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Ellen Turner commonplace book, 1847-1860 (inclusive)

Extent:

1 volume(s)

Abstract:

A volume comprising copied passages, poems, and quotations along with dried flowers kept by Ellen Turner spanning the years from 1847 to 1860.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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Middle Eastern pressed flowers album, between 1876 and 1888 (inclusive)

Extent:

.1 linear feet (1 box)

Abstract:

This pressed flower album was created by "the girls in the Sidon School under Miss Harriet Eddy." From 1876 to 1888, Eddy worked at the Sidon Seminary where "scores of pupils [were] taught lessons in neatness, in order and precision, in domestic economy, as well as in literary branches ... [with] prayer and Bible study [as] the pillars that support[ed] the well arranged structures of seminary education." This volume contains pressed flowers from cities across the Middle East region including Antioch, Bethlehem, Damascus, Jerusalem, Mount Carmel, Mount Lebanon, Nazareth, Sidon, and Tyre. On each page, there is an arrangement of dried flowers (sometimes in a shape, such as a cross, a star and crescent or an anchor), and text in English and Arabic. In English, the text generally identifies a location or the type of the flower and a Bible reference.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]