN AMERICA ONE THE BACKDROP OF THE CIVIL WAR AND THE OTHER AN ERA OF DEPRESSION AND DISEASE‎

‎PLYMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE NH. Good. 1863. On offer are six diaries from two sisters coming of age together in the mid to late 19th century in Plymouth New Hampshire. The two sisters are Mary and Ellen Clark. There are three diaries written by Mary: 1863 1864 and 1866. For her sister Ellen the years are 1878 1884 and 1885. Ms. Mary Clark’s diaries are an interesting look at the life of a young woman coming of age with the backdrop of an America plunged into Civil War. Her first diary starts in February of 1864 and ends on September 30th 1865. The contents are hand written in a tiny neat pencilled cursive hand. Contents of the diary on a day to day basis are mostly on weather travels or illness of other residence of the Town. There are however mentions of historical significance. On April 10th there is the following "A report came that Lee was taken. Bells rang and cannon were fired" and then on Wednesday April 19th "Account of the Death of the President. Grant is meeting in the office now". Interestingly enough she does not comment on the end of the war on May 9th 1865 implying that she might be either a bit too young to understand the consequences of the end of the war or she was enough removed from the fighting up in New Hampshire that she didn’t think it necessary to comment. Little is known about Miss Clark but from the diary the impression is of a teenage girl either finishing schooling or perhaps as a teacher. Excerpts: “April 23rd 1863. Pleasant & warm. Public meeting in the evening was very good.”; “Sunday April 26th 1863. Pleasant but windy. Went to church Sabbath school concert in the afternoon. went to prayer meeting in the evening.”; April 13 1864. Cold and windy. Fast-day meeting in the afternoon I did not go. Went over onto the interval in the afternoon and played ball in the evening had an illumination in honor of recent victories.”; “September 27 1865. Hattis Book died yesterday of Diphtheria.”; July 23 1866. Cool but pleasant. Ella and I went to Wentworth.” The diaries of Ellen Clark are a bit different. In her first diary she is living at home. By 1884 it seems she has left and now lives in a different home though it doesn’t seem as if she is married or has children. Her entries are a longer than her sisters with more detail about her day-to-day life. Across all three of her diaries she reports being sick quite often and being bed ridden for many days at a time. It may be that she has Sciatica as one of the first pages from her 1885 diary has a page-length description of a “Remedy for Sciatica” involving a pound of imported gingerroot and a 1/2 pound of epsom salts. There are also canker sores involved and applications of creams and tonics to ease her pain. Beginning in 1884 and going through till the end of her 1885 everything that she buys is written down on the day she bought it and the price paid. It is very interesting to see many different types of items bought and what they cost in the late 19th century. Both her 1884 and 1885 diaries contain some ephemera in a pocket in the back of her diary. Both these diaries contain bills for medical services rendered one that is $13 which is very expensive. The first two diaries are filled completely with entries. The 1885 diary has entries everyday until it stops on August 2nd. Diary excerpts: “Wednesday. October 30 1878. Very rainy. am went to village. Feel very badly. Wish I could play with Miss B - I think the Dr. is a little discouraged.”; “December 25 1878. Terrible headache all day. Quite pleasant but very cold. Went to Drs. but he had gone.”; “Jan 6 1884. 10 de. below zero. Very cold. Went to Church in the A.M.”; “Jan 8 1884. 20 lbs. Granulated sugar - $1.80. 2lbs 14oz chicken - $.45; Tin wash basin - $.10; 2 bunches silk - $.09; 25 Postage stamps - $.50; Peck of salt course - $.13; Compressed yeast - $.02; St. Jacobs Oil - $.45; 1/4 Trocker - $.15 = $3.69”; Tues. June 24 1884.”; “August 12 1884. Still suffering badly.”; “August 16 1884. 3rd canker under arm came out.”; July 3 1885. Walked out this morning had a sick spell at noon. Dr. D. came to see me this A.M. Thunder showers this P.M.”; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY CLARK ELLEN CLARK PLYMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE CIVIL WAR ERA DEPRESSION OF 1882 DIPHTHERIA SCIATICA DISEASES OF THE 19TH CENTURY YOUNG WOMEN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WOMEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY SCHOOL GIRLS 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

