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(3.0 Items)Collection of items signed by inventor and businessman, Thomas Edison. Transferred from the Krannert Art Museum's L.A. Meyers Collection. 1) Note from Chief Engineer Hutchinson to Edison and Edison's reply, regarding an article written by Meyers. Former Shelfmark: Meyers 169. 2) Photographs and inscription from Edison to Edison Pioneers. Former Shelfmark: Meyers ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. In verse. Foliated 1-57. Origin: Probably written in Italy in the second half of the seventeenth century. Binding: Contemporary leather over pasteboards; marbled pastedowns. Provenance: Bookplate on inside of front board with initials B. O. Former shelfmark: Ms. 409 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library). Former shelfmark: Italian Plays MS 853S16 Oc (University of Illinois ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23670397]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23670397[/url] Ms. codex. Title from opening rubric; place and date from dealer's description. Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (parchment, i is pastedown) + 59 (foliated 1-59) + ii (parchment, ii is pastedown) ; 1-7? (+3) ; horizontal catchwords in inner margin of verso of last leaf of ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/285313189]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/285313189[/url] Ms. codex. Prose play in five acts. Dedication signed: Federigo Venuti. Possibly used as the compositor's copy for an edition printed at Florence by "Gio. Donato, e Bernardino Giunti, e compagni" in 1615. Binding: Limp vellum. Provenance: Purchased from Sansone, July 24, 1961. Herrick, M.T. Italian ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. Binding: Contemporary calf with gilt borders and dentelles. Provenance: Acquired from Hammelmann, 20 July 1956. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 209. Letters numbered XXIV-XCVII and dated between 1675 and 1685. Fols. 209v-212v contain a table of contents. -- Fols. 1 and 213-214 blank.
(1.0 Items)Papers of Fernand Laffineur, including one autographed letter signed to Nicolas Obolensky.
(11.0 Items)Papers of Fernand Laffineur, including one autographed letter signed to Nicolas Obolensky.
(1.0 Items)Papers of Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine, including one autographed letter signed.
(1.0 Volume)This commonplace book (100 pages, many of which are blank) belonged to Thomas Lamplugh, Archbishop of York (1615-1691), likely between 1642 and 1678. The contents, primarily in Latin, largely consist of oratories and notes about religion and other subjects, often delivered at or otherwise mentioning "Oxon." Some later entries, including ...
(1.0 Items)Collection of printed land patent forms, with filled blanks, from 1837-1839, 1857-1858, and 1861. Concerns lands in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. Signed by Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, and Abraham Lincoln; issued by the General Land Office, Washington, D.C. Ms. Title supplied by cataloger. Presented by Hortense B. Hopkins; Former shelfmark: Q. 973 ...
(1.0 Items)Large music manuscript on vellum.
(2275.0 Volumes)The Henning Larsen Scandinavian Folklore Collection consists of 2 parts: 275 volumes mainly of the works of Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Engebretsen Moe, nineteenth-century collectors and publishers of Norwegian folktales and legends. Also includes 25 mainly first edition Ibsen plays. 2,000 volumes from Larsen's private library consisting largely of books on ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/859210570]www.worldcat.org/oclc/859210570[/url]
(1.0 Items)An unidentified Latin fragment containing reference to Isocrates and a certain Theophilus (Saint Theophilus? Theophilus antecessor?). Ms. fragment. Title supplied by cataloger. Script: In an early modern continenal hand. Origin: Location and date conjectures based on script and imprint of book in which fragment was found. Provenance: Originally laid-in between p. 80-81 of IU shelfmark ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70560773]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70560773[/url]
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70368707]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70368707[/url] Binding fragment containing 16 Latin epigrams by Bede, Cellanus, Damasus, and others. This fragment preserves the only extant witness of Bede's epigrammatic poem "In absida basilice," concerning the dedication of the cathedral of Cyneberhtus, Bishop of Lindsey. Possibly compiled by Milred, Bishop of ...
(1.0 Items)Handwritten Manuscript for "Latrodectus Mactans: a Suggested Remedy in Angina Pectoris" written by Dr. Samuel Arthur Jones and was printed in "Homeopathic Recorder" July 1889. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665211312205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665211312205899[/url]
(27.0 Cubic Feet; 31 linear feet of manuscripts and correspondence, as well as over 800 books, serials, and offprints.)The Lieberman papers document Laurence Lieberman's (1935-2024) career as poet, poetry editor, and critic. The materials include holograph and typescript manuscripts of essays and poems, as well as correspondence and documents regarding readings, reviews, proofs, contracts, and editorial work. The bulk of the materials date from between 1962 and 2016. ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63280252]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63280252[/url]
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/245119986]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/245119986[/url] A legal document transferring some land in Clayton, Lancashire from a certain James Browne to a certain James Anderson for an unknown number of pounds, five shillings and eight pence. Ms. fragment. Title supplied by cataloger. Script: In an early 17th century English chancery hand. Origin: Date ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232575691]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232575691[/url] Land grant by Sir James Berners to Henry and Matillda Cumbe and heirs in perpetuity for a plot called Smartys in Westhorseleghe, Surrey, worth 18s. yearly. Script: In an English chancery hand. Provenance: Acquired from Myers, 15 May 1959. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, ...
