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193924522Washington DC: U.S. Navy 1939. Photograph in black and white approx. 16 1/2" x 20" size. No photographer place or date is noted and this is the photo used at the wiki site and listed in the U.S. Navy archives as from 1939 when the ship was undergoing sea trials. The Anderson saw extensive service in World War II for which she was awarded ten battle stars. Laid down to cardstock overall size 19 1/2" x 23" approx. A few small spots dirt shallow divots in the image a few dots of paste from old matte-mounting and some old silvering of the gelatin print at bottom margin visible in raking light. Overall in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. U.S. Navy Paperback books
193924747New Jersey: Howard Woods & His Orchestra 1939. Folding illustrated flyer-sheet printed one side with bandleader portrait and notes on the group's style and work ".manifested by the unusual record of six broadcast periods per week over the Mutual Network." With engagement appearance notes "via N.B.C." and recent engagements - Paramount Theatre Newark Hotel Adelphia Philadelphia Laurel in the Pines. The band featured The Glee Club Lou Valero and the Three Woodsman sic. Advertising card The engagement flyer approx. 8 1/2" x 11"; advertising card approx. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2." also with previous engagements listed on back. Light wear; both items in very good condition. . Ephemera. Not Bound. Very Good. Howard Woods & His Orchestra Paperback books
193725649USA & Canada: Not Published 1937. Photograph album from a family's visit to these three locations which are identified on the mount pages in a clear penned hand: 3 photos of The Simon domicile Alexandria Va.; 11 photos of Charleston SC including slave quarters and main house cypress gardens old flower seller studio courtyard magnolia gardens Charleston residence graveyard of St. Michael's church Darky cabin the Battery Spanish moss; 12 views from Quebec Ca. including Ursuline convent burial ground opposite Daily horse on street 2 different chateau Frontenac view of St. Lawrence from the ramparts 26 Rue des Jardins harbor of Quebec 2 different Maison Montcalm Promenade a la caleche. Also with 12 loose photographs laid-in taken during the same time period and not identified. Images about 3" x 4 3/4"; album pages approx. 9" x 11 1/2" size; the cover boards are both detached and split at the spine. The photographs are in good condition overall; they are faded and generally sharply-taken still with generally good details. Photography. Photo Album. Good. Not Published hardcover books
193724346St. Jean-Le-Thomas France: Not Published 1937. Original charcoal seated ¾ length portrait inscribed to the sitter "Paul C. Blum in St. Jean-le-Thomas 1937 signed Remusat" by Claude Remusat 1896-1982 French artist decorated World War I veteran and close friend of American Paul C. Blum 1898 - 1981 Yale graduate who was engaged in espionage activities for the United States via the OSS and the subject of the 1998 biography "Blum - San! Scholar Soldier Gentleman Spy" by his nephew Robert S. Greene 1922-2013 American writer jazz musician documentarian and historian. Approx. 15" x 20 ¾" size; accomplished on heavy good quality Rives watermark paper; some smudging spotting to the image & background; in very good condition. With a 1981 black marker on paper of the backstage area of the Ballet "coulisses" signed and inscribed "For Paul C.B. Bonne Annee 1981 de tout coeur - as ever" 12" x 14 ¾" ; and a pencil sketch head portrait of Bob Greene signed "Remusat - for Bob Greene Paris 23 Dec 1980" 9" x 14" on plain paper little spot below signature and with a paper window-overlay; and an ink on paper drawing of dancers inscribed "Remusat - To Bob Greene affectionally Xmas eve 1980 Paris" 11 ¾" x 14 ¾". With 6 black and white photographic prints of Remusat portraiture: Paul C. Blum Shostakovich Khachaturian Ruggero-Gerlin Hindemith Alfred Cortot. Also with a photograph of Remusat's house in St. Jean-le-Thomas taken in 2007 and two portraits of the artist both mounted in frames one taken from a periodical and the other a digital image now degraded to yellow-green tones. With the 1994 catalog of Remusat's works "Les Americains dans l'Avranchin" French & English text 1994 commentary on the works and times with biography of the artist; 24 pages oblong format color illustrated light wear and in very good condition. The Yale Guide to the Paul Charles Blum Papers MS 900 state that Blum " was born on March 31 1898 in Yokohama Japan and spent his childhood in Japan Switzerland France and New York City a private in the Yale R.O.T.C. and enlisted in the U. S. Ambulance Service in 1917. He was sent overseas in 1918 and served with the French army from March 1918 to March 1919 awarded the Croix de Guerre returned to the United States in 1919 and graduated from the Sheffield Scientific School Yale University in 1921. Following graduation