Bookseller reference : 0009051

‎MARY ANN RICHARDS‎

‎1869 SUPER ORIGINAL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG BRUCE COUNTY ONTARIO WOMAN WHO ACTED AS AN ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR THE FAMILY BUSINESS BELONGING TO HER FATHER ONE OF TARA'S EARLY SETTLERS AND A FOUNDER OF ITS FIRST MANUFACTURING BUSINESS‎

‎TARA BRUCE COUNTY OWEN SOUND SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO. Fair. 1869. On offer is a remarkable diary handwritten in 1869 by Mary Ann Richards who lived in south-western Ontario. Mary Ann aged 28 at that time was a daughter of Henry Nicholas Matthias Richards who arrived in Canada from Wales with his brothers in 1830s built many stone buildings in Kingston and Toronto and in 1850s moved to Tara a small village located between Owen Sound and Southampton where he founded a saw mill which became Tara's first manufacturing business and who also was Worthy Chief of the Independent Order of Good Templars and a member of the first Public School Board of Trustees. Mary Ann Richard's diary covers the year of 1869 and though most entries are very brief and businesslike they create a picture that is far from common stereotypes showing a young woman who is actively involved in the family business keeping accounts and business correspondence. Though she makes weather records and mentions sewing quilting dying yarn and learning to make lace and paying social visits the main part of her diary are thorough records of business operations payments debts settlement expenses work done by employees purchases and prices. According to the diary Henry Richards was a very active businessman who travelled a lot in the county making several transactions almost every day varying from as little as 50 cents to several hundred dollars. Here are some typical entries: "McDonald here he paid Mr. Allen $100. Mr. Allen gave us $100 we gave him back $10 on act. Thompson had $3.00 worth of butter. Charley had 6 ½ lbs of pork at 10c." "Father bought a span of horses harness and sleigh and gave eighty five dollars for them"; "Mr. Grey rented our house for $36 per year and he is to pay taxes and insurance". Another often subject of her entries are Order of Good Templers lodge meetings that took place at their home and sermons they attended in church she often records the number of chapter and verse that were the subject of the sermon: "We all went to meeting in the evening. Father and I went to the English church. Text - "You cannot serve two masters"" "Hiscocks preached text Ephesians 4: 20-21". The diary mentions many names of the first settlers and business owners in Tara Owen Sound and Port Elgin including Donald Sutherland Chesterfield Armstrong Vandusen and many others which may be of interest to local historians and genealogists and also portrays local economy of the time giving details of labor cost and prices including prices for clothing and food horses and cattle and even for dentist's work: "Me and Alley got some teeth filled cost $2.00. I went out to Couches and got my cap fixed". At the end of the diary there is a list of bills and checks with numbers and dates. Condition: the diary is rather fragile many pages are getting loose the cover and bottom edge are chipping the spine is partly detached; the text is clear and not damaged.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CANADA SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO BRUCE COUNTY PORT ELGIN TARA INVERMAY OWEN SOUND FARMERS FIRST SETTLERS LOCAL BUSINESSES SAW MILL AGRICULTURE ECONOMY METHODIST CHURCH IN TARA INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS LEDGER BOOK OF ACCOUNTS BRUCE COUNTY GENEALOGY 19TH CENTURY HISTORY 1860S CANADIANA 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

Bookseller reference : 0008010

‎Mary Annie Elizabeth (Estes) Shearer‎

‎1939 Diary of the Elderly Sick Wife of a Rural North Carolina Magistrate and Farmer with Deep Ties to the Lenoir Community‎

