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Book of original lines which are yet to be corrected. Written when sick and confined to bed

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    Frank J. Cotter scrapbook

    Manuscripts

    A scrapbook created by Frank K. Cotter in the early part of the 20th century. The leather-bound scrapbook has a printed photo of Cotter pasted down on the title page; there is a modern autograph note, in an unknown hand, laid inside the front cover, with a few other printed items laid into the volume. The poems and short stories in the scrapbook are either printed clippings or typewritten copies, some of which were written by Cotter under his pseudonym Pat O'Cotter. The clippings and copies only fill twenty-five pages with the majority of the scrapbook containing blank and empty pages. The subjects covered are mainly World War I, Alaska, and the Klondike.

    mssHM 83799

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    Edward Anthony Spitzka medical school scrapbook

    Manuscripts

    This volume contains approximately 50 assorted documents, both pasted down and laid-in, plus an additional 12 pages or so of manuscript text in Spitzka's hand (including a few pieces of correspondence). The majority of the items relate to Spitzka's medical school course work at Columbia University including class descriptions and exam questions.

    mssHM 83828

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    Rent book kept for Ethan Allen Hitchcock

    Manuscripts

    This volume contains financial records of rent paid by and paid to Ethan Allen Hitchcock. Some entries are made in a hand other than that of Charles M. Hitchcock. Some pages have been cut out of the final part of the notebook. The date of entries range from 1858 to 1862.

    mssHM 19337

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    Medical account book

    Manuscripts

    This account book includes patient names and fees paid for medical treatment from 1851 to 1881. The author is unknown but might be in Ohio. There is some mention of the treatment performed and reason for visit such as: childbirth, prescriptions of medicine, treatment of wounds, and even some dental work. There are 23 pages of newspaper clippings from newspapers in Ohio (the clippings are sometimes glued over the medical information). The clippings include poems and short articles, many of which are written by Thomas C. Harbaugh, a writer from Ohio. The clippings are from 1895 to 1897. Several pages have been cut-out of the volume.

    mssHM 75114

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    Collection of leaves from a missal, books of hours, and an antiphonal

    Manuscripts

    A collection of leaves from an unidentified missal, books of hours, and antiphonal; also modern ephemera. HM 82933 (1) leaves from a missal written for Chichester Cathedral, with decorated initials and possibly Flemish illuminated borders. The five leaves are bound into a volume with black Morocco binding and two ribbons laid in; with the bookplate of Edward J. Loftus pasted onto first page.

    mssHM 82933 (1-7)

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    Receipt book : culinary, cosmetic, medicinal and household recipes

    Manuscripts

    These two manuscript volumes of recipes were begun by Mrs. Elizabeth Nicolls in the last quarter of the eighteenth century and completed, amended and altered by a number of successive owners and users over the course of more than half a century. Volume 1 (1776-approx. 1815) and Volume 2 (1781-approx. 1827), are written in several hands, with numerous tipped-in manuscript notes, letters and pasted-in newspaper clippings; original vellum over pasteboards, with some damage to spines and corners. Also included, in a separate envelope, are additional leaves originally laid into the volumes and a small envelope with a lock of "Harry's Hair" (9 pieces).

    mssHM 83318 (Vols. 1-2)