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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
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
1996245816Washington DC: AFL-CIO Department of Education 1996. Pamphlet. 84p. wraps very good condition 5.5x8.5 inches. Flier advertising the documentry "A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom" laid in. AFL-CIO, Department of Education unknown books
1972218573Washington DC: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1972. Small four panel brochure 3.75x8.5 inches very good condition. Call for union women to get active in politics. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education unknown books
1957140346Washington: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1957. pp. 39-56 stapled wraps 4x7.25 inches very good condition. COPE publication no. 8. On fundraising for political action. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education unknown books
1959211036Washington DC: AFL-CIO Department of Education 1959. 41p. card covers with black plastic comb binding 8.5x11 inches very good condition. Teaching guide for use with AFL-CIO parliamentary procedure manual 'How to run a union meeting' publication no. 81. AFL-CIO Department of Education unknown books
1989198733Washington DC: AFL-CIO Department of Education 1989. Pamphlet. 78p. wraps 8.5x11 inches very good condition. AFL-CIO Department of Education unknown books
192514687Washington D.C.: American Printing Co 1925. First Edition. Broadside 20cm x 13cm ca 8"x5". Printed recto only; single column of text with portrait. Fine. Small promotional handbill for a rally and concert to benefit the Hampton-Tuskegee "Eight Million Dollar Drive" campaign. Featured speakers were R.R. Moton Anson Phelps Stokes and Kelly Miller; music provided by the Hampton and Tuskegee Quartettes. With halftone portrait of R.R. Moton. Together with a separate printed program of identical dimensions listing the speakers and order of ceremonies. Not located via OCLC. American Printing Co unknown books
192431532Washington D.C.: S.i. 1924. First Edition. Slim octavo 23cm; beige printed wrappers stapled; 12pp. Pamphlet is vertically folded at center wrappers dusty edgeworn and nearly detached along spine fold; 7 brief passages marked in pencil; Good complete copy. Summary of details regarding the salary scale for the academic faculty of Howard University presented to their Board of Trustees. Includes extracts and correspondence from faculty to members of the board including the full text of Dean Kelly Miller's letter to Dr. Michael O. Dumas and hard data as to proposed pay increases for the various positions. OCLC finds a single copy Emory University. S.i. unknown books
1960140381Washington: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1960. 22p. stapled wraps. 6.5x4 inches very good condition. COPE publication no. 60. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education unknown books
195977806Washington: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1959. Pamphlet. 16p. stapled wraps 6x9 inches a few small stains on rear wrap else very good condition. COPE publication no. 59. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education unknown books
196486191Washington: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education 1964. 23p. wraps illus. 8x4 inches wraps lightly worn and soiled else very good condition. Polemic against right-wing extremists citing among other events the assassination of JFK and the Birmingham bombing. COPE publication no. 137C. AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education unknown books
195525254Washington DC: AFL - Department of Education 1955. Fourth edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial card wrappers; 58pp; illus. Mild external rubbing and soil with erasure mark at upper margin of front cover; internally clean and unmarked with all order blanks unused; Very Good. Laid-in bifolium prospectus for the A.F.L.'s "Film-a-Month Plan;" three leaves of order blanks at rear. Uncommon trade catalogue issued annually by the A.F. of L. beginning in 1951 this is the fourth annual issue advertising films and filmstrips for use at union meetings and organizing rallies. Subjects range from pedagogical and training shorts to strike documentaries to films on civil rights and anti-Semitism. Interestingly a number of the offerings are extracts from full-lengh Hollywood features chosen to illustrate pro-Labor and pro-Democracy points of view -- examples include a 20-minute extract from the MGM feature "The Mortal Storm" used to illustrate the perils of anti-Semitism; and a 28-minute extract from the Paramount Pictures feature "The Lawless" which depicts nativist opposition to Mexican migrant workers. A fascinating source document for the study of film and the Left; uncommon in commerce represented by fewer than 15 catalogued holdings for all annual issues combined in OCLC. AFL - Department of Education unknown books
1988265540Washington: AFL-CIO Department of Education 1988. 87p. stapled wraps 5x7 inches very good condition. Revised edition first published in 1958 AFL-CIO Publications No. 75. AFL-CIO Department of Education unknown books
1972259622Washington: AFL-CIO 1972. Pamphlet. 27p. stapled wraps 5.5x8.5 inches front wrap soiled with a few small stains else very good condition. AFL-CIO unknown books
1972143695Washington: AFL-CIO 1972. Pamphlet. 27p. stapled wraps 5.5x8.5 inches very good condition. AFL-CIO unknown books
1952198284New York: the Service 1952. 8p. 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled at left evenly toned otherwise very good. Report on activities by director Eleanor G. Coit. In the 1930s Coit had worked to establish workers' education programs in dozens of cities under the Works Progress Administration. the Service unknown books
195823937New York New York: The City College of New York 1958. 23 pages; a few black and white illustrations; piece by Harry Golden publisher-writer of the Carolina Israelite with excerpts from his book Only In America regarding tenement life on NYC's lower east side; Abraham Mabenstreit writes of alumnus Sam Locke's "Fair Game" the Broadway comedy hit; Milton M. Klein on How to Help a Bright Child advice to alumni parents of gifted youngsters; news on the 78th Alumni Dinner; and many smaller pieces on the notable doings of alumni class offerings awards book publications prominent achievements and significant employment; back cover with the Varsity basketball schedule; approx. 5 1/2" x7 1/2" size; old subscribers' label residue on back cover little bit of wrinkling; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The City College of New York Paperback books