‎Lenoir North Carolina NC. Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Softcover. On offer is a diary that describes life in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the years immediately preceding WWII. The diary was written by Mary Annie Elizabeth Estes Shearer 1862-1955. Shearer was born in Lenoir Caldwell County North Carolina to parents Rebecca Elmira Moore and David Jesse Estes. Mary would spend her entire life in Lenoir. In 1884 Mary married Milton Gordon Shearer 1855-1951 who worked as a Magistrate after a varied career as a merchant farmer and textile plant official in Lenoir NC. When Milton died he was the oldest Master Mason in North Carolina. And she was also an amateur genealogist. They had three children: David Annie and Mary. Mary Shearer was 76 when she began this diary. The diary consists of brief daily entries that describe her life in this small community of Lenoir. It is replete with references to friends and family members including her adult children who visit frequently. Mary keeps her diary daily except during a few weeks over the summer and in early autumn with only three entires between August 1 and Sept 22nd when she is coping with a hospitalization and health issues. This selection of entries will give a flavour of her diary: “Thursday – Cousin Lula Moore came & told me all about the last hours of Aunt Mary Moorse’s life and other things I was anxious to know” Jan 26. “Lou washed and I was invited to a War Mothers meeting and Birthday at Mrs. Green’s in the valley. Ellie took Flossie Courtney myself and Mrs. Gelson” May 23. “Milton not feeling so well. Rained all day. Sadie came home went over to speak to her. She brought me a lovely bag from Washington” July 4. “Went to see Dr. McCraing. M took me. She wanted me to go to hospital so the Moores and Milton took me to Blackwelder Hospital” Aug 1. “Stayed in bed two weeks and 1 day brought home in ambulance. Cousin Lula Moore came to stay with me” Aug 16. “Our 55th anniversary. Mrs. McCall Mrs. Criss and Mrs. McGowan of my circle came each brought me a present. Then later Dinty and Marguerite came in Julia left” Sept 25. “Friday – Lillian came for a very good visit. Dr. Caroline came and took blood pressure – 190. Had my bottle refilled” Oct 13. “Lots of presents 8 lbs candy pillow slips and lots of other things. Sorry to see them leave in the afternoon” Dec 25. For a social historian this small diary paints a good picture of the quiet life an elderly ill woman who was living in rural North Carolina pre-WWII. Of particular note is how the community comes together to care for Mrs. Shearer after her hospital discharge in late September. This small diary measures 4.25 inches by 3.25 inches and is in very good condition. The diary is bound with a metal spine and the pages are in good condition as well. It contains approximately 61 pages and is 80% complete. The handwriting is legible. Overall G. ; Manuscripts; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 61 pages; Signed by Author . paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 0010055

‎MARY BETH FOLAND‎

‎1967 SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN CHRISTIAN WOMAN TOURING EUROPE AND THE MIDEAST AND EYEWITNESS TO THE AFTERMATH OF ISRAEL'S SMASHING VICTORY AGAINST HER SEETHING ANTAGONISTIC NEIGHBOURS‎

