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198234563NY: Philomel Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0399208941 . First edition. Very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. . Philomel Books hardcover books
199536399Halbert's Family Heritage 1995. 4to various pagination. Paper wraps. Illustrated in color and black and white. Contains general information about world migrations names and their origins heraldry how to research one's ancestors; and for this copy a history of the Cairn family genealogical information and an "international registry" of Cairn family members. Fine. Halbert's Family Heritage unknown books
200034716Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0618007032 . The author's first book. First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
2002204126NY: Henry Holt & Co. 2002. First edition first prnt. Signed by Al and Tipper Gore on the half-title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Holt & Co. Hardcover books
199739005Aberkenfig: Glamorgan Family History Society 1997. Paperback. Very good. 69pp; 70-139pp; 140-209pp; 210-281pp; 282-353pp; 354-415pp; 416-477pp; 478-540pp. Eight volumes all very good in publisher's stapled wraps. <br/><br/> Glamorgan Family History Society paperback books
199823053NY: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0060172649 . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins hardcover books
18164999Gibralter 1816. unbound. 4 pages front and back 9 x 7 inches Gibralter November 7 1816. Written by the brother of Vice-President Elbridge Gerry to his sister Ann Gerry describing some of the highlights of his trip to Italy especially Syracuse and Malta in part: ".a larger cave cut out of a solid rock with an area fifty feet in height at the summit of which is a small room large enough to contain three or four persons. This area terminates in a pyramid so as to form an arch calculated to create the greatest echo imaginable. To this small room Dionysious concealed himself in order to hear the sentiments of his subjects." Addressed on the back of last page. Partial tearing along one of the folds; chip on the outer margin where the wax seal was obscuring some text; tape stains on the right edge of the last page. Good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
001481Bantam Books 1985 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Presentation By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-553-05080-X. Bantam Books, 1985 Hardcover books
1970302989New York Citadel 1970. 1970. First edition so stated. Small 4to. Introductory essays by John Steinbeck Robert Ryan and Joshua Logan. Over 350 b/w photographs. Dust jacket unclipped; slight rubbing. Very good. 279 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Notable for Steinbeck's 2-page praise of Henry Fonda for whose honor Steinbeck made his last public appearance. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Citadel [1970]. hardcover books
199450547St. Paul: Padelford Packet Boat Co 1994. Oblong 8vo pp. 8 80; 2 full-page maps text illustrations photographs; brown cloth over boards printed paper onlay on upper cover fine. A collection of memoirs from two generations of the Flatten family. Not in OCLC as of 6/17. <br/><br/> Padelford Packet Boat Co hardcover books
1962011123NY: Family of Kurt Volk 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Privately published memorial album unknown limited edition distributed as keepsake to family and friends. Large 4to rough cream-colored cloth gilt cover titles sides untrimmed w/ full page mounted b&w photo of typographer and publisher Volk 18pp. Internals as new cloth tad foxed at spine. In printed box which is a tad sunned few surface abrasions. Family of Kurt Volk hardcover books
184238182Bogotá: Family of Juan José Neira 1842. Small 4to 25 x 21 cm; 9.75" x 8" . 1 p. <br><br>The family of Gen. Neira a military leader during the Wars of Independence and a politician and military man during the republic died in 1841 of injuries he suffered at the battle of Buenavista in 1840. The family thanks his friends and the public in general for their support during the year of mourning and announces a special mass on 14 January.<br>Â Â Â Â Printed on thin paper with a black border the text contained in a square within => a catafalque featuring weeping figures skulls and cross bones and eagles. As issued never bound. Margins irregular. "Señor José M. Resptrepo" in lower margins. [Family of Juan José Neira] unknown books
1990228904Los Angeles: Family Council on Drug Awareness 1990. 6-panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches photocopied on blue paper stock very good condition. The FCDA was "founded in 1989 to develop and present reliable factual information about drugs and drug policy." Sample question: "Q. Is Marijuana Addictive A. No it is not. . On a relative scale marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate but more so than anchovies." Part of a broader effort to re-legalize cannibis. Family Council on Drug Awareness unknown books
1990241704Los Angeles: Family Council on Drug Awareness 1990. 6-panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches photocopied very good condition. The FCDA was "founded in 1989 to develop and present reliable factual information about drugs and drug policy." Sample Q & A: "How was Marijuana used during Biblical times--Cannabis was used in 12 manner sic: for lamp oil food paper cord clothing linen sails sealants medicine incense religious ceremonies and relaxation. Family Council on Drug Awareness unknown books
