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A tour to the west of England, in 1788. : By the Rev. S. Shaw

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  • Photo album #3: West and Shaw family (1915-1926)

    Photo album #3: West and Shaw family (1915-1926)

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    The family correspondence spans from 1919 to 1961. The letters are primarily from Hartley and Fern Shaw, writing to their daughters, Dorothy and Evelyn, at Pomona College in Claremont, California. Most of the letters are written from Glendale, California. Occasionally, the letters are written in the Pacific Electric Red Car, which they frequently refer to as the "machine." There are a couple of letters from Lucien Shaw, written on his Supreme Court of California letterhead. In one letter, Lucien Shaw offers some sage advice on the consequences of procrastination to Dorothy: "It is an awfully bad habit, making inconvenience for yourself, and what is worse, causing inconvenience to nearly everybody with whom you are associating. And there is no excuse for it" (1922, Jan. 8). The contents of the letters are general updates on family, friends, church, finances, and travels. However, in the wake of certain events, remarks about the Great Depression, World War II, Japanese relocation, the Korean War, racial segregation, and the advent of color television are mentioned.

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    West, 1764-1782; General, 1783-1788; New England, 1783-1788; Middle Atlantic, 1783-1788; West, 1783-1788

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    Subjects covered: Turner's education; family affairs; business affairs, particularly with his publisher Henry Holt and Co.; ideas about the frontier, sectionalism, historical scholarship, professional matters generally, and politics; Turner's activities and experiences at Johns Hopkins University, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Harvard and the Huntington Library; teaching career; work with the Harvard Commission on Western History; work with the Dictionary of American biography project; and his role in the American Historical Association, particularly the "Bancroft insurrection" of 1915. In his extensive research notes, maps, and graphs there is a large body of data about American history. Collection contains: letters, documents, maps, photographs, lantern slides, research notes, lecture notes, manuscripts of speeches, essays, books, and clippings. The collection also contains 15 boxes of correspondence between Turner and Alice Forbes Perkins Hooper.

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    David Shaw Shrode letter to W. S. Shrode

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    In this letter to his brother, Shrode talks about life in Texas and the South. He also states that he has had "California fever for some time" and that he has plans to go that next Spring.

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