Manuscripts

The sporting life of an artist

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Description: Illustrated manuscript of Wakeman Holberton, especially covering his travels and fishing and hunting trips in upstate New York and the Northeast, includes original watercolors, pen and ink drawings, and some photographs. Locations include upstate New York (Ithaca, Canandaigua), Connecticut (Mansfield Center), Maine (Moosehead Lake), New Hampshire (Squam Lakes), Newfoundland and many other places in New England.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1891.
Call number: mssHM 82460
Creator: Holberton, Wakeman(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of John and Angela Holberton, May 2016.

Photograph album of outdoor recreation and actress Sarah Bernhardt visiting upstate New York

Visual Materials

An album of snapshots of outdoor recreation around lakes in the Adirondack Mountains, New York, followed by candid photographs of the actress Sarah Bernhardt and unidentified men and women in Wanakena and Ithaca, New York. The mountain scenes depict people camping and boating at Cranberry Lake with a "Professor Herrick," and logging operations at Oswegatchie River Dam. People are mostly unidentified, but there are two photographs of Bernhardt captioned with her name. She is seen standing in winter clothes in Cayuga Heights, Ithaca, and possibly in another, picnicking in the woods. It is unclear what her connection is to the others, including a man identified as "Lin" or "L.A." and a "Mrs. Allen." They are possibly members of a theater troupe travelling with Bernhardt through upstate New York.

photCL 362

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H. N. Rose travel journal

Manuscripts

The majority of H. N. Rose's journal covers his work as a cook on his journey from upstate New York to Texas. Rose left upstate New York on June 12, 1860 and traveled to Texas through Missouri and Indian Territory with his father, friends, and a herd of sheep. On July 2, 1862, Rose wrote that he was back in upstate Elmira, New York. Starting on page 335 is a travelogue based on the diary entitled "Camp Life in Western Texas," which reverts to Rose's expedition and informs others of necessary preparations. The spine of the journal reads "Private Journal" and "H.N. Rose Detroit."

mssHM 83110

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Artist's declaration for painting "The Dying Sea Gull,"

Manuscripts

This is the declaration made by Elihu Vedder when he was leaving Rome and bringing the painting "The Dying Sea Gull" to New York in May 1879. It is signed by Vedder and the Consul General Charles McMillan.

mssHM 78279

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A General Report concerning the State of his Majesty's Plantations on the Continent of America Made by the Lords Commissioners of Trade & Plantations the 8th September 1721 :

Manuscripts

Fair copy of the report prepared by the Board of Trade for George I. The report includes the Introduction, chapters dealing with Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the Carolinas; "The Consequence of the Plantation Trade, Account of the French Settlements, "Some Considerations for enlarging and improving his Majesty's American Dominions, by Preventing Encroachments, cultivating a good Understanding with the Indians," and by "putting the Government of the Plantations upon a better Foot."

mssHM 221

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Alpha Marsh Cary travel diary

Manuscripts

Although the diary is unsigned, it is reasonable to believe the diary was written by Alpha Marsh Cary from San Diego. The diary was kept during a journey that she and her parents took from San Diego to the East Coast and back again. Besides visiting family along the way, and in upstate New York, the family traveled through Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and New York City. On their journey home, they visited family in Colorado, stopped at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, and visited San Francisco. The author details some of the activities she did while on the trip including reading, sewing, playing cards, going to amusement parks and Vaudeville shows, and seeing "moving pictures." The family also toured a medical museum near Washington, DC, led by its head, Dr. Daniel Lamb, and the Johns Hopkins Institute. They traveled by automobiles, train, streetcars, and even a steamer.

mssHM 84017

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Group 593: Sporting Life Publishing Co

Manuscripts

This collection contains of the business records of the Merrymount Press and the related papers of its founder Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941). The bulk of the collection consists of financial volumes; correspondence with customers, publishers, illustrators, craftsmen, and suppliers; bills; estimates; and scrapbooks with specimens of work. While the majority of the correspondence is comprised of letters, there are occasionally proofs, specimens, and cloth, paper, fabric samples, etc., found with the correspondence. The records reflect Updike's involvement with printing across the United States and in Europe, though much of his work was produced for clients in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York City. Some of the correspondence reflects Updike's personal interests including Rhode Island history and churches and charitable work with poor children as well as prison inmates.

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