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Sugar Bowl College Football Programs
Collection
Identifier: FBC 624
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of college football Sugar Bowl programs. The programs typically contain pictures, articles, and statistics about the players on the teams playing in the Sugar Bowl. Most programs also include pictures and information about coaches, other team personnel, and Sugar Bowl administrators, data about the participating schools, and advertisements. The programs tend to become longer and more substantial through the years. Formats include programs.
Dates:
1939 - 2005
Suspenders Manuscript
Item
Identifier: MSN/MN 9205
Abstract
A homemade pamphlet with eight pages of elaborate pencil illustrations and accompanying verse, telling a moralizing tale of a young man's search for a new pair of suspenders.
Dates:
1872
Swansea Town Records
Collection
Identifier: MSN/COL 2718
Abstract
An accumulation of 49 single-sheet documents issuing from, or directed to, the various instruments of town government in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, mostly during the 18th century.
Dates:
1671-1807
Sydney Hobart Ball and Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0513
Scope and Contents
The collection documents both the personal life and the professional activities of Sydney Hobart Ball. It includes more than 1,600 of Ball's letters, mainly written to family members while on mining trips around the world, as well as over 1,000 photos taken by Ball during these trips. There are also reports, articles and notes written by Ball on mining, as well as maps of places he visited. Also present in the collection is correspondence belonging to Ball's wife Mary, and to his daughters Mary...
Dates:
1885 – 1991; Majority of material found in 1905 – 1949
Taylor Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5033
Abstract
Five letters written during the summer and fall of 1864 by the brothers (and Confederate cavalrymen) Jonathan Gibson Taylor and Robert Walker Taylor, of Daviess County, Kentucky. All were written from Federal prisoner of war camps, at Louisville, Rock Island, and Camp Douglas.
Dates:
1864
Temperance Sketch Book
Item
Identifier: MSN/MN 10029
Scope and Contents
Untitled sketch book by an unknown author containing thirty pages of sketches of temperance allegories and cartoons. The images express the themes of temperance, including the perils of drink, the saving power of Christ and his teachings in the Bible, and the pernicious influence wielded by wealthy producers and purveyors of alcohol. The sketches also bear references to the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
Dates:
1886 - 1889
The Dante Alighieri and Divine Comedy Print Collection
Collection
Identifier: BPP 6000
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of loose prints and clippings relating to the life of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). The collection contains many printed examples of variant portrait types of Dante, including engravings based on the portraits of Giotto and Raphael. Also included are posters and other ephemeral materials from the 600th anniversary of Dante's birth in 1865.
Dates:
Undated
The Errand Boy: or, Failure and Success
Item
Identifier: EPH 5046
Scope and Contents
One game for two to four players, manufactured by McLoughlin Brothers, New York. Players spin and move pieces across a board designed to represent the advancement of an errand boy from ‘applicant’ to ‘banker.’ Players are able to advance through the game when landing on numbered spaces corresponding with virtues (such as ‘Honesty’ and ‘Confidence,’) or job promotions, and are penalized when landing on numbered spaces corresponding with vices (such as ‘Gambling’ and ‘Drunkenness’). The first...
Dates:
Copyright: 1900
The Hand of Fate: Fortune Telling Game
Item
Identifier: EPH 5053
Scope and Contents
One game manufactured by McLoughlin Bros. Players select a question from either of the two spinners they wish to divine the answer to, then place the spinner on the center of the game. The hand within the box spins, pointing to the answer of the question.
Dates:
1901
"The Kodak Book" Cuban Photo Album
Item
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0082
Abstract
A souvenir photo album containing assorted photographs of major Cuban tourist sites, Havana street scenes, and images of officers, soldiers, and locations associated with the Spanish-American War.
Dates:
circa 1895-1900
The Ronald Wells Collection on Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1032
Abstract
A collection of materials on peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, including documents relating to the work of religious organizations. The collection includes papers of a number of religious organizations. The collection includes papers of a number of religious groups that formed between 1990 and 2005 to work towards reconciliation, and also on the work of the Consultative Group on the Past. The collection includes also pamphlets and books. Most of the collection dates from 1984 to...
Dates:
circa 1979-2008
The Rough Riders: a Game
Item
Identifier: EPH 5050
Scope and Contents
One simple racing board game for two or four players manufactured by Parker Brothers, Salem, Massachusetts as a part of its ‘Adventure Series.’ The game’s box lid depicts Teddy Roosevelt leading the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War in Cuba. The game board within is designed to represent the battlefield at San Juan Hill and is marked with ten possible routes from ‘camp’ to ‘victory.’ Players spin to advance wooden pawns along chosen routes. The first player to reach ‘victory’ wins...
Dates:
1900
The Vandeleur, Gweedore, Coolgreany, Coolroe, and Clongorey evictions photograph album
Item
Identifier: MSE/IR 7904-1
Scope and Contents
One partially-filled photograph album consisting of 31 18 x 25 cm black and white reproduction photo prints taken by an unnamed photographer. Photos depict scenes of late 19th century Irish tenant evictions. Each has been captioned by hand in ink. The first 20 photos document scenes from the Vandeleur evictions which took place in Kilrush, County Clare. The remainder document scenes of evictions in other Irish counties. Plates depict: Soldiers and R.I.C. officers in camp; Group...
Dates:
1888 - 1900
Theophilus Parsons Journal
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 8011
Abstract
The two-volume manuscript journal of the Boston littérateur and lawyer Theophilus Parsons (1797-1882), kept during his early professional years, 1819-1823.
