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19782090502113710047Not Available 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1920179821920. Archive of eight silver gelatin photographs and one albumen portrait documenting the social life theatrical productions and group identity of a women's sorority at MacMurray College in Jacksonville Illinois circa 1920. Photographs range from 7" x 5" to 3.5" x 3.5" and bear the imprint of local photographers Vail & Vail along with negative numbers in the lower margins. The collection offers an unusually intimate view of collegiate women's culture during the early twentieth century. The centerpiece is a large formal group portrait showing dozens of sorority members assembled on the front steps of their residence behind a banner marked "1920." The women wear matching white dresses white stockings and shoes black neck bows and close-fitting caps presenting a carefully organized display of unity and institutional pride.<br /> <br /> In contrast several other photographs reveal a far more playful side of campus life. A series of images document what appears to be a student theatrical production or costume party with approximately twenty-seven participants dressed in an eclectic assortment of historical literary and gender-bending costumes. Some women appear in male attire while others wear period dress character outfits and theatrical makeup. One participant holds a sign reading "The Cat That Walked Alone" likely referencing Rudyard Kipling's well-known story. Additional photographs show staged scenes rehearsals and informal gatherings capturing moments of humor friendship and performance. Three photographs bear handwritten identifications on the verso. One small portrait depicting a young woman standing alone outdoors is captioned "Pieface" beneath the image suggesting a nickname used within the sorority circle. One photograph has a clipped corner; otherwise the archive remains in very good condition.<br /> <br /> Throughout the archive the subjects display a striking range of expressions and poses. While some photographs maintain the expected formality of the era others capture candid interactions as women laugh whisper mug for the camera and engage with one another in ways seldom preserved in official college photography. Together the images document both the public and private dimensions of sorority life during a period when women's colleges and campus organizations played a central role in social and intellectual development. <br /> MacMurray College founded in 1846 and operating until 2020 was one of the Midwest's longstanding women's educational institutions. These photographs provide a vivid record of the camaraderie ritual and theatrical creativity that characterized student life there in the years immediately following World War I. unknown
19382082402113504210Sanseido 1938. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: books Sanseido paperback
19302082402113502946Tokyo Kaisei-kan 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Tokyo Kaisei-kan paperback
19938692165Routledge 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN:041590627X Routledge hardcover
19682082402113503251Kokudosha 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: books Kokudosha paperback
19829881585Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 1982. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:0715614347 Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd paperback
2090502113707708Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19985755012UCL Press 1998. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:1857287983 UCL Press hardcover
1923178791923. Photograph archive 1923-1947 documenting student life institutional traditions and ceremonial practices at Vassar College New York a leading women's college established in 1861 and associated with the Seven Sisters network of elite institutions for women's higher education. The images focus on recurring campus rituals such as Class Day and Commencement including extensive coverage of the daisy chain procession in which selected sophomore students carry a long chain of daisies and laurel as part of graduation ceremonies. The photographs provide visual evidence of how such traditions reinforced community identity leadership roles and gendered expectations within early twentieth-century academic environments for women. Additional images depict Commencement gatherings campus architecture and student labor in garden settings as well as participation in nursing training activities situating the archive within broader developments in women's education professional preparation and civic engagement across the interwar and immediate postwar periods.<br /> <br /> Archive of 36 black and white silver gelatin photographs dated between 1923 and 1947 with individual images marked by years including 1923 1924 1925 1930 and 1947 and measuring approximately 4.5 x 2.75 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Twelve photographs document the daisy chain tradition showing students in white dresses carrying the ceremonial chain; one image includes a contemporary clipping noting the participants as "the 22 prettiest sophomores." Nineteen photographs depict Commencement ceremonies including views of graduating classes faculty processions and assembled spectators. Additional images include views of Taylor Hall campus landscapes and students engaged in gardening and nursing-related activities. The archive captures changes in dress ceremony and campus use across multiple decades.<br /> <br /> Thirty-six photographs with light wear consistent with handling and age; overall very good condition. A cohesive visual record of institutional traditions and student experience at a major American women's college during the first half of the twentieth century. unknown