(1.0 Items)A legal agreement between Robert Davy and John Godbold in which the latter has agreed to pay eleven pounds for a tenement of land in Stanton (Suffolk?). Ms. document. Accompanying materials: One wax seal (red, 1.6 cm. diam.) mostly extant with the sign of an anchor affixed to foot of document beside ...
(1.0 Items)Document granting license to Henry Hobbs to sublease land to Joseph Duncombe in the parish of Ivinghoe. Signed "Bridgewater". Ms. document. Title supplied by cataloger. Provenance: Purchased from Myers, 21 December 1949.
(1.0 Items)Ms. leaves. Caption title on fol. 1r. Origin: Location conjectured by cataloger. Provenance: Gift of Richard Murphy esqr., 9 March 1979. -- Sold by Dobell 16 March 1960 (Cat. 161 no. 525). Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 224. Leaves are numbered on recto in the center near the gutter. -- Verso ...
(1.0 Items)Papers of Joseph Sheridan le Fanu, including one autographed letter signed.
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70516041]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70516041[/url] Origin: Written in England, 16th or 17th century. Provenance: Purchased from Norman, 1947. Former shelfmark: x 347.93 L5223 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Faye & Bond. Provisional record based on De Ricci (suppl.)
(1.0 Items)An unidentified type of legal document (obligation?) regarding a certain Henrie and Edward & Andrew Morris. Text appears to be identical on recto and verso. Ms. fragment. Title supplied by cataloger. Script: In a 17th century English hand (same hand on recto and verso). Origin: Location based on script. -- Date from verso: "Anno ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/192005308]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/192005308[/url] Ms. fragment. Text signed "FFra: West"; author's name also appears in first line of text; attributed to Francis West, Lt. of the Tower of London. Dated "xv dii Martij ... 1649" in first line; possibly written in 1650 (Lady Day dating). Title supplied by ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166404961]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166404961[/url] Legal document requiring William Penington of Stepney to appear at Newgate Gaol to present a bill of indictment against Robert Berrie. Dated "11 die Aprilis Ano. Reg. Regis Carolis pr xxi", i.e. 11 April 1645. Signed by Isaac Penington. Ms. document. Title supplied by cataloger. Provenance: ...
(9.0 Boxes)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70692989]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70692989[/url] Legal instruments of the Parish of St. Clement Danes, Westminster, dated 1572 to 1600, consisting almost entirely of bonds whereby the parish, having made provision for certain of its poor, mostly children, is released from supporting them. Unbound, in portfolio. Provenance: Purchased from Myers & ...
(1.0 Items)Provisional record
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/437266548]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/437266548[/url] A single leaf from the Legenda aurea, containing the end of the life of St. Mark, the entirety of the life of St. Marcelin, and the beginning of the life of St. Vital. Ms. leaf. Title supplied by cataloger. Layout: Written in 35 long lines, below ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/860904164]www.worldcat.org/oclc/860904164[/url]
(3.0 Cubic Feet)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/860904164]www.worldcat.org/oclc/860904164[/url]
(16.9 Cubic Feet)Correspondence, promptbooks, scripts, props, scrapbooks, and other theater memorabilia of Fritz Leiber, Fritz Leiber, Jr., and Virginia Leiber, and their acting company, Fritz Leiber & Co.
(1.0 Items)A French translation of the works of Sophocles by Estienne Papin. Ms. codex. Title from fol. 2r. -- Translators name from l.5 of poem on fol. 256r. Fol. 2v-4v: La vie de Sophocle. -- Fol. 5r-42r: Ajax. -- Fol. 42v-81r: Electre. -- Fol. 81v-122r: Oedipe I. -- Fol. 122r-164r: Oedipe II. -- Fol. ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. Caption title on fol. 1r. Binding: Contemporary full calf with printed waste beneath pastedowns. Origin: Date conjectured on basis of 1721 printed edition. Terminus ad quem is 1797 based on dated autograph on rear pastedown: "Siward 1797". Provenance: Two library ink stamps on front pastedown (rubbed). -- Acquired from Hammelmann, 5 December ...
