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17016Girls' Education Handwritten Memory album with 18 handwritten entries from friends and classmates of Female Student in Bear Lake MI. 1888-1892. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. Decorative cover with color portrait of a girl holding a letter and gilt title "Autographs." 5 x 8 inches. 80 pages. Original 6 x 4" black and white photograph portrait of original album owner pasted to inside front cover. "Edith LaRue" handwritten in blue ink along bottom edge. Color illustrations pasted in throughout. Loose portrait photo of a young man. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. Young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends tended to be the ones to create friendship albums. As is typical of the time most of the entries are non-personal pieces of poetry often with the recipient's name filled in several spots to "personalize" the entry. "Your album is a garden spot Where all your friends may sow. So I will plant for get me not And see if it will grow." Entries include several from "Your schoolmate and friend" or the like. Several decorative cutouts pasted in throughout the album of hands books letters birds bouquets and the American flag. Only last few pages are attached to binding. Dampstaining to top right corner of pages towards middle to the back. In good to very good condition. unknown books
17012Women College Handwritten Album Autograph album from the first women's college in Virginia .A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. 55 handwritten inscriptions from women students at Hollins Institute Hollins VA dated from 1884-1886. Original brown leather cover. 7.5 x 4.75 in. "Autographs" in gilt on front cover. 34 pages of handwriting. Original owner of memory book was Josephine Engelke from Brenham TX. Signatures of students of the all-women's Hollins Institute which later became Hollins College. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. All entries concern Hollins Institute which was the first women's college in Virginia. Many of them are made out to "Josephine." Lillie Strouse has written "Remember your roommate." another girl Lelia L has written "Never forget Hollins' Charming board which was composed of nine of Hollins nicest girls." One of the entries written by Emma Ina Johnson reads "Never forget the. grand time Mr. Cocke had getting us straight." Charles Lewis Cocke is properly known as the founder of Hollins. Hinges loose. Slight vertical warping to covers. Very good condition. unknown books
17014Women Education Handwritten Album Memory album from student at Female Academy in Springfield MA. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. Filled with 44 handwritten inscriptions dated 1876-1882 from classmates teachers and friends. 4.25 x 7 in. Original leather boards. 114 pages. Gilt "Autographs" and decorative detail to front cover. Two original illustrations of a bird one in color. Most entries are signed from schoolmates in Springfield MA. Memory albums held autographs sentiments and reminiscences of friends and schoolmates similar to yearbooks today. Young women particularly those finishing their time at a female academy and preparing to leave their school friends tended to be the ones to create friendship albums. Included is an entry from teacher Myra F. Hoffman who writes: "That your work in life may be always as cheerfully and faithfully performed as now is the wish of your friend and teacher."Â Many inscriptions directly reference school life. A entry from 1877 is titled "Schoolmate": "In your list of real friends My name I wish to see. And if a lasting friend you wish That friend you will find in me." Others sign off "Your Seat-mate" and one of 1882 is from "Your Sincere Friend and Classmate" and another "Friend and Schoolmate." One quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Do that which is assigned thee" says Emerson "and though canst not hope too much or dare too much." Interestingly one entry from 1877 entries is signed "Shang Hai China."Â Loss to leather spine though hinges are sound. Front and back cover are attached. Good to very good condition. unknown books
16850Scrapbook Album High school girl's scrapbook album with autographs photos and 107 pieces of ephemera including tickets table cards invitations and letters from c. 1929-1930. The Girl Graduate Her Own Book. Designed and illustrated by Louise Perrett and Sarah K. Smith. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Co. n.d. 190 pages. Original textured brown cloth boards. 9.25 x 6 in. Title and oval portrait of a young lady embossed on front cover. The book belongs to Germaine Smith Graduated from St. Anthony High School in Detroit. Table of contents include space for handwritten entries on: Class Yell or Motto Photographs Autographs Class Officers Teachers Class Prophecy Invitations Programmes Social Events Press Notices Gowns Presents Jokes and Frolics and the Baccalaureate Sermon. 