1840105031<p>Small family archive of letters 10 pieces in all some folio size other basic letter sheet size over 20 pages of text some docketed on reverse. Most pages are aged and browned some chips and tears a few holes at center folds a little staining but otherwise about very good. This family archive begins with a letter dated June 14 1840 and provides a glimpse of life in still early America during the pioneer period. In the first letter which is. from near Danville Missouri daughter Emily Lee and Adam Lee to father Ely Butcher in Randolph Virginia asking for money. Emily complains about poor health but tells him to consider moving out there where good land could be had. Another letter dated September 24 1840 is from Rock Island County Illinois from John H. Butcher to his father Ely in Randolph Virginia. John Butcher a farmer tells his father he is in "tolerable good health" but talks about some hard times where he lives. He comments on the rivers being very low and it appears his shipping costs were double what they should be. He stays he finds times very hard in this country harder than expected and adds he couldn’t get $1000 for his home at that time. He even makes a comment about a split in government but that the Whigs may feel they won writing not totally clear on this comment. On January 2 1842 from Danville Missouri we see another letter from Emily Lee to her father Ely Butcher in Randolph Virginia. This letter has a sad tone as Emily complains she hasn’t gotten a letter from her father in almost two years despite writing to him a few times. She says she feels neglected by her father and brothers and times are very hard. She mentions store credit is not available and they lost a horse. According to Emily her in-laws are no help and she has eight children to take care of. She tells her father she will see him in the spring and she expects him to do something about her situation. Seems like Ely’s kids are often in need and asking dad for help. On August 20 1844 John Butcher In Rock Island Illinois to Ely Butcher in Beverly Randolph County Virginia appears to be visited by his sister and his brother-in-law and sister Adam Lee and Emily lee. The farm is doing well and he indicates that oat and corn prices are "tolerable" and he expects to produce 800 bushes of corn and wheat. It appears his sister wants a divorce and it also appears John asks his father to intercede with his uncle Peyton about the land he uses. He seems to be tired of being a renter. He asks his father to negotiate a deal and help him pay for it. He apologizes for the tone of the letter but sounds a little desperate. There are also what appears to be some detailed receipts for the goods of Ely Butcher the dates appear to be 1842 and 1843. In fourth receipt the date is unclear but could be as late as 1866. A final document is a marriage certificate for Hannah Hart Butcher and the date is November 22 1911.</p> books
1968806731968. FAMILY AFFAIR COMPANY. BUFFY PAPER DOLL. Racine WI: Whitman Publishing Division Western Publishing Co. Inc. 1968. 8 single sided pages in full color 2 of which are printed on thin card stock dolls. 4to. "Authorized Edition" no. 1985:59. Near fine condition faint scrape to pink part of Buffy's dress on front cover. Corners gently bumped. Interior fine. "No scissors necessary - clothes just press out." Actual fashions from the CBS television sitcom. unknown books
1972256633Mountain View CA: SRAFprint Co-op 1972. Pamphlet. 12p. mimeographed in stapled wraps 5.5x8.5 inches minor browning else very good condition. "Printed by IWW 450" and the address of SRAFprint Co-op stamped on last page. On the social revolution during the civil war arguing that it was stifled by too much statist meddling. SRAFprint Co-op unknown books
197241149Mountain View CA: SRAFPRINT Co-op 1972. Pamphlet. 16p. mimeographed in wraps minor browning else very good condition. On the social revolution during the civil war arguing that it was stifled by too much statist meddling. SRAFPRINT Co-op unknown books
30907Large Archive includes 2191 letters comprising 6737 manuscript and typed pages plus over 1000 pieces of paper and printed ephemera. Of the 2191 letters 1626 letters 4793 pages dated 1920-1983 are from the family of Kenneth S. Fagg and Marion Rebuschatis and their children with the remaining 565 letters 1944 pages dated 1896-1960 that of the family of Theodore Szarvas and his wife Vivian Florence Fraser and their children.<br /><br /><p><b>Description of the Fagg family section of archive:</b></p><p>1626 letters comprising 4793 manuscript and typed pages broken down as follows:</p><p><b>1920s:</b> 1920: 1 letter 7 pages; 1921: 169 letters 444 pages; 1922: 154 letters 508 pages;1923: 62 letters 186 pages;1924: 153 letters 465 pages;1925: 117 letters 387 pages;1926: 135 letters 370 pages;1927: 78 letters 201 pages;1928: 8 letters 17 pages. This part of the collection is mainly correspondence between Kenneth S. Fagg and Marion Rebuschatis both before and after they were married while they were both attending college at the University of Wisconsin and when Kenneth was attending art school in New York City and beginning his career as an artist and illustrator.</p><p><b>1930s-1980s:</b> 155 letters 448 pages. This section of the archive includes 52 letters written by Marion Fagg in 1938 to her Aunt Emma Noud her mother's sister. At this time the Faggs were living at Sunnyside Gardens L.I and Aunt Emma at Washington D.C. The correspondence seems to have been started with a hospital stay for a broken hip by Aunt Emma. Also included in this section of the correspondence collection are 43 letters written to Donald Fagg the son of Kenneth and Marion Fagg. Donald's brother Peter Fagg the noted IBM computer engineer wrote 24 of these letters between 1950-1952 with Donald's father writing 37 letters to him between 1947-1952 and his mother Marion 3 letters and his sister-in-law Janet Szarvas Fagg 1 letter also writing to him. Additionally there are other letters to Donald Fagg from Harvard University Boston University Ohio Wesleyan University the New York Psychiatric Institute and the Selective Service System. Donald Fagg committed suicide in 1957 and these letters written to him were apparently retained by the family after his death. In this section are also 4 letters written by Donald Fagg written to his two Aunts Margaret and Emma when he was a child. Peter Fagg also writes a letter to his parents and receives a letter from the Chappaqua Historical Society concerning the possible donation of paintings. There are also letters written to Ken and Marion from friends or family dating from the1960s-1970s.</p><p><b>Undated Letters:</b> 594 letters 1760 pages. Most of these undated letters do not have their mailing envelopes attached to them. There are over 500 envelopes in this collection that are not with their letters undoubtedly a good many of these letters belong to these envelopes. Kenneth S. Fagg never wrote the date on his letters until later in life thus most of these undated letters approximately 512 are written by Kenneth S. Fagg in the 1920s. The envelopes in this collection are important for helping to date the correspondence. Of course the type of stationary and the contents of the letters also help to date the letters. About 18 undated letters are written by Marion the rest of them by other correspondents.