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(1.0 Items)This volume is a nautical lexicon composed by Sir Henry Manwayring (or Mainwaring).The lexicon, which predates John Smith's [i]Sea-Man's Grammar and Dictionary [/i](1691), includes the first known instances of several terms. This copy, which differs from the 1644 printed edition, was transcribed by Ralph Crane.
(1.0 Letters)A.L.S from "Mariano Herrera" to Harrison S. Kerrick dated Jan 16, 1926. Col. Harrison Summers Kerrick created the code of conduct on how to properly handle and display the U.S. flag which was adopted by the United States Congress.
(1.0 Letters)Autograph letter sent by H.G. Wells from London to Burke. Dated October 18, 1923. Contains picture of H.G. Wells.
(1.0 Items)Caption title. Prepared by Michael Gorman for the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR. Holograph. Gift of Michael Gorman, August 1988. Published as ch. 4 of: Anglo-American cataloguing rules / prepared by the American Library Association ... [et al.] ; edited by Michael Gorman and Paul W. Winkler. 2nd ed. Chicago : A.L.A., ...
(1.0 Items)Holograph. Caption title. Gift of Michael Gorman, August 1988. Published as ch. 24 of: Anglo-American cataloguing rules / prepared by the American Library Association ... [et al. ] ; edited by Michael Gorman and Paul W. Winkler. 2nd ed. Chicago : A.L.A., 1978. Prepared by Michael Gorman for the Joint Steering Committee for Revision ...
(1.0 Items)Provisional record
(0.75 Cubic Feet)The collection consists of paper ephemera, books, and music records related to activist movements in the United States. It includes items related to Angela Davis, the Diggers, the Rainbow People's Party (formerly known as the White Panthers), the Yippies, Situationist International and many others.
(1.0 Items)A collection of clippings, photographs, and autographs of actors and actresses from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. A collection of legal texts, mostly parliamentary acts, copied from several manuscripts. Exemplar shelfmark is often given in the margin at the beginning of a text. Fol. 1r-1v: Acta concilij tempore Henrici sexti (from Cotton Cleopatra F.4). Fol. 2r-2v: Authoritas senescalli anglie (from Cotton Tiberius E.8 fol. 34b). Fol. ...
(457.5 Cubic Feet)Collection of materials used by WNET/Thirteen's documentary film producer and director Perry Miller Adato (1920 - 2018) in the creation of films including [i]Picasso: A Painter's Diary [/i](1980), [i]Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences [/i](1982), [i]Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me [/i](1970), [i]Georgia O'Keeffe [/i](1977), [i]An Eames Celebration - Several Worlds of Charles and Ray Eames [/i](1973), [i]Dylan Thomas - The World I Breathe [/i](1968), [i]Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts [/i](1986), [i]Mary Cassatt - Impressionist From Philadelphia[/i] (1978), [i]Frankenthaler - Toward a New Climate [/i](1978). Also contains a significant portion of manuscripts dedicated to the history of cinema in the United States including flyers and film programs from the underground and independent filmmaking movements of the late 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s, brochures for post-production vendors, and resumes of working artists.
(1.0 Items)Ms. Text occupies first 42 leaves only. Former shelfmark: x 016.33 H71e adden. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
(2.0 Items)[Vol. 1]. Adolf Hitler und seine verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen ber Maria Anna Lager aus Krems a.d. Donau, der Mutter Franz Liszt's, zu Richard Wagner [manuscript] ([6] folded leaves, bound : coat of arms, geneal. table ; 44 cm.). [Vol. 2]. Adolf Hitler und seine verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen ber Maria Anna Lager aus Krems ...
(1.0 Items)A proud, rich man gives Tommy a gift of an elephant after Tommy saves his life. Holograph, signed. A manuscript with watercolor drawings written at Spade House, Sangate, Kent for Marjory Hick, daughter of Dr. Henry Hick of New Romney, who cared for H.G. Wells when he became ill in 1898. Title from ...
(1.0 Volume)This volume (158 pages) contains spiritual advice directed to the anonymous author's "most deare and affectionate friend." The text examines numerous aspects of Christian morality, in conjunction with relevant passages from the Bible. A brief introduction implies that the intended recipient may have been the author's fiancé or husband.
(1.0 Items)Full Title: Advis pour juger des inscriptions en faux [manuscript] : ou comparaison des escritures et signatures pour en faire & dresser, les moyens, voir et descouvrir toutes falsifications & faussetez. Plus pour cognoistre & deschiffre les lettres cachees & occultes. Ms. codex. Probably a later edition of a 1604 Paris imprint ...
