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(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62628927]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62628927[/url] Ms. fragments. Title supplied by cataloger. The Waltharius is traditionally attributed to Ekkehard I, but without certainty. Origin: Written in Germany probably in the 11th century; Latin glosses dated from the early 12th century and German glosses later. "Fragments all contain text from the first half ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. Title, date and author from fol. 24r; statement of responsibility reads: "R.S. for Mr Nicholson Theatre Reading." Binding: Bound in a paper wrapper containing printed waste (a playbill advertising for March 16, 1826); autograph on front cover: "Wm Cullenford 1821". Provenance: Inscription on fol. 9v: "Wm Cullenford purchased of S.W Nicholson ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123354464]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123354464[/url] Warrant to search the study and chamber of William Prynne in Lincoln's Inn, London. The warrant, dated 25 June 1650 and signed by John Bradshaw, was issued to John Milton. With the embossed armorial seal of the Commonwealth. Ms. document. Title supplied by ...
(1.0 Items)Full Title: The Washington Street subway [manuscript] : comments on the financial condition of the Boston Elevated Railway Co. / submitted by Louis Dembitz Brandeis on behalf of the Boston Associated Board of Trade to the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs of the Massachusetts Legislature, April 26, 1902 Ms. Former shelfmark: MS Uncat. ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. Location and date supplied by cataloger. A copy of Coyne's play; first printed in 1842. Provenance: Purchased from Spencer, 24 June 1947. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 172.
(1.0 Items)Pale coloring of a boy seated on chair playing flute to audience of whimpering dog and stressed woman peering around partially open door. Signed "H. G. Wells 1882" Purchased from Latin Grammar (Chicago) Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656008912205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656008912205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)Papers of Nathan Webb, one autographed item. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6572060]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6572060[/url]
(1.0 Items)Ms. Cover title. Characters: Lady Evelyn; Aunt Barbara; George, the keeper; William, otherwise Lord Riversdale, the underkeeper; Seth Forster, steward and guardian to Lady Evelyn; Capt. Forster, nephew to Seth Forster. Written on paper with the watermark "Warren & Sons 1855". Binding: Sewn into marbled paper wrappers. Provenance: Purchased from Spencer, 24 June 1947.
(4.0 Boxes)The Wells family photograph albums and scrapbook include photographs of H. G. Wells and Catherine Wells, their sons G.P. Wells and Frank Wells, and other individuals. The photographs encompass a variety of subjects, such as landscapes, exterior and interior architecture, everyday scenes, picnics, formal portraits, and family portraits. Some albums ...
(9.0 Items)1) Letters by "Kuklos" in [u]The World[/u]. 2) Page of notes by Susan Shaltuck typing to identify a piece. She says "in MS. of War in the Air 1908." Typed 1959. 3) MS fragment on [Socialist Movement and Socalist Parties] - found with letters to New Age, June 27, 1907, refuting Chesterton's ...
(3.0 Boxes)[u]Box 1[/u] 1) Lock of [Jane's] hair. - Wrapped in x 3" x 5" scrap of paper 2) Bound Autograph Book - Book with mounted autographs from letters. 2 loose autographs. 3) Lady's Rouge Box - Lady's Rouge Box [Jane's] with lock of braided hair and tiny watercolor of lady's head in lid ...
(1.0 Boxes)Diaries of Sarah Wells and other items
(0.0 )This collection consists of storyboards created by Frank Wells (1902-1982) about his father, English writer H.G. Wells. Frank Wells was an art director, writer, and producer, best known for science-fiction film [i]Supersonic Saucer[/i] (1956).
(1.0 Boxes; one drawer of storyboard drawings in a map case in LL5.)Frank Wells's pictorial albums assembled as a draft for his book, H. G. Wells: a pictorial biography. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99657418312205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99657418312205899[/url]
(19.0 Items)The West Family Correspondence consists of 19 items. The first series, [u]H. G. Wells letters[/u], consists of letters written by H. G. Wells about or to his son, Anthony West. The second series, [u]Anthony West correspondence[/u], consists of correspondence from Rebecca West to Anthony West, her son; correspondence from ...
(1.0 Items)Full title: Whither his ma[jes]tie may dispense w[i]th ye penalties in ye late Acts of ye 25th & 30th yeares of our late soveraign King Charles ye 2d for p[re]venting dangers from popish recusants [manuscript] / Chr. Milton. Presumably in the hand of and signed by Christopher Milton. Provenance: Purchased from Maggs ...