‎ISRAEL THE HOLY LAND ERETZ YISRAEL. Good. 1967. On offer is a superb significant original manuscript diary of a visit to Israel mere weeks after the Six-Day War in 1967 when the State of Israel was compelled to attack her threatening Arab neighbours and thusly destroying their armies and repatriating her ancient homelands of Judea and Samaria and most importantly the Old City of Jerusalem. For a historian this is an exceptional primary-source document. Not only does it deal with the immediate aftermath of the war it opens the door to examining the role of Christian groups in the United States vis-a-vis Israel and the rise of the religious right in American politics. In her trip she confronts circumstances that underlie the critical issues that beset the region to this today. Mary Beth Foland is a 55 year old American tourist who travels to Israel 7 weeks after the conclusion of this war. Born in 1912 she was 55 years old when she made this trip Foland passed away in 1988 at age 76. She was part of a church group that organized this tour - the Eggleston Missionary Tour. For many Christians in the United States Israel has a special draw and the Six-Day war made many more biblical sites accessible. Her trip encompasses visits to Tel Aviv Haifa Akko a Kibbutz Jerusalem Rome Athens Create Rhodes Istanbul Belos Mykonos Lucerne Dublin and Cork Ireland. Foland's travel journal is packed with details. She is a keen eyed erudite observer and prolific note taker. She is free with her opinions and observations - even if they are at times less than accurate and coloured by her religious views Her comments fully reflect the social circumstances of the late 1960s in affluent merica/California. She writes about war torn sections of cities the ever-present military and refugee camps. She also writes about the historic aspects of each area with emphasis on religious sites and practices. In addition to her own observations she notes conversations with local people who experienced the conflict first-hand. She begins her trip account after flying from Los Angeles to Washington DC: Enroute to Intern'al airport of Wash DC. Talk with chauffeur negro of limousine are serving God avoiding nervous breakdown by going to church his idea He's Baptist. . Barbara told she was Schiziod - used Thorazine to come out of voices & Shock - still "sees" people they were "inside" now are "outside" Aug 1 Her day ends with a prayer group meeting. . In Boeing 707 with 129 others aboard. We rec'd a menu printed for Eggleston Missionary Tour and a red rose on tray of our grp . A grp of orientals from Hawaii with us enroute . Aug 2They stay in London for 2 days before heading off to Paris. Her notes are replete with descriptions of what she saw mentioning Hogarth's House Baden Powell statue Buckingham Palace a description of her visit to St. Pauls Cathedral Parliament St. James Palace and Westminster Abbey among many others. She comments that the Tower of London was "The Bastille of England" . She certainly packed a great deal into those 2 days. There is a longer passage summarizing a talk on the history the Jewish people including a reference to Thoedor Hertzl recognized as the "spiritual father of the Jewish State" Israeli Declaration of Independence. She spends a day and a half in Paris and is as much the active tourist as she was in London. Then on to Tel Aviv. 'Our carrier at Tel Aviv was rather disorganized and we were the last through the customs. We followed a thin ascetic Jew we had seem in Paris at 11:00 am with his Phylacteries- on head & wrist & wrapped in black & white prayer shawl. At customs he was declaring several wigs etc some of his bags broke under the load. 2 taxis took 10 of us to Dan Hotel - rather shabby and county looks poor drab & brown. We stopped in route to see where some of Gen. Patton's tanks were sold to Jordan & King Hussein had been stopped by Israel. Saw 6 or 8 there Cabby couldn't understand why L.B.J. sold them to Jordan in the first place. Aug 7 Her