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1692044549Lyon / Grenoble: Claude Naulot; Faure et Fils 1692. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Very Good Condition. Later leather backed boards spine rubbed hinges cracked. The Geometrie Pratique bound here last is a quite rare book on surveying but missing the final page - the text seems to end on 48 but other copies show 49 pages and the folding plate. Accompanying it are two almanacs from Dauphiné a region in the Southeast of France. xliv 179pp plus privilege and table; 242pp; xx 48pp. The Geometrie is prefaced by un extrait du droit François & L'Invention des Arbres. Geometrie trimmed a bit close at the top including on the title. Size: Octavo 8vo. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Mathematics; History. Inventory No: 044549. <br/><br/> Claude Naulot; Faure et Fils hardcover books
1611044067Venice: Alessandro Vecchi 1611. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum lacking the front endpaper and inner joint cracked a few mild creases and tears light to moderate foxing scattered light damp staining to bottom margin four pages in early or contemporary manuscript apparently a printing error pages 114 115 126 and 127. 27 366 2 296pp 175 leaves. With 26 full page woodcuts with a few repeated and numerous in text woodcuts. The first book is festooned with cuts with a few in the second and smaller vignette illustrations in the third book. A very attractively illustrated work - it went through a number of editions with similar illustrations from 1604 to the late 17th century. Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044067. <br/><br/> Alessandro Vecchi hardcover 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
16813Girls' Education Handwritten original essays on literary figures from a female high school student. 25 illustrations of literary historical figures and their homes including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow John Greenleaf Whittier Charles Dickens Paul Revere Sir Walter Scott and James Russell Lowell. c. 1912. Original black boards and red cloth spine. 84 pages. 9 3/4 x 8 inches. Illustration all 8 x 5 1/2 in. "Freshman English and Sophomore English Note-book. Mildred Benjamin" written on first page in blue pen. Handwritten biographical reports of all those with aforementioned portraits. Also includes incomplete entries for Tennyson and George Eliot. "John Greenleaf Whittier was born in Haverhill Mass.the house still stands in which Whittier was reared.Whittier was taken with illness while visiting at the home of his friend.he had a slight paralytic stroke which produced a difficulty in taking food o medicine and it was plain that he could not be removed to Annesbury where he had always hoped to die. He was conscious to the last and was grateful to everyone. He had little acute pain. He lay all night in peace and died in the morning."Charles Dickens: "The boy Charles was not strong but nevertheless before he was ten years old he was obliged to earn his own living. He was placed in a blacking warehouse an old ramshackle house near the Thames. The scenes in which he was brought up were the most degrading ones possible.During this time he spent much of his time in the reading room of the British Museum.In 1842 he made his first trip to America. Just before going he wrote Oliver Twist in which he exposed the abuses of the poor law system." Press clippings on final pages for articles on Charles Dickens and John Greenleaf Whittier. Images of Longfellow's birthplace in Maine Whittier's birthplace and homes in Massachusetts "Gadshill" Dickens's home Sir Walter Scott's estate and "Elmswood" Lowell's home in Cambridge MA. Final press clipping contains a chapter of Ralph D. Paine's novel The Cross and the Dragon published 1912. Cover and spine detached from pages. First and last page toned foxing on first portrait of Longfellow else clean. Very good condition. unknown books
16825Memory album with photographs newspaper clippings and rare mementos from a high school girl in 1930 in Ohio. 23 original gelatin print photos approximately 4.5 x 2.75 in. Signatures and handwritten inscriptions from over 100 classmates teachers and friends. "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" Designed and Illustrated by Louise Perrett and Sarah K. Smith. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Co. n.d. 9 x 6 in. Original boards. "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" in gilt and illustrations of flowers and a young lady on the front cover. 190 pages. Original owner's name and high school written on label printed inside front cover: Gertrude M. Avery Graduated from Bowling Green Senior High "1930". 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. One newspaper clipping lists all of the graduates who were bound for college; notably 18 of the names listed are women.