(57.0 Cubic Feet)This collection of film press kits was compiled and donated by Richard Leskosky to The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It consists of 37 cartons containing film press kits. Materials include photographs, pamphlets, letters, slides, CD-ROMs and digital press kits (DPK).
(0.0 )More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/861284561]www.worldcat.org/oclc/861284561[/url]
(1.0 Items)Letter from Lord North to William Eden: "I received the inclosed this evening from Mr Vardill. Perhaps the information may be of service to Col: Smith. I am sorry to tell you that I am more apprehensive than I was that there is some truth in the article of news ...
(1.0 Items)Letter and poem from Albert Bigelow Paine to Irving Moore, responding to a request for material to include in an anthology of Illinois poets, which Moore co-edited with L.E. Robinson; Paine mentions that he lived in Xenia, Ill. until he was 18, but does not know any other Illinois writers, ...
(1.0 Items)Hamilton writes to J. C. Early about a vote and relays his feelings that "an awful war is just at hand". Holograph. Title supplied by cataloger. Provenance: Removed from Harwell 1518, Apr. 15, 2009.
(1.0 Items)Letter of patent, 1654 October 20, by which property in Denbigh County Wales is granted to Hugh Dryhurst. Sheet. 37x68cm. fold. to 24x11cm. Ms. on parchment. Broken seal, pendant. Former Shelfmark: MS 347.2 G798l Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99196550412205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99196550412205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to [Aage Marcus]. [circa. 1911] Link to course catalog: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656182212205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656182212205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to [George] Meek. [ca. 1910] Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656181112205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656181112205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to 'Dear Hester' [Mrs. Siegfried Sassoon], reading: 'It's lovely of you to give me refuge. May I come on May 9th.?' Written on one side of a correspondence card, c. 88 x 112 mm. dated March 5, 1937. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656134712205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656134712205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to [Alistair] Taylor. date July 14, 1932. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656182112205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656182112205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS From H. G. Wells to C. S. Evans. dated Match 7, 1930. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656181012205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656181012205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS to Col. A. R. Wyme from William Harris. Former Shelfmark: Uncat 77 979 Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665974212205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665974212205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to G. V. Marks. dated August 3, 1922. Link to catalog record:[url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656188512205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656188512205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS sent to Grace Ziegler from American Radio Broadcaster, Lowell Thomas concerning the release of the second volume of his autobiography. dated Nov 23, 1977. Also contains two clippings from 1981 reporting the death of Lowell Thomas and Letter written by Grace Ziegler to the University of Illinois about the letter ...
(1.0 Letters)A.L.S sent to H. G. Wells by Chunder. Dated June 18, 1945.
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to Herbert Rix, agreeing to take part in conference, evidently on aspects of heredity & breeding, suggesting Archdall Reid & Galton are invited, asking to be informed of the date & place. dated 1902/08/05 Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656134412205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656134412205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to M. Davray, his French translator, saying 'Why the telegraphic haste? A thousand down is not enough by itself & also I want details of the proposed agreement...' 1 page. dated April 29, 1929. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656134612205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656134612205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to Madam Rolland. dated June 2, 1937. French Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656180412205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656180412205899[/url]
(1.0 Letters)A.L.S from Frances Trollop to the penal reformer Matthew Davenport Hill, expressing unequivocal support for his daughters in making their way in the world as writers. Dated 5th Sept. 1856
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to Mr. Norman saying, "Thanks. I'm sending for some copies of the [u]Forward[/u] .' Written on a correspondence card, 88 x 113mm. [n. d.] Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656134812205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656134812205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)A.L.S from H. G. Wells to Palmer. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665148712205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99665148712205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS, from H. G. Wells to Perris. dated 1910/11/25 Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656180712205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656180712205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to R. K. Watson about the First Men in the Moon, expressing gratitude for the attention Mr. Watson has given his book and accepting his "sound" criticism on matters of scientific fact; he does, however, point out that the book was reviewed in [i]Nature[/i] and ...
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to R. Weatherall. dated December 7, 1932. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656180912205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656180912205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to Russian Amabassador, Count Benckendorff. [d. 1914] Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656181212205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656181212205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)ALS from H. G. Wells to Miss Semya. dated March 3, 1907. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656181312205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656181312205899[/url]
(1.0 Letters)A.L.S to T. R. (Thomas Robert) Malthus from Dulgald Stewart. Dated August 10, 1820.
