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    Series 13. Harmony in G Sharp magazine

    Visual Materials

    This collection contains the papers of naval architect, artist, and interior designer Jack Heaney primarily related to projects Heaney worked on in the mid 20th century at the New York City marine design and naval architectural firm of George G. Sharp Inc., and later at Jack Heaney and Associates. The bulk of the collection dates from the late 1930s to the 1960s and includes both professional and project records primarily reflecting Heaney's design work for cargo-passenger vessels, and some personal documents. The professional and project records in the collection includes design renderings and drawings of ship exteriors, interiors, furniture, and fixtures; photographs primarily of ship interiors; miscellaneous ephemera, often with graphic components by Heaney; publications and clippings profiling Heaney's work; and some miscellaneous correspondence. The largest section relates to the first nuclear cargo ship, the NS Savannah. Other ships and ship lines represented include the Robin Line, Delta Line, American President Lines, Great Lakes Ore Carriers, SS Aquarama, Gulf and South American Steamship, and the Farrell Lines. While most of the collection concerns Heaney's work, the Staten Island Ferries series also includes correspondence related to JoAnne Heaney's interior design work on the project in the late 1970s. The materials also include twelve of the first issues of Harmony in G. Sharp, the George G. Sharp firm's in-house magazine dating from the mid 1940s. The personal papers include three shipbuilding books and a notebook used by Heaney as a student; six pieces of student artwork dating from 1924 to 1926; and some additional postcards and pieces of ephemera.

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    Manuscript newsletters from London

    Manuscripts

    A series of 126 manuscript newsletters from London, January 23, 1689/90 to June 22, 1710 (with gaps), written by a number of professional scribes, mostly with the name of the addressee on the last page and many with franks and postmarks. Unbound and unnumbered.

    mssHM 30659

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    Instruction in surgery…

    Visual Materials

    The William H. Helfand Collection contains more than 7,000 European and American prints and ephemera relating to health professions including medical, dental, and mental wellness. The materials date from the 1490s to the early 21st century and contain many social and political cartoons that satirize health practices and practitioners. Noted illustrators represented include French artists Honore Daumier, Gustave Dore, J. J. Grandville, and Emile Vernier; British caricaturists Thomas Rowlandson, George Cruikshank, and James Gillray; and the American cartoonist Thomas Nast.

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    Ischl und seine Umgebungen. Unter gleichzeitiger Berücksichtigung Gmunden's sowie des gesammten Salzkammergutes

    Rare Books

    Kirkpatrick reference: 2224 Description: 112, XXXII p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded), [1] double leaf of plate: illustrations, maps Imprint: Ischl und Gmunden [Bad Ischl and Gmunden] : E. Mänhardt Ownership notes: Autograph: R.F. Burton. Occasional ms. annotations by Burton. Insertions: Program for a theater performance in Ischl on 20 August 1881 titled "Krieg im Frieden" laid in between pages 22 and 23.

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  • Obadiah Harris journal, 1758 May 22-October 23

    Obadiah Harris journal, 1758 May 22-October 23

    Manuscripts

    A regimental journal kept by Obadiah Harris. The journal covers James Abercromby’s 1758 campaign, including the Battle of Ticonderoga (July 6, 1758) and its aftermath. In addition, there is also information on Fort Edward and Fort George between 1758 May 22 and October 23.

    mssHM 591

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    Council, W. H., residence, South Pasadena, Calif

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    Folder 22 contains 21 gelatin silver prints, including six prints by George D. Haight, six snapshots, and nine prints by unidentified photographers; one of the prints by Haight has pencil sketch on verso. Folder 23 contains 45 later prints, 42 depicting various garden features and three showing garden plans.

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