<br/><br/>75 signatures and handwritten inscriptions from classmates. Many include short lines about friendship and school memories. "School days are your happiest days Enjoy them while you're young And become old another day". "Count me as a brick in your chimney of friendship." Some write a shorter but more personal line: "A fellow sufferer in English". Many look towards their futures as wives: "May your life be bright and sunny and your hubby fat and funny." "Come and see me hubby April 28 1935". "When you are married and living at your ease Remember you have a friend who is single and does as pleases. -"Al" Aline Allison". Several sign off with colorful nicknames such as Zoot Midge and Bud. 18 photos of classmates. People are identified by given names although one is simply labeled "pals" though not the context. Many photos appear to be outside of a large school building and two images show "our bus" including the driver and all 28 students who rode it. Two show young ladies labeled "me" Elthel & Maria standing in slacks. Two others shows the subjects in costumes "Lyle & Sally" are dressed in vintage costumes and "Paul Smith" appears to wear a dress and pearl necklace on the following page. 15 additional signatures from classmates p. 120.<br/><br/>22 signatures from teachers and 3 photos. Also portrait of the album owner and photo of her and friend in their Graduation Dresses. 50 pieces of ephemera including programs for musical performances and school plays. Napkins paper flowers press clippings about school dances. Ticket to the Senior Day Steak Roast at City Park. 3 invitations including enveloped pasted in with commencement invitation inside. Includes a handwritten list of gifts received such as: Three Dollars Modernistic Vanity Looking Glass Fancy Hanger and Perfume Atomizer. 4 cards and letter that accompanied gifts pasted in. Scarlet and gray ribbons in school colors. Check receipts for items related to academic fees and class finances. Newspaper clippings list school events and graduation announcements. "Seniors Look Like Gay Nineties Making Whoopee Whoopee Whoopee!" Also a notice about a girls basketball tournament: ".the last game of the girls interscholastic basketball to be played in Bowling Green." Final pages include newspaper clippings of school friends marriage announcements from the years following their graduation. Light scuffs to cover. Some wear to interior front hinge. Very good condition. unknown books
194068740Los Angeles: The California State Department of Education 1940. First Edition. Wraps. Good. This pamphlet is in no sense a treatise on placer mining. It is intended to give simple practical instructions and advice to the inexperienced placer prospector and miner more particularly residents of the state who are more or less acquainted with conditions here and who must live as cheaply as possible with some chance at least partly to support themselves." 47 p. mimeographed with textual illustrations. Quarto. Stapled and bound in printed paper wrappers with a cloth tape spine. Some general toning and wear along the extremities. A rather scarce WPA publication OCLC locates only six copies. The California State Department of Education unknown books
1953152682Washington: CIO 1953. 16p. wraps 8.5 x 11 inches charts very good condition. Critique of gerrymandering and its effect on legislation affecting workers. CIO 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
1977236715Milwaukee: People United 1977. Four different documents issued by the anti-racist organization which included members of the Milwaukee Alliance. Three are leaflets either 8.5x11 inches or 8.5x14 inches though there is also a six-page Draft Strategy packet. All have a horizontal crease or other handling wear; the Draft Strategy packet is markedly creased. The organization participated in a largely successful effort to break up segregated schools by introducing busing. People United unknown books
194776600Washington: CIO Department of Research and Education 1947. Pamphlet. 24p. wraps very good condition 5.25x8.25 inches illus. CIO facts for action. Publication no. 124. CIO, Department of Research and Education unknown books
197010433New York: New York Board of Education 1970. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. Cover photograph Ed Lavitt. Stapled 4to. pp12 in photographic and printed covers. Dual language outreach text explaining roles of guidance counselors with student stereotypes and framework for utilizing the guidance tier. In the gang-fueled and difficult time of 1970s NYC the network of parent guidance and staff would be of profound import to student achievement. District 8 contained some of the most economically challenged neighborhoods in the city. Contemporary photographs of children and counselors throughout with cover photo especially engaging. <br /> <br/><br/> New York Board of Education unknown books