36 handwritten inscriptions from classmates with poems and memories of time spent together. "In your chain of friendship Consider me a link." "When twilight pulls the curtain and joins it with a start Remember you have a friend though she wanders far." "According to Shakespeare May your life be 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' with everything 'As You Like It.'" Others look forward to the young ladies' futures beyond high school. "When you are old and sipping tea Remember your classmate of 1930." "Little sporty roadsters Little hugs and kisses Often make a little miss Change her name to Mrs." Also kind notes from the Sisters who led the school largely wishing their student's future happiness. "The happiest heart that ever beat was in some 'quiet' breast That sound the common daylight sweet and left to heaven the rest." "Although these words may simple be they bear you more than eye can see: 'God hold you ever in His care!'"<br/><br/>Many lovely pieces of ephemera documenting a teenage girl's social life included as well. Dried flower pressed on page 11. Very vibrant colorful table markers from dances with motifs such as ballet dancers harlequin clowns and bright birds and butterflies. Photographs and other items show the vibrant personality of the original owner. 13 photos of a girls posting in front of school and walking with nuns. Several items reference girls activity in sports such as news clippings on a women's speed skating competition and a program for a regional high school Gymnastics demonstration. Cutting that list Honor Roll and local events at the high school. Several programs and tickets for shows at local theaters in Detroit. Unique pair of "Shadowgraph Glasses" create a 3-D optical illusion with a blue lens for Left Eye and a red lens for Right Eye. Includes 1929 cutting from a Japanese-language newspaper. Light toning at page edges. Very good condition. 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
197925514Istanbul Turkey: American College for Girls 1979. 154 pages; about 5 pages are business supporter advertisements at back. Illustrated in black and white throughout with the graduates and classes teachers clubs sporting activities life-activities of this school in Istanbul now in its 155th year and known as Roberts College. Approx. 8" x 11" size; bound in printed paper covered boards. Spine paper chipped and worn backing loosening at top; volume firmly bound contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. American College for Girls hardcover books
1665039491Leyde: Jean Sambix 1665. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Good Condition. 2 volumes volume 1 is the second edition volume 2 the first. The Memoires were originally published in 1663. Rebound in later full leather now worn spines dry and cracked and the front board on volume 1 loose. Slight foxing internally and a few spots of minor discoloration - a nice pair of these memoires that the Encylopedia Brittanica described as "written with naive frankness and are extremely interesting". 431 and 385pp. Size: duodecimo 12mo. 2-volume set complete. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 039491. <br/><br/> Jean Sambix hardcover books
1761044319Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale 1761. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Rebound in half leather over marbled boards clean internally. One of the 12mo versions the same year as the 4to and 8vo. 147pp Sabin 3898. "A collection of state papers relative to the cession of Canada the limits of Louisiana the fisheries off Newfoundland Cape Breton Guadeloupe and other islands of the West Indies etc. preliminary to the treaty of 1762 which ended the old French war." Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; History. Inventory No: 044319. <br/><br/> L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
SKU1021745PN. PAPERBACK. Good. B00A0ZV2WA Minor wear has a good binding no marks or notations. PN paperback books
1959List920New York: NAACP 1959. Poster on heavy card stock 13 x 10 inches. Some foxing to edges near fine condition overall. Near Fine. In 1959 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education decision the NAACP coordinated a group of celebrations in churches throughout the country to celebrate Freedom Sunday. The effort led by Reverend Edward J. Odom Jr. the NAACP church Secretary involved over 100 local chapters across the country. The celebrations on May 17th were a part of a larger coordinated campaign by the NAACP to register voters raise funds and engage in desegregation projects. Coverage in the mainstream press was scant with several short articles on the celebrations appearing in a range of states including Michigan Alabama and Indiana. <br /> <br /> We find no other record of this poster promoting the event which was produced in New York and can't confirm whether it was distributed to local chapters. Overall a visually striking poster commemorating both the landmark court decision and the role that the church would play in the Civil Rights movement in general. NAACP unknown books
