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British scrapbook of the late Regency-early Victorian period

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0041
Abstract

This early nineteenth-century British scrapbook features both copied and original riddles and poems. Images included in this collection are political cartoons, fashionable ladies and gentlemen, architecture, animals, birds, flowers and fruit. Thematic arrangements of scraps include virtue, marriage, courtship, mourning and the loss of family members.

Dates: approximately 1830-1840

Delaware clippings and scrapbook collection

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Identifier: MSS 0574
Abstract

This Delaware clippings and scrapbook collection includes articles and full page sheets clipped and saved from nineteenth- and twentieth-century published newspapers and periodicals (bulk dates 1950-1969). Housed in 17 folders and one scrapbook, the articles focus on historic structures and locations in Delaware, local politics and people, the Delaware River, transportation, and extreme weather.

Dates: 1818-1973; Majority of material found in 1950-1969

Eclectic nineteenth-century British scrapbook

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0029
Abstract This eclectically compiled nineteenth-century British scrapbook features collectible scraps of flowers, animals, children, birds, and work scenes; greeting cards; original ink, graphite, and watercolor artwork; material related to British royalty; scenes of famous British places and buildings; and numerous images from varied sources. Several items depict "exotic ethnics," such as a black woman, an "Indian," "Orientals," and "Arabs." Not all of the 36...
Dates: approximately 1865-1890

Freddie Norman scrap album

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0028
Abstract

This nineteenth-century scrapbook bears the inscription "Freddie Norman Christmas 1878/ 69 Howe St. / City / from Emmie." The scrapbook features color die-cut images of ladies, children, animals, boats, flowers, birds, famous composers, and seashells.

Dates: 1878

German-American manuscript recipe book

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0146
Abstract

This nineteenth-century German-American manuscript recipe book is written in both languages and contains a variety of food recipes, particularly desserts, as well as several laid-in items like clippings and additional handwritten recipes.

Dates: approximately 1885-1888

Language exercises by students of Worcester, Massachusetts

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0128
Abstract

Selected schoolwork in the subject of Language by first- through ninth-grade students from Worcester, Massachusetts. It was likely submitted to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dates: 1903-1904

Manuscript and clippings book of food, medicinal, and housekeeping receipts

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0145
Abstract

This nineteenth-century manuscript recipe book from an unknown creator contains forty-eight pages of handwritten entries and printed clippings of food, medicinal, and housekeeping receipts. The clippings appear to be from different publications, with no discernible organization.

Dates: approximately 1835-1858

Manuscript book of food, medicinal, and domestic receipts from the American South

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0150
Abstract

This anonymous mid- to late-nineteenth century American manuscript and clippings book includes numerous recipes, many with ties to the cuisine of the American South. It also includes handwritten and pasted-in home remedies, poems, puzzles, and stories.

Dates: approximately 1852-1878

Manuscript recipe and clippings book

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0162
Abstract

This small, early- to mid-twentieth-century manuscript contains numerous clippings for desserts, household hints, and other topics related to the home, as well as several handwritten recipes.

Dates: circa 1900-1950s

Nineteenth-century British scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0040
Abstract This British nineteenth-century scrapbook of theatrical, historical, royal, and artistic content features images created from multiple printing processes, predominantly monochromatic engravings, though the album also includes original artwork, elaborately printed Victorian-era greeting cards, and other color illustrations. Collected images include Italian, French, and primarily British landmarks, abbeys, cathedrals, historic landscapes, and British monarchs and nobility. This scrapbook also...
Dates: approximately 1846-1899

Philadelphia weather diary

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0081
Abstract

This weather diary kept by an unknown resident of Phildelphia, Pennsylvania, contains daily entries, June 1, 1836, to July 31, 1842, recording the temperature and wind direction along with brief comments on the weather. There are monthly rain measurements for 1825 through 1842 recorded "as per gauge kept at the Pennsylvania Hospital" as well as newsclippings documenthing especially severe weather events.

Dates: 1836 June 1-1842 July 31

Scrapbook of turn-of-the-twentieth century portraits of world leaders and international celebrities

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0053
Abstract

This scrapbook, compiled by an unknown creator, is a collection of turn-of-the-twentieth century portraits of world leaders and international celebrities. From royalty to military and diplomatic leaders to men and women of science, arts, and letters to personalities of the stage and silent screen, the news clippings, engravings, and cut illustrations from popular reading sources found in this scrapbook present a glimpse of fame documented in another era.

Dates: approximately 1885-1920; Majority of material found within 1890-1910

Travel journal through the Mid-Atlantic

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Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0142
Abstract

This journal of an early twentieth-century woman contains autograph entries describing eating, drinking, sightseeing, and shopping in New York City and several excursions within the Mid-Atlantic region in the 1930s. The entries are accompanied by numerous black and white photographs of locations visited during her trips.

Dates: approximately 1935 May 5-12

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