(1.0 Items)Three brief tracts on the attributes of youth, middle age and old age. Ms. leaves. Three caption titles from fols. 1r, 1v and 2r. Script: In an early 18th century English hand. Origin: Location and date based on script. Provenance: Removed from shelfmark IUQ01232: The works of Joseph Hall, B. of Exceter (London : Printed ...
(1.0 Items)Papers of Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American zoologist, geologist, naturalist and educator, including 30 letters written by Agassiz, two written by James Barnard, one written by Alexander Agassiz, and three Agassiz memorial announcements dealing with his geological and zoological activities, especially the correct methods to be used in studying natural history with ...
(1.0 Items)From H. G. Wells Collection. 22.3 cm x 30.5 cm. "Airport Project" for F. G. Miles, London & Leatherhead. Guy Morgan & partners. F. F. Riba Al Street., Architects & Engineers. Alluvial 1 Deposit 003-001 Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656008312205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656008312205899[/url]
(1.0 Volumes)Spine title: "Flora's Album" An inscription on the flyleaf reads: "A Ophelia de su hermano Guillermo. Nueva York et 20 de Julio 1841."
(1.0 Items)Papers of Amos Bronson Alcott, including one autographed letter signed to Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(133.5 Cubic Feet)The Shana Alexander Papers consist of eighty-two linear feet of original manuscripts, typescript, typed carbon, printed, photographic and replicated materials. The manuscript portions include article manuscripts, reporter's notebooks, correspondence, scrapbooks, lectures, speeches, documents, photographs and other research materials dating from 1950 through the 1990's during the most active years of ...
(18.0 Linear Feet)Perhaps the only Alexander Smith collection in the world, materials include all first editions, reprints, reissues in fine editions, and various uncollected items of the Scottish poet, essayist, novelist, critic; and once regarded as one of the most eminent writers of the nineteenth century. Collection given in 1979 by Richard ...
(15.0 Items)This collection consists of 15 pocket diaries kept by Amy Catherine Robbins (later Catherine or "Jane" Wells) between 1898 and 1927. See the item-level listing for a full list of dates covered.
(2.0 Items)MSS: Undated 2 Copies of a clippings from "The Chronicle".dated 1914/08/24. The column by H. G. Wells is titled "An Apeal to the American People". Former Shelfmark : "Alluvial 1 Deposit" 015-003-002 Former Shelfmark: "Alluvial 1 Deposit" 014-012-001 Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656009112205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656009112205899[/url]
(6.0 Cubic Feet)Collection of French socialist novelists.
(1.0 Items)This item is a petition from William Andrews to a group of justices of the peace sitting at Hicks Hall (now in London, England), written around 1690. Andrews, who had been sentenced to prison and fined for keeping a disorderly house, accuses the constables of being guilty of similar crimes ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458300128]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458300128[/url] Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Parchment; 1?(-1) 2-8? 9?(6+1) 10-11? 12?(8+1) 13? 14-18? 19?(-7) 20?(-2-7). Layout: Five-six 4-line staffs, staffs in red ink, musical notation in black ink, 1 line of text in black ink below each staff; ruled in lead, prickings in outer ...
(1.0 Items)Copy of an historical pamphlet.
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62499745]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62499745[/url] Title from De Ricci. Ms. Codex. Layout: Written in 23 long lines within ruled borders. Script: A gothic charter hand. Binding: Nineteenth century calf. Origin: Written in Rome in 1389 by Holt de Heke of Osnaburg. Cf. colophon: "Scriptum et completum Rom[a]e apud Campum Florum per ...
(1.0 Boxes)Gift from Barnard Hewitt. Collection of photographs and typescripts on the work of the Swiss stage designer Adolphe Appia. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6574012]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6574012[/url]
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(1.0 Volumes)This volume (98 pages), entitled [i]The Loves of Cupid & Psyche: A Milesian Fable[/i], contains a manuscript translation of Apuleius's [i]Psyche et Cupido[/i], dated January 1791. A note in a separate hand indicates that the volume was created "at the request of Lady Beaumont." The volume includes a brief quotation about ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. leaves. Author and title from front cover; English parallel title and date from fol. 1r. Location supplied by cataloger. Fols. 12, 14, 16 and 24 are folded leaves containing illustrated figures. Binding: Contemporary paper wrapper; unbound. Provenance: Purchased from Brockhaus, 24 Dec 1970. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 180. Contents: Fol. ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/168244267]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/168244267[/url] Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger."Et sic e[st] fin[is] ... i[n] die triu[m] regu[m] lxv d[omi]n[us] joha[nnes] d'adorff"--fol. 304v. " ... p[er] Jacobu[m] molitore[m] ... fin[is] lxv in die triu[m] regu[m]"--fol. 321r. Written in several hands. Red initials and titles. Binding: Modern vellum over pasteboards; ...
