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15684Children's Welfare New York City Scrapbook of "The Little Mothers' Aid Society" to assist poor girls burdened with domestic labor in New York City tenements. Filled with 103 pieces of ephemera including handbills pamphlets newspaper clippings event tickets and annual reports from 1890-1898. Textured cloth boards. 16 x 12 in. Decorative floral design color illustration of young girl and typed label "Clippings 1890 to 1898" on front cover. 60 pages last 11 are blank. The Little Mother's Aid Society was created to help young girls who were primary caregivers to younger siblings. From one 1896 pamphlet: "Who are the Little Mothers" "The little girls who can have no share in the vacations provided by the Fresh Air Fund being constantly occupied with the care of their homes and the younger children while their mothers are at work. Heavily burdened and cheerless their lives know little of childhood's joys or the benefits of education. For the past five years the Little Mothers Aid Association has thrown some brightness into these grey lives by summer day outings and winter entertainments. Nearly eight thousand children have been taken from the crowded dingy tenements and given a day's happiness in the daisies fields and apple-laden orchards of Pelham Park." According to the organization's mission its members aim "to lighten the unusual and unrequited labors of these children and to promote the home comfort of their families." As part of the program adult "Chaperones" arranged "care of the babies and the homes by day" during outings as well as "suitable clothing" playtime in parks and twice weekly meals and baths for the girls. Little Mothers' Motto: "To do all the good I can To all the people I can In every way I can." The group mentions both recreational and education goals in their list of Methods: "Giving Summer Outing with abundant food a salt-water bath care-free play gifts of fruit and flowers to take home. Entertainments at Thanksgiving Christmas and Easter and Reunion for story-telling and song. The circulation of books and leaflets written for them: 'How to Keep Well' 'How to Behave' and 'Rules for the Care of Baby.'" Includes fundraiser and event information as musical performances to support the organization's work. Front cover is detached. Interior in very good condition. unknown books
196450886Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare - Welfare Administration Children's Bureau 1964. First Edition. Quarto. Staple-bound wrappers softcover; 85pp. Clean tight and unmarked; Near Fine. Includes reports of various subcommittees including Services for Adolescent Girls; Families & Children of Agricultural Migrants; Parent & Family Life Education; etc. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Welfare Administration, Children's Bureau unknown books
196450885Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare - Welfare Administration Children's Bureau 1964. First Edition. Quarto. Staple-bound wrappers softcover; 90pp. Mild crease to lower edge of text block else Very Good. Report on implementation of the 1962 amendments to the Social Security Act dealing with the extension of child welfare services including expansion of child day care services expanding services in rural communities increased budgets for training development and outreach etc. Introduction signed in type by Mildred Arnold Director of the Division of Social Services. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Welfare Administration, Children's Bureau unknown books
17691071972 vols. London: Newbery and Carnan 1769. 2 vols. 16mo xl 264; 286 2 adspp. Original quarter green vellum over black coated boards with paper label to spine. Slight wear and rubbing to extremities; else very good clean copies. § Two from the seven volume series which was an early attempt to introduce children to logic philosophy mathematics etc. All the early editions are scarce. Oliver Goldsmith has been named as a possible contributor to the series. Roscoe J663 and J694. Newbery and Carnan hardcover books
186845516Colombo: printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society 1868. 12mo pp. 30; engraved title page; original stiff blue pictorial wrappers; spined ends cracked else very good. Despite the title this small pamphlet covers not only the geography of the island of what is now the country of Sir Lanka but also the people commerce and government. One copy in OCLC as of March 2021 at the NYPL. <br/><br/> printed for the Christian Vernacular Education Society unknown books
1946215191Washington DC: CIO Department of Education & Research 1946. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure folded to 3.5x8.5 inches or 8.5x11 inches when unfolded designed to fit into a standard envelope very good. Summary of the CIO's positions notable for its use of photographs of multi-ethnic children. CIO Department of Education & Research unknown books
194549844Atlanta 1945. Paperback. Very Good. illustration 4p. Folded softcover leaflet with printed broadside page inserted. Narrow 21cm. <br/><br/> paperback books
