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Dr. Richard L. Sutton, Jr., Billiards Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSSP_10016
Content Description

A collection of material related to billiards gathered by Dr. Richard L. Sutton. The materials include correspondence related to contemporary billiards and the history of billiards, printed ephemera, and one album of historical billiards photos.

Dates: c. 1921-1979

Drumbo Soup Kitchen Daybook

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSE/IR 0100
Abstract

Daybook: a small notebook listing all the receipts and expenditures for Drumbo Soup Kitchen from December 1846 to March 1848, accompanied by a sheet of tickets for Drumbo Soup Kitchen.

Dates: 1846-1848

Durand Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0002
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of members of the Durand family, including Augusto Durand and José Durand. Also included are papers of Augusto’s friend and colleague, Dr. Ricardo Flores. The collection spans from the mid-nineteenth century to José Durand’s death in 1990. Materials include correspondence, postcards, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, literary drafts, notebooks, and certificates.

Dates: 1858 - 1990

E.B.C. Maine Outdoor Recreation Journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_7010
Content Description Four manuscript journals kept by an anonymous young man identified only as E. B. C., mainly describing canoeing trips along the Penobscot River in the Maine woods in the summers of 1901, 1902, 1905, and 1906. The volumes include daily journal entries as well as notes on expenditures, provisions, and flora and fauna. The author's guide on each of these occasions was Henry Francis, a Native American from the Penobscot Nation who lived in Old Town, Maine. The final journal has sparser notes...
Dates: 1901-1949; Majority of material found within 1901 - 1906

Ebenezer Garnsey Sermons

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/COL 9404
Abstract

A collection of more than 40 manuscript sermons and sermon fragments of the Congregational preacher Ebenezer Garnsey (or Guernsey), written and preached in Massachusetts and Connecticut ca. 1757-1763.

Dates: 1757-1763

Ed Dorn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 3009
Abstract

The papers consist of the correspondence and manuscripts of the poet Edward Dorn, particularly from the 1990s. The collection also includes a variety of items related to the publiction Rolling Stock, as well as manuscripts of other writers and audiocassette tapes.

Dates: 1952-2000; Majority of material found in 1987-1999

Edgeworth Family drawing album

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSE/IR 1037B
Scope and Contents One bound volume of drawings in various media (pencil, crayon, or ink, some with watercolor washes in color or grayscale). Drawings vary from about 3 cm x 3 cm to an entire page in size. Each has been trimmed from its source and tipped in or laid down on album plates; most plates contain multiple drawings. Images range from simple studies or sketches to finished, toned drawings. Two paper cut-work silhouette images also laid in; one mounted watercolor portrait of an Asian woman in...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1800 - 1806

Eduardo Galeano Photograph Collection on César Montes

 Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0123
Scope and Contents The Eduardo Galeano Photograph Collection on César Montes comprises four folders of materials relating to Eduardo Galeano’s article “With Guatemala’s Guerrillas” published in Ramparts in September of 1967. The collection contains images of César Montes and Marco Antonio Yon Sosa from an interview between Galeano and Montes in 1966. Additionally, a copy of Ramparts is included in the collection. Formats of the photographs include negatives, copied...
Dates: 1966-1967

Edward Bloodgood Battle Report

 Item
Identifier: MSN/CW 2000
Scope and Contents One of the inescapable duties of the regimental commander was the submission of reports detailing his unit's actions. This example, in clerical hand, was signed by Lt. Col. Edward Bloodgood (c1831-1914) as commanding officer of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry. The report is dated 10 July 1864, and recounts the regiment's operations from 16 May to 10 July, during the drive on Atlanta. Throughout this period the 22nd was attached to 2nd (Coburn's) Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, in George...
Dates: 1864-05-16 / 1864-07-10

Edward Gorey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EPH 5004
Abstract

Collection of magazines, clippings, dust jackets, and other ephemera containing illustrations of Edward Gorey. Also includes book catalogs, profiles of Gorey, and reviews of Gorey works.