</p><p><b>Summary:</b> The bulk of the correspondence in this archive is mainly between Kenneth and Marion. The couple writes to each other and with occasional letters by family friends or fellow students and or business associates. Of the letters in the archive 1169 letters were written by Kenneth S. Fagg Marion wrote 262. The remaining letters were written by family friends or others. As might be expected the correspondence was heavy during the years the couple was courting engaged and the year they married. After they married in 1927 most correspondence was written by Kenneth while he was travelling or working out of town while Marion was still in either Washington D.C. or away at university occasionally there are letters between the parents and their children. Of the letters written by Kenneth S. Fagg a number of them 38 are illustrated with drawings sketches portraits cartoons of considerable interest and demonstrate Fagg's skill and talents as a graphic artist and designer etc. The letters give some interesting insight into the life of an artist and illustrator in New York City in the 1920s attending many art exhibitions at galleries theatrical performances plays or concerts while he was an art student.</p><p><b>Description of Szarvas section of Archive:</b></p><p>The second section of this archival collection is comprised of the correspondence of the Szarvas family Theodore "Theodore of the Ritz" Szarvas his wife Vivian Florence Fraser and their four children Theodore Jr. James H. Robert and Janet. Janet Szarvas married Peter Fagg the son of Kenneth and Marion Fagg mentioned above. It is from Janet and Peter Fagg's family that the two sections of the archive are connected and descended. This section of the archive consists of 565 letters 1944 pages dated 1896-1960.</p><p><b>Theodore Szarvas Sr.:</b> 69 letters 269 pages dated 1907-1952 written mainly to his wife with most being on the letterhead of the various hotels at which he was employed including: the Ritz Hotel Piccadilly London England 1909-1912 1914; Grand Hotel Royal Nagyszalloda Budapest Hungary 1913; Ritz-Carlton Hotel New York NY 1916-1917 1923 1927. 1931 Ritz-Carlton Hotel Atlantic City New Jersey 1927; The Midnight Sun Swedegran Restaurants Inc. New York NY 1938; Hotel Pierre New York New York undated. The letters are interesting as they show the movements and progress of Theodore as he builds his career and establishes himself in upper echelons of haute cuisine and fine dining. He worked at the Ritz in London and other places then went to Budapest returned to London then on to New York City where he worked at the Ritz-Carlton and where his name became synonymous with fine dining. He writes love letters and poetry to his wife discusses his work at various hotel restaurants he describes the political situation in London at the beginning of WWI when he was forced to leave his position at the Ritz due to his Hungarian nationality. During the early years of their marriage 1911-1913 when they lived in London Vivian took trips back to New York while her husband Theodore remained abroad.</p><p><b>Vivian Florence Fraser Szarvas:</b> 72 letters 329 pages dated 1907-1957 includes correspondence from Vivian to Theodore Szarvas before they were married 32 letters dated 1907-1909 letters during their marriage when they lived in London and she visited America twice and after they moved to America permanently. The letters show the progress of their secret courtship while they lived in New York City and later when Theodore moved to London to work at the Ritz. A couple of the later letters are to her children or a friend however the bulk of the letters are written to her husband Theodore. Sixteen of these letters are undated.</p><p><b>Millie Hartman:</b> mother of Vivian Florence Fraser Szarvas 69 letters 367 pages dated 1901-1920 this part of the collection consists of letters written by Mrs. Hartman to her daughter Vivian when she took two extended trips without her daughter accompanying her. One trip was to Hot Springs Virginia in 1901 and another a trip to Europe France Germany Switzerland in 1902. Vivian appears to have stayed home with family. Vivian was then a child of 11 to 12 years old. Other letters 1910-1914 are written to Vivian by her mother when Vivian left home to join and marry Theodore Szarvas in London still others written to Vivian by Millie when Vivian was in Budapest with her husband 1913 and still other letters are written Vivian when she returned to America from London. Millie signs the letters often simply with "Mother" or sometimes "Grandma & Mother." The letters to Vivian written when she went to London show her mother's displeasure at her daughter's decision to go away and marry Theodore a much older man.</p><p><b>James and Florence Szarvas:</b> 63 letters 190 pages dated 1927-1954 writing to his parents and siblings Florence is James Szarvas' wife while traveling abroad 1927 and 1931 as a child and later while serving in the military in WWII 1943-1945 while at Camp Upton NY Quincy MA Fort Eustis VA with Battery A 5th Battalion and later at the Antiaircraft Artillery Training Center Camp Stewart Georgia and still later at Camp Gordon Georgia and further correspondence after the war when he returned to civilian life.</p><p><b>Janet Szarvas Fagg: </b>124 letters 349 pages dated 1927-1960 of which most are written in the first half of the 1950s to her mother Vivian Szarvas signing her name and her husband Peter's name. Peter's correspondence to his parents and siblings is located within the Fagg section of this archive. Janet studied art at the National Academy of Design in New York City winning a couple of awards while a student. She illustrates a couple of her letters.</p><p><b>Robert Szarvas: </b>13 letters 37 pages dated 1949-1954 written to his parents and siblings while serving with the 601st A.C. & W. Sqd. of the Air Force at Rothwesten Germany and stateside at Moses Lake Washington.</p><p><b>Theodore Szarvas Jr.: </b>56 letters 183 pages dated 1918-1953 written while studying at M.I.T 1928-1929 while serving in WWII 1943-1945 and after the war. Thirty-six of these letters are written while young Theodore is serving in the U.S. Army with the 99th Repair Squadron 59th ADG in Guam Pearl Harbor HI Oklahoma and Texas. His letters are mainly addressed to his parents and siblings.</p><p>Other letters in this collection are written to Theodore 18 letters 27 pages and to his wife Vivian 81 letters 193 pages written by friends family or business associates. There are also 6 "certificates" or letters of recommendation for Theodore which document his rise in the restaurant world. </p><p><b> Diaries</b></p><p>6 diaries 532 pages dated 1916-1922 as follows:</p><p>Diary of Marion Rebuschatis 120 pages dated 1916 pocket diary 2 entries per page bound in leather written in ink legible hand minor wear kept while in her junior year of high school in Washington D.C.