descriptions over the next few days are detailed noting meals eaten the geography of various locations archaeology history and conversations. Learn of pilgrimages of Israelis to places where their men reversed the tide of those coming during the 6 day war. They go to touch places saved. Tell of tanks in desert in sand of the naval base in Syria deserted by troops when Isr came in. Of the Kibbutz fired on by tanks & Israel building a road around them in the rear. Of fact that Isr. literate whereas Arabs can't read to fix machines when break down. I see buses filled with younger people in uniforms or partial uniform - very few oldsters out and about. On Old Joppa Street men play backgammon . Aug 8 Haifa - Megiddo - Nablus Jerus Road block of soldiers customs to enter Jordan & former Samaria. Bedouin black tents 1 pix in distance. See refugee camp with block houses out in rocky area. US pays 70 % of their bill via UN. They said 1 1/2 mill but counted dead and brot Egyptians to swell no 15 mill dollars. US to build Jordan airport now in Israel hands. Guide asked Arab why Jordan didn't help refugees more & he said if we did it would solve your problem Israel probl Propaganda better this way. . Aug 11 Jerusalem - Jerico Aug 12 1967 Meet at 8:20 to go to Collegiate Church of St. Geo the Martyrs Episc for welcome service Read psalm 122 & I weep. At oh pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee. This church been thru wars 1914 - 1948 etc. In 1899 it founded - William II visited recently Prince Phillip. school hit as it on Israel side. Shelled hard 48 hrs. got phosphorous bomb thru roof 6" in floor windows out. Had chapel services every day during war & still very uneasy. Both Jew & Arab Chris ask why Christians did not help them. Used to pray for King Hussein now they pray " Oh Lord save this land" sch will open in Sept - ot all out safety. Most Jordanians not hostile to Jews. Only thing notice Israelis say "those dirty Arabs" . Aug 12 Men at hotel shop say they well off as Christians & can work for either Jordanians or Israelis. But Holy places defiled Muslims not allowed in Holy places but Christians & Jews intermingle. In Church of Sepulchre a young Isr. girl in with only shorts & priest asked her to cover up - She talked back priest upset hit her - police called to take her to jail. They smoke loud talk go uncovered into holy places. The US must settle this - make an international city out of Jerusalem - this Arab Christian would like that "We depend on you & Pres Johnson to help us out "To save the city". I said we must depend on God & work out forgiveness for our brother. He said "You in U.S. more forgiving & don't know our problems here." . Aug 14 She leaves Jerusalem for Rome on Aug 15th. As in her other entries she makes detailed notes of what she observes. This is an outstanding first-hand account of the early days following the Six-Day War. The conversations she records such as the ones quoted above are eerily similar to comments made today over a half century later. The journal measures 6.5 inches by 4 inches. It contains 160 pages and is 60% complete. The cover binding and pages are all in good condition. The handwriting is dense but legible. HISTORICAL NOTES: The Six-Day War was the third military conflict between Israel and her surrounding Arab neighbours. Faced with their stated objective of destroying the Israeli state and the immediate circumstance of Egypt closing the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping Israel struck back and in 6 days smashed the combined armies of Egypt Syria and Jordan. The ramifications continue to this day. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY BETH FOLAND; SIX-DAY WAR; ISRAEL; BRITISH MANDATED PALESTINE; JERUSALEM; STRAITS OF TIRAN; KIBBUTZ; THEODORE HERTZL; CITY OF GOLD THE WAILING WALL JUDEA SAMARIA WEST BANK EGGLESTON MISSIONARY TOUR CHRISTIANS IN ISRAEL THE HOLY LAND JUDAISM JUDAICA JEWISH HOMELAND 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

