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17167Women Eduation Music Saroni Herrman S. "The Twin Sisters. An Operetta adapted to the use of Female Colleges Schools Exhibitions &c." Musical Score. Boston: Oliver Ditson Company 1888. 5.5 x 7.5 in. Original boards. 101 pages. "The Twin Sisters" is considered by some to be the first American operetta. The work is scored for women's voices only and the cover of this edition prominently notes that it is "adapted to the use of female colleges schools exhibitions &c." The Operetta features six women characters along with chorus parts. Born in Germany Herrman Saroni was an American composer and author. He published an early American music journal Saroni's Musical Times in New York from 1849 to 1851 while also being among the first in the city to organize concerts of exclusively chamber music. Saroni's composing and writing output was impressively varied: works of parlor music and dances scholarly histories of Western music and poems and short stories that appeared in women's magazines. In 1852 he left New York and three years later he founded the Columbus Symphony Orchestra the second-oldest orchestra in the country. Interior hinges loose but holding. In good to very good condition .Only 2 copies of this volume are held by any library or institution in the world according to OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
1707319th c. Women's Education Autograph Letter Signed from female student dated May 25 1854. 4 pages folded from single sheet. 6.5 x 5.25 in. Written by student Eloise Hemstreet to her parents. She writes about her school which she feel is one of "the best of schools and one of the edens of the earth." She writes on her interest in astronomical observations and how she is looking forward to looking "at the eclipse through the telescope." She mentions "the college" and talks about the health and wellness of both male and female classmates at the Institution. Additionally she mentions that the College was getting a new roof. Research indicates Eloise was born in 1833 making her 21 at the time of this letter. She became a teacher thus was likely studying for the education profession as she wrote this letter. In the latter half of the 19th century women in America had growing access to higher education especially in the professional training to become teachers. For many women working as a teacher was the key to independence-both financial and socially. Hemstreet went on to teach in New York and Wisconsin where in 1861 she made $16 for teaching a summer session. Toning around bottom left edge and corner of page 1. Original fold lines with small 1/2 inch tear along outer edge of horizontal fold line on all pages. Very small tear 1/2 cm. along top edge of pages. Else in very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
15395Albumen photo on heavy tan backing. c. 1910-1915. Aprox 8 in x 5 in. Image on original photographic board. shows a male a teacher stand outdoors with approximately 30 students of first or second grade age outside a clapboard school building. The class includes one young African American boy in the back row decades before Brown v Board of Education. A small 1/2 inch stain in emulation to upper part of image above teacher not affecting him or the students. Very good condition. unknown books
16756Women's Educational Movement. Rural Repository News Journal 1841 Poughkeepsie Female Academy Founding Story and Engraving. Large Item. Poughkeepsie Female Academy- Hudson N. Y. This news journal the "Rural Repository" leads with a full page story on the opening of the Poughkeepsie Female Academy and engravings. More than 30 years later Vassar College would open near the same site. <br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." This document predates Seneca Falls by 7 years. unknown books
WALTER-FILM002147No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 5 x 7"" 12 x 17 cm. black-and-white single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo USA. The original attached paper blurb on the verso describes this image of Howard Hughes as that in which he is about to give a speech for the event described below: 10 14 July 1938: Howard Robard Hughes Jr. along with a crew of four departed Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn New York on a flight to circle the Northern Hemisphere. His airplane was a Lockheed Super Electra Special Model 14-N2 registered NX18973. Aboard were Harry P. McLean Connor co-pilot and navigator; 1st Lieutenant Thomas L. Thurlow United States Army Air Corps navigator; Richard R. Stoddart a field engineer for the National Broadcasting Company NBC radio operator; Edward Lund flight engineer. Lieutenant Thurlow was the Air Corps' expert on aerial navigation. Stoddart was an expert in radio engineering. Thurlow Stoddart and Lund were also rated pilots. Before they took off from Floyd Bennett Field the Lockheed was christened New York World's Fair 1939 in keeping with an agreement that Hughes had made with Grover Whalen and the fair's organizers. Photo is dated 1/15/38 and is for his speech upon arriving after the flight. ACME photo stamp is on verso as is stamp for Ref. Dept. N.E.A. which at the time referred to the National Education Association. Shows minor use NEAR FINE. unknown books
1930046575Argus Books 1930. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Frank C. Papé. Half blue leather over decorative boards - leather a bit worn at edges light sunning to boards front hinge and spine ends chipped. Still about very good and an attractive binding. Light occasional browning to page edges quite clean internally. Number 15 of 300 signed by Papé and Bird. Size: Quarto 4to. Illustrator: Frank C. Papé. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046575. Argus Books hardcover books
