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The sporting life of an artist
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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.
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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."
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Ranch life in the far west :
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Manuscript draft with autograph edits of chapter one, "The Cattle Country of the Far West" and chapter two, "Out on the Range," of Roosevelt's Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail (New York: The Century Company, 1888). Chapter two begins on page 17. Item has been bound in leather with the title page Theodore Roosevelt Original Manuscript Ranch Life in the Far West. Signed by Roosevelt in pencil.
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Artist's declaration for painting "The Dying Sea Gull,"
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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.
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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 :
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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."
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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.
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