Bookseller reference : 0002590

‎Mary Clark‎

‎Stories from Pagoda Land‎

‎Churches of Christ Foreign Missions Committee 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 12mo 6 3/4 - 7 3/4". 115 pp. Rear hinge reinforced with tape. Spine slightly cocked and faded with slight wear to ends. Foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's inscription in ink. End papers removed. Covers marked. Corners bumped. The publication date given above is an estimate only there being no date given in the book. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Travel & Places; Thailand Siam; Modern; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 56545. . Churches of Christ Foreign Missions Committee hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 56545

‎MARY EDITH RUSK‎

‎1893 - 1894 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF THE GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN A DEDICATED DIARIST WHO DETAILS HER FATHER'S LAST DAYS OF PAIN MERE WEEKS AFTER THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR AND MUCH MORE‎

‎VIROQUA WISCONSIN WASHINGTON DC CHICAGO. Good. 1893. Offered is a super original significant manuscript diary dated January 1st 1893 through November 30th 1894 handwritten by Mary Edith Rusk the daughter of Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah Rusk. Born on January 11th 1862 thusly 30 when she began writing January 1st 1893 from Washington DC. In a tight small hand Miss Rusk well filled the notebook with details her life with clarity and an erudition speaking of a fine education. She also writes of significant times but perhaps of particular interest to researchers and historians of late 19th Century Wisconsin will be the awful last days of the Governor's life: "Papa had a bad night but I guess is some better…Papa has been very sick all day and tonight is no better. Charity is here and the Dr is to stay all night…Some improvement in papa today but he is very weak. I am to sit up with him tonight. Papa had a very bad night and a very hard weak spell about three. Dr Lull took himself off home at one o'clock in spite of all…I sat up until half past five so am done up…Papa was nervous last night so took a capsule and rested some and today has been so much more like himself. Papa is alarmingly ill and we have telegraphed for Dr Hamilton. He felt badly all day and about five this afternoon he had a slight chill so I telegraphed for Dr Schreiner to come down for the night. Dr Golt came up about 6 and papa's temperature had run up to 103. We are worried to death…Dr Golt came about 8 and Dr Hamilton got here at a little before nine. We were glad indeed to see him. He made a thorough examination and decided at once that there must be an operation an incision in the bladder so it could be washed out and treated. It was his only chance for his life and of course we felt it must be done otherwise he would die of blood poison…Dr Hamilton felt very confident it would give him relief and he would recover but it is still extremely anxious time that we are in…A whole month has gone and I have not once written in my diary but so much sorrow and trouble has come to us that it has been quite impossible. My darling father has left us and we are so desolate. He died Tuesday morning November 21 about a quarter before eight very suddenly all the days after the operation we could see so little improvement and there were so many trials…" Other significant writings include seven full pages of her time at the Columbian Exposition with her father just months before his death. Here are some snippets: "Spent the morning picking up the things I wanted to take to Chicago. Papa and Blaine went downtown afternoon did not do much and now we are started on our way. Blaine and I out I imagine won't stay long… I think both Blaine and I have been a little bit sorry we came but we are here anyway. We were on time this AM and came directly down to the ground. We spent about two hours looking for a place to say and finally found this at 5422 M Ave. We went to the fair and spent the day wandering about and did not accomplish much. Walked down the midway and met up on the Ferris Wheel… Chicago Oct 9 A great day this has been. This morning we met around 54th street for our breakfast and then started for the Fair. Blaine went to the gate with me and then left me as he wanted to