</p><p>Diary of Cora Noud Rebuschatis 187 pages dated 1916 pocket diary bound in limp leather worn written closely in ink but legible two days per page with a memorandum section at bottom of page a couple of pages of cash accounts kept in rear. Cora is the sister of Marion Rebuschatis.</p><p>Unidentified diary likely one of the Rebuschatis sisters likely Cora Noud Rebuschatis 124 pages dated 1917 pocket diary bound in leather worn.</p><p>Unidentified diary likely one of the Rebuschatis sisters not Marion 21 pages dated 1918 kept while at Camp Merritt.</p><p>Unidentified diary likely one of the Rebuschatis sisters not Marion 92 pages dated 1918-1919 stiff limp wrappers written in ink legible hand. This diary was kept while stationed at Camp Merritt during World War One. There is much description of camp life and of the soldiers arriving at Camp Merritt from the battlefront.</p><p>Diary of Emma Noud 81 pages dated 1922 stiff limp wrappers written in ink legible hand kept while on a tour of Europe during which she visited Scotland England Germany Switzerland Italy France amongst other places and writes informative entries on the cities she visits. Emma Noud is either the sister or aunt of Marion Rebuschatis.</p><p><b> Over 1000 Pieces of Miscellaneous Paper Ephemera for the Fagg and Szarvas Families as follows:</b></p><p>524 Envelopes separated from the undated letters in collection; 120 Miscellaneous Printed and Ms Paper scraps notes etc; 35 Greeting Cards; 210 Post Cards used; 41 Newspaper & Magazine clippings; 54 Family Related Paper Ephemera - U of Wisconsin related material medical bills utility bills old check stubs report cards Will of Theodore Szarvas cemetery plot papers Red Cross ID cards Foster Parent papers Unemployment Insurance papers Immigration Inspection Card for Theodore Szarvas etc.; 46 Cards wedding invitations sympathy cards calling and business cards; 12 Theater Programs; 7 Art Exhibit Catalogues; 33 Photographs; 4 Hand Drawn Illustrations by Kenneth S. Fagg.</p><p><b> Biography of Kenneth Stanley Fagg and Marion Rebuschatis</b></p><p>Kenneth Stanley Fagg was born May 29 1901 at Chicago Illinois and died 7 January 1980. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin and afterwards studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago and Art Students League in New York City and became a prolific advertising and magazine illustrator book artist painter and art director.</p><p>Fagg was the son of Peter Albert Fagg 1874-1968 and Eva Maude Ross 1869-1941 and the nephew of the Rev. John Gerardus Fagg 1860-1917 a missionary to China and a long time minister at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City. Kenneth's parents Peter and Eva married in Chicago on 20 Dec 1895. In 1910 Ken's father was a clerk at a bank his mother a homemaker. Peter Fagg was originally born in Wisconsin of Dutch immigrant parents his wife in Canada of Scottish immigrants. By the time the 1920 Census was taken Peter had moved his family to Los Angeles where he worked as a banker. However Kenneth moved back to Wisconsin for college.</p><p>Fagg was artist and editor-in-chief during high school for the New Trier Echoes a school publication. He was for a time a member of the National Guard's K Company 11th Infantry as well as a Cadet Lieut. at the Naval Training Corps in Evanston Illinois.</p><p>In 1919 Kenneth began his four years at the University of Wisconsin where he quickly established himself with the school magazine turning out dozens if not hundreds of illustrations for the Wisconsin Octopus magazine and Daily Cardinal newspaper and The Commerce Magazine there. His college graduation year book picture of 1924 stated he lived at Alhambra California. He had a very active college career at the University of Wisconsin where besides being on the varsity ski jumping team he was also a member of Delta Upsilon and served on the staff of the three different college publications as assistant art editor and as art editor for the Badger the Octopus and the Commerce Magazine. He also was involved with the Arts and Crafts Club the Display Publicity Chairman the Edwin Booth club and other activities. His senior thesis was on the novels of Honore de Balzac. It was also at college that he met his future wife Marion Rebuschatis.</p><p>Marion Rebuschatis was the daughter of Wilhelm Rebuschatis 1868- and Cora Ada Noud 1868-1918 of Washington D.C. Her father was a German Russian immigrant who found work first as a printer then as a proof reader for the Government Printing Office in D.C. Her mother was the daughter of a liquor dealer and Irish immigrant James Gray Noud and his Canadian wife Ermina Beatie. Marion took a tour of Europe in 1922 as evidenced by her passport application which shows her planning to visit England Belgium France Holland Switzerland Germany Austria and Italy. Several letters from this collection are from the time that Ken & Marion corresponded when she was in Europe. Marion eventually found work as a school teacher.</p><p>Marion was married to Kenneth Stanley Fagg on June 29 1927 at Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Fagg returned to New York City where they lived at Queens then West Point then later at Chappaqua. Marion appears to have graduated Central High School in Washington D.C. in 1917 then went to the University of Wisconsin where she graduated in 1923. Kenneth studied art at the AIC and Art Students League in NYC and thereafter worked steadily as a freelancer for advertising books and magazines.</p><p>During the 1930s he was a resident of Los Angeles and an art director for Fox Films. By the 1940s he had settled in Chappaqua New York where he remained for the rest of his life. His illustrations appeared in <i>Holiday</i> <i>Life</i> <i>Saturday Evening Post</i> and many other national magazines. He was co-creator of the world's largest geophysical relief globe hand-painted for the U.S. exhibition at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958. Fagg and wife had twin sons Donald Fagg 1928-1957 who committed suicide in 1957 at age 29 and Peter Fagg III 1928-2009 who died at Poughkeepsie as well as 3 grandchildren. Kenneth S. Fagg died in Mt. Kisco NY on Jan. 11 1980. His wife died previously in August of 1978. One researcher of Fagg states that the family kept virtually all his original artwork and thus his work did not reach the auction houses for many years.