Albums & Journals
friendship albums
Coxsacki, NY: c 1850-1861. A friendship album, entitled 'Album of Gems' which belonged to Matilda S. Bedell of Coxsacki, NY. The bulk of the entries in the album date from 1850-1852, and one of the first entries is by Matilda's husband, William. This date is done in pencil, while the.....
Price: $110.00
friendship, autograph, poetry, verse, gender roles
Ligonier, Pennsylvania: 1881-1887. Matilda J Peterson was born in 1866 in Ligonier, Pennsylvania and died in1958 (according to a note at the back of the album). This album was given to her by W. A. Peterson for Christmas in 1881. The album is partially filled with short notes, generally in.....
Price: $95.00
Humor,Cartoons,Women's Relief Fund,Victorian Women , ABAA-RBMS-2023
[Albany, New York]: 1868-1892. A charming scrap book laden with humor and personality of Mrs. Anthony M. Gibson of Tolland/Rockville, Connecticut. Exceptional for the sheer amount of insight it provides into someone who was clearly a good-natured and playful person. Includes early ink caption/labels. Contains the following ephemera: photos; newspaper.....
Price: $500.00
Education, Religion, Women's History
Kinsey, Henry County, ALA: 1901. An 11" x 8 1/2" letter sheet with a large image from a photograph of the exterior of the Mallalieu Seminary, Kinsey, Henry County, Alabama. The adjacent narrative provides information on the school, it's fees and affiliation to the "Emeline S. Hamien Industrial Home of.....
Price: $75.00
Education
Orion, Illinois: 1888. Four (4) manuscript composition notebooks belonging to Myrtle Fulton, a talented Fulton County, Illinois student aged 16 in 1888. Myrtle had a remarkable talent for cartography; one would not know from her drawings of the continents that she was only 16 when she compiled these notebooks. Each.....
Price: $550.00
scrapbook, works by children, education, teacher, principle, copper
New York: 1949. Anna Louisee Nufer retired as Principle of New York PS 86 on September 19, 1949. On that day she was presented with a scrap book made by the teachers and students of PS 86. The covers are green leather with a tooled copper illustration of the story.....
Price: $325.00
Horoscope, Birth Chart, Fortune Telling
Providence RI: Scientific Astrologer, Nov. 26, 1900. 8 manuscript page report. Begins with a birth chart and Aspects nad Positions of the Planets followed by Delineation of Character, etc: you know how and what to aim for, Faults to be corrected: guard against losing your temper), Matrimonial Prospects: partner shall.....
Price: $125.00
Commonplace Book, Poetry
Pennsylvania (?): 1863-1870. Marble on board. 65 leaf. Approximately 95 manuscript pages of verse. The inscription page reads Rachel VV. A. Zook, from her father 2 mo. 24,1863. The verses are usually multiple pages in length with a few of her own entries only two lines. Content includes The First.....
Price: $325.00
scrapbook, education, school, yearbooks, classmates, schooling, high school, female education
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, 1919-1923. The very well documented high school years of Rebecca Hileman from Loda, Illinois are captured as Rebecca filled scores of pages with over 100 photographs of friends and family, name cards, souvenirs of school events, news clippings, letters and more. Includes some memorabilia.....
Price: $300.00
Biedermeier card, Kunstbillet, Friendship Album
Berlin: Dec. 25, 1857. A 3 3/4" x 6" album. Gilt stamp front and back "Album" on front and the owner's initials "S.A.P" on the back. She received it as a Christmas present. Free end paper inscribed with her name and date and location, which is Berlin, presumably Germany, but.....
Price: $600.00
childhood, family, family relations, hand drawn, illustrations, summer, riding, horseback ridding, summer vacation
Boston MA: Aug-29. Two whimsical letters from a mother to one of her two daughters, Elizabeth Simon (nicknamed Betty). The first letter mentions a visit to their cousin Ruth, who has two cats on her roof. The missive continues on asking her how here hay fever is doing and if.....
Price: $95.00
Camp Fire Girls, Scouts, Youth Groups, Women and Friendship, Pen Pals, Elizabeth II, Royal Family
Hood River, Oregon: 1946-1952. A binder filled with ephemera and manuscript material that comprises a remarkable record of one girl's time as a Camp Fire Girl in the mid- to late-1940s in Hood River, Oregon. Belonging to Sue Murphy, the binder (11" by 9.5") is made of green cloth and.....
Price: $600.00
correspondence, marriage, courtship, business
Pennsylvania: Amity Matrimonial Association for Unmarried Persons, Jan 17,1882. A letter written to a Miss Jane Marner discussing the policies she holds from W. H. Wise, Vise President of the Amity Matrimonial Association for Unmarried Persons. Even though the name sounds like a match making service, it was most likely.....
Price: $65.00
business history, merchants, ledger, accounting, science & technology, women's history
Trenton & Utica, NY: 1834-1850. A collection of five (5) ledgers belonging to Warren D. Rowley (1800-1854) Four (4) relate to his mercantile business and one with his personal finances. Rowley conducted business in Trenton and Utica, with his business partner, Daniel S. Curry (1820-1890), who was also his brother-in-law.....
Price: $425.00
poetry, poem, newspaper, original writing
Helensburgh, Scotland: 1920-1940. A leather bound poetry journal of Wilhelmina Reid Fleming that contains both Flemming's amateur original poetry, either in handwritten, typed, or newspaper clipping form, and some copied poems of other more famous poets. Below are some excerpts of her poetry: "How silently the frost king weaves His.....
Price: $350.00