1591CAT0004501591. Good Condition. Hand colored engraving light foxing and soiling paper thinned in upper margin from prior mounting damage to the text section with significant loss repaired with paper.<br/><br/>It reads translation from Discovering the New World Based on the Works of Theodore de Bry Harper & Row 1976: "At a certain time of year the Indians collect all kinds of game fish and even crocodiles. Baskets are filled with these creatures and put on the shoulders of curly-haired hermaphrodites whom we have already described. All this is taken to storehouses where it is not touched except in cases of extreme need when to avoid disputes the Indians come to an agreement among themselves which illustrates the harmony that exists among them. However the king is at liberty to take what he chooses." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000450. unknown books
1591CAT0004511591. Good Condition. Hand colored engraving light foxing and soiling paper thinned in upper margin from prior mounting.<br/><br/>It reads translation from Discovering the New World Based on the Works of Theodore de Bry Harper & Row 1976: As can be seen from the preceding illustrations this area abounds with very agreeable little islands. The rivers are not deep; the pure clear water scarcely reaches the chest. When the Indians want to make an enjoyable excursion with their wives and children they go to these islands. They either swim across the river for they are excellent swimmers or they wade across carrying the little children. In fact the mothers can manage three children at once the smallest on a shoulder clutching its hand and the other two under her arms. With the free hand the women carry a basket full of fruit or other food for the occasion. For fear of meeting enemies the men carry bows and arrows. In order not to wet them they attach the quiver to their hair and hold the bows stretched and ready with and arrow prepared instantly to defend themselves as can be seen in our engraving. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000451. unknown books
1591CAT0004521591. Good Condition. Hand colored engraving modest foxing and soiling paper thinned in upper margin from prior mounting small tape marks. <br/><br/>A famous plate depicting the cannibals Staden described in Brazil. In the foreground a butcher is working on a partially butchered body a tribesman is dragged off to be bludgeoned a small child works cleaning a head and arms and legs are barbecuing on a traditional stick barbecue. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; History. Inventory No: CAT000452. unknown books
1793044802Upsala: Johan Edmans Enka 1793. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Contemporary boards spine defective wear to title page and soiling to final few pages a few notes in an early hand clean otherwise and a nicely printed wide margined copy. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 044802. <br/><br/> Johan Edmans Enka hardcover books
16737Album Women Education Very large book filled with handwritten memories 35 photos 18 large illustrations and mementos from a girl student in St. Louis Missouri as she graduates elementary school in 1925 proceeds through high school and begins studies at the University of Missouri. 77 handwritten inscriptions and autographs from friends classmates and teachers. Entries dated 1924-1929. "School Friendship Book." Designed and illustrated by Clara Powers Wilson. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. copyright 1910. Original paper boards. 9 x 6 in. Embossed cover with image of a formal entranceway. 190 pages. Book includes space to enter information on their Class including motto colors and flowers Classmates Faculty Favorite Studies Societies "Stunts & Jokes" "Proms-Dances-Hops" Sports Holidays Reunions Kodak Snap-Shots and Commencement. Female student records her commencement from Cote Brilliante School her activities at Central High School and few mementos from the start of her college education. <br/><br/>77 handwritten notes and poems addressed to Ms. Domini. "I wish you health; I wish you wealth I wish a golden star; I wish you heaven after death; What could I wish you more" Many of the entries have a comical element. One signs off as Krazy Kat a popular very early comic strip cartoon. "Your head reminds me of a big block of wood." Others have advice on dealing with young suitors: "Do a girls dirty Do it with grace When a fellow trys sic to kiss you Slap him in the face. Your classmate Irish". "Dearest Marie If you ever get married And you hubby gets cross Pick up a rolling pin And tell him whose boss. Your friend Mounted Police." Additional 11 page book of Autographs dated 4/9/24 from when Domini was in 8th grade at Cote Brilliance. Includes 35 photos of fellow classmates; most have handwritten captions identifying the subject but one has the caption underneath: "Puzzle: Who are the girls" Final pages of the book include 18 large drawings and illustrations nine of which are hand colored full-length drawings of fashionable young women with short bobbed haircuts and wearing short knee-length dresses with captions such as "O-o-oo That 'innocent' look" and "Have you seen the Dancer of Paris" Some are signed as works by members of the Art Appreciation club while one drawing of a forlorn-looking young lady includes the caption: "Drawn by Helen Hudson in a study hall. This is all she had to do."