(2.0 Items)1) Draft of letter from M. Meeter to Wells [n. d.] 2) ALS from H. G. Wells to M. Meeter [n. d.] Provenance: Gift from A. Brouwer-Heybrock. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656135212205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656135212205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)1) Draft of letter from M. Meeter to Wells [n. d.] 2) ALS from H. G. Wells to M. Meeter [n. d.] Provenance: Gift from A. Brouwer-Heybrock. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656135212205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656135212205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)Holograph, signed. Title supplied by cataloger. Lacks bottom right corner. Accompanied by a facsimile of Richardson's 1757 April 2 letter to Erasmus Reich and transcriptions by John Dussinger. Former shelfmark: MS F. 826 R39? (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library). [b]Also Contains:[/b] [Letter 1757 April 2, London to Erasmus Reich, Leipzig] / S. Richardson. Title supplied ...
(1.0 Items)Holograph by Buchanan in which he asks Schell to present a petition that the polls be kept open later than the customary 7 o'clock closing hour in order to allow the laboring men of Lancaster to vote after supper. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99196953812205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99196953812205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)Answers a letter of R.B. Downs, president of the American Library Association, meeting in annual Conference. Commends the "spirit of conscientious citizenship ruling its deliberations," and praises the service of the country's librarians in the cause of freedom of inquiry, of the spoken and written word, and of exchange of ...
(1.0 Items)Letter of Mark Twain, 18 January 1909, to William Dean Howells in which Twain discusses Howells's "Poe article" and Jane Austen's prose. Holograph, signed. Title supplied by cataloger. On Twain's letterhead, "Stormfield Redding Connecticut". Provenance: Accompanied by note: "Mark Twain to William Dean Howells (given me by Mr. Howells, New York, January 26, 1909. ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. document. Title, location and date supplied by cataloger. Date conjectured on basis of marginal note: "Buy Priestley's rudiments. of English grammar 1s. 6.", which was first printed in 1761 (ESTC T46906). Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 196. Document contains a trace of red sealing wax.
(1.0 Items)Letter of Leopold von Ranke to his publisher, George Reimer, in which he discusses his Geschichten der romanischen und germanischen Vlker von 1494 bis 1514, his apprehensions about state censorship, and his method of citation as used in the book. Holograph, signed. Title supplied by cataloger. Provenance: Purchased by the University of Illinois ...
(1.0 Items)Letter signed by a "C. B. Rep." (possibly a pseudonym?), 23 April 1893, to John Swinnerton Phillimore. Letterhead has address "86. Eaton Place. S.W." Holograph, signed. Title supplied by cataloger. Former shelfmark: Uncat. MS. Q. 091 M681 no. 5 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
(1.0 Items)Holograph, signed. Title supplied by cataloger. Dated "Newington June 21st, 1740". Addressed on verso "To Mr Enoch Watts in Southamton". With red wax seal. Provenance: Purchased from Norman, 1 July 1948.
(1.0 Items)Letter from Henry Whenham to his nephew William: "My dear William ... Gilchester must have had some difficulty in making choice between the case which looked best & the lock which is best. Which ever has fallen to your lot I trust it may be useful to you. Having heard ...
(1.0 Items)Other title: Formerly cataloged under the title: A.L.S. to Mrs. Penelope Wheeler (actress). Holograph, signed. Title supplied by cataloger. Former shelfmark: Uncat 75 1 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
(1.0 Items)Letter from Thomas Hardy to Frederic George Kitton, apologizing for his delayed response and declining an offer to write the introduction to a new edition of Thackeray, "with my thanks for Mr Sproul's invitation to me to contribute to such an interesting & important series of books"; the edition of ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from James D. Hart: "Aug 7, 1963 Dear Miss Wilson: I've just reread your essay of 1946 for the first time since you gave it to me and I find it a fine piece of work. I hope the enclosed will help bring it up to date along with ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from James D. Hart to Mary Jane Wilson regarding her request for suggestions from Hart on an article she had written. Hart mentions Wilson's recent visit to Berkeley and continues, "I count myself very lucky to have you as the historian and bibliographer of The Hart Press. With the ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. fragments. Author's name from signature at end. -- Title supplied by cataloger. Origin: Location and date from head of first fragment recto which reads: "Philad. of 18 January 1769". -- Verso of second fragment stamped "Philadelphia". Provenance: Gift of Professor Henri Stegemeier, 4 December 1958. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from Christian Ignatius Latrobe addressed to "Revd. Sir", probably Thomas Williams or Matthew Wilks; Latrobe notes that he has enclosed a copy of his 'History of the mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America', which he translated from the German of George Henry Loskiel, and ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from Alexander Leslie, Lord Lindores, to an official in the government war office; Lindores remarks on the death of Ensign Francks, as reported by Captain Marschall, who commanded two of Lindores's companies "at Emden"; Lindores recounts the abilities and accomplishments of a sergeant major in his regiment, "either a ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from John Francis Maguire addressed to "My dear sir", describing his delivery of a speech before "the Government" (presumably the House of Commons); the author indicates that he is sending the speech to "the Freeman", per the request of Sir John Gray, but that it will first appear in ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. document. Title supplied by cataloger. Accompanying materials: Envelope postmarked Paris 1968 addressed to Mr Gerhard Mayer in Highland Park, Illinois. -- Two photographs: one a photo of a sketch of young Rilke with inscription by Merline on the back which reads "Rilke ... ans nach einer ... Baladine Foto"; the ...
