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  • Harry Chandler with a group of people at Acorn Lodge

    Harry Chandler with a group of people at Acorn Lodge

    Manuscripts

    Black and white photograph of Harry Chandler (far left) outside with a group of people at Acorn Lodge. A young boy in scouting uniform stands in front of the group of five men. Forest backdrop.

    mssLAT 01264

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    The Boston Miscellany of Literature and Fashion

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    One bound volume with issues of The Boston Miscellany of Literature and Fashion (Boston: Bradbury, Soden & Co., Edited by Nathan Hale, Jr.) v. 1, Jan.-July 1842.

    ephKAEE

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    Ginza kaiwai

    Rare Books

    Volume 1 contains Kimura's history of the Ginza. It is bound in embossed paper-covered boards with a plate mounted on the front cover. In a rice-paper covered slip case with illustrated label on front and text label on spine. Volume 2 is an accordion book or leporello with panoramas of the Ginza running along the top and bottom of the pages. It is bound in publisher's paper covered boards.

    653030

  • Yokut squaw sifting acorn meal in basket

    Yokut squaw sifting acorn meal in basket

    Visual Materials

    Older Yokut woman sitting on a burlap sack on the ground sifting acorn meal in a basket. A dog is visible in the background.

    photCL Pierce 02531

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    Hamlet restor'd

    Manuscripts

    An unfinished piece of mock criticism intended to ridicule the work of contemporary Shakespearean commentators. This manuscript has been bound into a dummy volume of 106 leaves, the majority of the volume is blank; front cover is loose and spine is damaged.

    mssHM 589

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    Im Frühling: a song with words and music

    Manuscripts

    A musical piece dedicated to Adolf Böttger and written in Leipzig, Germany. The spine and front cover contain the English title "In the Spring;" the manuscript is bound in red morocco gilt and there is slight damage to the spine. Also included are various autograph notes and musical pieces originally laid into the volume.

    mssHM 1020