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    The New-England Magazine

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    One bound volume of The New-England Magazine (Boston: Printed and Published by J.T. & E. Buckingham): v. 4, Jan.-June, 1833.

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  • Two envelopes : Museum of Fine Arts, Division of Instruction, Boston, Mass

    Two envelopes : Museum of Fine Arts, Division of Instruction, Boston, Mass

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    Two envelopes with "Museum of Fine Arts, Division of Instruction, Boston, Mass." printed on them. There are no other markings or dates, ca. 1935. Title supplied by cataloger.

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    Art in America and Arts & Decoration

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    Issues of: Art in America: an illustrated quarterly magazine (Springfield, MA: edited by Jean Lipman): Volume 32, no. 4, October 1944 Arts & Decoration New York: Hewitt Publishing Corporation (imprint varies): Volume 10, no. 4, February 1919; Volume 10, no. 5, March 1919; Volume 10, no. 6, April 1919; Volume 11, nos. 1-6, May-October 1919; Volume 12, nos. 1-5, November 1919-March 1920; Volume 13, no. 2, July 1920; Volume 13, no. 3, August 1920; Volume 15, no. 2, June 1921

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  • Set of art appreciation posters created by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

    Set of art appreciation posters created by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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    One set of art appreciation posters created by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1926. The set of 55 posters is housed within 5 large envelopes; there are 23 different posters, with duplicate copies of 9 of the 23. All of the posters contain black and white reproductions of photographs. Accompanying the posters within the first folder is a large piece of brown wrapping paper on which is written in ms.: "Mabel Spofford; from Boston Museum of Fine Arts, received April 7. 1956 art appreciation posters." The posters vary in size, but all are large. What follows is a listing of the contents of each envelope; the title at the top of the poster has been transcribed. Env. 1: English Decorative Arts; European Decorative Arts; Massachusetts Silver of the 17th and 18th Centuries; European Furniture and Interior Architecture; Objects in the Museum of Fine Arts- English History; American Furniture and Interior Architecture 1675-1800. Env. 2: Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Aegean and Archaic Greek. Sheet VI. 1926; Appreciation of Art. Greek. Sheet VII; Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Roman. Sheet VIII. 1926 (2 copies); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Greek and Roman Art (13 copies) Env. 3: Appreciation of Art. Architecture. Sheet II. (7 copies) Env. 4: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Egyptian Art (7 copies); [Untitled poster of Egyptian Art] Env. 5: Appreciation of Art. Lettering. Sheet I (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Prehistoric. Sheet II (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Early Christian and Byzantine. Sheet IX. 1926; Appreciation of Art. Renaissance. Sheet XIII; Appreciation of Art. Romanesque. Sheet XI. (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Gothic. Sheet XII. 1926 (2 copies); Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Colonial. Sheet XVI. 1926; Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Indian-Chinese-Japanese. Sheet V. 1926; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Art of the Ancient Near East; Appreciation of Art. Grade IX. Assyrian. Sheet IV. 1926. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  • Application for Admission to the Boston University Summer Session in Physical Education at Sargent Camp, Peterborough, N.H

    Application for Admission to the Boston University Summer Session in Physical Education at Sargent Camp, Peterborough, N.H

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    Two pieces of ephemera relating to Boston University's Sargent Camp; the first is entitled Application for Admission to the Boston University Summer Session in Physical Education at Sargent Camp, Peterborough, N.H.; the other is entitled Room Reservation Form. The application form is dated 1948. Neither form has been completed. Accompanying the two forms is an envelope addressed, in typescript, to "Miss Gladys B. Tarr, 89 Prospect St., Sar15 Gloucester, Mass." The items were laid into a catalog entitled Summer Session in Physical Education at Sargent Camp, (HEH RB# 603429).

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  • Ephemera from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

    Ephemera from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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    One group of 4 (with 2 duplicates) pieces of ephemera issued by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, relating to courses and lectures on the teaching of Ancient art: a schedule of lantern slide talks for 1934-1935 (and a duplicate); an "Outline for Teachers' Course in Ancient Art" schedule for 1934-1935; a lecture reservation form (and a duplicate); and an informational sheet about use of the museum's lantern slides. Title supplied by cataloger.

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