(1.0 Items)Autograph letter signed, written during the period of Orford's representing Cambridgeshire as M.P. The letter solicits a favor on behalf of "one of the honest men of Cambridge" and is endorsed "Ld. Orford touching the Hartfordshire Malsters &c. Recd. the 6th of November 1697." Ms. document. Title supplied by cataloger. Provenance: Gift of ...
(1.0 Items)Letter of Nathaniel Morgan, 1827, to Joseph Hume, M.P., in which Morgan discusses Henry Burgess's 1826 book on banking (A letter to the Right Hon. George Canning, to explain in what manner the industry of the people, and the productions of the country, are connected with, and influenced by, internal ...
(1.0 Items)A note found among the papers of Isabella Parsons, daughter of the recipient, after her death in 1946. Consists of the autograph signature of Dickens, his address "1 Devonshire Terrace York Gate Regent's Park.", the date "Third April 1844", and the following note: "For C.T.P. with Mr Dickens' compliments. But ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from George William Featherstonhaugh to William Buckland, discussing the geology and mineralogy of the area surrounding Buckland, Virginia; while the author briefly touches on the larger geological features and mineral deposits of the entire American East, he focuses on the Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains, particularly on a lode ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from Elisabeth Greffulhe to F.-M. Braun, in which Greffulhe discusses a letter that Braun had sent to her sister. Ms. document. Holograph, signed. Title supplied by cataloger. Origin: Dated "20 Octobre 1951"; on letterhead labeled "10, Rue d'Astorg. VIIIe."; original envelope postmarked "Paris VIII 49 Rue La Botie 18-00 23-10 1951". Former shelf-mark: Uncat. ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from Peter Cunningham to Horace Baker, thanking Baker for a compliment, reminiscing about an Archaeological Institute meeting in Norwich, and asking Baker to give his regards to "Mr. Fitch the Chemist" and a Mr. Henry Harrow. Ms. document. Holograph, signed. Title supplied by cataloger. Dated: 5th. May 1866. Former shelf-mark: Uncat. MS 70185.
(1.0 Items)Letter of Charles Darwin, 20 March 1840, to David Milne (unnamed in the letter) in which Darwin discusses earthquakes, comments on his scientific writings and promises to send his correspondent, referred to him by the geologist Sir Charles Lyell, a copy of a forthcoming essay. Holograph, signed. Title supplied by cataloger. Dated "12 ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from Jules C. Denis, Major and Provost Marshal, to General John H. Winder, Commander of Henrico County, informing him that he is sending him three men: H.H. Cowdry and H. Bailey, both "charged with disloyalty" to the Confederate States of America, and J.P. McGregor, who "ran the blockade & ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from Barton Booth: "Sir, When I desird the favour of seeing you this evening I had forgot that I had appointed a gentleman to hear his tragedy read at [the] same time. A messenger came to me this morning to put me in mind of the appointment. As the ...
(1.0 Items)Letter from Samuel Hopkins Adams addressed to "Dixie", asking her to investigate advertising "the copies of Life" (presumably his Life of Henry Foster, M.D.) in Publishers Weekly and The Bookman; Adams remarks that his agent, Carl Brandt, "thinks that the Century volumes probably haven't much value." Typescript letter with autograph in ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/06934793]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/06934793[/url] Three fragments of a letter, removed from the binding of a copy of Peter Heylyn's Theologia veterum of 1654 (Wing (2nd ed.), H1738). The letter is an order "[F]or mr Royston [B]ookseller att ye Angell in Ivy lane whose [?] in London" from ...
