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Women of the South and Their Influence on Our Country
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Language of material: English Publisher: Country Beautiful Foundation (Waukesha, Wis.) Author: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 Editor: Dineen, Michael P. Related content page(s): 63-91 Woods reference: A125 Notes: Essay accompanied by a black and white photograph of Churchill at his easel and 21 color reproductions of his paintings.
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Two record books kept by the Oregon Trail Memorial Association from 1926-1931. Includes meeting minutes (most kept by secretary Allen Eaton), memorial notices, member lists, financial records, annual reports, National Pioneer Dinner programs (1930), text of some speeches from special events (including "The Westward March of America" by Howard R. Driggs, Dec.29, 1930, in honor of Ezra Meeker's 100th birthday), Oregon Trail Memorial Essay Contest winner Hilda Gillam's essay and photograph, and notes from Ezra Meeker's memorial service. Also includes "Ezra Meeker's last letter" (Oct.1925), miscellaneous letters and clippings related to the Association (1938-1939), an issue of the American Trails Courier with proof (1962), essays on Rebecca Winter by Howard R. Driggs, a poem called South Pass by Henry G. Hillier, and assorted ephemera.
mssHM 74798-74799
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Visual Materials
In Our Path contains two series of black-and-white photographs by Jeff Gates that chronicle the construction and impact of the I-105 Century Freeway in Los Angeles, California, between 1982 and 1983 and later from 1990 and 1995. The first set of 19 images focus primarily on the initial condemnation and relocation of houses and property in the proposed path of the freeway in the early 1980s. The later set of 27 images document the continued construction in the early 1990s and the opening of the freeway. Each set of photographs is accompanied by a letterpress title page, introduction, and numbered descriptive notes by the photographer.
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Typewritten manuscript examining "how the basic claim of Mormonism evolved and how it can be tested." The essay opens with a general introduction to logical thinking, and then applies these theories to religion. It continues with an examination of the Book of Mormon, a brief overview of the Doctrine and Covenants, and a historical look at the Mormon exodus to Ohio and subsequent move to and flight from Missouri, followed by the settlement of Nauvoo and move to Utah. It also briefly covers the Pearl of Great Price, the Book of Moses, and the Book of Abraham. Includes original photographs.
mssHM 52313
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ff. 6-150v. [Chester Mystery Cycle]. Incipit: Ego sum alpha et omega i, primus et novissimus. I god moste of maiestye/ in whom begininge none may bee. Explicit: therfore excuse you withowten were/ I may not well I wysse. Deo gratias. This ys the laste of all the xxiiiitie pageantes and playes, played by the xxiiites craftesmen of the Cyttie of Chester wrytten in the yeare of our lord god 1591 and in the xxxiiiith yeare of the reigne of our sovereigne Ladye queene Elizabeth, whom god preserve for ever Amen. Finis. [added in a different script:] By me Edward Gregorie scholler at Bunburye the yeare of our lord god 1591. Rubric: Drapers Playe. Incipit pagina secunda qualiter deus docuit mundum, Deus. English. IMEV 716. R. M. Lumiansky and D. Mills, eds., The Chester Mystery Cycle. EETS ss 3 (London 1974) , using this manuscript as the base text, collated against the 5 other manuscripts; HM 2 described in the introduction, pp. xii-xiv and in the notes, pp. 533-47. See also The Chester Mystery Cycle: a reduced facsimile of Huntington Library MS 2 with an introduction by R. M. Lumiansky and D. Mills (San Marino and the University of Leeds 1980). Other complete editions of the Chester cycle, including the Banns, by T. Wright for the Shakespeare Society (1843-47) and by H. Deimling and Dr. Matthews for EETS es 62, 115 (1892, 1916) ; for a list of the partial editions, see Lumiansky and Mills, EETS ss 3, pp. xli-xlii . This manuscript lacking the first 5 leaves (as shown by contemporary foliation); the missing text (the Banns and Play 1) supplied in HM 2 on the introductory ff. I-XII from London, Brit. Lib., Harley 2013 in the nineteenth century.
mssHM 2
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Volume contains correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and William M. Van der Weyde regarding Roosevelt's reference to Thomas Paine as a "filthy little atheist" in his publication Gouverneur Morris (1888). Roosevelt alleged his description of Paine was partly based on a quote from statesman Gouverneur Morris's journal. The letters discuss the origin of the Morris quote and histories of Paine by authors Jared Sparks and Moncure Daniel Conway. Roosevelt expounds upon the definitions of "atheist" and "deist" in several letters. The final Roosevelt letter is sent by his secretary on his behalf (1918 September 4, mssHM 6026). Roosevelt's letters to Van der Weyde are all signed typescripts; most contain autograph edits. In addition, the volume contains typescript and facsimile copies of a letter from Roosevelt to "Mr. Hartmann," 1917 October 23 (FAC 50). Van der Weyde's letters are typescript signed copies. An introduction to the correspondence by Van der Weyde and images of Paine, Morris, Roosevelt, Van der Weyde, and others are also present in the volume. Two images are original photographs of Roosevelt, one a portrait and the other at his desk, taken by Van der Weyde and signed by him (undated). Items were bound together by Van Der Weyde for preservation purposes; title on binding is "Roosevelt - Van der Weyde Correspondnce concerning Thomas Paine." Volume contains five Theodore Roosevelt typescript letters signed dated: 1918 April 4 (mssHM 6015), 1918 April 19 (mssHM 6016), 1918 July 1 (mssHM 6019), 1918 July 9 (mssHM 6021), and 1918 August 21 (mssHM 6024).
mssHM 6014-6026