</p><p>Kenneth's son Donald Fagg's library was donated to Ohio Wesleyan Library as the "Fagg Collection." His parents donated the books after their son's death. Donald graduated from Ohio Wesleyan Union in 1949 where he was chief justice of the Campus Court and active in all three student publications and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternities. After graduating from OWU Donald Fagg was a graduate student at Harvard University. He did field work for two years in Borneo Indonesia and helped direct the Harvard Salzburg Summer Seminary two summers. He was on the faculty of Rutgers University when he died.</p><p>Kenneth and Marion's son Peter was a fairly well-known in his field as well. Peter Fagg was born on September 26 1928 in Queens New York. He was a twin brother to Donald Fagg who was his closest friend. Peter was raised in Sunnyside Queens and Chappaqua New York and attended Horace Greeley High School. Mr. Fagg continued his education at Middlebury College M.I.T. Georgetown University and Syracuse University and earned two Master's Degrees in Engineering and Astronomy. He was also a veteran of the United States Army. Mr. Fagg married Janet M. Szarvas 1926-2010 the daughter of Theodore "Theodore of the Ritz" Szarvas and Vivian his wife. Together Peter and Janet had three children Christopher Vivian and Dawn. Peter Fagg worked his entire adult life for IBM. For a number of years Mr. Fagg was the Executive Director of Research in Fishkill New York and he also managed sites in Germany England and Japan. He was integrally involved with the development of the IBM 360/370 the first supercomputer in existence. He also had a fascination with biology and chemistry which culminated in a paper he wrote on the storage of human memory which he believes is stored in the brain's DNA not in the synapses as is commonly thought. The name of the published paper is <i>DNA as the Long Term Memory Storage Cell in the Human Brain.</i></p><p>The Fagg family Kenneth Marion Donald Peter and Peter's wife Janet Szarvas is all buried at Washington D.C.'s Oak Hill Cemetery.</p><p><b> Theodore "Theodore of the Ritz" Szarvas and Vivian Florence Fraser</b></p><p>Theodore Szarvas was born about 1874 in Budapest Hungary. He worked as the maitre d' or head waiter-manager at a number of the best hotel restaurants in the world including New York's Ritz-Carlton where he earned the sobriquet "<i>Theodore of the Ritz</i>" and which according to legend was synonymous with fine food.</p><p>Correspondence in this archive shows that Theodore worked at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City from 1903 to 1906 and after that at the Hotel Astor in New York City in 1907 before moving to London England to work at the Ritz Hotel. A letter in the archive written by E. A. Pritchard of the Ritz Hotel states that Theodor Szarvas had been in the employ of the Ritz Hotel in London as head waiter in the restaurant from May 1st 1908 to October 25th 1912 then again from October 1st 1913 until October 17th 1914. The time between his two stays at the Ritz Hotel was spent at a fine hotel in Budapest which lured him away at 10000 Kr a year.</p><p>Theodore's time at the Ritz Hotel in London was after Cesar Ritz retired and during the period that the famed French chef Auguste Escoffier was manager. Escoffier managed the hotel and oversaw the restaurant. Escoffier and Cesar Ritz had worked together running Richard D'Oyly Carte's Savoy Hotel the most famous in London at the time. Ritz and Escoffier left the Savoy to open the Paris Ritz and later the Ritz Carlton Hotel in London which soon drew high society away from the Savoy Hotel.</p><p>After the outbreak of World War One and with England's declaration of war against the Austrian-Hungarian Empire Szarvas being Hungarian was reluctantly let go by the Ritz due to the pressure of public opinion. Pritchard's letter is apologetic and a letter of recommendation for Szarvas to be used by Szarvas in America which helped him find employment at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in New York City. The Ritz-Carlton had opened previously in 1911. An earlier letter in the collection 12 May 1908 written by Oscar Tschiersky manager of the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City tells us that Theodore had previously worked at the Waldorf from October 15th 1903 to October 24th 1906. Letters in the archive show Theodore working at a hotel in Budapest in 1913. It would appear that after he married Vivian Florence Fraser in 1910 the couple stayed in England for three years then moved to America with Theodore working briefly in Budapest then London again before losing that position when WWI broke out forcing them to move to America permanently.</p><p>Theodore Szarvas married his wife Vivian Florence Fraser 1890-1968 about the year 1910. At the time he was 35 years old his wife just 19 or 20. The couple had been secretly dating from at least October 1907 correspondence in this collection shows that Vivian at age 17 was secretly writing to Theodore a man almost twice her age. Letters in the collection demonstrate that she had a crush on him since she was 13 years old.</p><p>Vivian at first kept her correspondence to Theodore secret from her mother Millie Hartman and stepfather Otto Hartman. Vivian first met Theodore when she was thirteen and her crush on him began the day he visited her house to visit her stepfather with whom Theodore worked. The correspondence chronicles Vivian's obsession with Theodore a rather strange courtship until she finally married him.</p><p>Vivian corresponded secretly with Theodore from October 1907 until December 1909. She relates the utter horror that she feels betraying and being untruthful to her mother by sneaking around to see Theodore. Otto Hartman Vivian's stepfather appears to have been a co-worker with Theodore at the Astor Hotel and was very upset when he found out about the affair of his co-worker with his stepdaughter. Vivian's mother was also upset about the relationship and forbade her daughter to have any contact with Theodore but Vivian did not listen and kept up the relationship. However later on as it became apparent the two would marry her mother stated that she would leave her husband if he attempted to interfere with her daughter's relationship.