Blum was a literary agent and free-lance writer. He joined the Foreign Service during World War II remaining until 1954. Blum retired to Japan where he lived until his death in 1981 " In WWII Blum was station chief for the OSS in the X-2 counterintelligence department in Bern Switzerland. During his earlier military service in France in WWI he became closely acquainted with the artist Claude Remusat and the men maintained their friendship throughout their lives. Blum's nephew and biographer Bob Greene was early introduced to Remusat by his uncle and after Paul Blum's death remained in close friendly contact with Remusat as well until the artist died. Blum was also a noted collector of books and manuscript materials on early Japan and that country's early interactions with the West endowing the Collection at the Yokohama Archives of History Library with 7000 items including foreign books and magazines about Japan dating back to the 16th century old European maps of Japan and Asia and Japanese woodblock prints. Friendship extending across generations through two wars and peace illustrated. Provenance: Directly from the estate of Robert S. Greene. . Original Art. Not Bound. Very Good. Illus. by Claude Remusat. Not Published Paperback books
193623674New York N.Y.: Long Island Rail Road 1936. Broadside with an illustration of the steamship 'Yankee' and a little map of the proposed journey; a traveler would take the Long Island Railroad from New York Brooklyn or Jamaica stations and arrive at Montauk on the east end upon arrival boarding the steamer and proceeding to New London and then reverse the trip coming back; "A Cruise that will Thrill the Whole Family"; M.N. Luthi A.H. Shaw E.M. Holt listed as passenger agents for the railroad; printed at the Cuneo Press Inc.; in dark brown ink on thin cream polished paper stock; approx. 6" x 18 1/4" size; old fold lines; old punch hole top center "v"-shaped chip there as well; very good condition overall and interesting Long Island recreation and transportation history ephemera. Broadside. Not Bound. Very Good. Long Island Rail Road Paperback books
193623642Hull England: Hull Little Theatre 1936. 4 album sheets with tipped-on souvenirs from this theater company; with identifications neatly written-in and decorated in white ink; shows including Promise After October Love from a Stranger The Unguarded Hour Astonished Heart Fumed Oak; including 6 black and white photographs of sets and shows snapshots approx. 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" format; players mentioned include Jean Moncrieff Peter Robinson Enid Hewit Patrick Parsons Barbara Williams Margaret MacDonald Brown Colin Morris Ambrosine Phillpotts Edna Hazell William Mervyn John Roderick others; album sheets approx. 9 1/4" x 13" size; some edge-wear and a bit of darkening to paper items; in very good condition; interesting British provincial theater ephemera from before WWII. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Hull Little Theatre paperback books
193422838California: Not Published 1934. Group of 8 letters; sent from silverware salesperson Chauncey G. Nichols to his wife - who is in Great Neck Long Island NY at first - and later moves to California - and then back to New York; written from various hotels on their letterhead and in their imprinted envelopes including the Los Angeles Biltmore the U.S. Grant in San Diego the Olympic Hotel in Seattle Washington the Hotel Benson in Portland Oregon and finally with the return to the East coast the Hotel Adelphia in Philadelphia PA; the first letter containing a 3-page International Silver Co. Pacific Coast Division Route List with day-by-day typed information on Nichols' schedule - date city state which hotels - at which he would be for mailing and telegraphic contact; all the letters very clearly hand-written in ink and of several pages giving details of the struggle to make sales earn commissions names of clients and businesses appointments and success or failure - this all interspersed with family information - preparing for the move of the family to California - via bus train or automobile and the pluses and minuses of each mode - money & budgeting children pets great devotion and love between the partners and a few other family details - notice that Nichols give his wife that she should not pack the 'still' - that it was no longer required Prohibition having been repealed by this time; with a few portrait photographs laid-in; envelopes with postal cancellations most sent via airmail with stamps intact; some wear and soiling to envelopes; letters and photos in very good condition and an interesting group of business history from the depression era; ".The International Silver Company was formed in 1898 by various independent New England silversmiths that joined themselves together to form a company that became the world's largest manufacturer of silverware.International Silver Company and its factories were active in the whole Meriden-Wallingford area becoming possibly the larger center for silver craftsmanship in the US. The peak of the production was reached in the late 1930s." from the Silver Collection website information on the company; Barbour Meriden Silver Rogers Wilcox Forbes American Silver were all part of this consortium at one time. Manuscript. Broadside. Very Good. Not Published books