Dates: undated

Edward Nangle and the Achill Mission Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1052
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials related to the history of Achill Island and the genealogy of its inhabitants. Included is the correspondence of a prominent local historian, John O’Shea, and his research files and notes on genealogy of the island’s inhabitants and the island’s founder, Edward Nangle. Also included are publications about the island or created on the island, including Nangle’s publications, Achill Missionary Herald and Western...
Dates: 1836-1894, 1996-2015

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1035
Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers relating to the career of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. The bulk of the collection is comprised of handwritten, typescript, and computer printout manuscripts in various stages of development for novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, and poems by the author, as well as related miscellany (including drawings and a video recording). Titles well-represented within the collection include the novels The Dancers Dancing, ...
Dates: 1966 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1979 - 2011

Elisabeth Markstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0017
Abstract Elisabeth Markstein (1929-2013) was highly regarded for her translations from Russian to German, including Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago (under the pen name Anna Peturnig). She was also a teacher and literary scholar as well as a staunch supporter of the dissident writers in the Soviet Union. This collection consists of personal documents, correspondence (family, personal, and professional), papers dealing with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, scholarly research materials, photographs, and...
Dates: 1890s-2013; Majority of material found in ( 1930s-1990s)

Elisur H. Rogers journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 8001-01-B
Abstract

A manuscript journal kept by Connecticut native Elisur H. Rogers from 23 January to 15 October 1849, recording his experiences on a trip to the California gold fields.

Dates: 1849

Ella Young Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1086
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of several letters and ephemera sent from Ella Young to Mrs. Roland G. Hopkins while Young was traveling in the United States, 1925-1926. Included are seven letters and one leaflet.

Dates: 1925 - 1926

Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0045
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal papers of Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, including her correspondence, biographical materials, and diplomas. The collection also documents her political activity as one of the leading feminists of twentieth-century Argentina through her professional papers, such as records for the Asociación Pro-Derechos de la Mujeres, speeches, and essays. Also included are photographs of Dra. Sara Justo and ephemera and records relating to various feminist...
Dates: 1888-1954

Emmit Jennings Baseball Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10026
Content Description

The Emmit Jennings Baseball Ephemera Collection consists mostly of printed ephemera gathered by baseball fan Emmit Jennings over 50+ years of attending baseball games. The collection includes more than 40 All Grounds American League Annual Passes, 6 press passes for World Series games, ephemera related to the Baseball Writers' Association events at World Series games from the 1930s, 7 Pacific Coast League, League passes, several programs, and other baseball-related ephemera.

Dates: 1910-1980

Enoch P. Hill Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5011
Abstract

A group of 40 personal letters written in 1899-1901 by Illinois native Enoch P. Hill, mostly during his army service in Cuba, the U. S., and the Philippines. The letters are directed to Hill's future wife, Mary E. Chilton.

Dates: 1899-1901

Eric Gill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS GILL
Abstract The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections holds a considerable collection of items relating to the work of Eric Gill, a 20th-century English craftsman. These include proofs and original engravings, drawings and designs, woodblocks, bookplates and printed ephemera. Notable among the collections are annotated drawings and designs; signed engravings; posters, leaflets, and other printed matter by the St. Dominic's Press; two scrapbooks Gill kept during his time with the Royal Air...
Dates: 1898-2010; Majority of material found in 1910-1940

Ernest Berry Ice Skating Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10017
Content Description

This collection consists of a scrapbook and loose material collected by figure skater Ernest Berry documenting his amateur ice skating career. Materials include photographs of Berry and other skaters, ephemera—like programs, tickets, participant information, and other material—about ice skating competitions and events, primarily in California and the Midwest, clippings, and some personal material about Berry.