</p><p>Theodore left for London in the spring of 1908 letters in the collection from Vivian who was in New York document the long distance relationship of the couple. There was much confusion on Vivian's part as she was in love with Theodore but all of her family parents grandparents aunts were against the relationship because of the dramatic age difference. Vivian was forbidden to have contact with him and the family felt safe once Theodore left for London however Vivian continued corresponding and the secret affair which finally came to an end in December of 1909 when Vivian's mother found out. At this time Vivian wrote to Theodore to send her money for passage to London before she is put out of the house by her mother.</p><p>Otto Hartman and his wife Millie Vivian's mother are enumerated in Manhattan on the 1900 Census and listed as being married for only three years. Vivian while given the name of Hartman was ten years old at this time. She later in life used her father's name Fraser. Her father was born in Germany Vivian in Illinois her elder sister Hope in Michigan and her oldest sister Gertrude in New York. The 1900 Census shows Vivian's mother as being born in Connecticut however other records state Canada. Otto Hartman in 1900 was listed as a German immigrant.</p><p>Millie Hartman appears in the U.S. Census for 1910 at her 1800 Clinton Avenue address in the Bronx a place where she apparently lived for the rest of her life and where Vivian and Theodore lived briefly after they came back to America from England. Otto Hartman is no longer in the household; either having died or perhaps the marriage may have ended in divorce or separation. The correspondence showed that there was considerable friction in the marriage.</p><p>Vivian and Theodore appear on the 1911 Census of England at 66A Hackford Road Lambeth London England. The couple's first child Theodore was born in England in 1910 however various records seem to indicate an earlier birth date perhaps as a way to disguise the fact that Vivian may have been pregnant when she married. The couple's second child James H. Szarvas was born 13 February 1915 and a third child Janet Szarvas was born much later in 1926. Both James and Janet were born in New York City. Later in life the Szarvas couple acted as foster parents for an Italian boy.</p><p>While living in England Vivian and her son Theodore made two trips 1911 and 1912 to America to visit her mother before finally moving to America permanently about 1913. By 1915 the Szarvas family appears on the New York State Census living at the 1800 Clinton Avenue address in the Bronx. They are living with Vivian's mother Millie Hartman who was listed as being born in Canada. Also with the family is an Austrian waiter likely an employee of Theodore who is the head waiter at this time at the Ritz.</p><p>In 1920 the Szarvas family was enumerated at New Castle Westchester County New York where Theodore was listed as a manager at a hotel. In 1921 we find Szarvas as the Maitre d' of the <i>S.S. Flotilla </i>a restaurant with a nautical theme in New York City at the corner of 56th Street and 6th Avenue a stone's throw from Broadway. The restaurant was hailed as a "most diverting development in the art of dining well."</p><p>When the 1925 New York State Census was taken the family was still on King Street at New Castle. At this time they had a Japanese butler living with them. Theodore was listed simply as a "manager." Theodore became a citizen at White Plains NY in 1925 and in 1929 the family was living in Chappaqua New York which became the family home. Earlier in a 1925 newspaper article Theodore listed as the head waiter at the Ritz-Carlton was reported to be suing William H. Kiernan a broker as the result of tips totaling $11000 being lost in Wall Street investments having gone south.</p><p>A book <i>Recipes for Cooking Forty Fathom Fish: Prepared by Theodore Szarvas Maitre D'hôtel and Louis Diat Chef de Cuisine of the Ritz-Carlton New York City</i> was published by Bay State Fishing Company in 1927. About this time society columnists were writing that Theodore was considered one of the best dressed men in the "parade of Park Avenue." His friend E. Phillips Oppenheim modeled his "suave maître d'hôtel" character after him. He was a collector of books and paintings and a boyhood friend of Ferenc Molnar during his student days in Budapest. Another writer wrote <i>"Theodor is a slender glossy-haired little man with the most beautiful clothes and manners imaginable. He prefers a pear-gray cutaway with a dark Ascot by day and an Oxford dinner jacket after dark and he knows who is who in New York's various social and financial upper brackets as well as a city editor or a bank teller". He acquired a not inconsiderable fortune in the 1920s and has a fine Westchester home with an important collection of English paintings. He later was at the Pierre. He was known as Theodore of the Ritz because of his long service as lord of the Ritz-Carlton dining rooms. It was said that he was "of a fast-vanishing school which believes that service can be a high art." His name was synonymous with "fine food" He put forth some of the most heroic adventures in cuisine in his day."</i> Theodore worked 1936 after leaving the Ritz at the Stork Club in New York City owned by Sherman Billingsley. He was also at the Hotel Pierre where he acted as director of the restaurant.</p><p>In 1930 Theodore's son also named Theodore was listed as a student at MIT. In 1935 he was living with his parents in Chappaqua but by the 1940 Census the younger Theodore was listed as living on 34th Street in NYC. He was listed as working as a salesman in advertising.</p><p>Millie Hartman Vivian's mother is found living with Theodore and Vivian in 1940 with their children Janet Robert James and James' wife Florence. In 1940 their son Theodore Jr. was living in Manhattan on Park Avenue married and working in sales with an advertising firm.</p><p>Theodore's son James Hurry Szarvas was born 13 February 1915 and died 19 February 1972. On 22 October 1943 he entered military service as a private and was released on 8 April 1946. Correspondence in the collection appears to show that James might have remained in the military serving in the Air Force as late as 1951. He had three years college and worked as a salesman. He was already married to Florence marrying her sometime before 4 June 1940 as they were listed as husband and wife on a ship manifest on a trip they took to Bermuda. They were living in Chappaqua Westchester Co. New York. She was listed as being born on 26 Nov 1914 at New York City. They were still living at Chappaqua in 1950 when they took another trip a flight to Bermuda. His brother Ted and Bob were also in the Air Force.