<br/><br/>Includes an autograph letter on studying and living on campus at University of Missouri Columbia written to "Shorty" a school friend identified by photos in the album dated Jan. 31 1929. "Dearest Shorty-.We sure have missed you but I hope you have having as good a time as I am. I am about run down not bragging from business to do & scandal to tell you.Your name was called on the Varsity Hockey team and congrats to you.We are having a hike 5 mi. Sat. morning & I am one of the new hike leaders.Don't mind if I write in a hurry as I have another letter to write and gobs of studying. I didn't make my grades at all & am paralyzed so far as activities is concerned.Basketball tournament starts next week & must be at practice. I passed my Jr. English Exam & I am rid of that obstacel now. I may get thru this Univ. I don't know. I hope you get to go to school & even if you don't you can have heaps of fun. We will have a keen game Sat. rite here with Okla. & I wish u could see it.Of course I'm in a hurry as I didn't get home till 12:15 last nite & been so busy today. All of Read is getting along keen & so many changes of rooms. Write to me. Lovingly Sis."<br/><br/>Album includes many pages of memorabilia and ephemera related to athletics and school life including the Girls Athletic Association. "Every girl in the school is a member of the Girl' Athletic Association the primary purpose of which is to promote health. The organization stimulates interest in healthful outdoor and indoor activities which lasts not only as long as the girls are in school but in after life as well.each girl chooses at least one outdoor athletic activity each term.tennis hiking golf hockey and swimming. All the girls play baseball." Over 20 pasted clippings and loose cutouts of members of the basketball and football teams. Loose red felt banner "Cardinals Nat'l League Champs 1926". 7 tickets to football and baseball games and area Kennel Clubs. 33 additional press clippings and cutouts about general school topics in "Clippings and Press Notices" section. 25 clippings of jokes and funny stories pasted in Stunts & Jokes area in addition to handwritten entries. "Love me little Love me long Don't flirt be-Cause it's wrong."<br/><br/>First page shows photo of Cote Brilliante School and another building labeled Central High "My Alma Mater". Includes certificate of qualification for admittance to high school 6 high school report Cards and 1 Report Card from the1928-9 school year at College of Arts & Science at the University of Missouri Columbia. Handwritten notes detailing Commencement exercises from Cote Brilliante School on January 22 1925. 8 programs and invitations for other school events. 6 birthday Christmas and holiday cards. 3 programs for school productions. 1 blue and white ribbon. Ribbon and card for City Art Museum in St. Louis pasted in to book. 4 pasted cutouts of teachers. Owner's plate printed inside from cover. This book belongs to "Marie J. Domini 4569 Sh Ferdinand Ave. St. Louis Missouri // Graduated from Cote Brilliante School Jan. 22 1925." Cover is worn hinges loose. Very good condition. unknown books
17025Women Education Handwritten notebook from girl student learning about Botany and Zoology in 1857. Filled with 68 pages of notes and essays on plant and animal biology. 68 pages handwritten. Original green marble boards with brown leather spine. 9 x 7.25 in. Title plate on cover lists original owner "Louisa Woodson". List sales address in London. "Sold at the Depository of the Home and Colonial School Society 16 St. Chad's Row Gray's Inn Road."