193026141Patchogue Long Island New York: The Patchogue Advance 1930. 8 pages; illustrated in black and white throughout. Content includes stories on: Road Worker Jolted Off Truck and Killed on Montauk Job; Escalloping Free from Child labor Investigator Reports on L.I. Conditions; Island's Motor Traffic 10 P.C. in Year; Bootleg Lobsters Bothered Officials; Babylon Woman Dies of Gas on Returning from Dance; Plan Continuation of Sunrise Highway Troublesome Problems Arise in Carrying Artery Eastward from County Line Through Amityville; and many other items from around the Island and NY state including a pictorial of then-governor FDR. Approx. 17 3/4" x 22" size newspaper format; newsprint. Old fold line browning splitting along spine; clean and in good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Good. The Patchogue Advance paperback books
192923770Port Jefferson N.Y.: Arthur S. Greene Photographer 1929. Group of 13 professionally-photographed images of a roadway and vehicles one taken of a badly-damaged flatbed truck secured to a tow truck; another image an auto not damaged; also including measured areas with ruler; of an automobile accident site near Patchogue Long Island; a roadside sign in one image advertises Bailey's Lumber in Patchogue; several dated with August 21 1929 and a couple with a date of the 23rd or 27th same year; all with the A.S. Greene photographer identification on back via stamp or hand-written; black and white; each image approx. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" size cropped to the edge and all are backed with linen for durability; light wear; in very good condition; interesting use of photography as a vital form of evidence-gathering in the legal insurance and accident claim business. See 1999 Kenneth C. Brady Arthur S. Greene 1867-1955: The life and work of a Long Island Photographer for very good information and pictorial history concerning this Port Jefferson photographic artist. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Arthur S. Greene, Photographer Paperback books
192925609European Origin: No Publisher Noted 1929. Containing approximately 90 black and white photographic images of varying sizes; from 1 1/4" square to 3 ½" x 5 ½" postcard size; most of them average about 2 ½" x 3 ½." Mostly these are candid photographs of the life of young boys and men in Austria and Germany with internal dating on some of the photographs of 1929 to 1935 and additional place and dating information on some. There are photos of children mostly young boys at class and later as young men on class trips hiking cycling; with adult chaperones; for the older boys the educational duties appear to be supervised by Christian religious male instructors only. Also containing a few group photographs of men students priests; and some church interior views. Some of the images have the photography studio rubber stamps on the reverse of the state pharmacy in Rottweil. Five of the images are commercial images of architectural landmarks in Vienna. The photographs are corner-mounted not glued into two hardcover albums with black paper pages side-string tied. One album measures 6" x 8 ¼" and the other 7 ½" x 10 ½" approx. size; both albums with art-deco themed cloth covers. Some edge tips wear and soiling to the album bindings; photographs are generally sharply taken detailed and in very good condition. Photograph Albums. Photo Album. Very Good. No Publisher Noted hardcover books
192826681Concord N.H.: The Kimball Studio 1928. A football team posed for the camera on the field with goal posts in the background; the other photo a candid of a group of young men holding Will Rogers signs and dressed in cowboy outfits. The photographs are not identified and the football team photo ball being held with Champions & "1928" visible. Approx. 8" x 10" overall size including the mounts. Photos mounted on heavy gray cardstock with the studio name and location imprinted at bottom margins of both. A little fading to the images; light wear to the mounts; in very good condition. Photographs. Not Bound. Very Good. The Kimball Studio paperback books
192619759Islip Long Island New York: Eugene R. Smith Inc. Civil Engineers 1926. Two conveyance maps the Long Island Oyster Farms Inc. conveying to Town of Islip. Maps professionally drawn in black ink on architectural cloth vellum; giving the titles of various parcels and the engineer Eugene R. Smith Inc. Civil Engineers Islip N.Y. The 1926 is approx. 13 ¼" x 20 ¼" size scale of 1 inch = 40 feet; the map dated 1928 is approx. 19" x 21 1/4" size same scale. Both maps indicate the area to be conveyed; the canal & lands of Anson W. Hard the West Street Dock Town of Islip Basin and other details. Old fold lines some creasing & rippling; edge of the larger map with old stain-discoloring; overall in good condition; Islip Long Island Great South Bay commercial fishing oyster industry historical ephemera. Manuscript Map. Not Bound. Good. Eugene R. Smith, Inc. Civil Engineers Paperback books