</p><p>Theodore's daughter Janet Szarvas married Peter Fagg the son of Kenneth and Marion Fagg. They were married for fifty-seven years. Peter worked his entire adult life for IBM. For a number of years he was the Executive Director of Research in Fishkill New York and he also managed sites in Germany England and Japan. He was integrally involved with the development of the IBM 360/370 the world's first supercomputer doing a phenomenal job of managing the interdivisional international development of the dozens of new input-output devices without line authority over any of those teams. The 360 was the first family of computers designed to cover the complete range of applications from small to large both commercial and scientific. Peter Fagg headed the development of the 7010/7040 under executive Bob O. Evans the computer pioneer who helped lead the groundbreaking development of compatible computers that changed the industry. The 7040 was a historic but short-lived model of a transistor computer built in the 1960s.</p> books
184720000175Ireland Depot Holyoke MA 1847-1857. General wear. . A collection of eleven 11 letters belonging to the Emerson Family of Holyoke MA. The majority of the letters are send to Ireland Depot which was the name of the town's post office from the mid 1840s to mid 1850s. The letters date from 1847 to 1857 with the bulk of the correspondence between 1848 to 1850 and between Lovina H. Fay Emerson 1822-1897 and her friend Catherine A. George Bates 1826-1879. Eight of the letters are folded stampless posts the other three have their corresponding envelopes. The six letters written by Catherine A. George Bates to Lovina which start in 1847 congratulating Lovina on her recent marriage to William. The letters discuss a variety of topics but the main thread is Catherine's conversion to Christianity her conversion in 1848 along with Catherine's friend Susan Pond local events updates on sickness in the area highlights being the death of Catherine's nephew due to dysentery her father's bout with typhoid fever and her own bout with the mumps and Catherine's rather unsuccessful attempt to comfort Lovina on the upcoming birth of her first child by telling her of the death of Susan Pond's newborn twin boys. There are three letters from Paesiello Emerson 1832-1927 to his sister Mary Frances Emerson 1833-1853 who are William's children from his first marriage. Paesiello had moved from the family homestead to Ashland MA for work while Mary was still living with their father and his new wife Lovina in Holyoke MA. Paesiello writes updating his sister on his life such as sleigh rides and his new membership in the local division of the Sons of Temperance while also poetically waxing about nature and the changing of seasons. The last two letters in the collection are one-offs. The first is to William Emerson the patriarch of the family about a shipment of lumber being send to him and the request for payment. Depending on the census record William is either a carpenter or farmer. The last letter is from a C. B. Angier a distant relative of Lovina her mother's maiden name is Angier and provides a short update on their life. Below are excerpts from the letters: "I think I felt the importance of religion I saw myself to be a great sinner but I did not want you to know it. I remember well one Sunday evening there was quite a number went forward for prayer. I felt as if I must go I tried to stand but Satan whispered in my ear that if I went no one would believe that I was in earnest that I could do it better where I was & I listened to him and sat still. I think now if I had broken away from him then I might have found peace. You thought I was indifferent I was miserable for I was trying to be a Christian and have no one know it." - Catherine A. George Bates to her friend Lovina H. Fay Emerson June 22 1848 "It has been quite sickly about us one little child buried today. One case in particular I must tell you a lady 35 years old on who belonged in this neighborhood & always lived with her parents who are quite aged was married & went to her home with every prospect of happiness before she had scarcely begun to enjoy it was called to die just 4 weeks from the day she was married she was buried at the same place where she stood a bride she lay a corpse." - Catherine A. George Bates to her friend Lovina H. Fay Emerson September 21 1848 "I have just finished loading the lumber for you. A part of the boards are not such as I stands sp have had you but they are at the depot. I though I would send them there are 2330 fit sic I also send more of the short timbers which you will please see that it is unloaded & kept safety. What you can not sell please send me the money for the lumber as fast as possibly convenient and greatly oblige." - H. Williams to William Emerson May 1 1849 ". I came home I found little Frank that is Brother Hiram's youngest child very sick with Dysentery. He had not been well for a week or two before he had 10 teeth besides there were his stomach teeth & two others were swollen very hard which caused his sickness. The Doctor said it was a very doubtful case. Mother & others that saw him said he could not get well. I thought perhaps he might altho I knew he was very sick. Wednesday he seemed considerably better. Thursday he was very restless. Friday everything he took he vomited. The disease had gone to his head he would throw it from one side to the other in dreadful distress through the day. Saturday his hands & feet were very cold could not warm them thought he could no live the night out but by rubbing he seemed to get a little rest. He was so thirsty could raise himself & grasp the tumbler & look so wistful as if he thought we could help him the Dr. told us he thought he would have spasms but he did not he grew weaker and weaker until about 6 o'clock Sunday night. Mother was over him & noticed a change & called to us it was but to see him gasp his last breath. He had turned his eyes towards the window and thus without a groan or struggle he fell asleep in the arms of his savior just like the going down of the sun altho set forever to this world it shall dawn in a bright & better world as I gaxed sic upon him now still in death & kissed his cold lips I said is this death As this was the first I ever witnessed. The impression I received is pleasant Oh! that I may so live that when I die it may be as well with me as I believe it is with him. the mother appears calm & resigned to this event as well as looking forward to a time not far distant when another treasure may be sent to her I shall feel very