Â "Instructions to Student" printed on inside front cover with notes on how composition book should be used. "These Journals are intended to contain a record of the daily course of instruction and occupation through which Students pass whilst at the Institution. It is expected that particular attention should be paid to the plainness and legibility of the writing; to the grammar spelling and punctuation; and also to the general arrangement and neatness of execution." All entries dated to 1857. Weekly written class schedules included throughout notebook listing coursework in Reading Scripture Language Numbers Writing Natural History Domestic Economy Dictation and Geography. Student includes notes and short essays on topics including animal and plant life. "Lesson on the Whale: The most remarkable peculiarities of the whale tail are as follows - though they inhabit water and never leave it they are not fish but mammals breathing air by lungs and therefore coming to the surface to breath." "Botany Leaves. Leaves are flat extended objects growing on the stems and consisting of two parts namely the stalk and blade known by botanists as the petiole and lamina." Also includes entries on the Gospels and notes on her own general academic performance from the past week: "6 errors in Gram. & Comp.; 4 omissions. This journal bears evidence of great carelessness." Other entries are on topics such as: The Elephant The Whale Tribe What Buds Are The Gourd Tribe Botany Roots and On Shells. "Tribe" is used here synonymously with genus or scientific family. Comes with 3 loose handwritten documents 2 concerning plant life. Boards are worn spine is detached though signatures hold. 1 page fully detached. Good condition. unknown books
16720Women Education Commencement Memory Book from a female student at Brooklyn Heights Seminary class of 1907 filled with 17 photos 15 unique mementos and hand-written recordings of her commencement experience and school memories. "My Commencement." New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1904. Entries from 1906-1910. Original blue cloth boards. 8 x 5 in. Gilt detail to spine and front cover. 239 pages. "This book will be found to be a convenient form in which to keep a record of one's commencement and all the interesting facts connected with it including accounts of the exercises brief sketches of the teachers the classmates newspaper clippings etc. The keeping of such a record will afford a great deal of entertainment not only at the time when it is all fresh in the mind but in future years when it will serve to recall many pleasant memories which otherwise would be forgotten." Memory albums were quite popular in America at this time especially among young women at female academies who would fill out books to remember time spent together.<br/><br/>Records Antoinette Butler's social life and academic record including her studies in French German Latin Physics Chemistry Geometry History and Literature. Hand-drawn diagram of the commencement stage page 30 records of all her friend's commencement gowns "white handkerchief linen embroidered in Japan with the wisteria pattern" and "white ruffled mull dress trimmed with val lace. Made Empire with straps over the shoulders." 6 photos of classmates with entries in their own hands pasted into book. Also includes 11 photos of teachers and staff including two African-Americans identified as the Janitor and Janitress. Includes areas to enter information on the book's Owner their School the Commencement Exercises the Class Classmates and Reunions. Includes a short handwritten history of the school Brooklyn Heights Seminary. "Miss Brigham who was associated with him was a wonderful woman in every way. Every girl who was under her influence feels the uplifting force to this day and has imparted one small part of it to her children. After Miss Brigham's death in a railroad accident a Memorial hall was erected to her memory in connection with the Young Women's Christian Association.The curriculum which includes Kindergarten and one year of college work embraces almost every department of education." A note from her grandfather pasted in congratulating her on her graduation: "My darling granddaughter Antoinette - On this happy occasion that marks one of the transitional specks of your life I gladly transfer to your keeping one fo the the most precious souvenirs of the sainted grandmother whom you have only known through the loving memories of your own dear father and of the two aunties - one translated to the heavenly life - who with myself have watched with intense interest your development in to a lovely and helpful womanhood. God bless you my child! Grandfather."<br/><br/>Includes entries from several reunion gatherings around New York at venues such as the Women's University Club on Madison Square; and gatherings as they transitioned to adult lives: "This was a purpose for giving a silk stocking 'shower' for Marjorie Speers who had just announced her engagement to Gilbert Browning. She is the first one of our class to be engaged." Also pasted into book: 3 images of the school; report card; commencement invitation; commencement program; a color printed card "With Love and Devotion"; 8 newspaper clippings regarding the graduating class; the yellow silk ribbon which tied her diploma; the tulle bow which tied her commencement flowers; lovely hand-colored Class Day Program; 1 letter addressed to "My beautiful lady No longer the school girl!" handwritten speech that Butler gave during the Class Day Program. Inscribed to owner on front end page: "To miss Antoinette Reeve Butler Dec. 25 1906. Merry Christmas from Uncle Will & Aunt Hallie". Pages 139-196 197-207 adhered together due to water damage. Very good condition. unknown books