1900179971900. Archive of five annual reports issued by Homerton College Cambridge covering the academic years 1900-1905. Octavo pamphlets measuring approximately 7" x 5" ranging from 11 to 24 pages each. Illustrated with seven black-and-white photographs depicting campus buildings classrooms and college administrators along with an engraved view of the college. The 1902 and 1903 reports feature photographic views of Homerton College on their front wrappers. Original printed paper covers titled "Report of the Congregational Board of Education for the Year Ending Year."<br /> <br /> Founded in 1695 Homerton College occupies a significant place in the history of British education and was among the institutions that expanded educational opportunities for women during the nineteenth century. By the mid-1800s women were being admitted to study at Homerton making the college an important center for female teacher training and higher education at a time when academic opportunities for women remained limited. These reports document the institution during a period of growth and modernization at the turn of the twentieth century. The pamphlets provide a detailed record of academic instruction enrollment finances faculty activities campus improvements and student life. The 1901 report opens with a confident assessment of the college's progress noting that "All the students passed the usual tests very satisfactorily" and concluding that "Everything in this College shows marks of progress and bears testimony to the vigour of its administration." Beyond academic matters the reports offer valuable glimpses into everyday student culture. Accounts of clubs and extracurricular activities reveal an active collegiate community including the popular Cycling Club which reported in 1905 that members "visited many of the villages near Cambridge and held its annual picnic at Clayhithe" while noting that a newly constructed bicycle shed had become "a great convenience by all who have brought their machines up with them."<br /> <br /> Taken together the reports provide an unusually rich portrait of institutional development and student experience at one of Britain's pioneering centers for women's education. They illuminate not only the administrative concerns of the college but also the social networks recreational activities and evolving culture of female higher education during the Edwardian era. Several covers bear institutional Board of Education Library stamps with three retaining library labels on the rear wrappers. Minor contemporary manuscript notations appear on some covers. Light wear and handling consistent with use; overall very good condition. unknown
19482081402109703071Insatsu-kyoku 1948. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Insatsu-kyoku paperback
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19482090502113717321Not Available 1948. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1843JC12826Buffalo New York 1843. Ephemera. Near Fine. Three items. 1 Single printed leaf regarding mostly the institute's finance or lack thereof. Flattened creases from folding; a few small notations on the verso in a contemporary hand. It includes the timely remark: "There have been complaints that the rates of tuition are too dear for the times." Date 1 March 1843. 2 Single printed leaf 250x200mm in 2 different types with flattened creases from folding addressed by hand to Dr. Burwell of Pearl Street. Invitation to a meeting of the friends of education to be held at the Mansion House for the purpose of adopting a plan for the permanent establishment of the Buffalo Female Institute. 3 Partially printed form with manuscript entries single leaf 208x135mm. Report Card for Miss Delia S. Austin signed by her teacher Julia B. Ackley and her parent; recording Ms. Austin's attendance and grading her Composition and Penmanship. <br/><br/> unknown
023119Saudi Arabnia nd: Dar Al-Hilal Offset Printing Press. Quarto. 1032pp. text in Arabic illustrated with color photographic images of King Saud late King Yaz bib Abdul King Faisal bin Abdulaziz and several other royals. The General Presidency for Girls Education also known as the Directorate General for Girls Education was an independent government entity in Saudi Arabia that regulated nearly all forms of women's education in the country from 1959 to 2002 independent from supervision of the Ministry of Knowledge. Established in 1959 through a royal decree issued by King Saud. It supervised both state-run and private schools for girls except foreign ones and exercised powers parallel to the Ministry of Knowledge which then only had authority over schools with male students. It was dissolved and subsequently merged with the Ministry of Knowledge in the aftermath of the Mecca girls' school fire incident in 2002. A lovely copy bound in green velvet lettered and decorated in gilt Housed within a green velvet clamshell. 16 pages with wrinkling along bottom edge with one page having a small closed edge tear. Gutter of last page appears to have been reglued at some point. In all a very nice copy. Dar Al-Hilal Offset Printing Press unknown
1930168501930. Germaine Smith high school scrapbook 1929-1930 documenting female student life Catholic education and youth social networks in interwar Detroit. Created by a graduating student of St. Anthony High School the album preserves written exchanges photographs and ephemera that record peer relationships institutional culture and expectations for young women at the end of secondary education. The volume supports research on women's education adolescent identity formation and the role of religious schooling in shaping social and moral frameworks during the late 1920s.<br /> <br /> Scrapbook album titled "The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book" compiled by Germaine Smith of St. Anthony High School in Detroit containing 107 pieces of ephemera including tickets invitations table cards programs letters newspaper clippings and pressed flowers along with 13 photographs depicting female students posing at school and walking with nuns. The album includes 36 handwritten inscriptions from classmates and teachers featuring poems and personal messages such as "In your chain of friendship Consider me a link" and "When you are old and sipping tea Remember your classmate of 1930" alongside reflections on future marriage and adulthood. Additional contents include references to girls' athletics such as speed skating and gymnastics programs honor roll listings theater tickets from Detroit venues and a Japanese language newspaper clipping. A pair of "Shadowgraph Glasses" with colored lenses is also present illustrating contemporary novelty entertainment.<br /> <br /> Produced at the close of the 1920s this scrapbook captures the intersection of education religion and social life for young women during a period of shifting expectations around gender roles and modern leisure. The presence of Catholic instructional figures athletic participation and popular entertainment materials situates the compiler within both institutional and urban cultural environments. The handwritten entries emphasize friendship morality and anticipated life transitions providing insight into how young women articulated identity and community at graduation. Light toning at page edges with general handling wear; overall very good. A cohesive and content rich example of female student life and social documentation in early twentieth century America. unknown