192524029Westchester New York: Carroll M. Guest 1925. Head-and-shoulders side-view portrait image of an unknown sitter signed and dated in pencil below the image Carroll M. Guest 1925; this Mount Vernon artist-photographer noted in publications of the time for his portrait work throughout Bronxville and Westchester in early part of the 20th century; on matte-finish photographic paper; image 7" x 9" approx. the border makes it 10 1/2" x 13 3/4" overall size; light wear in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Carroll M. Guest Paperback books
192426039Musselburgh Scotland: Bruntons 1924. Black and white photograph depicting an engineering design room men women workers; calendar on the wall identifies & dates Bruntons Wire & Wire Rope October 1924. No studio or photographer noted. Photo approx. 6" x 8" size glossy gelatin print. Mounted on 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" size cardstock; mount card darkened some corners soft; photo sharp well-taken and in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Bruntons paperback books
192326335Manchester New Hampshire: Not Published 1923. Letter dated 31 August 1923 on The Manchester Union and Leader Manchester N.H. letterhead. One paragraph typed wishing a speedy recuperation after illness of a friend in hospital. Letter signed by Frank Knox 1874 - 1944 American newspaper publisher vice-presidential candidate with Alf Landon's campaign subsequently FDR's secretary of the navy: ".After leaving Alma College in 1898 Knox an ardent supporter of the war with Spain joined the First Volunteer United States Calvary popularly known as the Rough Riders.Knox was both a good businessman and a crusading editor using his papers to fight saloons Democrats and waste and corruption in government.deserves to be remembered for helping to revitalize the navy after its defeat at Pearl Harbor and for his role as a highly partisan individual who put country above politics at a time when many did not. President Roosevelt addressed this point in his tribute to Knox saying "I like to think of his bigness and his loyalty. Truly he put his country first." William L. O'Neill in the ANB Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" on good Debenture Bond watermark paper; light wear old fold lines diagonal crease little darkening at edges; in very good condition. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
192222181Japan: International Newsreel 1922. Black and white photo of two traditionally-garbed Japanese men seated in a small shop; a ledger visible on floor hanging notices; Text of attached press notice states ".A customer who comes into the business department of a modern Japanese store to pay his bills sits on the edge of the "department" and keeps his dirty feet off the clean white matting for which the houses of Japan are famous."; approx. 6 1/2" x 8" size; notice attached to photo; International Newsreel studio stamp on back and 'Jap Drawer' handwritten; some edgewear crinkling to photo; in very good condition. . First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. International Newsreel Paperback books
192223552South Shields England: Frank & Sons 1922. Photograph depicts this cable maintenance steamship underway; identified in the plate at lower left margin; Built in 1922 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. for the Commercial Cable Company and based at Halifax Nova Scotia on Atlantic repair duties see History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications online source; image approx. 10" x 13 1/2" size; studio stamp of Frank & Sons Marine Photographers South Shields on back; edge tips wear chipping including some small chips in the image creases at corners; in about good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Frank & Sons Paperback books
192226368France: Artist Published 1922. Signed by the artist in pencil below the image at bottom right; at left is the artist's tear-drop shaped red 'seal' and the pencil '40.' Our research indicates this piece was accomplished circa 1922 the catalog raisonne giving it the title 'Dreaming'. There is a pencil title written at bottom left "The Evening" as well. Reverse with a small "Made in France" oval sticker. The art approx 210 x 155 mm approx. 8 1/4" x 6 1/4" size; the overall sheet size is approx. 390 x 270 mm 10 1/2" x 15 1/4" bottom edge deckle. Some darkening to the paper; faint old crease line top right corner; in very good condition; a lovely moody image evocative of the 'dream' state of the title. Art. Not Bound. Very Good. Artist Published paperback books