1709319th c. Women Education Partial handwritten letter regarding the Monroe Female Seminary in Monroe County Michigan. No date c. 1850. John P. Le Roy writes to a friend regarding a potential business dealing with the Seminary. 2 pages 10 x 8 in. Signature page present but opening page absent. Stating in part: "Mr. Boyd of the Monroe Female Seminary said that if you could furnish capital enough he did not know but he would like to take you as a partner in his school but as I supposed from what he intended that he would want a partner with some three thousand dollars at least to invest." Mr. Boyd in reference here is Erasmus Boyd who was President of the Seminary. At this time Seminary or Institutes for women were being created to offer educational opportunities to female students in preparation for them to work as teachers. The seminaries were private institutions without public funding so having enough financial backers was essential for the success of the school. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
1709119th c. Women Education Handwritten letter from President of Albany Female Seminary in Albany NY. February 11 1852. Emerson F. Carter President of the School writes about examinations and fundraising to Rev. H. M. Garfield of New Haven CT. 1 page. 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Stating in part:Â "I have been more busily engaged than even you can imagine. I took it into my head to get up a semi-annual Examination which draws heavily upon my time and energies and to cap the whole I narrowly escaped the loss of one of my eyes. A piece of red hot burning coal few into it."Â The Albany Female Seminary was a very early addition to the Female Seminary Movement; it was founded in 1828 and three of its seven Principals were women. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
1708819th c. Women Education Handwritten letter from Principal at Washington Female Seminary in Washington PA. February 15 1891. On personalized stationary for Principal of Washington Female Seminary Miss N. Sherrard. Addressed to "My Dear Sister" and signed "June." With original mailing envelope. 2 pages. 9 x 5.5 inches. She writes on personal matters with her sister and gives an update on the school and teachers: "Bessie Ewing is now well.she is the most popular teacher in Seminary. The girls are all quite well at present & I hope they may keep well all spring." The Washington Female Seminary was a Presbyterian seminary for women operating from 1836 to 1948 in Washington Pennsylvania. During the 19th century it was well-regarded as one of the top institutions for women in the area. It was founded abolitionist Francis Julius LeMoyne and Alexander Reed and its formal charter came in 1839. By 1886 there were over 100 students enrolled; and the curriculum included both a preparatory course which generally gained admission to the finest women's colleges and a regular course with studies in music art and elocution. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
1709019th c. Women Education Handwritten letter from Principal of Union Female Seminary regarding a teaching placement. October 5 1865. S. McMichael Principal of UFS writes to her friend and former classmate Miss Campbell who is looking for a teaching position. 4 pages on folded sheet. 7 x 4.5 in. With original mailing envelope. Stating in part:"I willingly would do anything in my power to assist you but at present know of no situation to which to recommend you early in the fall or rather summer had many applications for teacher but all are supplied now. My own teachers are engaged for the year and if no unforeseen Providence interferes will need to make no changes. Am sorry you are not now comfortably situated.Our school here is very prosperous and pleasant much more so than I had expected or dared to anticipate. Would like very much to have you come and make a a visit can you not Xenia is indeed a very pleasant and cheerful place.My youngest sister is here attending school which makes it very pleasant for me. Very frequently meet old schoolmates and friends which also makes it very pleasant. Shall hope to have a visit from you sometime this winter." This letter was written in 1865 just months after the Civil War ended; by all accounts the experience during the War at the Female Seminary was positive. Records note time spent playing games studying and socializing with the boys at the Male Seminary. Some of the girls enjoyed dancing afternoon teas socializing and local excursions. When news that a Union Army Division would be passing through by train Xenia extended an invitation for the boys in blue to stop in town for a square meal. The whole town cooked a memorable feast for the soldiers-the Seminary girls chipping in with over 44 dozen freshly baked biscuits and other items. In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