16373Civil Rights Movement Four First Edition government reports related to the Civil Rights movement in the United States. The reports cover issues such as the ongoing struggles to desegregate schools problems with voter suppression for African-Americans and the ongoing struggles for equality. Comes with 2 original press photos of the Civil Rights Committee with President Eisenhower in 1959 and photo of new members the following year. This collection documents racial inequality in the 50's and 60"s that the government sought to address.<br/><br/>Two reports on the "Civil Rights Hearings before the Congressional Committee on Civil Rights": the 1959 report details proposed bills to strengthen the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and addresses issues such as Poll Taxes and the violent ways that white segregationists intimidated Black students from integrating such as making threats to bomb schools. The 1963 document includes a statement from President Kennedy that recognizes the progress made yet outlines priorities for Civil Rights legislation in the US including: voting rights and integrated education. "Civil rights USA: Public Schools Southern States 1963 North Carolina" details the barriers that President Kennedy spoke about with many examples of de facto segregationist policies in public schools. Many of these issues were addressed in the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 yet the "Hearing Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights" from 1966 includes over 600 pages of testimony regarding the ongoing fight for racial equality in the US with maps charts graphs and photographic illustrations throughout to support various testimony. All in very good condition with original wrappers; some minor soiling and discoloration. unknown books
16930Civil Rights Education Original silver gelatin print press photograph of Education-related Civil Rights demonstration in Chicago 1965. The protesters block the street in the heart of the city to protest for better public education for African-American students who faced overcrowding and segregated schools. 8 x 10 in. Iconic Chicago hotspots from that era such as McVicker's Theater and Tad's Steakhouse can be seen in the background of the photo. Original press caption printed above image: "Chicago: Two-hundred civil rights demonstrators were arrested here 6/12 when they stormed from the sidewalk at intersection of State and Madison and staged a mass sit-down. Here demonstrators sit in intersection in front of waiting police van after several were arrested. Demonstrators were marching to City Hall where they wanted to make a personal plea to Mayor Richard Daley to fire Benjamin Willis Superintendent of Schools." Stamped on verso "1965 June 12". Red and black markers at edges of image. Handwritten note along top edge not affecting image. Original press stamps and markings to verso. Very good condition. unknown books
189241503Mecklenburg VA 1892. Sewn gatherings disbound with remanants of perished leather spine. Wear and soiling throughout; some chips occasionally causing minimal textual loss; last leaf quite ragged to inner margin significantly affecting final third of text. Writing in general legible and neat. Good condition withal. 29 leaves of lined wove paper including 4 half-leaves. Lacking first leaf pp 1 - 2 of lecture notes; 4 stubs. Inconsistently hand-numbered throughout.Manuscript notes in ink and/or pencil to recto and verso of leaves with varying amounts of writing per pg. ~1500 words. Some intratextual hand-drawn illustrations and graphs to lecture notes. 11-1/2" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>A notebook that appears to have been intended for lecture notes kept by Presley Llewellyn Hinton Jr. during a science class at Randolph-Macon College from 1858 - 59 but that was employed for several different purposes by other members of his family during the same period and throughout the Civil War. The Hintons were slaveholders owning at least 13 slaves according to the 1860 slave schedule and longtime prominent members of the community. The lecture notes which comprise hand-numbered pp 3 - 30 and 51 - 55 are from lectures taught by B. Puryear Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy; subjects covered include fairly introductory material regarding dew evaporation electricity elements of chemistry hydrogen and nitrogen gas carbon etc. and the like. Following the first section of lecture notes three pages by one of the Hinton parents we speculate Mrs. Hinton detail Presley’s service in the Confederate Army Company A 3rd Virginia Cavalry as well as that of his brother William from 1861 - 63 largely their leave-taking and visits home: “My Son William Emmet Hinton joind the Confederate Army and left home on the 14th day May 1861 to join his company Mecklinburg Cavalry at Lockets Store near Lombardy Grove. Many relatives and friends met . . . to take leave of their dear sons relations & friends who consented with cheerfulness to leave their quiet and happy homes to battle against our enemy the Yankee who are worse than Indian savages Yea to go through all the hardships privations difficulties and attending a camp life. . . . My Son Presley Lewellyn Hinton joind the Confederate Army and left home on the 26th day May 1861 . . . He would have gone on with his brother William but he was not prepared as he had just returned from the University of Virginia . . .” Approximately 15 remaining pages interrupted by the last section of Presley’s lecture notes are filled with a detailed account record of tuition charged for teaching the daughters and some sons of local families which we speculate was kept by the boys’ sister primarily because of the type of lessons taught. These included piano lessons worsted work and samplers grammar arithmetic geography the history of England and philosophy; fees for ink copy books and other supplies are also included. Another account record follows for bonds of some sort in the same hand as other and a love letter from Presley to a Miss Annie fills both recto and verso of the final leaf. Interspersed with these and sometimes written over top in pencil are the youthful scribblings and pencilled math work of James H. Palmer also of Mecklinberg dated 1892; he appears to have used the manuscript for scrap paper. All in all a uniquely faceted manuscript illustrating many aspects of the life of one Virginia family during the Civil War as well as the paper shortages that likely occasioned such thrift. hardcover books