192125100Middefield Connecticut: The Lyman Gun Sight Corporation 1921. Receipt dated 10/24/21 printed & illustrated in black with a small illustration of a leaping deer in gunsight. Lyman Gun Sight billhead for Ralph Space for a rear sight for his Winchester. Approx. 7x 9 1/2" size; a little wear old fold lines. In very good condition and interesting Middlefield Connecticut gun and arms equipment business history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. The Lyman Gun Sight Corporation paperback books
192126343Lancaster Pennsylvania : Published for the Club 1921. Six issues of this botanical journal with various articles on natural history from various sources and scientists. Each issue in this group with continuing articles by Stewart H. Burnham and Roy A. Latham "Flora of the Town of Southold Long Island and Gardiner's Island"; these issues with the Second Supplementary List a continuation; the Third Supplementary list and its part 2; the Fourth List and the Fifth List of this series published in these issues over the years 1921 - 1925. The original list of flora of Southold had been published in Torreya in 1914 and the First Supplementary List in 1917. Each of the lists in our group gives Latin name of the finding the site specifics of the specimen and the geographical location along with the reference to the periodical in which it is mentioned and often with commentary from the scientist who'd made the determination; occasionally other information is added as in size of spores and possible sterility or the commonality of the species found. Across all the issues about 50 pages of material listings for Southold on Insect Galls Euphycae; Phycomycetes; Asomycetes Excluding Pyrenomycetes; Asomycetes Pyrenomycetes; Hypomycetes; Melanconiales; Sphaeropsideae; Ustilignaceae; Uredinaceae; Pucciniaceae; Tremellaceae; Thelaphorceae; Hydnaceae; Polyporceae; Agaricaceae; Gastoromycetes; Musci; Polypodiaceae; Lycopodiaceae. Approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size; stapled softcover printed gray paper covers; light wear; a few pencil marks; in very good condition and interesting East End LI natural history research findings from the early part of the 20th century. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Published for the Club paperback books
192121397El Paso Texas: Not Published 1921. The collection includes over 150 dated and signed letters written to and a few items from Dr. Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin 1888-1969 author historian & collector ".one of El Paso's best-loved and most distinguished educators - in 1916 she took her undergraduate and Master's at U. of Missouri and became Dean of Lindenwood College in St. Charles MO. did doctoral work at Harvard and Columbia and took over as principal at the Radford School in 1927 at the time called El Paso School for Girls; Dr. Templin interested Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Radford of Webster Grove Mo. in the school and the Radfords paid off the mortgage provided an endowment fund that insured the institution's stability and the name of the school was changed in honor of these benefactors. During Dr. Templin's administration Radford School grew to a nationally accredited school for girls in the Southwest and when she retired in 1967 the 22-acre campus had more than $1000000 in physical improvements and was debt-free. Dr. Templin had also completed plans for construction of a $400000 library and museum on property owned by the school; she was a member of the nation's leading educational organizations and honorary societies named consistently to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Education; author of numerous publications most of which were concerned with the field of education. The above material from her obituary; This wide-ranging diverse collection has three intertwining themes - letters concerning Dr. Templin's ongoing interest in education and educational materials for her school letters which relate to the business and academic part of Radford and letters of reference for applicants and correspondence which relates to the creation of her War Museum where she collected military autographs uniforms photographs paraphernalia weapons from around the world. A sampling of what is found here chronological order: 1921 Dr. James G. Kiernan writing about some autographs he was sending to Templin - he was famous for the earliest-known use of the word heterosexual in the United States; 1921 Ellen Shaw Barlow writing in relation to the national Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor requesting Templin's presence for a meeting of the Committee on the Care and Training of Delinquent Women and Girls; 1926 Roy Franklin Nichols 1896-1973 American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner writing regarding one of Templins' publications; 1928 Breckinridge Long 1881 - 1958 diplomat and politician served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Democratic National