1708919th c. Women Education Handwritten letter to 2 women teachers from former instructor. December 22 1893. 2 pages with original mailing envelope. 9.5 x 5.75 inches. On Western Theological Seminary letterhead with fine engraving of the school building on both sheets.  To "Miss Ellsworth and Miss Gore" from L.M. Jones who appears to be a teacher or Director of the Seminary writing to former pupils who are now teachers themselves at an institution in New Hampshire. In part: "I often hear good reports about both of you by Mrs. Chamberlain. School has come to close once more and we are commencing to disperse some leaving for good others for two weeks. Dear Mrs. Chamberlain will have about ten of the unfortunate ones here for X Mas also Dr. Gold and family which will help to make it merry for her. Mr. Davies wishes to be kindly remembered to both of you. I intend spending my X Mas with him and I am sure that we will have a lovely time as we always do when we get together. We were all vaccinated here last week to protect ourselves from the small pox which is raging in the city at the present time. Miss Jarvis wishes to be kindly remembered to you. I presume that you're aware of her undertaking since you left. She is as you know a very brave young lady to undertake such responsibility as she has and I am a little afraid that her health will brake down under the strain. Hoping to be able to write a longer letter next time." In very good condition. A unique and personal piece of early Female Education history. unknown books
17150Handwritten Nursing notebook from student in Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs IA. Entries dates from 1917-1919. The Binder consist of 218 handwritten pages by nursing student Tamar "Betty" Andersen. This handwritten nursing school notebook includes anatomical drawings and detailed information on "the practice of hygiene important in care of patient.how to prevent infection. amount of food needed by individual patient" based on diagnosis. Original black and red cloth boards. 2-ring binder. 10 x 9 in. Some pages loose or removed from binder. Comes with 2 anatomical studies of a human with numerous labeled body parts such a femoral artery anterior tibial temporal lobe dorsal plexus auxiliary vein etc. Three loose sheets with notes on obstetrics and medicine from Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs IA. Filled with handwritten entries on numerous medical and scientific topic including: Hygiene Chemistry Air Quality and Water Cleanliness Wounds Dietetics Post-Operative Care Childbirth Muscular Spinal Disease Diseases of Children and Diseases of the Joints among others. Most entries include the name of the Physician leading the course along with the lecture date. In addition to notes there is also 1 quiz on Bacteriology and 1 graded exam. Two handwritten tables: 1 organizes different parts of body including Dorsal cavity ventral cavity thoracic cavity buscal cavity nasal cavity and pelvic cavity; second table organizes different body areas and the body secretions and enzymes active in those areas. <br/><br/>Quiz on Bacteriology: "Bacteria are the smallest living forms of plant life. The three important groups of Bacteria are the cocci bacilli spirilli.Pathogenic is disease producing bacteria.The bacteria that cause pneumonia are the pneumococcus pneunommia-diplococcus and sometime streptococcus.Antitoxins are little anti-bodies in bacteria or in the blood which try to over power the toxins and does overpower them." Definitions for various types of specific wounds and important symptoms: "pain hemorrhage swelling discoloration." Post Operative Care section deals with how to treat ailments such as hemorrhages and other common post-surgery complications. "Post-operative care.Acute dilation of stomach may follow any operation regardless of what kind. A.D. of stomach is filling of stomach with gas 4 or 5 times its normal size.Patient should have no water. Nothing by mouth." On "Common Shock": "Certain number of cases is nothing more than a hemorrhage. Sometimes due to rapid operation or lying on large artery." Regarding Hemorrhages "Treatment. Morphine. This shock is greater in goitre cases. One of the treatment of hemorrhage or cerebral disturbances or bleeding is prostosysis by fisher sol. or normal salts." Notes on diabetes: "Symptoms of Diabetes. 1. Excessive thirst. 2. Abnormally large appetite. 3. Craving for sweets & starches. 4. Los of weight. 