1696044930London: Ric. Chiswell 1696. Second Edition. Hardcover rebound in cloth. Good Condition. In green library cloth with a spine label and bookplate but no other library marks. Frontis chipped at the edges a few pencil marks otherwise quite clean. 197pp with 3 1/2 pages of ads. Mary II became Queen following the Glorious Revolution and reigned from 1689 until her death in 1694 from smallpox. Her funeral was the first attended by all members of both houses of parliament. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044930. <br/><br/> Ric. Chiswell hardcover books
16726Cleveland Female Seminary Catalog 1856-1857 Cleveland OH. Founded by Rev. Eli N. Sawtell. Sawtell the seminary opened on 3 May 1854 an earlier enterprise by the same name had been established in April 1837. Located in a new $50000 building the school commanded a hefty $300 annual tuition. The seminary had 2 major departments Preparatory which admitted girls under 12 years of age and Academic for those over 12. Emphasis was placed on teaching both languages and science so students could over 12. Emphasis was placed on teaching both languages and science so that students could acquire a wholesome mental discipline. In 1865 a Telegraph Dept was established to provide instruction in the principles of telegraphy for students in natural philosophy and chemistry It was reincorporated in 1871 as the Cleveland Seminary for Girls at which time it acquired the rights and privileges of a college including the authority to grant degrees but closed in 1883. Not in OCLC Worldcat. Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today-This is an important point but seems awkwardly placed. Maybe either use the phrase "into secular higher education" in first sentence or in next sentence say "In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education<br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates less than a decade after Seneca Falls. Very rare with no copies of this program in any institution or library as per OCLC Worldcat. unknown books
1593046826Cologne: Birchmannica 1593. Later Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Contemporary vellum soiled and worn but sound title page torn with loss to the right edge age toning and foxing light stains lacking rear blank a few old stamps. 435pp index<br/><br/>Long attributed to John of Damascus this story of the martyrs Barlaam and Josaphat a Christianized version of the Buddha story was written down in the 10th century. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 046826. Birchmannica hardcover books
1591CAT0007151591. Very Good Condition. Light chipping and wear on left margin where removed slight browning. Depicts a Native American pair eating a stylized dinner of fish maize shellfish deer meat walnut a tobacco pipe. From a painting by John White of inhabitants of what is now Virginia. They appear to be eating nixtamalized maize - though White was no doubt too busy giving the Native woman European features to ask what the preparation was. Europeans and suffered from widespread - and often horrific - pellagra epidemics for centuries. In the U.S. it persisted into the mid 20th century where there were an estimated 3 million cases and over 100k deaths - all prevented by soaking the maize in a lye preparation overnight as the native consumers of it knew well. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000715. unknown books
1591CAT0007141591. Very Good Condition. Light chipping and wear on left margin where removed slight browning. Depicts a fish barbecue built of raised sticks being used by Native Americans in what is now Virginia - after a painting by John White. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000714. unknown books
1800347111800. 2pp. with integral blank leaf. Disbound. Minor foxing. A short but interesting work consisting of advice and rules for Wright's Academy of Kighley presumably Keighley England.<br/> <br/>The first page is a letter to the pupils and the second page lists eight rules "to be observed by the pupils attending Mr. Wright's Seminary." A rare and possibly unique work as no records of another copy can be found anywhere. unknown books
16749Women's Education Movement. Moravian Seminary Catalog 1873-1874. The Moravian Seminary traces its roots to the earliest institution of female education in the United States the Bethlehem Female Seminary founded in 1742 by Countess Benigna Zinzendorf. Originally providing only primary school the Bethlehem responded to demand for higher education for women in 1785 when it reorganized as a secondary educational institution that became known as the Moravian Female Seminary. In 1913 the Seminary officially became a College and in 1954 merged with a male institution to become the coeducational Moravian College. According to OCLC only one example of the 1873-1874 catalog of Moravian Seminary is held by institutions worldwide at the Commonwealth Library Pennsylvania. <br/><br/>Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
1952Embry 196599Foundation for Economic Education 1952-1959. First editions in book form first printings. Fine. Various color cloths. Foundation for Economic Education, 1952-1959. First editions in book form, first printings. hardcover books
183038644Lexington: Printed by Joseph G. Norwood 1830. Second edition. Stitched paper wrappers removed from a larger volume. Removed from a larger volume else a good copy with a chipped front wrapper detached with the first few leaves; lacking the rear wrapper stitching loose. 52 pp. 8vo. Incribed by the author on front wrapper. 2000 copies were printed. In a period of concern over education the report analyses the methods of providing for a common education in the state. OCLC lists fourteen copies. Sabin 37507. Amer. Imprints 2107. Printed by Joseph G. Norwood unknown books