go up town. I found vast numbers of people in the grounds. I went through the California building also some other state buildings the Children's Building Puck White Stare then over to the Wisconsin Building to meet Blaine at noon. Such a crowd of people I despaired of his coming. Met Bunn and Fanny and some other friends Blaine came at one o'clock. We went to the Public Comfort for lunch and then walked through Transportation through the Pavilion to Forestry…Krupp Gun and back through the Manufacture Building over to Wisconsin again. Found a chair to sit and rest and who should come along but Henry Lindemann. Was much surprised… Sat on the porch and waited for the parade of Floats but it did not come so we started off to see the fireworks and saw the parade also. It was very pretty indeed. Walked through the Island which was so beautifully illuminated and over to the Fisheries went through the aquarium… There were 716 thousand and over paid admissions to the Fair yesterday and there really seemed most as much of a crowd today. I spent the morning in the art gallery mostly in Russia Belgium Holland Denmark Norway and Italy some fine things too. Met Blaine at one for lunch and we had it on the roof garden at the California Building…Henry and I went first through the Illinois Building and then through the foreign buildings and enjoyed them very much…Came back through the Manufacturers and over to Wisc again… All went for lunch down to the White Horse Inn after many trials trying to find a place came back to the sidewalk and there through Liberal Arts. We got so tired we found a seat on the lake and listened to the music for an hour…Blaine and I went to Van hornets for cocoa came over to Wisconsin…we met at the court of honor to al see the Fireworks. They were beautiful and the Electric fountain and the illumination….was beautiful a sight never to be forgotten… This morning Blaine went downtown and I met Jennie at Wisconsin. I stopped and wrote a note to H and then we went to take the Intramural over to Agriculture. It was so warm and pleasant we rode for nearly an hour and then went through Machinery Hall Agricultural Hall and over to La Rabid to use one of the most interesting places on the ground. So many Columbus Relics and valuable pictures and papers from the vatican… Mrs Horton her husband was with her we came back past the Santa Maria the Pinta the Nina over to Liberal Arts. A wind had come up from the Lake and a heavy fog was the result so it was most disagreeable. We went to a few more of the foreign buildings I had not been to a number of the state buildings…Miss AF and I walked through a number of the galleries and she told me many interesting things about the pictures. We met Mr Phillipine station commissioner and he told us a great deal about Italy's pictures and statue. We came across a picture My Studio by Karl Kahler a beautiful thing which has a cut across the face. Mr Kahler painted a picture of which this is a copy and sold it with the promise that he would never reproduce it but he did paint this one for the Exposition. He was offered $16000 for it by a wealthy New Yorker and for fear he would accept it and so ruin his reputation he took a knife and cut it across. It is a most beautiful picture he must be found of Persian cats as he has one in this picture and has all painted a Happy Family with a number of them… We are just about to start for home this morning Jennie and I went to the Fair. Went over to the Art Gallery to see Miss F a moment first spent some little time there and then went to the building through Fisheries and Government and to Manufactures…I met Mamie Jackson and had quite a little visit with her…had some Brazilian Coffee and went to the midway…went to the Woman's building we went outside the grounds a little after four and came up on the Illinois Central Railway by the time we got up town it was raining hard." The plain 7 x 4½ inch book is shaken with a couple of loose pages though complete and very legible. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY EDITH RUSK GOVERNOR JEREMIAH RUSK COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR CITY OF CHICAGO VIROQUA WISCONSIN LATE 19TH CENTURY WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING 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 PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0002365