18223447Great Britain 1822. Comprised of 78 manuscript pages of mathematical definitions tables methods and exercises in a single hand with the ownership signature of Elizabeth Young and a running date made intermittently to the footers. Blue paper vernacular binding measuring 8 x 12 inches and stitched at spine; later tape reinforcement. Elizabeth's metric measurements and English currency reveal her to be a student somewhere in the UK. Though the commonness of her name prevents us from locating her specifically in genealogy records the manuscript she left behind reveals much about her.<br/><br/>Elizabeth's notebook is composed in a meticulous cursive hand with neat headers each dated and her name to many of the footers. Section each have a definition leading into rules and from there into word problems and calculations. Each new section progresses in complexity requiring Elizabeth to conduct longer calculations and combine a variety of arithmetical methods multiplication division addition subtraction. Some of these are generic questions about distance or weight; but others urge the student to devotion even as she works in a logical field "How many Hours Minutes and Seconds elapsed since the birth of Christ which is 1808 years ago assuming 365 days to a year". Some put Elizabeth in contact with the world of commerce and supply chain "The yearly export of Brandies from France is said to amount to 25000 tons. What is the value of this quantity at 5s6p per Gallon". Still others prepare her for the maintenance and management of a household or a business "If a servant's wages be 12.12 for 52 weeks how much is that a year" or "If 1728 Elegant wine glasses were bought for £65.2s how must they be sold per dozen or per glass to gain Ten Guineas by the sale of the whole".<br/><br/>A portion of seven pages near the center of the book offers a telling anomaly. While it continues in Elizabeth's neat hand these entries from January-February 1822 list goods purchased by community members from merchants several of whom are women. If these are a part of a school exercise they do not show the marks of it. Rather they appear to be Elizabeth making real-life notations keeping track of accounts for herself or someone else. In this sense the word problems she records and practices are being applied in her own life.<br/><br/>An exceptional document Elizabeth's notebook has research possibilities including but not limited to the history of education in the UK and trans-Atlantic comparisons the history of women's education the effects of class on girls' education mathematics approaches to teaching math to girls historical measurements women in business paleography and women's and gender studies. unknown books
18503448Great Britain 1850. Comprised of 88 manuscript pages of mathematical definitions tables methods and exercises in a single hand with the ownership signature of "Caroline Waters Age 16 yrs" to the front endpaper. Marbled paper vernacular binding measuring 8 x 12 inches and stitched at spine. Caroline's metric measurements and English currency reveal her to be a student somewhere in the UK. Though the commonness of her name and the absence of a specific date prevents us from locating her in genealogy records the manuscript she left behind reveals much about how and why girls of her age and class were being taught arithmetic.<br/><br/>Caroline's elegant practiced hand suggests that she is a member of the rising middle class and the opening of the book suggests that she is a beginning to intermediate mathematician. At the top of the first page she defines Arithmetic as "the art of computing by numbers" which "has five principal sic rules for this purpose viz. Numeration Subtraction Addition Multiplication and Division." Using this definition she divides her notebook into a section for each providing a definition for that principle plus clear-cut examples of its use in both Simple and Compound formats. Numeration Subtraction and Addition are grouped together at the front; and after these sections conclude Caroline enters in Practical Questions in Compound Addition and Subtraction. These involve word problems involving the exchange of money and the calculation of wet and dry weights cloth measurements and time. She then mirrors this with Multiplication and Division before adding sections on Decimal Fractions more Practical Questions and sections on Federal Money and Simple Interest.<br/><br/>The organization of the manuscript suggests that Caroline copied it out for continued reference where sections are easy to locate and problems clearly illustrate each of the principles. And the emphasis in sample problems on currency conversion monetary exchange and banking implies that her family in some way wanted her to be aware of these concepts.<br/><br/>An exceptional and rich document Caroline's notebook is a rich resource for study including but not limited to the history of women's education middle class education women's domestic use of mathematics women in business paleography genealogy gender studies. unknown books