1831045111Paris: Eugene Renduel 1831. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Good Condition. 2 volumes in 1/4 leather. Spine torn on volume 2 and worn on volume 2 but bindings sound; clean internally. Schegel's name is misspelled on the title page of volume 2 - Sclegel - and an H has been added in pen. 332pp; 317pp. First published in German in 1811 this is the first French edition Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; History. Inventory No: 045111. <br/><br/> Eugene Renduel hardcover books
1785045311Paris: Duflos 1785. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Marillier; Duflos. Full contemporary crushed red morocco a bit of wear at edges and corners. Incomplete binding up a small section of the complete work - 30 plates along with 2 title pages and table the last section of 6 plates from Abrege de l'Histoire Sacrée. Mostly very light dampstain in the inner margin of the first half - quite attractive and engraved throughout on recto only. The complete work is rare complete and had over 200 plates and was issued in parts this comprises plates 1-6 of parts 1-3 of Abrege de l'Histoire Universelle along with 1-6 part 1 of Sacrée along with 7-12 of part 2. An attractive selection in a nice binding. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Illustrator: Marillier; Duflos. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045311. <br/><br/> Duflos hardcover books
16710Handwritten project book from primary school student. Story of the Pilgrims. 1905. Child's notebooks with original yellow card-stock boards bound in green cloth. 7 in x 6 in. 17 handwritten pages. Gilt title on front cover and spine. Includes drawings and pasted images of Plymouth Rock Native Americans ships and others. Charming handwritten project book from a child at the turn of the century. Handwritten report on "The Story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving". "There was a King that sent all the people of England to go to the Church of England but there were some people that did not like that at all and sometime they had a little meeting in their cellar so that they went tot Holland and all the Holland people welcomed the Pilgrims and the Pilgrims stayed in Holland for two years. Then the Pilgrims went over to America in the boat called the Mayflower and the Speedwell but the Speedwell broke down so that all the Pilgrims and the people in Holland were so sorry to have them leave.they had a very hard time crossing the ocean. They landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620 4 days before Christmas. They saw a few Indians they said they had better always keep their guns with them. " The last page lists things to be thankful for: "We should be thankful for our homes and kind parents and our food for our nice things to with for clothes for flowers and for being well." Also includes report on Holland and a story about a girl named Gretchen. unknown books
16201The Second Annual Report of the Education Society of Connecticut; and of the Female Education Society of New Haven. New Haven: Printed by Nathan Whiting. 1818. Original paper wrappers 9 x 6 in. 15 pages gently bound together center left edge. Pages are browned with small chips and creases at edges scattered foxing and small liquid stains that do not affect the text. 2 other copies on OCLC.<br/><br/>The pamphlet includes the Constitution and Mission of the Constitution of the Charitable Society of Connecticut: "to furnish pecuniary assistance to.young men of piety and promising talents" who intend to pursue religious studies at Yale College. It also includes treasury reports from the group and similar documents from The Female Education Society which also sought to provide monetary assistance for young men pursing religious studies. An interesting booklet documenting community support for young men's education in the years following the War of 1812. unknown books
16755Women's Education Movement. New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College Catalog 1881. Tilton NH. The catalog has 36 pages of courses personnel and other information including tuition and fees. The most expensive were Piano and Voice Culture which were each $12 per semester. The seminary exists today at Tilton School. No copy could be found among Institutional or library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
16728Women's Education Movement. Burlington Female Seminary Catalog 1850-1851. Decorative cover states it was founded in 1835. An early owner "Lizzie Lathrop" has signed her name on the top right comer of the cover. Perhaps a new student of the school as her name is not listed among the pupils. The minimum ago for admittance was 12 years old which was actually the gold standard at the time when most boarding schools and some colleges nature admitted pupils from age 8 or younger. The senior class curriculum is the same for all pupils. It includes Latin Chemistry GeometryPhilosophy of Rhetoric Intellectual Philosophy Physiology Kame's Elements French Moral Science and the Constitution of the United States. No copy could be found among Institutional or library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. This document dates from just 3 years after Seneca Falls. unknown books
16758First Women's Education Movement Old Dominion Institute Catalog 1860-181. Pamphlet/ Volume 12 of 17:Annual Announcement of the Old Dominion Institute Catalog For The Year 1860-1861. Richmond VA. Contemporary Note on the first blank page. The Catalog includes a description of the school textbooks mode of instruction tuition and list of pupils of 1859-1860.Rare with No copy found among Institutional or library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