anxious to hear from you after you receive this as the critical time of which spoke is near at hand. You must keep could courage Lovina is pregnant with her first child will be born in October 1849. Friend Susan was very sick when her children were born only think she had two sons one weighted 3 1/2 the other 7 pounds. The latter was dead the little one lived two days. She was so disappointed when it died she got a long remarkably well herself & has been very well during the summer. I wish you could see her it would do you good she wished me to give you her love and good wishes. I think I have not written you since the California fever has done such destructive work carrying off its hundreds and thousands from their homes and the enjoyments of life where and for what do they thus sacrifice their lives For gold that shall perish it appears strange to me that so many are ready to leave all & go. I am thankful there has none of my relations gone as yet but numbers of friends & acquaintances have gone. Some have arrived there & others that have not been heard from. " - Catherine A. George Bates to her friend Lovina H. Fay Emerson September 23 1849 "I haven't anything to do and have not had much for two months past I have carved my earned my board and that is about all. If I don't have something to do before long I shall be sick or crazy or something else. But there are signs of business being better before a great while. I still board at Mr. Montague and I think I shall as long as they will keep me. Last Friday I took a sleigh ride about five miles with another person who I shall not name here. It being a pleasant afternoon we had a first rate time and got home at last safe and sound." - George P. Emerson to Miss Mary Emerson January 4 1850 "But spring has come and with it pretty blue birds how pretty they sing in the morning. Winter has gone and with it the cold blistering days and nights with its long evenings and cold snows. Summer will soon be here with its long hot sultry days and soon will be the days when we shall hear the distant muttering thunder and see the dark black clouds with its forked lighting. I joined the Division of Sons of Temperance four weeks ago last night and I like them very much." - George P. Emerson to Miss Mary Emerson April 2 1850 "Your letter came to hand soon after date it found me watching by the sick bed of my dear Father he was taken sick the week after I came home with Typhoid fever. he complained of his dead did not seem to know or remember anything said it did not seem like his own head. the Dr. came but not do anything for him we dismissed him & called another & one to consult & before night they bled & blistered him & give him medicine which roused him he would talk one day about everything did not know us at all the next would sleep all day so sound that we could not wake him. my health has been good except about 3 weeks I had the mumps they went to my head & I had sores in my ears it was bad but I felt so anxious about Father that I did not mind it." - - Catherine A. George Bates to her friend Lovina H. Fay Emerson July 21 1857 <br/><br/>For the entirety of her letters in these collection Catherine sometimes spelled Catarina in census records signs her name C. A. George as she does not marry a man named Lafayette Bates until 1862. William Goddard Emerson was born on January 21 1806 to Reuben Babcock 1755-1844 and Hannah Goddard 1761-1857 in Northborough MA. As William does not have the same last name as his parents he might have been adopted or for some reason changed his name later in life. William had twelve siblings. He married Susan Perkins 1804-1843 on October 13 1831 and had five children: George Paesiello Emerson 1832-1927 Mary Frances Emerson 1833-1853 Ginevra Emerson 1836-1838 Arthur Emerson 1838-1841 and Marcellus Emerson 1843-1878. After Susan died in 1843 he remarried on August 8 1847 to Lovina H. Fay 1822-1897. With his second wife Lovina he had four children: William Francis Emerson 1849-1931 Annie Elizabeth Emerson 1859-1941 Mary G. Emerson 1861-1863 and Henry Howard Emerson 1865-1943. He died on April 19 1887 of old age. hardcover books
1999005612Yale 1999. Book. As New. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yale Hardcover books
1800244358vp chiefly Paris 1800. 8vo. Half calf and boards rebacked preserving most of original spine. 8vo. Sammelband of pamphlets pertaining to the Directory Council of 500 and Napoleon's rise to power.<br/>SIGNED "C. Sneyd Edgeworth / June 1817" on the half-title of the first pamphlet. Charles Sneyd Edgeworth was Maria's half-brother; his mother Elizabeth Sneyd was Mr. Edgeworth's third wife. With a list of pamphlets in Charles's hand on the first blank.<br/>An important anti-Napoleon pamphlet "Vrai Sens du Vote National" is INSCRIBED by the author Camille Jordan "par Mr Edgeworth de la part de l'autor" partially trimmed. unknown books
1988003205Times Books 1988 1988. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket. Great reference work. Times Books, 1988 Hardcover books
17415090Montreal: 3 April 1741. Reference: PENF #242. When Seigneur Dubuisson died in 1739 he was Commander in the West Major of Trois-Rivières. He had commanded the fort at Detroit from 1710 to 1715 wreaking devastation to the Fox Nation. In the late 1720s he commanded Michilmackinac and continued to confront the Fox. His daughter Louise married Tonti commander at Green Bay Wisconsin and at Fort Frontenac; his daughter Madeleine married Philippe de Joncaire the Indian agent and interpreter. The document testifies that the children received their father's furniture and effects inventoried elsewhere from la Dame de Dubuisson "with the exception of a mirror . which we have left her for her lifetime." In addition to Tonti and Joncaire the document is signed by Marianne du Dubuisson Jacques-Charles junior and by witnesses and the notary. 210 x 230 mm; two pages 22 lines of text. Barked--or rather bitten--at upper left corner. Some ink blemishes. 3 April unknown books
34785London: The Religious Tract Society n. d. Circa mid-1800s. Not in Attar's HOUSEHOLD BOOKS and OCLC records just 6 institutional holdings. Green fine-weave flexible cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Pale yellow eps. Gilt bright. A VG copy. iv 176 pp including Index. 16mo. 5-11/16" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/>A 'how-to' with such chapters as Duty Domestic Management & Useful Recipes. This latter tells us "How to make a joint serve a week." Can you say 'frugal' The Religious Tract Society hardcover books
