Box Small Collections Box 57
Container
Contains 29 Results:
Scrapbook, 1860, 1947-1948
File — Box: Small Collections Box 57, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Scrapbook, 1947-1948, of Mona Jean Breit, documenting her girl club activities with the Hollywood-Willshire Camp Fire Girls. Included are notes on training and rules, honors activities, programs, drawings, clippings, napkins, certificates.
Also included is a 1860 marriage certificate for S.M. Griffin and L.A. Simpson of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
Dates:
1860, 1947-1948
Papers, 1930-1932
File — Box: Small Collections Box 57, Folder: 1
Identifier: id58980
Scope and Contents
Diary: The following transcription was provided by the seller: "my first day in San Francisco…saw Mr. Pinckney this morning…Captain von Newenhausen instructed Jack & I on some of the mysteries of sailing…He’s been around the world 14 times. Jack & I are invited to Mr. Pinckney’s. July 21: M/S Crown City. Capt Winston is a wonderful fellow…We are junior officers & known as cadets…have a keen stateroom with double deck bunks…tomorrow the stevedores will finish...
Dates:
1930-1932
Letters and Postcards, 1941-1944
File — Box: Small Collections Box 57, Folder: 1
Identifier: id149073
Scope and Contents
Acc.. 2012.105 includes letters and postcards, 1941-1944, by prisoners from Auschwitz to their families. Stationary was provided by the camps and incudes rules of communication and also states for example that visits and packages were prohibited. The correspondence was strictly censored and excludes criticism or realistic descriptions of the conditions in the camps. Acc. 2012.107 includes envelopes and letters sent by concentration camp prisoners from Sachsenhausen,...
Dates:
1941-1944
Papers, 1771-1799
File — Box: Small Collections Box 57, Folder: 1
Identifier: id2128
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers, 1772-1799, of Anglican minister William Selden (1741-1783) and his wife Mary Ann Hancock Selden (1745-1789) of Elizabeth City County, Virginia. These papers are primarily financial in nature and document the Selden family's management of the Elizabeth City Parish, the family estate, slave holdings, and the hire of estate slaves to local plantation owners. These papers consist of receipts, labor contracts, financial summaries, and a small leather financial ledger. The labor contracts...
Dates:
1771-1799