(1.0 Items)Full title: The whole workes of Thomas Haruey of Longford neare the city of Gloucester gent. [manuscript] / Transcribed by himselfe with his owne hand out of his seuerall smaller bookes, and reduced into one intire volume. The particular names of the said seuerall bookes are expressed in the page ...
(1.0 Boxes)Collection of postcards from 1890 that document the swearing in of teachers by racial category in one North Carolina county. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99609485612205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99609485612205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77320024]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77320024[/url] Last will and testament of Francis Duffield of Medenham, Buckinghamshire. Accompanied by a legal document ([15] leaves) dated 7. Oct. 1690, concerning later members of the Duffield family. Former Shelfmark: MSQ. B.D8568W
(6.0 Cubic Feet; 6 boxes, 2.5 cubic feet)The William Allingham Papers date from 1846 to 1920. The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence, with letters sent to and written by Allingham, his wife Helen, their children, and other third-party individuals. The collection also includes visual and literary works, such as sketches, poems, and ephemera. The ...
(2.0 Items)Two Photographs of American writer, William Maxwell. 1) Black & White. Photograph of William Maxwell Inscribed: "To Paul and Agnes Billie" 2) Color. Photograph of William Maxwell taken in 1992 with attached Correspondence: To - Professor Hendrick From - Barbara Burkhardt. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665198712205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665198712205899[/url]
(2.0 Items)1) A.L.S To: Garson Meyers From: William McKinley. June 30, 1896. 2) Picture of William McKinley Believed to be transferred from the Krannert Art Museum's L.A. Meyers Collection.
(17.5 Cubic Feet)The William P. Schenk papers consist of original manuscripts, photocopies, prints, photographs, and other materials documenting the life of this writer and longtime editor of the Science Digest Magazine. The 17.5 cubic feet of materials also feature substantial series of correspondence, photographs, and subject files, primarily concentrating on his good ...
(1.0 Items)Papers of Sir Joseph Williamson, including one autographed letter signed. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6572079]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6572079[/url]
(1.0 Items)Notes from lectures on economics and economic history delivered by Prof. Lujo Brentano at the University of Munich in 1904. Ms. codex. Lujo Brentano was a professor of economics at the universities of Breslau, Strasbourg, Vienna, Leipzig, and, from 1891-1914, at the University of Munich. 12 additional leaves of printed text bound in ...
(7.0 Items)Seven printed sheets of photographs about two War of the Worlds art displays. A mosaic of events from War of the Worlds and a sculpture, "The Martian" by Michael Condron. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656188412205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656188412205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)Collection assembled by Henry Baldwin Ward. Consists of autographed letters signed from scientists and diplomats, including Louis Agassiz, Sir Francis Galton and Edward Hitchcock, among others. Illustration of F. R. Haflser. Some individual items cataloged in Letters card catalog. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6572114]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6572114[/url]
(1.0 Items)Handwritten Journal. Appears to be written by a soldier in France from June 1, 1918 to July 14, 1918. Also contains a handwritten copy of an essay written November 2, 1958 Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665984412205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665984412205899[/url]
(1.1 Cubic Feet)This collection is comprised of pamphlets, leaflets, flyers and other documents relating to the First World War. Box 1 consists of various pamphlet publications ranging from political opinion pieces to informational reports surrounding World War I. Box 2 is a continuation of the pamphlet series of Box 1. Box 3 ...
(16.0 Cubic Feet)1. Aisne -- 2. Alsace & Vosges -- 3. Champagne -- 4. Marne -- 5. Meuse -- 6. Nord -- 7. Oise -- 8. Pas-de-Calais -- 9. Salonica -- 10. Somme --11. Verdun -- 12. Aviation -- 13. Commissariat -- 14. Construction -- 15. Hospitals, etc. -- 16. Ordnance and ...
(1.1 Cubic Feet)This collection is comprised of pamphlets, leaflets, and other documents relating to the Second World War. Box 1 consists of propaganda published in Vichy France throughout the German occupation. Box 2 contains informational pamphlets distributed in various languages by the United States Secretary of War Information Office concerning some military ...
(13.3 Cubic Feet)The archives of the Wyse family, a prominent Irish literary family of Waterford, Ireland, contain diaries and journals, unpublished literary works, account and letter-books, as well as published volumes and photographs. There is a great deal of literary material, ranging from the poetry, travel accounts, and other papers of Sir ...
(9.0 Cubic Feet)The archives of the Wyse family, a prominent Irish literary family of Waterford, Ireland, contain diaries and journals, unpublished literary works, account and letter-books, as well as published volumes and photographs. There is a great deal of literary material, ranging from the poetry, travel accounts, and other papers of Sir ...