Manuscripts
Letterbook: Correspondence and notes on art collections 1911-1917
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A Meadow Lark's View of the Berkshire Summer School of Art at Monterey, Mass
Visual Materials
One single-sheet flyer for the Berkshire Summer School of Art, published by the Berkshire Summer School of Art, containing informational text about courses, methods, and faculty, an illustrated map of the campus, and three photograph illustrations. Accompanying this advertisement is a single leaf, labeled pp. 23-24 that has been removed from a book or brochure for the school.
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Medical Ledger
Manuscripts
This ledger is an account book of patients and the fees paid for medical treatment. The author is unknown and the accounts seem to belong to several doctors; perhaps in Massachusetts. There is some mention of the treatment performed or reason for visit such as: childbirth, vaccinations, setting fractures, etc. Several pages have been cut-out of the volume. The spine is loose.
mssHM 74829
Industrial and Applied Art Books
Visual Materials
Seven books entitled Industrial and Applied Art Books, published by Mentzer Bush & Co., New York, Chicago, and Dallas, copyright 1926. Edited by Walter Scott Perry, Florence H. Fitch, Walter Sargent, and Frederick G. Bonser. Published in eight parts, book No. 2 is lacking from this set. Each of the seven books are 48 pages in length, and contain a wide variety of art projects for students. The projects range from simple coloring exercises (beginning with book 1) and progress to more sophisticated projects such as printing and book binding (in book 8). All of the books contain black and white and color illustrations. Each exercise or lesson is comprised of a sample or template, instructional text for the student, and additional instructional text for the teacher. The project template can be cut out of the book for use; a few have been cut out but laid in place. Some of the projects included within these books are: coloring, lettering, drawing, weaving, patterns, design, clay work, basketry, sewing, bookbinding and art appreciation. All of the covers are identical to each other (except the issue number); the covers are in black and orange, with the title framed by tall trees on either side. The insides of the front covers, as well as both sides of the back covers, are decorated in black and white decorative patterns. Each of the seven books have an embossed stamp "S" (Mabel Spofford) at the top of each front cover.
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A Meadow Lark's View of the Berkshire Summer School of Art at Monterey, Mass
Visual Materials
One flyer for the Berkshire Summer School of Art entitled, A Meadow Lark's View of the Berkshire Summer School of Art at Monterey, Mass., published by the Berkshire Summer School of Art, ca. 1940. This advertisement is a two-sided single sheet; one side is an illustrated map of the campus; the other side contains informational text and three photograph illustrations. The classes offered and methods used are outlined, and a teaching faculty roster is given. Accompanying this advertisement is a single leaf that has been removed from a book or brochure. It is numbered pp. 23 and 24, and printed at the top of p. 23 is "The Berkshire Summer School of Art." The leaf is illustrated photographically.
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Correspondence, Manuscripts & Poems
Manuscripts
The collections consists of letters, poems and other manuscripts written by various members of the Leigh family and other people in their circle. The letters are mainly concerned with the intimate, mundane, playful and tragic aspects of family life from the early modern period until the middle of the 19th century. There is also a small number of poems, written by or copied out by family members, a Hymn, a speech, and a travel account. The collection also contains the 19th century volume, titled in gild on spine "Original Family Papers &c. Vol. 1. MSS." Letters and other material purchased by the Huntington Library Collectors' Council have been removed from the volume by the Huntington Library Conservation Department. An unknown number of letters were removed from the volume prior to the Huntington Library purchase.
(HM 81608-81660)
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[Collection of metal clasps and hardware from medieval bindings]
Rare Books
Collection of 17 metal clasps and other small pieces of hardware detached from bindings in the Huntingon Library's collections. The hardware probably date from bindings made between 1400 and 1525. It is not recorded which items in the collection the hardware belonged to. The materials appear to have been collected by library staff sometime from the 1920s to the 1960s. It is not clear if the hardware detached in the normal course of handling, or if they were removed as part of conservation work on the items. Includes a tortoise shell book cover (front and back boards), decorated with abstract floral designs. The text to which the shell book cover belonged has not been identified.
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