Committee letterhead - regarding a portrait of Rev. John Breckinridge his great-grandfather Templin was sending in appreciation of his " defense of Religious Freedom "; Federico de Onis Sánchez 1885 - 1966 Spanish writer and literary critic taught Spanish literature at Columbia University in New York concerning a recommendation of one of his students for a position at Radford ; educator John L. Bergstresser; Jessie H. Humphries Associate Dean Texas Womens University; Butler Ames 1871-1954 American politician engineer soldier and businessman; Richard Fenner Burges 1873-1945 Texas legislator and conservationist; Alice Mildred Burgess; William Blair Roberts 1881-1964 Episcopal Suffragan Bishop South Dakota; Katharine Denworth president of Bradford Academy regarding an article on sororities in colleges; N. Floyd Templin of the Ohio House of Representatives writing on Templin family genealogical matters; John G. Barry consulting mining geologist and engineer of El Paso regarding an educational alliance between the Radford School and the Texas College of Mines; Arthur L Burroughs publisher writing about the subject of grammar in education; Harriet M. Chase of the National Education Assoc.; Jack Braveheart regarding a talk on the American Indian; Ivan Lee Holt Methodist bishop of St. Louis; Cornelia McKinne Stanwood of the Sarah Dix Hamlin School San Francisco; Joseph Dorfman economic historian at Columbia Univ. asking Templin about her studies with Thorstein Veblen; an interesting 2-page letter from Dr. J. Travis Bennett of El Paso regarding the setting-out of a chart for the physical examination and reportage on condition of applicants to Radford with suggestions; Bertha Baur 1858-1940 directed the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; A.F. Kuhlman Assoc. Dir. University of Chicago regarding research work on childrens' reading habits information; Dr. William S. Gray 1885-1960 American educator and literacy advocate also of U. of Chicago on the same subject; Sallie Caldwell Teachers College Columbia University regarding early learning & English curriculum materials; Mrs. Florence F. Osgood of the Neshobe camp for girls in Vermont requesting an alliance with Radford School; U.S. Army major later colonel Livingston Watrous; Colonel D.C. Pearson New Mexico Military Institute; Ruth Elliott of Wellesley College; Chris P. Fox sheriff El Paso regarding falling down on the job for police protection near the school; Brent N. Rickard American Smelting & Refining Works; Louise Traxell Greeley Dean of Women at U. of Wisconsin Madison; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Aleshire Fort Bliss Texas; Mrs. L.J. Calvocoressi Chairman of the Women's Auxiliary of the Greek War Relief Assoc.; Lt. Col. later major-general Ray. T. Maddocks; Robert E. McKee Sr. 1889-1964 major U.S. contractor engineer builder; Columbia Broadcasting System program press information director George Crandall; Colonel later Brig. General Charles G. Sage; Elmer Davis 1890 1958 news reporter author the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient; William McChesney Martin Jr. 1906-1998 ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve serving from April 2 1951 to January 31 1970 under five Presidents; Bernard Hoffman 1913 - 1979 American LIFE magazine photographer and documentary photographer first American photographer on the ground at Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945; Alfred E. Stearns Chairman Overseas Schools Committee; Colonel Hugh J. Deeney Chief of the Adjutant General Division; Col Harold R. Turner first commander of White Sands Missile Proving Ground; Guy Sylvestre Jean-Guy Sylvestre OC FRSC 1918 -2010 Canadian literary critic librarian and civil servant; Rear Admiral Barry Kennedy Atkins 1911 -2005 officer of the United States Navy best known for his achievements as a destroyer captain in World War II; R. Burdell Bixby prominent Republican of NY State; Robert W. Hamilton justice of the Texas Supreme Court regarding a Radford school girl reference; Colombian world federalist Santiago Gutiérrez; M.S. Sundaram Head of Education Indian embassy; Raymond L. Telles Jr. b. 1915 was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city El Paso Texas 3 letters; Ángela Acuña de Chacón Chilean who served as commissioner 1960-1972 on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; William G. Stark Consul General of Canada; Rene Mascarenas Miranda Municipal President mayor of Juarez; Gordon Llewellyn Allott 1907-1989 Republican politician; Mrs. William Barclay Parsons president of the National Council of Women of the United States; John Koehler Gerhart 1907 - 1981 United States Air Force four star general; J. T. Rutherford 1921 - 2006 United States Representative from Texas; R. G. Follis Chairman of Board. Standard Oil Company of California; Robert John Morris 1914-1996 President of the University of Dallas American anti-Communist activist 2 notes; Karl Robin Bendetsen 1907 -1989 remembered