1827167051827. Manuscript friendship album compiled for a young woman identified as Eliza containing poetry essays and inscriptions dated principally 1827 in New York documenting the literary culture and social practices associated with women's education in the Early Republic period. The album provides evidence of the handwritten exchange culture that flourished among young women attending academies and seminaries during the early nineteenth century when manuscript albums functioned as both literary exercises and social keepsakes marking transitions from formal schooling into adulthood. The contents emphasize moral instruction refinement religion sentiment and intellectual self-cultivation through contributions focused on friendship nature happiness morality and the perceived civilizing influence of women. Particularly notable is the opening manuscript essay "On Woman" which argues for women's moral authority within society: "By her genial influence the heart of man naturally prone to yield to the dictates of error is almost imperceptibly led into the paths of refinement." The manuscript offers primary-source evidence for the study of female education sentimental authorship and gender ideology in antebellum America.<br /> Album containing approximately 90 handwritten pages with twelve poems essays and inscriptions contributed by multiple hands several specifically dated New York 1827. Entries include "On Happiness and Contentment" "On the Beauties of Nature" "On the Mind" and "On Man" alongside verses celebrating friendship and social intimacy among young women. One humorous contribution addressed directly to Eliza reads in part: "Eliza thou hast vex'd me quite; for oh! that pen and ink! How couldst thou ask me for to write" before concluding "For one sweet Kiss I'll write without one blot." The combination of moral essays sentimental poetry playful verse and reflective compositions illustrates the literary training encouraged within female academies where copying composition and exchange albums formed part of broader educational and social practices. The manuscript preserves numerous distinct hands and compositional styles underscoring its collaborative nature as a communal record of friendship and intellectual accomplishment.<br /> 90 pages. Original boards. Measures 8 x 5 inches. Light toning and foxing throughout. Front hinge loose but holding. Very good condition overall. Substantial surviving example of early nineteenth-century American women's manuscript culture preserving firsthand evidence of literary education gendered social exchange and friendship networks among young women in 1820s New York. unknown
1813150361813. Women's education materials 1813-1926 document the lived experience of female schooling across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries including seminary training scientific study and political awareness prior to national suffrage. The grouping places early republic religious education alongside mid-nineteenth-century academic instruction and late nineteenth-century political consciousness concluding with a twentieth-century pedagogical lecture directed toward women teachers. Together the materials capture women's direct engagement with intellectual scientific and civic life through personal correspondence and formal educational discourse.<br /> <br /> Four items 1813-1926 consisting of three Autograph Letters Signed and one printed pamphlet. 1 Hillner Louis. Autograph Letter Signed in response to guardian of Eliza Climer. Bethlehem April 22 1813. Two letters on one sheet including a request from Climer's guardian for her removal from the Bethlehem Female Seminary and Hillner's reply noting that she "lamented and wept" at the prospect of leaving and petitioned to remain which he supports as "for her best" if permitted to continue her studies. 2 Hemstreet Eloise. Autograph Letter Signed to her mother 1854. Letter describing her school as "the best of schools and one of the edens of the earth" with specific reference to scientific instruction and anticipation of viewing "the eclipse through the telescope" indicating active participation in astronomy. 3 Unidentified student. Autograph Letter Signed. Western Female Seminary Oxford Ohio October 19 1879. Letter discussing recent gubernatorial elections and public political discourse stating "The principal topic here for the last week has been the election.It will be so nice to be at home next Presidential Election" documenting student engagement with electoral politics prior to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. 4 Gould Frederick J. Why Educate Chesterfield: National Union of Women Teachers 1926. Printed pamphlet of a lecture delivered before women educators advocating intellectual breadth beyond rote instruction declaring "Education must no longer bend over the desk and cramp its soul into spelling writing and sums.It must live in and live by and live for great ideas."<br /> <br /> Female seminaries in the early nineteenth century including Bethlehem Female Seminary operated within religious institutional frameworks that emphasized moral discipline alongside academic study while mid-century curricula increasingly incorporated scientific subjects such as astronomy. By the late nineteenth century women students were actively observing and discussing electoral politics despite lacking formal voting rights indicating participation in public discourse prior to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Gould's 1926 lecture reflects interwar educational reform movements that advocated broader intellectual development for both teachers and students. Minor fold lines and light handling wear to manuscript letters; pamphlet with slight edge wear and light toning; text throughout clear and legible; overall very good condition. A chronologically layered grouping demonstrating continuity and change in women's educational experience from early seminary culture to modern pedagogical theory. unknown
