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A soldier of Oriskany
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Departments - Production - Composing Room Museum
Manuscripts
3 items. Materials include: 3-pp. list, "Composing Room Inventory, undated; 8-pp. handwritten list, headed "A corner of the composing room, 1884 - 1974," 7/25/1991; article copy, Among Ourselves, 7/1977, photo caption begins - "A corner of the Composing Room--about the way it looked from 1881 to 1974, when The Times converted to 100% photocomposition--is now open."
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A psalme of prayer and praise for the prosperous and good estate of our soueraigne lord the King, his royall progeny, and the whole estate of his Maiesties dominions and people drawne from the fountaine of faith, for the priuate vse of the poore orphanes in Christs Hospitall or any true Christian, wishing wealth and peace to Sion
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ESTC S121840 ; A song - "Lord giue thy iudgements to our King, therein instruct him well:" ; At head of title: Feare God and honour the King;Publication date conjectured by STC ; The music is by John Farrant
18331
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The man and the tree : epic of the navel orange and Luther C. Tibbets
Manuscripts
Mills' monograph covers her father's life including his move to Riverside, California, his navel orange crops, and the founding of the Riverside Land & Irrigating Company. Mills also spends much time on her father's legal troubles that eventually led to him losing the majority of his property. Mills talks in general about the navel orange industry in California, California history, Riverside, San Bernardino, irrigation, and John Wesley North. The monograph includes photographs and maps of land owned by Tibbets. Accompanying the monograph is two volumes of court transcripts of cases involving Tibbets, both in San Bernardino and Riverside from 1875 to 1899.
mssHM 67903-67905
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The first American cookbook : a facsimile of "American cookery," 1796
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A facsimile of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States, featuring authentic recipes for colonial favorites, and offering advice on how to judge the quality of meats, poultry, fish, vegetables, and other foodstuffs.
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Illinois Soldiers College and Military Academy
Visual Materials
The Jay T. Last collection of education prints and ephemera contains over 1,800 printed items related to education in the United States from 1788 to approximately 1930, with the bulk of the items dating from 1850 to 1910. Most of these items are lithographs, but engravings and woodcuts are also included. The collection includes over 30 large-size items comprised mainly of lithographed views of colleges and universities, diplomas and other certificates, penmanship examples, and uncut sheets of rewards of merit. Small-size items number approximately 1,800 and contain a variety of materials, including copy and writing books (composition books), arithmetic and ciphering books, tuition bills, programs and tickets to graduations and other school events, certificates, trade cards, student identification cards, postcards, ribbons, and printed billheads and letterheads (with and without manuscript text). The collection highlights institutions, products, and services relating to personal knowledge, understanding, character building, and moral and social qualities including the tools, equipment, supplies, and structures used for learning and teaching these disciplines in the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This includes items associated with academic achievement, exhibits, lectures, and institutions of learning.
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Employees - Tennyson, Alfred
Manuscripts
Approx. 30 items: various pieces of correspondence betw. Tennyson and Lois Markwith, LAT Archivist; several copies of Al Tennyson articles from The Pacific Printer and Publisher, early 1950s; 3-pp. of informal memoirs signed "Al. Tennyson"; 2-pp. report, "Reasons for a new composing room," on oversized, sturdy paper, and signed "al tennyson"; multi-page, text & photo essay from Amer. Newspaper Publishers Assn., Mechanical Bulletin, 2/28/1950, "Composing Room short-cuts." Tennyson was clearly a vital cog in the smooth operation of the composing room. He retired 1/1/1968, after a 47-year association with LAT, and consulted for some time after that.
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