19972309568New York: Houghton Mifflin 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. Faintly rubbed. 1997 Hard Cover. The ultimate math resource for school or home Math on Call has everything you need for math success. Math on Call also includes a handy Almanac with math prefixes problem-solving strategies study tips guidelines for using spreadsheets and databases test-taking strategies helpful lists and tables and more. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1886045060New York: Harper's Brothers 1886. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Fair Condition. Original olive cloth a bit dulled shaken rear joint cracked and pastedown torn; two pages browned from something left in the book otherwise bright internally. Well illustrated and including the folding colored map. Howes D575 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 045060. <br/><br/> Harper's Brothers hardcover books
18792316Connecticut 1879. Near Fine. Archive of 13 handwritten manuscript essays composed by a Connecticut schoolgirl. Comprised of approximately 40 pages of autograph material written in ink by the same neat hand and signed "Carrie Breed." In addition to titles the majority of essays are dated and include Breed's school name and location. An exciting and interesting look into the work of a diligent young woman excited in particular about the female authors of her own time.<br/><br/>Founded in 1851 Parker Academy was a boarding school that boasted "a healthy location a tidy village an orderly community and a most beautiful valley with pleasant surroundings -- a good place for an institution of education" Historic Buildings of Connecticut. While little else is known about the school the manuscript assignments of Carrie Breed reveal a curriculum that emphasized traditional feminine skills such as polite conversation and elegant handwriting as well as more rigorous subjects including literature composition and botany. The earliest works contained in this archive are three copy exercises assigned to Carrie to practice forming her handwriting; and they speak to her own burgeoning literary interests. The first "Scenes of Childhood" is an assignment drawn from Charles Northend's The American Speaker Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose Poetry or Dialogue Designed for Exercises in School 1856. Yet the two that follow later in the academic year of 1875-76 appear to be selections chosen by Carrie herself as an instructor has added pencil notations "taken from Miss Alcott in Little Women." Published not even a decade before Alcott's novel about sisterhood and women's lives made an impact on girls across America; and here with more assertive mature penmanship Carrie copies out the long passages of "My Beth" and "In the Garrett" written by Alcott's character the aspiring author Jo. <br/><br/>The remaining essays in the archive contain Carrie's own reflections and writing as she matures as a student and thinker. Content is largely focused on moral concepts such as Influence Benevolence and Hospitality although two essays also consider the domestic work of cultivating house plants and performing house cleaning. In two essays Carrie reflects on her relationship to the seasons and to the experience of walking in the woods. The final essay as she nears the end of her time in school and likely reflects on her future as a wife and mother she writes on Filial Trust. As the months and academic years pass it is possible to see her penmanship and her thinking begin to change from those of a girl into those of a young woman with her own mind.<br/><br/>With rich research possibilities in fields including but not limited to the history of women's education paleography contemporary receptions to women's literature the history of American education and gender studies. Near Fine. unknown books
1887298258New York: Hall of the Board of Education 1887. hardcover. very good. 392pp. 12mo original brown blind-stamped brown cloth gold insignia on front cover. New York: Hall of the Board of Education. 1887. Very good.<br/><br/> Hall of the Board of Education unknown books
188626669Syracuse N.Y.: C.W. Bardeen Publisher 1886. xv 185 pages; with fold-out chart frontispiece showing the original counties of New York the date of their organization and how other counties have grown out of them and in turn their date of organization. A later printing of this educational text of the 19th century of chief interest for its extensive manuscript notes annotations and a few of bits of ephemera of the time; the notes are accomplished in a penciled legible hand and regard various updates to the printed facts changes in administration and lists of convenience for reference - an example of one readers' perspective and method of learning regarding New York State & national civil education of the time. Ephemera includes a die-cut color Chinaman; an African-American - related & another paper clipping tipped-in. Approx. 4 3/4" x 7" size; bound in the original beveled-edge plum cloth gilt spine titles dulled. Edge tips wear-through and rubbing to the binding one page 1/2 torn away within the Organization of the Assembly section; contents in generally good condition; a good historical perspective on late 19th century civil education via the owner annotations. Forty-First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. C.W. Bardeen, Publisher hardcover books