(2.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70342929]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70342929[/url] Signed letter of John Fastolf, upon whom Shakespeare based his character, Sir John Falstaff. The document is dated 3 January 1451, and is addressed to Fastolf's cousin, John a Berney, and to Sir Thomas Howes, Walter Shipdham, and Geffrey Spirlynge. This letter ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436870175]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436870175[/url] Letter from Thomas Wentworth, humbly thanking "My very good lorde" for visiting him before his "removall into the cuntry", and for all that this "very good lorde" has done for him; Wentworth acknowledges his indebtedness to the recipient and ensures the recipient that ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63670250]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63670250[/url] Letter from Marchese Orlando Pallavicino of Milan concerning the surrender of property, formerly the dowry of his second wife, Domitillia, ne Gambara, to his creditor, Bernardino Ghillio. Ms. document. Title supplied by cataloger. Dated "die xiij dicembris. M. D. xvj" and signed "Rolando m[arch]ese pall[avici]no man[o] ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63135735]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63135735[/url] Letter from Cardinal Cinzio Passeri Aldobrandini notifying Giovanni Francesco Ridolfi that goods for the Duke of Urbino, passing through the customs house at Rome, are to be immune from payment of duties. Ms. document. Title supplied by cataloger. Dated "Di Palazzo 2i di Dicembri i595"; ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68965522]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68965522[/url] Letter addressed to King James I, dated 19 Nov. 1622, describing the steps taken in the dispute between the British Cabinet and the Dutch in which the British apparently endeavored to "appease" the latter but without much effect. Signed by William Herbert, Third ...
(8.0 Items)Secker's file of outgoing, typewritten correspondence to numerous authors and publishers between Sept. 5, 1910, and Jan. 19, 1931. Arranged chronologically; each volume includes a manuscript index of names. Typescript (mimeograph). Title supplied by cataloger. Binding: Bound in manufactured letter-books. Provenance: Purchased from Stevens, Apr. 24, 1969. Former shelfmark: MS 655.442 Se2? (University of Illinois ...
(1.0 Items)Secker's file of outgoing, typewritten correspondence to numerous authors and publishers between Sept. 5, 1910, and Jan. 19, 1931. Arranged chronologically; each volume includes a manuscript index of names. Typescript (mimeograph). Title supplied by cataloger. Binding: Bound in manufactured letter-books. Provenance: Purchased from Stevens, Apr. 24, 1969. Former shelfmark: MS 655.442 Se2? (University of Illinois ...
(1.0 Items)Only three of the letters include the year in the date line: 186- (printed), 1874 and 1881. The dates 1869-1881 are those assigned the letters by the former owner, Arthur G.B. Randle. Autographed letters signed.
(1.0 Boxes)Advertising consultant, vice president of the J. Walter Thompson Co., New York visiting lecturer in the University Of Illinois College Of Journalism in 1963. Most of the letters are typed, with holograph signature. Former shelfmark: q B.Y732y1l
(12.0 Items)Mss. documents. All letters are signed; all letters are holographic, except the 2 from H. Buxton Forman dated 1883, which were probably written by a secretary. Title supplied by cataloger. Former shelf-mark: Uncat 72 11 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library). 1. [Letter from Edith Clarke, 1880 May 27, Kensington, London, asking Tegetmeier what ...
(1.0 Items)Six holograph letters from Proust to his publisher Gaston Gallimard, Berthe Lemari (Gallimard's assistant), and Louis de Robert, regarding Proust's concerns about the publication of l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs and Le Ct de Guermantes. One letter is dated "17 Aout 1918". These letters are not found in Pascal ...
(1.0 Items)Seven letters from John Masefield to Penelope Wheeler, containing remarks on her performance in a production of "The tragedy of Nan" that the author attended; recommendation for a song for a performance of "The tragedy of Nan"; recommendations for a production of "The locked chest"; compliments on another of Wheeler's ...
(3.0 Items)1) ALS, dated 1903/12/04 2) ALS, dated 1944/08/24 3) Autograph, undated Provenance: Purchased from Christies Jun 6, 1997 Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656181812205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656181812205899[/url]
(2.0 Items)2 ALS from H. G. Wells. Recipient unknown. [n. d.] Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656180312205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656180312205899[/url]
(4.0 Items)Clippings relating to his political and literary life, photographs, documents, etc. Collected by Wilfred Meynell before, during, and after writing his biography. With manuscripts notes and descriptions by Meynell. Includes 18 a. l. s. of Disraeli, two other autograph letters (one written by Sarah Disraeli and one by Mrs. Gore, the ...
(2.0 Items)1) ALS from H. G. Wells to [Joseph] McCabe. dated August, 30 [19]43. 2) ALS from H. G. Wells to [Joseph] McCabe. dated November 2, 1943. Link to catalog record:[url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656180712205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656180712205899[/url]
(5.0 Items)Correspondence from H. G. Wells to Richard A. Freeman. 5 ALS making arrangements to give talk to the October Club, protesting at the suggested title, "Impotence of Reformism, subsequently criticising the Club, enclosing "A revised & extended note of the propositions I sent you previously', & explaining why he does ...