‎MARY ELIZABETH KENDALL‎

‎1933 - 1968 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF SEVEN 7 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES AND EPHEMERA DETAILING THE EVOLUTION OF A VERY YOUNG 'COWBOY CRAZY' MINNESOTA GIRL TO A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN‎

‎IRON MINNESOTA MN. Very Good. 1933. On offer is an outstanding archive of seven 7 original manuscript diaries one 1 autograph book 16 vacation photos from 1953 and other ephemera. The diaries were handwritten by Mary Elizabeth Kendall b. March 5th 1919 Iron Minnesota. Researchers and collectors of the area or of women's of gender studies of the era will find an interesting grouping with dates taking the reader from watching Mary evolve from a cowboy crazy kid to a University of Minnesota graduate to a middle aged family woman librarian hospital volunteer and basic salt of the earth American woman. From the outset we find she is such a charming and engaging young lady who details what life was like for a teen-age girl during the Great Depression. She loved her movies and movie actors and bought all the latest star magazines she loved reading westerns and considered herself somewhat of a cowgirl and listened to "Uncle Sam's Forest Rangers" radio show along with Hopalong Cassidy and Buck Rogers; she calls herself "Cowboy crazy." She belonged to the "Lone Wolf Tribe" and was always receiving different things in the mail from them. She owned a "Cutex Miniature Manicure Set" and an "Orphan Annie Shake-up mug" and couldn't wait until the new Sears Roebuck catalogue came out. She also collected cereal box tops grew "Depression Flowers" and entered all the latest contests. During her college years she receives a bachelor degree in science at the University of Minnesota. Most of the ephemeral items are from her college years. Here are snippets: 1933 "January 7th Went to town with mother this morning. Bought a notebook for pictures of movie stars. The "men of the family" sawed wood. Went to a movie called "The All American." It was neat. Richard Arlen was the hero and Gloria Stuart was the heroine." "February 19th Got 16 in the General Science test! The passing score was about 20!! There is one question in the test that we didn't mark yet so 16 isn't my real score. Took my makeup algebra test after school. Entered a contest by sending a limerick. Hope I win. Fed my goldfish." "March 5th Today is my birthday and I'm fourteen years old!!!!!!! Yesterday mother gave me a dollar for a present. I'm going to subscribe to a magazine. These are pretty hard times now. Yesterday the Virginia banks closed." "March 11th Went to town with mother and Boots. Went to the movie "Sherlock Holmes". It was great. It showed the time when Holmes killed professor Moriarty. Clive Brooke played the title role. I'm fixing over a silk dress that one of my aunts sent. All I do is raise the belt. Listened to the KMOX County Fair. I like Wyoming Jack best." "April 13th Easter vacation began today. Mother and Boots sold 40 chickens at the market I guess today. Mother and John played cribbage and bridge against Books and me tonight. Death Valley Days was extra good today. About Red Carson the outlaw and the widow's mortgage. Fed my goldfish." "April 17th Helped wing band chicks this afternoon. Cleaned out my room a little. Fed my goldfish. Received my Lone Wolf Tribe bracelet. It certainly isn't as nice as I thought it would be. It turns my arm sort of green like the 10 cent store rings." "May 27th Went to town with mother and Mrs. Johnson and her baby Mary Ann who is sick. Went into the bank vault for the first time with mother. It seemed so simple. I don't see how the vault can be so safe. Went to "The Kid from Spain" starring Eddie Cantor. Pretty good. Fed my goldfish." "June 16th Went up town with mother. Filled in some more entries for the hog naming contest. Bought the first ice cream cone I've had this year. Received my Buck Rogers book. It's great. Heard the last Buck Rogers program on the radio. Wish it wasn't the last. Fed my fish." "July 4th Someone stole 6 or 7 of our chickens last night or this morning. We think we know who did it. Went to the fourth of July picnic for the Farmer's Club. Had four ice cream cones and some fun. Fed my fish. Didn't light my fire crackers." "August 3rd Quite cool. Went on the 4-H Club tour today. We went to most of the houses for dinner. I was in Johnson's car. For lunch we had ice cream cake lemonade and sandwiches. Don bought a tube of toothpaste for me. I'm going to use it for that contest. I'm going to send in the picture of Charles J." "August 11th & 12th Cool. Got my Orphan Annie Shake-up Mug. Made a glass of Ovaltine in it. Boots and I played cribbage tonight. Heard President Hoover's speech of acceptance. The audience yelled like Indians. There are some people who net fish during the night in our lake. Boots and Don are trying to find out who they are….Received letter from Ethyl Stanning. She's only thirteen years old but she goes out with boys and stays till 5 in the morning! Read some in "Arizona Ames." Went to a 4-H Club meeting tonight. At the last meeting one of the Virta twins found the school keys outside and put them on the desk. A girl had to go thru a window to get them." "September 30th Brought some Japanese lanterns to Miss Risjard. Had a test in Domestic Science. Mr. Jerdee showed us how a fire extinguisher works. Didn't add anything to my "Depression Flowers" today. There are some "flowers" on the bottom of the dish now. A California man whistled for us. He was wonderful. Miss Sheldon whistled with him." "October 10th Had an assembly. I got on the honor roll. My average was 93.9 Got our report cards at noon. Melba failed in two subjects. I got 90 on my essay on Honesty for Character Education. Heard the worst speech ever tonight. It was just awful. It was about Hoover and it was all lies…" "November 1st Made oatmeal cookies but we used rolled oats. Gee I'm certainly Cowboy crazy but not boy crazy please understand. Heard the Lonesome Cowboy and the Perkin's Boys. Wish I could play a guitar like the Lonesome Cowboy can…." "December 24th Mother and Boots went to town. I put some of the strings on my gypsy marionette. Mother decorated the dining and living rooms with the holly she got from Oregon. Don Boots and John got the Christmas tree and we decorated it. John and I hung up our stockings." The books breakdown as follows: 1. 1933 age 14. Full of entries; 2. 1937 age 18. Full; 3. 1938 age 19. Full; 4. 1939 age 20. Full. 5. 1940 age 21. Full; 6. 1956 age 37. This one is typed and in a 3 ring binder. 198 pages; 7. 1968 age 49. Full; 8. 1927 Autograph book full of handwritten signatures. BIO NOTES: Mary was born on March 5th 1919 to Hugh F. and Bessie Kendall. She had four older brothers; Hugh Donald Richard and John. Casual research informs that Mary's brother Richard became a geologist for the Standard Oil Company in California and later was sent to work in Africa. There are a few of his report cards in this lot but all of the diaries and other pieces of ephemera belonged to Mary. Overall VG.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: MARY KENDALL IRON MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMENS STUDIES HISTORY OF MID TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA GENDER STUDIES DEPRESSION ERA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA 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 . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0001532