Dates:
1819-1823
Theresa Milburn Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 8021
Abstract
A manuscript diary kept during the Civil War by Theresa Milburn, a young woman living on a plantation in Avoyelles Parish in central Louisiana.
Dates:
1863-1878; Majority of material found in 1863-1865
Thomas Benton Alexander Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 8003
Abstract
A short-entry Civil War manuscript diary of Confederate States soldier Thomas Benton Alexander, written as a member of the 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery Regiment, Company B (3rd). Much of the content dates from the final year of the war, when Alexander was captured at Mobile Bay and imprisoned at Elmira, New York.
Dates:
1861-1865
Thomas Davis Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1001
Abstract
Manuscript drafts of verse and songs.
Dates:
circa 1838-1845
Thomas F. Mason Letters on the Cotton Trade
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5111
Abstract
Four manuscript letters addressed to New York investor Thomas F. Mason, discussing the cotton trade conducted by northern merchants with Confederate held areas along the Mississippi River during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1863-1864
Thomas Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5014
Abstract
A family correspondence of 51 items whose principal authors are George Thomas and his wife, Minerva Everton Thomas, of Spencer County, Indiana. Most of the letters date from 1862-1863, during George Thomas's Civil War service as quartermaster of the 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Dates:
1862-1865; Majority of material found in 1862-1863
Thomas J. Baird Orderly Book
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 1004-01-B
Abstract
A manuscript orderly book of 1st Lt. Thomas J. Baird of the United States Army, kept during 1818-1822 while commanding detachments of artillery at stations in New York, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and Virginia.
Dates:
1818-1822
Thomas J. Barb Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 8002
Abstract
A Civil War manuscript diary of Confederate States trooper Thomas J. Barb, written as a member of the 1st (Dobbin's) Arkansas Cavalry Regiment. Entries extend from 18 June to 11 September 1863 and include accounts of several key engagements in Arkansas, including the attack on Helena and the defense of Little Rock.
Dates:
1863
Thomas Kemp Cartmell Diary
Item
Identifier: MSN/CW 8018
Abstract
A personal diary maintained by Confederate veteran Thomas Kemp Cartmell, mostly during the late war years and Reconstruction, 1864-1866. The entries were written at the Cartmell family estate, "Retirement," in Frederick County, Virginia.
Dates:
1864-1872; Majority of material found in 1864-1866
Thomas W. Cridler Louisiana Purchase Exposition Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0510
Abstract
A collection including more than 2,500 pieces of correspondence to and from Thomas W. Cridler, mostly relating to his role as European Commissioner for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (the St. Louis World's Fair) held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904. Some of Cridler's correspondence is with fair administrators and U.S. diplomatic figures; some is with representatives of European nations targeted for inclusion. Also in the collection are smaller accumulations of other types of fair-related...
Dates:
1898-1911; Majority of material found in 1901-1904
Tom O'Flaherty Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1082
Abstract
A collection of papers of Tom O'Flaherty including manuscript and typescript fiction and autobiography, and letters, all apparently written from 1933 to 1935.
Dates:
1932 - 1935
Tomás de Bhaldraithe Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1401
Abstract
Correspondence, notes and theses from the collection of Tomás de Bhaldraithe, Irish scholar and lexicographer.
Dates:
1916 - 1990
Tone’s Tone’s Tone’s football board game
Item
Identifier: EPH 5057
Scope and Contents
One board game for any even number of players designed to simulate football game play. The board is printed in green yellow, red, and black, and marked to resemble a football field. Players spin a dial marked with numbers from 1-12. Tables on the game board indicate gains or losses correlating with each spin result. A two-sided football game piece (lost from this set) is used to track movement up and down the field. The game was played in four quarters and with points (for touchdowns, place...
Dates:
1925
Trinity Closet Press Collection
Collection
Identifier: EPH 5039
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of publications and printings created by The Closet Press at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. The Trinity Closet Press was a hand press run by members of the Library's Department of Early Printed Books. It was founded in 1973 by Mary M. Pollard as a teaching tool to give students and staff first-hand experience of book production methods in the hand-press period. The Press was housed in the basement of the Printing House at Trinity College and ceased operations in...
Dates:
1973-1987, 1991-1995
Truman Wheeler Day Books
Collection
Identifier: MSN/COL 9300
Abstract
Three volumes of business records, mostly in day book form, of the Great Barrington, Massachusetts general merchant Truman Wheeler. The records range in date from 1764 to 1813, with an emphasis on the years prior to the Revolution.
Dates:
1764-1813
Twentieth Century Fun Box and sleight of hand props
Collection
Identifier: EPH 5058
Scope and Contents
One incomplete set of games originally issued as the ‘Twentieth Century Fun Box,’ along with unrelated game pieces and magic trick props. Games present and issued with the original ‘Fun Box’ set are: ‘Putting on the Lid’ (1 game board, 17 discs), ‘Amrest’ (1 game board), and ‘Naval Battle’ (1 game board). The ‘Fun Box’ was originally manufactured by Geo. B. Doan & Co., Chicago, and copyrighted in 1905. The ‘Twentieth Century Fun Box’ is incomplete per description on box lid....
Dates:
1905
Upton Sinclair Letters to Melville Kress
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 3014
Abstract
Fifty-five letters written by American novelist, playwright, and essayist Upton Sinclair to Melville L. Kress, dated between 1933 and 1958.
Dates:
1933-1958; Majority of material found in 1938-1948
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