(3.0 Cubic Feet)Arnold Keoseian joined the International Brigades in 1938 as a private in the Lincoln - Washington Battalion, taking part in the Ebro campaign a month after he arrived in Spain. He left Spain after the International Brigades were retired, returning to the United States where he remained active in antifascist ...
(1.0 Items)Contains criticism on early works of J.D. Beresford Ms. leaves Caption title on fol. 1r. Origin: Location conjectured by cataloger. -- Date based on mention of Bereford's work, God's Counterpoint (fol. 5r), which was published in 1918. Former Shelfmark: MS 823 B45Ym (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 ...
(19.0 Items)From H. G. Wells Collection. Clippings and photocopies of articles 1) "What the Germans want to read" by W. B. P. Aspinall from The Bookseller. dated 1947/12/06. [1 cop.] 2 "H.G. Wells as the Sacred Lunatic" by R.L. Megroz from Tribune. dated 1945/12/14 [2 cop.] 3) "Basler Nachrichten". datd 1946/08/14. [German] [1 cop.] 4) ...
(11.0 Items)From H.G. Wells Collection. Clippings and copies of articles about Rebecca West and H.G. Wells 1)"Letters from Dame Margaret Cole" from Books and Bookmen. dated 02/1975. [2 cop.] 2) "Passion and Calculation" by Gordon N Ray. from The Sunday Times 1974/11/24. [1 cop.] 3) "Albany at Large" from the Sunday Telegraph no. 704. ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62313360]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62313360[/url] Ms. leaf. Layout: Frame-ruled, musical staff notation (4 lines in red with square notes); text between staves. Decoration of initial: Christ is depicted ascending into heaven and is observed by the eleven disciples who stand on the hill at Galilee (Matt. 28:16; Luke 24:50-51; ...
(31.5 Cubic Feet)The Yamagiwa Collection consists of material dating from the 14[sup]th[/sup] to the 20[sup]th[/sup] centuries. The great majority of items are Japanese books printed between the 17[sup]th[/sup] and 19[sup]th[/sup] centuries, but there is also a small number of Chinese books, as well as three Burmese Kammavaca (Buddhist prayer books); besides books, ...
(1.0 Volume)This volume contains William Askwith's (1614-1695) detailed notes on sermons he attended between December 1633 and May 1634. Each entry begins with a heading consisting of the date, the preacher's surname, and the relevant Bible verses. Some of Askwith's notes relate to sermons by Ralph Brownrigg, later Bishop of Exeter. See ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70708444]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70708444[/url] Astrology manuscript of the 16th century, containing nativities covering the years 1541-1579, including nativities of King Edward, Martell Goodwyn, William Mildmay, Agnes Bateman, and others. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Illustrated with numerous astrological diagrams. Origin: Presumably written in England, 16th century. Provenance: Bookplate of William Farnum ...
(1.0 Items)Full title: Atatanta [sic] running [manuscript] : that is, New chymicall emblems relating to the secrets of nature accomodated partly to the eyes and understanding : with figuers cutt in copper and sentences, epigrams, and notes added, partly to the ears and recreation of the mind, with 50 musicall flights ...
(1.0 Volume)This collection consists of nineteen letters that Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, wrote to John Wilson Croker between March 12, 1812, and March 28, 1842, as well as seven letters that Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, wrote to primarily unidentified recipients between December 16, 1822, and July 17, ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/858317543]www.worldcat.org/oclc/858317543[/url]
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/858948476]www.worldcat.org/oclc/858948476[/url]
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/859165750]www.worldcat.org/oclc/859165750[/url]
(1.0 Boxes)Correspondence to English poet Alfred Austin by many of the great literary figures of his day. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6572617]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6572617[/url]
(2.0 Items)Two scrapbooks of letters, photos, and other items signed by actors and actresses from the 1800s and 1900s. [u]Book 1[/u] Pg.1: H.W. Letter to Stuart Robson from __ Booth Pg.2: H. W. Letter to Mrs. ___ from Richard ___ Pg.3: Photo (Autographed): ____Booth Pg.4: Photo (Autographed): Francis Wilson Pg.5: H. W. Letter: Dear sir from James ...
(1.0 Items)Collection of autographs from European Royalty and other historical figures. Former Shelfmark: uncat 66 460
(207.0 Linear Feet)This collection consists of the papers of English novelist and essayist Herbert George Wells. The collection includes correspondence, diaries, drawings, manuscripts and proofs, speeches, and other materials.
(1.0 Volumes)This volume (253 pages) contains a manuscript essay entitled [i]Aytarchia, or, The Art of Self Government[/i] and the complete text of the Biblical Book of Proverbs, in English. A note at the end of [i]Aytarchia[/i] indicates that it was completed on January 20, 1718. The title has been transliterated from Greek.