1941209861941. Gregson Anita. A.P. Mission City School archive 1941-1942 documenting girls' education missionary activity and community life in Ambala Punjab during World War II. This material records daily instruction social interaction and local conditions within a mission-run school for girls alongside written correspondence and institutional reporting that situate the school within wartime pressures and colonial India's educational landscape. The archive provides direct evidence of classroom practices gendered education and the integration of local families into school environments as well as the impact of global conflict on regional communities.<br /> <br /> Archive comprises 21 original black and white and sepia photographs one typed letter and one annual report. Photographs measuring approximately 2" x 3" to 3" x 5" frequently bear handwritten or typed captions on the verso likely by Anita Gregson identifying subjects and activities. Images show groups of schoolgirls engaged in classroom exercises and outdoor instruction including one scene of students constructing a ground map of India to illustrate agricultural production. Another photograph depicts a semicircle of young children seated outdoors during a lesson with their teacher identified as Miss Atmaran and a veiled mother observing her burkha partially drawn back. Additional images document craft instruction including girls weaving coconut palm leaves into fans and producing woven ties on frames. Musical activity is also present with students playing instruments. Beyond the school photographs depict village life in Punjab including oxen operating a water-drawing mechanism children gathered around a missionary playing a ukulele and a merchant carrying goods suspended from a yoke. The accompanying letter dated June 14 1942 from Gregson to a correspondent in New York references World War II noting international observances and local enlistment: "The young men in our Indian community are continuing to sign up for the army navy and air force." The annual report for the 1941-1942 school year details wartime financial strain fundraising efforts and instructional programs including an adult literacy course for women teaching reading writing and arithmetic.<br /> <br /> Created while India functioned as part of the British Empire during World War II these materials document the intersection of missionary education wartime mobilization and local social life. The inclusion of adult literacy instruction for women reflects ongoing efforts to expand female education under colonial conditions while the letter and report connect the school directly to global conflict and its local consequences. Light wear and minor fading to photographs; handling wear present. Letter on thin paper with tears and fragility consistent with wartime materials poor to fair condition; remaining materials overall very good condition. This archive provides a concentrated visual and textual record of girls' education and community experience in wartime Punjab. unknown
1918166281918. Unidentified compiler. Photograph album of young woman student 1911-1918 documents school life recreation and community activity in Washington State and the Pacific Northwest during the 1910s. The album centers on a female student's progression from school-age years through graduation capturing educational environments organized physical activities and civic participation. The material records the presence of young women in structured school settings alongside informal leisure and public events providing visual evidence of student life and gendered social experience in the years surrounding the First World War.<br /> <br /> Photograph album. Washington State and British Columbia 1911-1918. Oblong format 7 x 10.5 inches containing 209 gelatin silver print photographs mounted across 40 pages supplemented by 12 postcards depicting locations in Washington State and Victoria British Columbia. The images include a graduation portrait of a young woman in cap and gown holding a pennant reading "Haddon H.S. 1911" along with later images referencing "1918" suggesting continued documentation across her school years. Photographs depict female students engaged in organized activities including tennis bicycling and calisthenics with groups of girls in uniform marching in formation across open fields. Additional sequences show camping excursions with tents and forest settings indicating school-sponsored outdoor programs. The album also includes scenes of younger children in school environments at play and participating in staged productions some in historical or theatrical costume including colonial-era dress and one child in a Japanese kimono. Community scenes include parades with extensive displays of American flags and images of shipbuilders at work situating the album within a broader civic and labor context. Scattered captions in manuscript such as "cutie" and "happy" provide limited but personal commentary.<br /> <br /> The album spans a period of expanding public education and increasing visibility of organized physical training and extracurricular programming for girls reflecting broader educational reforms of the early twentieth century. The inclusion of civic events and industrial labor scenes connects student life to wider community structures during the wartime era. The Pacific Northwest setting including references to regional institutions such as the University of Washington situates the material within a developing regional identity shaped by education industry and cross-border movement. Black cloth boards with light handling wear; photographs generally well-preserved with occasional minor wear; album complete and fully populated; overall very good condition. A substantial visual record of female student experience and community life in the early twentieth-century Pacific Northwest. unknown
19999957306Garland Publishing 1999. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN:9780815324676 Garland Publishing hardcover
2090502113712692Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2080202103701753National Education Research Institute N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Page number: 187p Size: 26cm B5 National Education Research Institute paperback
19412090502128300700Shubunkan 1941. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shubunkan paperback