195823936New York New York: The City College of New York 1958. 23 pages; a few black and white illustrations; cover story on teacher Morris Cohen by Felix Frankfurter; Three members of the 25-year class discuss the College Years: David K. Kadane Ernest Borek S.R. Hollander; also with a biographical piece on alumnus A.E. Horn and his many retirement hobbies enjoyed on his Huntington Long Island estate; and many smaller pieces on the notable doings of alumni class offerings awards; approx. 5 1/2" x7 1/2" size; old subscribers' label residue on back cover little wrinkling; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The City College of New York Paperback books
195823935New York New York: The City College of New York 1958. 23 pages; a few black and white illustrations; cover story on Townsend Harris founder of the CCNY and especially concerning the 20th Century-Fox film The Barbarian and the Geisha starring John Wayne and CCNY alumnus Sam Jaffe written by another alumnus Ellis St. Joseph and directed by John Huston; in a Memo to Alumni the president of the Alumni Association Harold A. Lifton notes the Crisis at the College and the challenge of funding education in the coming years; also an article about Jewish publisher-writer Harry L. Golden by Alice Nadel and his newspaper The Carolina Israelite; and with the class president of '58 Michael Rizzo's address; with many smaller items on the notable doings of alumni class offerings awards publications by CCNY graduates; approx. 5 1/2" x7 1/2" size; old subscribers' label on back cover little wrinkling; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The City College of New York Paperback books
196725089New York NY: The Cooper Union 1967. 23 pages; illustrated throughout in black and white. Articles including Cooper Union's stance and attack on air pollution in cooperation with the state and City of New York & the engineering & science dept. of the school; plans for a new building; photographs by Art Kane; artists at Green Camp; biography of a Cooper graduate police lab scientist alumni news & other information pertinent to Cooper Union; published quarterly. Previous subscriber mailing address on back panel; approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size; black and white illustrated stapled covers; little nicks to the paper edges edge-darkening; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The Cooper Union paperback books
190923244Riverhead Long Island New York: Riverhead High School Debating Society 1909. 23 pages; editorial staff included Howard E. Duryea James C. Lutz A. Lowell Hallock Raynor D. Howell J. Wesley Warner Lila L. Howell Irene A. Tuthill; contents including original stories poetry humorous anecdotes; editorial comment - in this issue regarding Riverhead H.S. championship baseball teams and the lack of financial and student support and a note regarding the destruction of the County Review plant which printed the prior issues of "The Scribe" and apologies for printing delays due to the disaster; current topics also mentioned with comment on the murder of an investigator of the criminal Black Hand Mafia organization in Palermo Sicily arctic exploration with mention of Lieutenant Shackleton of the British Navy the Cleveland child kidnapping case of Willie Whitla and news of Standard Oil Company's acquittal in a major judicial case in Missouri; with a group of alumni news and doings; athletics scores and game descriptions and debating team record of subjects and win-loss chronology; senior class commencement honors lists; at front and at back are advertisements for many local businesses which supported the publication: Riverhead Savings Bank the Uptown Restaurant Stanley Rutger first class barber shop McCabe's Central Store Hallett Milling Co. The Griffin House The Woodmen Orchestra; Wm. F. Morell The Old Reliable Carriage Repository; Frank W. Satterly painter and paper hanger various attorneys Corwin jeweler and optometrist W. H. Sweezy clothier and haberdasher Howard the photo artist Amman photographer more; approx. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" size; original printed and illustrated stapled paper covers some edge tips wear and darkening to binding contents in very good condition; interesting early 20th century Riverhead Long Island cultural social and educational ephemera. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Riverhead High School Debating Society Paperback books
195824411New York N.Y.: The Society of the Postgraduate Center for Psychotherapy 1958. The Society of the Postgraduate Center for Psychotherapy 1958. First Edition. Group of 8 Bulletins published by the Society located at E. 70th St. NY: editor Anne L. Spiro; Advisor Arlene Wolberg; the issues usually 4 sides folded for mailing a couple of these have an extra inserted 2 pages; with announcements for Society events; reviews of lectures membership meetings book reviews editorial items more; Lecture Report on Dr. Edrita Fried Development of Personal Creativity; Dr. Emil A. Gutheil Importance of Today; Francis H. Bartlett on Involvement and a Sense of Identity; Dr. Clifford J. Sager on Coping with Anxiety and others; including bulletins September & Oct. of 1958; and Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May & September of 1959; previous subscriber mailing name of Gertrude MC Warner NY; 8 1/2" x 11" or 8 1/2" x 13" approx. size on colored paper; some edge-wear old fold lines a few notations; in very good condition. . First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. The Society of the Postgraduate Center for Psychotherapy Paperback books
194325434New York NY: William Howard Taft High School 1943. 80 pages; with black and white illustrated student art and poetic prose contributions throughout all with author accreditation and with staff names. Printed at the Comet Press Brooklyn. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" size; illustrated stapled softcover; some edge tips wear to the binding spine paper splitting; couple of stray pencil marks; contents in good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. William Howard Taft High School paperback books
191524850United States of America: No Publisher Noted 1915. Sepia-toned image taken in front of a school building; an integrated class group girls & boys with one girl wearing a Girl Scout hat with "GS" visible on the crown. Photo measures approx. 6" x 8" ; on cardstock mount 10" x 12" size. Image faded a bit still fairly clear mount with a little edge tips wear and rubbing. No photographic studio date or school is identified; circa 1915; in good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. No Publisher Noted paperback books
