Rare Books

Burton Memorial Fund : a national appeal

Image not available

Description: Pamphlet asking for donations to create a memorial for Sir Richard Burton, in honor of the centenary of his birth. The memorial, headed by the Royal Asiatic Society, sought to create a Medal bearing his effigy. Back page of the pamphlet can be torn off and filled out for those interested in donating.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1920?]
Call number: 635973
Provenance: Gift of Edwards Metcalf, 1992.
Dimensions: 23 cm
Associated people: Metcalf, Edwards H.
Find out more

Isabel Burton obituaries

Manuscripts

This is a bound volume of newspaper obituaries for Isabel Burton, compiler unknown, made in the 19th century. The album has the modern bookplate of Burke E. Casari, a previous owner, pasted onto the inside front cover. Two pieces of ephemera are also enclosed: Sir Richard F. Burton Memorial Fund [printed pamphlet] and a list of the obituaries in the album, typed by B.E. Casari.

mssHM 82873

Image not available

National Research Fund - N-Miscellaneous

Manuscripts

The collection chiefly consists of the administrative, scientific, and personal correspondence of Walter S. Adams spanning the years 1921 to 1956, including his work during World War II. Adams and the observatory staff worked, in secret, with the U.S. government and helped create prisms and optics for various types of binoculars and gun sights; the staff also assisted with aerial and naval defense and attack strategy. There is also material from Adams' retirement years. The collection also contains manuscripts and photographs (some of which are of the B-29 bomber), also dealing with Adams' astronomical work.

mssAdamsw

Image not available

Members' correspondence

Manuscripts

Letters and receipts related to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Alameda, Sacramento, San Andreas, Diamond Spring, and Stockton, California. Includes a letter of resignation as Vice Grand of Charity Lodge No.6 from Benjamin P. Kooser (also includes notes on a ball to attract new members), a printed prospectus and receipt for the I.O.O.F. "Black Book" (1856), a letter about an Indiana member's wife who is searching for him in California, a printed circular asking for donations, a printed list of how many representatives each lodge is entitled to (1858), and a letter from C.A.E. Hertel detailing his illnesses and asking for sick benefits.

mssHM 74309-74314

Image not available

Collis P. Huntington memorials, etc

Manuscripts

Includes photographs of Huntington Memorial Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; memorial built by Collis P. Huntington in memory of his mother, Elizabeth Vincent Huntington, Harwinton, Connecticut; views from Harwinton, Connecticut, where Collis P. Huntington was born; dedication day at the Huntington Memorial Library, Hampton Institute, Virginia; memorial building for Collis P. Huntington, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama; stone memorial dedicated to Collis P. Huntington at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia.

mssHEH

Image not available

Bradford Rhodes, Garfield Fund, New York, letter to T.W. & M.V. Scott, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Manuscripts

Printed circular letter to "the Banks and Bankers of the United States" soliciting subscription donations for Lucretia Garfield following James A. Garfield's shooting. Includes addressed envelope. (1 page)

HM 16105

Image not available

Permanent blind relief war fund for soldiers and sailors : 590 Fifth Avenue New York

Visual Materials

Language: English Notes: Blank hanging wall form for the names, addresses, and amounts of donations; "Dr. Charles N.B. Camac / No. 25440"--text, name of authorized collector and form number filled out in manuscript.

priWWI_B_a

Burton Memorial Fund : a national appeal

Opening Hours

Admission Info and Tickets

You might also be interested in

Isabel Burton obituaries

National Research Fund - N-Miscellaneous

Members' correspondence

Collis P. Huntington memorials, etc

Bradford Rhodes, Garfield Fund, New York, letter to T.W. & M.V. Scott, Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Permanent blind relief war fund for soldiers and sailors : 590 Fifth Avenue New York