Dates: 1928-1941

Ernst Family Recreational and Cycling Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_7011
Content Description This collection consists of two albums of vernacular photographs recording the travels and activities of the Ernst family of Rochester, New York. The photographs were apparently taken by Louis Ernst, and most pictures measure 3 1/4 inches square, with a few larger pictures present. The albums were well organized with prints grouped by individual occasions or outings. Most groupings and individual photographs are identified, captioned, and dated. Many of the photographs are views taken on...
Dates: 1899-1906

ESCO Boxing Exhibit Cards Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP10093
Scope and Contents This collection includes more than 300 exhibit cards featuring images of boxers. Cards are the size of postcards. The fronts of most cards contain an image of a boxer with his name and sometimes other information like hometown, nicknames, etc. The backs of cards from the 1920s often contain short bios and/or selected match results, and many have a postcard back for mailing. Some of the cards from the 1920s are tinted in different colors. Many cards, especially those printed after 1928,...
Dates: 1921-1960s

ESPN Promotional Posters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10084
Scope and Contents

The ESPN Promotional Posters Collection contains six promotional posters printed in about 1982 for the television network ESPN. Each full-color poster depicts a different sport televised by ESPN. The bottom of each poster features the tagline “The Total Sports Network” and the logo for ESPN.

Dates: c. 1982

Ethel Mannin Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1523
Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of correspondence sent from Ethel Mannin to a number of her fans. Includes seventeen letters from Ethel Mannin to various correspondents including George Arthur Fleet (1899-1988), Victor Croxford, a “Mr. Threadgold,” and a “Cecil.” Additionally includes thirteen carbon copies of letters sent from George Arthur Fleet to Ethel Mannin, a postcard from Fleet to Mannin, a collage including the letter to Victor Croxford, a card from Mannin to “Cecil” and a...
Dates: 1961 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1983

Evgeniia Ginzburg and Antonina Axenova Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0021
Abstract The collection consists of documents, letters, photographs, and some manuscripts relating to Evgeniia Ginzburg, the author of Krutoi Marshrut, an autobiographical account of the author's experience in the Soviet labor camps. Krutoi Marshrut has been translated into English in two volumes: Journey into the Whirlwind and Within the Whirlwind. The collection also includes materials relating to the life...
Dates: 1914-2014; Majority of material found in 1930s-1970s

Excursion on the Yacht Dream Photograph Album

 Item — Box: MSSP7003
Identifier: MSSP_7003
Content Description

Twenty-one mounted and captioned vernacular photographs recording the recreational cruise of the yacht Dream on Long Island Sound, 21-23 July 23-23, 1899. The participants are identified only informally and by nicknames. The images show activities on the yacht and the shoreline.

Dates: 1899

Fasola Tunebook

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSN/EA 9307
Abstract

A manuscript songbook containing 44 songs in fa-so-la notation. Possibly of Pennsylvania origin, it appears to date from the mid to late 1790s. Most of the lyrics are from the poetry of Isaac Watts.

Dates: circa 1793-1800

Fatima Aleksandrovna Salkazanova Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0002
Abstract

Audio recordings and papers by the radio journalist Fatima Aleksandrovna Salkazanova, who hosted news programs on Radio Liberty and Radio France International in Paris.

Dates: 1977-2003

Flying the Beam: A Game of Aerial Transport

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: EPH 5045
Scope and Contents

One game designed by Captain William J. Chapman and manufactured by Parker Brothers, Inc. Players spin and move pieces across a board marked to represent the challenges of flying a plane into an airport using only radio signals.

Dates: Copyright: 1941

Frank Slocum Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10021
Content Description This collection contains professional and personal papers of Frank Slocum, a longtime administrator in major league baseball. A majority of the collection pertains to Slocum's work in the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball during the 1940s-1960s. These records include correspondence, circular memos, and research developed by the office. Topics covered include the reserve clause and engagement with politicians, the minor leagues, amateur baseball, little league, and other...
Dates: 1942-1989

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