primarily for his role as architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; Elmer Ellis 1901 - 1989 American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri; historian C.L. Sonnichsen; Marshall S. Carter Deputy Director of Central Intelligence CIA; Millicent C. McIntosh 1898-2001 fourth dean of Barnard College 1947-1952 and the College's first president - this is the last letter dated 1962 and in it Dr. Templin is asking for McIntosh to help with providing a successor to the headship at Radford - Templin was soon to retire and died relatively soon afterwards. Some of the letters and notes are very short with limited content; others more voluminous.Additional materials include: letters to another Templin family member from Scott Wike Lucas 1892 - 1968 two-term Democratic United States Senator 1939-1951 from Illinois and Joel Bennett Clark 1890 -1954 better known as Bennett Champ Clark Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945 later a United States federal judge; and a few other letters; an undated letter to Templin from pianist Ola Gulledge; a two -page undated letter on The American School Foundation Mexico letterhead; a few letters from Frank S. Ross Major Gen. U.S. Army regarding the Templin War Museum project; a clipped signature of Alvan Tufts Fuller 1878 -1958 and one of John Kieran; and a unidentified sepia-tone matte-finish photograph circa 1920s that may be Dr. Templin or perhaps a friend; a few of the items with the original mailing envelopes; many letters with old adhesive residue from being mounted at some time some with old tape marks in the corners some of the items trimmed as if to accommodate in a smaller frame or album not here; old fold lines ageing; some with corner-attrition due to being removed; in overall good to very good condition and an interesting group of material encompassing the rich educational business and personal life of this well-known Texas woman educator whose contacts spanned the United States and the world. . Unique. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
191923125New York: American and British Manufacturing Corporation 1919. Stock certificate No. 153 made out to C.M. McKeever. for a quarter share in this company signed by the president J.C. Stanley on July 1 1919 and the treasurer C.M. McKeever; with the company's blind-stamp corporate seal; also countersigned by C.M. McKeever as the Transfer Agent and the Registrar of the Metropolitan Trust Co. NY asst. sec. Benz; front with engraved orange border-work; approx. 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" size; printed on good certificate paper stock by American Bank Note Company N.Y.; old fold lines little edge tips wear clip-residue; with cancellation-hole; in good condition and interesting business history scripophily. . First Edition. Not Bound. Good. American and British Manufacturing Corporation Paperback books
191726546Easton PA: The Northampton County Aero Club 1917. Invitation card printed black on cream cardstock in a gothic font with a small U.S. flag color illustration at top. "Compliments of." name at bottom right; not dated; an article in the Aerial Age Weekly of June 11 1917 notes that year as the formation of this club decided on May 31 1917; the "Flying" magazine of July 1917 has a short note of reportage on this dinner and other club business. Approx. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" size; light wear; in very good condition. Invitation. Not Bound. Very Good. The Northampton County Aero Club paperback books
191625108Lockport New York: The Upson Company 1916. Dated February 22 1916; printed with a multiple black and white illustrations of the uses for the company's fibre board products. Upson Co. letterhead a typed statement from the company sent to Saugerties Coal & Lumber with their schedule of upcoming advertising in major publications concerning the products that they wished Saugerties to promote and sell. Tipped-on is a small additional 'flyer' promoting the processed board since ".Carpenters say they can apply a quarter more.in a day than they can of soft spongy mealy boards." Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size; light wear old fold lines. In very good condition and interesting commercial business history promotional ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. The Upson Company paperback books
191425200Lynn Massachusetts: Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America 1914. Working card made out to Alfred Von Dreathen dated for month of July 1914; dues of $ 1.00; with the printed signature of the Int. Pres. W.D. Mahon and the stamped signature of E.B. Brennan the local sec.; small illustration of the union's streetcar logo at top. Approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; printed on heavy tan cardstock; light wear faint old drink-ring; in very good condition. Ephemera. Not Bound. Very Good. Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America) paperback books