16762Women's Education Movement: Wheaton Female Seminary Catalog 1869. Chronological Catalog "tracing the history of the school from 1834 to the publication date of 1869. Blue wrappers. Founded in 1834 Wheaton is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States. Wheaton's founding was brought about when Eliza Wheaton Strong the daughter of Judge Laban. Wheaton died at the age of thirty-nine. Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton the judge's daughter-in-law persuaded him to memorialize his daughter by founding a female seminary. The family called upon noted women's educator Mary Lyon for assistance in establishing the seminary. Lyon created the first curriculum with the goal that it be equal in quality to those of men's colleges. She also provided the first principal Eunice Caldwell. Wheaton Female Seminary opened in Norton Massachusetts on 22 April 1835 with 50 students and three teachers. Mary Lyon and Eunice Caldwell left Wheaton to open Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837 now Mount Holyoke College. Following their departure Wheaton endured a period of fluctuating enrollment and frequent changes in leadership until 1850 when Caroline Cutler Metcalf was recruited as the new principal. Mrs. Metcalf made the hiring of outstanding faculty her top priority bringing in educators who encouraged students to discuss their ideas rather than to memorize facts. The most notable addition to the faculty were Lucy Larcom who introduced the study of English Literature and founded the student literary magazine The Rushlight ; and Mary Jane Cragin who used innovative techniques to teach geometry and made mathematics the favorite study of many students. No copy could be found among Institutional or library Collections according to OCLC Worldcat. <br/><br/>Women's Academy and Seminary Archive recording the first important movement of women into higher education in the United States seminary was synonymous with "academy" and did not have the religious connotation of today. In the 1800's the Female Academy and Seminary Movement transformed American educational norms allowing women the opportunity to receive secular non-religious college-level education. Women's colleges proliferated in the mid- to late- 19th century to fill the void created by their exclusion from most institutions of higher education. The prevailing notion that women were too delicate for a rigorous academic education was openly challenged when Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 "Man's intellectual superiority cannot be a question until woman has had a fair trial.When we shall have had our colleges our professions our trades for a century a comparison then may be justly instituted." Young women were quick to step up to the challenge; as quickly as female colleges opened they filled up. unknown books
15027Scarce 1910 French girls' education medal for excellence in Geography. Bronze with diameter of 1.75". The front of the medal depicts Terpsichore the Greek muse of education seated beside a pedestal of laurel wreaths; in her outstretched right hand is a laurel wreath prepared as a reward for excellence. On the back of the medal is engraved in part: "Association Pour L'Ensegnement Secondaire des Jeunes Filles a la Sorbonne.Geographie.1910" in English: Association For The Secondary Education of Young Women at the Sorbonne.Georgraphy.1910<br/><br/>This medal awarded for excellence in the study of geometry is quite scarce. While our research located medals from later years from other schools we were unable to locate a similar early medal for the celebration of young women's academic excellence. unknown books
17071Emily Hodgson. Women's education and suffrage activist. Autograph Letter Signed by Hodgson on December 31 1863. 14-page letter on from the seminary days of author Emily Hodgson profiled by close friends and suffragists Frances Willard and Mary Livermore in A Woman of the Century 1893. 8 x 5 inches. 14 pages of lined white stationary. At this time Hodgson was a student at the prestigious Ipswich Female Seminary an early school for girl students where she wrote in lively prose about the New Year's party she prepares to surprise her classmates and hints at her early literary ambitions. About living in a dormitory and celebrating New Year's Eve with other students: "Such a gay time as the six damsels that board in this house are having tonight! As we are all ''young ladies" Mrs. Cowles has given us permission to sit up till quarter past twelve. I was commissioned to provide refreshments arrange the table etc. and really I feel quite proud. None of the girls except my assistant have as yet seen it and I know they do not expect to see quite such a grand affair grand for Boarding school . " New Years Eve don't come but once a year" I hear one of the girls exclaiming. I know they are coming to see why I am so long- Sure enough- and now they are gone." <br/><br/>About her early writing attempts: "I have had a letter come from an old teacher of mine. And I know you won't think me vain if I send it to you for as you fly so hard to have me do well and are the means of my enjoying myself so much and giving what enjoyment I am able to others around me I know it will please you to see that I sometimes succeed . she like Mrs. B is not ordinary woman . she is a very finely educated lady. and I feel pleased that she should like my feeble endeavors. The lady Miss Briggs who writes the note enclosed has been composition teacher here for a long time. You would hardly judge from this not which is far from a good letter from her that was very easy and elegant with her pen. She has written three or four prize essays and won the prizes."<br/><br/>Ipswich Female Seminary was founded in Massachusetts in 1828 and the school's focus was on preparing girls for careers as teachers and missionaries. It offered a "rigorous curriculum" including study of English arithmetic geography chemistry human physiology history the natural sciences religion vocal music and calisthenics and placed an emphasis on "standards of personal conduct and discipline." As part of their preparation students practiced teaching with guidance from school instructors. Mild toning and a few light stains. All sheets except 1 have minor tape repairs at folds. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