(2.0 Items)2 ALS from H. G. Wells to G. B. Gloyne regarding iguanas. [n. d. ] Provenence: Purchased from Alan and Rosalie Newton. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656135012205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656135012205899[/url]
(2.0 Items)1) TLS from Dan H. Laurence of New York University to John S. Kebabian. dated April 15, 1967. 2) ALS from Anthony West to John S. Kebabian. date July 9, 1984. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656187212205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656187212205899[/url]
(2.0 Items)2 ALS from H. G. Wells to the writer, Mark Sullivan, each trying to arrange a meeting. [n. d.] Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656135412205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656135412205899[/url]
(6.0 Items)6 ALS from H. G. Wells to Mr and Mrs. Parker. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656134912205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656134912205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)Politician, agriculturist. Letter to Ralph Benson, approving his political views and announcing publication of his letters in Cobbett?s Weekly political register. Two letters to Dr. George Mitford, father of Mary Russell Mitford, from whom Cobbett had purchased a dog. And a letter to a "James" asking him to find employment ...
(1.0 Items)Contains four letters from the author to Ralph Palmer esqr. in Little Chelsea. The third letter contains mention of Milton's Paradise Lost. Ms. codex. Author's name from autograph on fol. 5r. -- Title supplied by cataloger. Script: In an early 18th century English hand. Binding: Modern aquamarine cloth. Accompanying materials: With 4 seals: Fols. 5v, ...
(1.0 Items)Three letters by Ruth Pitter addressed to "Dear William", discussing the author's new book (presumably "The rude potato"), which she calls a potboiler, noting that "2,000 subscribed before publication" but that "Macmillan (N.Y.) not only won't print it, but implore that no on shall, in America"; the author thanks William ...
(1.0 Items)Letters from Bentley to Aspinwall regarding Bentley's acquisition of the publishing rights for William H. Prescott's History of the conquest of Mexico. Bentley eventually acquired the rights and the work was published in 3 vols. in October 1843. The letters are all dated from New Burlington Street. Holographs, signed. Title supplied by ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244296151]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244296151[/url] A collection of six letters, mostly English, concerning administrative matters. Ms. documents. Title supplied by cataloger. No. 1: Bifolium letter in French signed by Charles de Bourbon (notes in pencil identify him as the comte de Soissons who died in 1612). Dated in last line: ...
(1.0 Items)A collection of 10 letters and 2 documents from Francis Newport, Earl of Bradford, and Andrew Newport, addressed to Sir Robert Clayton and Alderman John Morris. 1. Francis Newport to Robert Clayton, 7 February 1671. 2. Francis Newport to Robert Clayton, 3 March 1671. 3. Francis Newport to John Morris, 2[?] February 1673. 4. ...
(1.0 Items)Contains copies of 229 letters, mostly in Italian, dating between 19 April 1706 and 27 December 1710. Ms. codex. Italian and French. Title supplied by cataloger. Contains copies of 229 letters, mostly in Italian, dating between 19 April 1706 and 27 December 1710. Binding: Contemporary vellum. -- Faded text on spine: "Letters in MS in ...
(1.0 Items)Contains copies of 229 letters, mostly in Italian, dating between 19 April 1706 and 27 December 1710. Ms. codex. Italian and French. Title supplied by cataloger. Contains copies of 229 letters, mostly in Italian, dating between 19 April 1706 and 27 December 1710. Binding: Contemporary vellum. -- Faded text on spine: "Letters in MS in ...
(1.0 Items)Temporary record
(0.3 Cubic Feet)Collection of ephemera relating to gay and lesbian culture in San Francisco from the 1990s. Consists chiefly of club flyers advertising parties and events. Also includes materials relating to movies and theater, AIDS activism, local businesses, religion, and other assorted items.
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. Title from fol. 1v. Date and author from fol. 114r. Location supplied by cataloger. Imperfect?; 2 leaves possibly missing between fols. 9 and 10. Note on fol. 114v reads: "This last sermon was preached at Averham. Jan: 17 1691". Binding: Contemporary worn calf. Provenance: Purchased from Gilbertson, 2 Oct 1950. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript ...
(1.0 Items)Purchased from Olschki, March 4, 1960
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70692957]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70692957[/url] Provenance: Acton Griscom, High Point, New Jersey -- Purchased from Harper, 1955. De Ricci. Faye & Bond. Provisional record based on De Ricci (suppl.)
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70155106]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70155106[/url] fol. 1r-62v: [Liber assisarum cum tabula, in Law-French] fol. 63r-68r: [Lectura sur l'estatuts de anno nono, de anno undecimo, etc., in several hands] fol. 69r-95v: [Lecturae super statutis autumnalis temporis] fol. 96v-99v: [Legal memoranda on the property of Sir Richard Morgan and his father-in-law, Robert Bayly ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. Script: In a 17th century English secretary hand. Binding: Contemporary speckled calf. Origin: Written in England in 1681. Location based on script; date from colophon: "16a. Julij 1681". Provenance: Embossed armorial stamp on fol. 6r: "Bibliotheca Augusta Rhodocanakiana". -- Acquired from Heffer, 15 December 1941. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, ...