5. Sugar found in urine." Notes on Kidney disease: "Nephritis - disease of kidneys.Diet more valuable than medicine in nephritis. Relieve chronic nephritis and cure acute. Heavy nitrogenous food restricted. " Eye anatomy and health: "Central artery - furnishes blood supply to retina lids and body ridge for protection." Tuberculosis: "will follow whooping cough or measles.Temp. irregular lack of appetite headache pupils dilated persistent diarrhea.Treatment is Rest sunshine plenty of fresh air and good feeding. Absolute rest while carrying temp. most tubercular patients are nervous." On Childbirth: "Baby drops. Pain all but stops. Baby's head presses down sometimes 2 weeks or a month ahead. It obliterates cervix. About every 15 min. there is a uterus contraction." On skull fractures: "Unconsciousness following a fracture of a skull may not appear for 2 or 3 days after the fracture.Hemorrhage pressure & bone. Pressure may cause paralysis of a foot or leg on opposite side." Disease of the joints: "Any joint inflammation is arthritis.heat applied to these diseases is of great benefit. Massage is beneficial." Long final section deals with the history and benefits of massage therapy on various body parts and detailed instruction for massaging specific body parts including: liver intestines and breasts for lactation treatment: "Massage is the manual treatment of disease.the Greeks & Hindu used it". <br/><br/>Extensive notes on patients' diet food hygiene and nutritional quality of fats and animal proteins. "Dietetics is science which teaches the correct feeding of any individual in health and disease." "Fundamental Rules. 1. Nurse should known food harmful in certain disease condition. Do not depend on appetite of patient as guide for food." Study guide for Nutrition Health quiz with practice questions: "Uses of mineral salts in body.Name a condition of disease due to lack of mineral salts.Could body subsist on concentrated food alone Tell why." Dietary notes for those afflicted with Anemia Tuberculosis Liver Disturbance and Rheumation. "Diet in Disease of Stomach and Intestines.Diet rules. Food well masticated patient eat slowly. Regular hours for meals. Avoid extreme of hot or cold. Rest after meals if possible. Fluids after meals not with it; avoid constipation." Medicinal properties of different kinds of water including mineral water: "Mineral water should not be used for general use unless ordered by doctor. Strong alkali water irritates digestive tract." Also notes of the effects of coffee and tea: "Coffee-stimulating property-caffeine.effects of coffee. Acts on muscular and nervous system. Relieves fatigue. Mild laxative. Stimulates gastric digestion. Used in excess causes extreme nervousness." This period was a time of great demand for trained medical nurses as World War I was raging in Europe. Between 1917 and 1919 over 22000 professionally-trained female nurses were recruited by the American Red Cross to serve in the U.S. Army. While this notebook comes from a student at the time who does not appear to have served in W.W.I she was surely motivated by the patriotic urge to educate and train herself in case she needed to join the war effort. First pages detached or partially detached. In good condition. unknown books
1672219th cent Girls Education Mathematical notebook for girl grammar school students in Providence Rhode Island c. 1876. Handwritten arithmetic problems fill each page of the book. 8 ¼ x 7 in. Original boards. 214 pages. Unpaginated. First 30 pages of notebook were later repurposed to record Deaths and Marriage notices clipped from newspapers for friends and family from 1879-1884. Handwritten label on front cover "Deaths and Marriages". Original owner name written inside front cover "Laura E. Healy Room No. 2 Point Street Grammar School September 6th 1876." Book is filled with handwritten math problems and their solutions. Some of them are challenging practical situations while others are more straightforward. "In an orchard ¾ of the trees are apple trees 1/10 peach trees and the remainder Pear trees which are 20 more than ⅛ of the whole. How many trees in the orchard" "How many rolls of paper 9 yards long and 1 ½ ft wide are required to cover 4 sides of a room 18 ft x 16 ft and 9 ft high. Deducting 8 feet off for windows and doors." "Bought a shawl for $18. How shall I mark it so that I may make a dis. of 10% and yet sell for $18". "Divide 6 ⅓ by 9 ½." "Divide 427 by 833 and the quotient by 7/10." "What is the interest of $567 from Jan. 7 1870 to July 27 1872 at 9%" Includes a loose handwritten note in child's hand addressed to Miss L.H. between her and a friend: "You be the gal which I adore Your beauty none surpasses I guess by gosh I love you more than buckwheat cakes & 'lasses". On the same note she responds: "That is foolish and you know it. Pass this back." Boards very worn. Loss to tail of spine. Discoloration around newspaper clippings. Good condition. unknown books