1925025667New York: Adelphi 1925. First U.s. Cloth. Good -. Heavy wear and chipping to cloth at head and tail of spine - toning to spine a few pencil marks in margins. Good reading copy of a scarce book by the author of Proposals for London Improvements; First Railway in London and others. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: History; Inventory No: 025667. <br/><br/> Adelphi hardcover 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
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
21639Nashville TN: Methodist Church. 12mo pp. 95. Paper wraps. Owner's name on cover little worn o/w VG. A booklet of hymns folksongs etc. for group singing. Methodist Church unknown books
1794046754New York: T. Allen 1794. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Fair Condition. Full period sheep boards reattached with tape worn. First volume is lacking the title and most of the first page of the first letter - separate title for volume 2. First few pages worn at edges some scattered foxing smal ldampstain near the end. 219pp with a separate title for vol 2 but paginated continuously. The 2nd America edition. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046754. T. Allen hardcover books
183063Bergamo: Dalla Stamperia Mazzoleni 1830. 24mo. 130 x 85 mm 5 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches. 32 24 pp. Contemporary red morocco gilt-tooled borders and spine. A lovely copy. First edition. Superb copy of this seemingly unrecorded volume designed to raise funds for the maintenance of girls' schools north of Bergamo near the Swiss border. It is published by the 'Pia opera di Santa Dorotea' an Italian movement founded in 1815 to provide education for female orphans. The volume contains two separately paginated parts each in the form of a letter. The first describes in a cheerful style the work of the schools the directors and assistants all female and the flavor of the education the girls receive; all the girls learn to read and write and educated in virtues of piety and charity. Contrasting the petulance nascent malice and puerile nature of many girls with that of those in the care of the Santa Dorotea schools the author notes that 'the education of these peasant girls is a miracle.' The author describes some of the highlights of the school year including the feast of St. Tecla 'a spectacular event'. At the end of the first part there is an advertisement for the charity's publication Pia opera di Santa Dorotea Bergamo 1830. The second part consists of a dialogue between the author of the first letter and two potential donors to the charity who after more discussion about the administration of the schools agree to make a donation. Not in cited in NUC SBN or OCLC. 63. [Dalla Stamperia Mazzoleni] unknown books
1709519th c. Women Education Handwritten letter from the superintendent of the Young Ladies' Athenaeum in Jacksonville IL. June 24 1879. On official letterhead for the school with a large engraving of campus buildings. 2 pages. 10 x 8 inches. Superintendent of the school William Sander writes to recommend a graduate Nellie Stevenson for employment as a music teacher. Stating in part: "She was graduated from the Atheneum in the Class of 1873 with much credit.and since her graduation has taught in Peoria Co. and this County; and I am informed she gives excellent satisfaction to her Pupils and their Parents. All that I have heard of her since her graduation has been most honorable to her both as a lady and a musician." The Young Ladies' Athenaeum was founded in 1864 and was later incorporated into Illinois College in Jacksonville. Light handling wear. "Please return to Nellie Stevenson" written in pencil on verso. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
1709219th c. Women Education Handwritten letter of admission for two sisters to Gorham Female Seminary in Gorham ME. May 6 1845. Addressed to A.P. Patterson Esq. in Kennebunkport Maine. 1 page on folded sheet. 10 x 8 in. "Dear Sir I am happy to inform you that your daughters can be admitted to the Seminary agreeably to your request. And that rooms will be selected and and reserved for them. The next term will commence on Thursday the 15th." Gorham Female Seminary was established in 1838 as the women's branch of Gorham Academy formerly co-educational. In 1879 it became the Gorham State Teachers' College and the historic campus is now part of University of Southern Maine. Original fold lines. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