(1.0 Boxes)Antique wood-and-metal locket, inside of which is a compartment with hand-written labels, "To Carl Sandburg" and "A. Lincoln Blood-Hair", and what appears to be a hair and piece of fabric.
(1.0 Items)Ms. documents. Title supplied by cataloger. [Letter from Armstrong to Oberholser (1 leaf)] -- [List of birds in the Shade Swamp Sanctuary (11 leaves)]. List dated 15 Dec. 1928; letter dated 11 March 1929. Provenance: Acquired from Harry Oberholser, 29 Sept. 1947. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 153.
(1.0 Items)This item is a 13-page list of incunabula owned by the University of Illinois Library around the 1920s. Entries include copy-specific information about each item.
(1.0 Items)1. Contents list. 2-4. Statement of locomotive stock (3 copies). 5-8. Statement of carriage and wagon stock (4 copies). 9. List of engines and tenders with valuation. 10. List of stock (3 leaves). 11. Report to the directors of the London & South Western Railway, signed James Fenton (6 leaves). 12-13. Statement of stock with valuation ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. Date supplied by cataloger. Disbound. Fols. 16 and 34 blank. Unruled blank leaf laid-in between fols. 15 and 16. Provenance: Ink stamp on title page: "11 May 1894 Lord Chamberlain's Office". Provenance: Purchased from Fletcher, 27 June 1957. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 195.
(2.4 Cubic Feet)Videotapes, audiocassettes, and articles from the Galesburg Post written by Martin Litvin about various authors, including Carl Sandburg.
(1.0 Items)Full Title: Lo spirito del religioso formalo su quello di Giesu? Cristo. [manuscript] : esortazioni alla perfezzione religiosa / composte dal A.P. Nicolo di Digione provinciale de Cappuccini della provincia di Lione. ... Tradotto dal Francese Ms. codex. Author and title from title page on fol. 1v. Collation: pi A-R?. Binding: Modern yellow and ...
(34.0 Items)This collection consists of promotional images from 32 films produced in the United States between 1939 and 1941. The majority are colored photographs or film stills.
(1.0 Boxes)Collection assembled by Luther M. Lorance. Collection consists of handwritten, World War II battle accounts by Marines at Iwo Jima.
(1.0 Items)Manuscript copy, made in England about 1680, of a political satire in verse, by an unknown author. First published in A collection of poems on affairs of state (1689), vol. 2, p. 14 (Wing S2302). See also the Roxburghe ballads (1883), vol. 4, p. 616-619. Ms. Title supplied by cataloger. Provenance: Purchased from ...
(1.0 Items)Autograph working manuscript of "Love and Mr. Lewisham" by H. G. Wells, circa 1898-1899, English. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656135512205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656135512205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)Papers of Edward Verrall Lucas, including one autographed letter signed (1922 November 14) and one postcard (1922 December 12) to a Mr. White.
(9.0 Cubic Feet)The Lucy Kroll Agency was an American talent agency, founded in 1947 by Lucy Kroll (1909-1997). Also head of the agency, Kroll acted as the agent for many famous literary and theatrical figures, such as poet-writer Carl Sandburg and actor James Earl Jones. This collection contains 28 drafts/proofs of novels, ...
(1.0 Items)Papers of Hugh Kingsmill Lunn, including one autographed letter signed (1932 October 2) to George B. Shaw and one autographed letter signed (1932 October 23) to Bertram Rota.
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70417334]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70417334[/url] Origin: Written in England, 15th century. Colophon: "Explicit quod Edward Fulford et cetera amen." Provenance: Ownership note of Christopher Collyer -- Label of the Gloddaeth Library -- Lord Mostyn -- Purchased from Stonehill, 1947. Former shelfmark: x 821 L98l 14-- (University of Illinois ...
(1.0 Items)Papers of James E. Lyon, including one typed letter signed to Grant Richards.
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76802865]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76802865[/url] Title supplied by cataloger. Collation: Parchment, fol. iv (modern paper; i is pastedown) + 165 (medieval parchment) + v (modern paper; v is pastedown) ; quires unsigned. Layout: Calendars written in 4 columns of 30-33 lines; text written in 19 long lines; frame-ruled. Script: Written in ...
(1.0 Items)Papers of Rosina Bulwer Lytton, including one autographed letter signed to the editor of Court Circular.