1894045748New York: Longmans Green & Co 1894. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Light sheflwear scattered mild foxing. 276pp ads. This is the first US edition. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045748. <br/><br/> Longmans Green & Co 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
1794030271Paris: Convention Nationale 1794. Disbound. Good . 19pp pamphlet issued by the Convention Nationale regarding the payment to soldiers defending France. Collot-D'Herbois was a playwright actor and essayist who was a member of The Committee on Public Safety Comites de Salut Public during the reign of terror. An attempt was made on his life in 1794 around the time of a similar attempt on the life of Robespierre that enhanced his reputation immeasurably. Mild general soiling and foxing but legible and only shows light wear at edges. Undated cas. 1794. Collot-D'Herbois was one of the few members of the Committee to escape the guillotine but was deported and died of yellow fever the next year. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Inventory No: 030271. <br/><br/> Convention Nationale unknown books
1940MMRM1139Chicago:: University of Chicago Press 1940. 1940. 8vo. xvi 304 pp. Green gilt-stamped cloth. Near fine. The Commission included 20 members among them: Willard C. Rappleye Fred L. Adair Arthur C. Bachmeyer Donald C. Balfour Robin C. Buerki and others. University of Chicago Press, 1940. hardcover books
S6275Dublin:: Alex. Thom n.d. 12mo. 143 1 pp. Black-stamped white cloth; covers a bit soiled. Very good. Printed after 1862. Alex. Thom, n.d. hardcover books
1941167420New York: Committee for the Defense of Public Education 1941. Four-panel brochure light toning. Bella Dodd was the chair of the Committee. Committee for the Defense of Public Education unknown books
1941164734New York: Committee for the Defense of Public Education 1941. 15p. very good in wraps. Bella Dodd was the chair of the Committee. Committee for the Defense of Public Education unknown books
1941109497New York: The Committee for the Defense of Public Education 1941. 32p. wraps slightly soiled. On the early attempt to purge New York schools of Communists. The Committee for the Defense of Public Education unknown books
1939197898Washington DC: GPO 1939. iv 214 p. lightly worn wraps faint library stamp. GPO unknown books
1940209524New York: Committee on Militarism in Education 1940. 4p. 8.5x11 inch brochure all text toned front cover listing a couple hundred co-signers. The Committee was established in 1925 by John Nevin Sayre Norman Thomas and E. Raymond Wilson. It disbanded in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Committee on Militarism in Education unknown books
1940209517New York: Committee on Militarism in Education 1940. 4p. 8.5x11 inch brochure with single-sheet mimeographed cover letter on Committee letterhead dated August 26 1940; very good. The Declaration lists a couple hundred co-signers. The Committee was established in 1925 by John Nevin Sayre Norman Thomas and E. Raymond Wilson. It disbanded in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Committee on Militarism in Education unknown books
197229914Harrisburg: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education 1972. First Edition. Quarto 28cm.; staplebound mimeographed self-wrappers; 69pp. About Fine. Evaluation document issued "In accordance with the intent of the Amendment to Article One of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which prohibits the denial or abridgement of rights because of sex." Issued and signed in facsimile by John C. Pittinger Secretary of Education. Unlocated in OCLC as of May 2016. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Education unknown books
193716268London: Communist Party of Great Britain 1937. First Edition. Three 12mo volumes. Staple-bound pamphlets; printed wrappers; 161619pp. Minor external soil; Very Good. First three volumes in the official study programme of the CPGB. The first volume exposes readers to the "general crisis of Capitalism;" the second provides first lessons in the theoretical framework of Marxism; the third provides a brief course in the history of socialism from the utopians through Marxism-Leninism. The series eventualy ran to six volumes. Communist Party of Great Britain unknown books
1956221348San Francisco: State Education Dept. California Communist Party 1956. Four panel brochure 5.5x8.5 inches minor soiling of rear panel else very good condition. State Education Dept., California Communist Party unknown books
1948262413New York: National Education Department Communist Party 1948. Pamphlet. 48p. staplebound pamphlet very good. The third printing of this pamphlet. National Education Department, Communist Party unknown books
