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Chambliss' diary, or, Society as it really is
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Georg Ohm really said: article and correspondence
Manuscripts
Typescript of article written by Joseph H. Sutton. The article concerns Georg Ohm's work describing the electrical circuit. Also includes three letters, two written by Dibner to Sutton and dated March 24, 1965 and July 18, 1966 and one from Sutton to Dibner, dated March 23, 1966. The letters discuss Sutton's work on Ohm and on Gustav Kirchhoff, and mention that Dibner sent Sutton material concerning Alessandro Volta.
mssHM 83095
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William H. Gilbert diaries
Manuscripts
William H. Gilbert's United States Christian Commission diaries covering the periods from May 24 to July 4, 1864 (HM 82594), October 20 to December 17, 1864 (HM 82595), and January 24 to October 19, 1865 (HM 82596). The notebooks contain notes that Gilbert made in the process of discharging his duties with the U. S. Christian Commission. The last notebook also contains notes for the final report that Gilbert was required to submit at the end of his commission, a list of "letters written," expenses, memorandum of the members of 1841 graduating class, and a tally of collections for the Bible Society. Gilbert's notes describe hospitals, barracks, camps, and schools in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, including contraband camps and "colored" schools; prayer meetings, funerals, temperance meetings, and sermons, conversations with soldiers, officers, hospital chaplains, surgeons, Confederate prisoners, civilians, ministers, fellow agents, contrabands (fugitive slaves), notes for letters written on behalf of wounded soldiers; copies of Gilbert's letters to the U. S. Christian Commission members and fellow agents, records of books, clothes, and foodstuffs distributed and needed; expenses, etc.
mssHM 82594-82596
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Caroline Yost Weinland and William Henry Weinland diaries
Manuscripts
A collection of approximately 2,100 items from 1853 to 1946, which contains letters, manuscripts, 39 diaries, documents, and drawings related to the life and activities of William Henry Weinland, Caroline Yost Weinland, and the extended Weinland family. The materials focus on their missionary work for the Moravian Church in Alaska and on the Morongo Indian Reservation near Banning, California. Correspondents represented in the collection include Samuel M. Brosius (writing on behalf of the Indian Rights Association), Paul De Schweinitz, and Amelia Stone Quinton. Two separate series in the collection include the Rock family letters from 1911 to 1916, which were written from an Alaskan mission, and the Gilman family papers from 1853 to 1946, which include correspondence, land papers, and historical notes on the Banning area. The collection also includes two boxes of uncataloged addenda.
mssWeinland
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Homeopathic Society (Dr Quin)
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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