This collection contains incomplete annual series of several true-crime magazines from the 1930s and 1940s, including Crime Confessions, Official Detective Stories, Secret Detective Cases, Sensational Detective Cases, and Tru-Life Detective Cases. They are collected in three binders, under the title "American Pulp Fiction, Volumes 1-3."
"Cinq jours & cinq nuits, episode du dix-huitième siècle," is an unpublished, handwritten, epistolary novel, written by an unknown author, in French, probably in the early 19th century. In thirty letters, the novel tells a dramatic and romantic story of Eléonore, Clémence, Monsieur St. Val, Monsieur Delson, and Eléonore's brother, Colonel de Selez. The story includes jealous husbands, seduction, betrayal, and even murder.
"L'Universel: Secrets de fabrication" book of information and recipes related to dyes and dyeing is a handwritten compilation of texts and information written and compiled in France around the 1820s and 1830s by [Rufuil?] and given to [Migault?].
This unpublished manuscript, titled "Mortimer Myself, An Autobiography," is signed by Reverend James Munson Olmstead. It is unclear, however, if this is actually an autobiography of Olmstead or a fictional work of his creation. The identity of "Mortimer" remains unclear throughout the text. This work is dated 1866 and was a part of Reverend John Wright's library.
This photograph album consists of thirty-one original black and white photographs documenting Sudanese culture and the changes the British brought to the country during the period of Anglo-Egyptian occupation. Included are views of Halfa, Kassala, Sennar, Khartoum (including government buildings, Gordon College, Kitchener Memorial Medical School, the Grand Hotel Khartoum, and Khartoum Palace), Omdurman, Suakin, and Port Sudan, all of which are situated along the Sudan government railways. There are also several images documenting the Gezira scheme, the Sennar irrigation dam, and indigenous peoples harvesting wheat and cotton.
The Making of Modern Law is a three part series that contains a vast array of information on legal history. This collection consists of the backfiles of the The Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926, which is the third series. The bulk of the collection consists of 10 Super DLT Tapes which contain files on unofficially published accounts of trials; official trial documents, briefs and arguments; and official records of legislative proceedings, administrative proceedings and arbitrations. The collection also has a complete file list which is included on the CD disc.
"The Practical Lawyer" was first printed in 1955 by ALI-ABA, the American Law Institute and American Bar Association joint establishment that provides continuing legal education to law professionals. The periodical focuses on educating professionals about issues related to commercial and corporate law, litigation, tax and estate planning, and real estate. The collection, 1950-1983, includes records relating to the creation, management, and operations of the magazine. The majority of the files are correspondence, printed and rejected articles, and subject files relating to different aspects of "The Practical Lawyer."
The "Theatricals in Philadelphia" scrapbooks consists of a set of 15 scrapbooks on theatrical subjects and contains programs, playbills, newspaper clippings, images, and portraits of artists of the stage, dating from the second half of the 19th century. These materials mostly relate to theaters and other performing venues located in Philadelphia, although there are also some items from New York, Boston, and other U.S. cities. Because of its extent (about 3,500 pages), its chronological and geographical focus, the richness of its materials, and the breadth of theatrical genres covered in the scrapbooks, this collection represents a unique and invaluable resource for anyone interested in the theatrical and cultural history of Philadelphia in the second half of the 19th century.
This collection contains 113 photographs and over 50 pamphlets, books and letters pertaining to the topic of the 1982 Lebanon War. The 1982 Lebanon War began on June 6, 1982, when Israel invaded Lebanon in hopes of pushing the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) out of the country and in reaction to the attempted assassination on Israeli's UK ambassador Shlomo Argov.
The 19th century play scripts collection measures 3.6 linear feet and dates from 1806 to 1923. The collection includes 224 plays by over 141 different authors. It is largely comprised of British and American plays.
This collection of 20th century building catalogs and pamphlets is comprised of promotional material and publications aimed at homeowners, builders, architects, and building industries from 1898 through 1986. Items include: building catalogs, pamphlets, and product publications from organizations.
Examples of publishers found in the collection are the Portland Cement Company, the American Brick Association, and the National Terra Cotta Society. This collection also includes multiple bound copies of the Home Owner's Catalog circa the 1930s and 1940s.
For both the United States and Europe, the 20th century was a time of expanded interest in housing and urban planning as industrial, economic, and medical developments brought new insights into how and who occupied cities and their surrounds. A rise in concern for economic living conditions by officials and housing advocates lead to many policy changes and cities investing in new housing schemes. This information was sometimes shared through publications, printed pamphlets, and reports.
This collection is the assembly of affordable housing advocate and inaugural Director of Research and Information for the United States Housing Authority, Catherine Bauer Wurster (b. 1905, d. 1964).
Comprised of pamphlets and published reports by notable housing-related organizations and those with housing interests in the 20th century, items include: pamphlets and publications on affordable housing, urban redevelopment, and concepts of city planning in the United States and in the United Kingdom.
Examples of publishers found within the collection are the United States Housing Authority, the Philadelphia Housing Authority and the Chicago Housing Authority and the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in the United Kingdom.
Housing projects mentioned in this collection include: the Tasker Homes and East Poplar Housing Redevelopment in Philadelphia, the Bannockburn Cooperative in Alabama, and the Quarry Hill Flats in the U.K.
It also includes a small selection of pamphlets with the writings of Sir Patrick Geddes.
This album contains 68 12 x 8 inch photographs of India and the 2nd Highland Light Infantry (74th Highlanders) in the late 19th century. About one third of the photos are of the regiment and the rest are photos of India (mostly Shimla, Calcutta, Cherat, and Lucknow).
Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), better known as R. Buckminster Fuller, was an American architect, designer, inventor, theorist, and writer. This collection consists of an inscribed copy of 4D which introduced his ideas for a new type of low-cost, mass-produced housing.
A printed library catalog with interleaved blanks is the house copy of the United Service Museum as part of the Royal United Service Institution. The volume has copious annotated bibliographic entries on the printed pages and interleaved blanks to accommodate additions to the library. The volume was in use from the years 1836 to 1841
Nothing is known about the creator of this volume, which contains a collection of manuscript conundrums, anagrams, rhymes, and humorous asides written in a legible hand. There are both extracts from published works and seemingly original compositions.
A logbook of the Brig Leander's return trip of its fourth voyage from Salem, Massachusetts to Canton and Manila, commanded by Captain Charles Roundy. The ship's log was kept by Elias Grant from December 25, 1825 to April 11, 1826.
This collection (1880-1924) contains documents that relate to the business dealings of A. & W. MacKinlay, Limited, a bookselling company founded by Andrew and William MacKinlay in 1827, and based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.The bulk of the collection consists of invoices charged by A. & W. MacKinlay to H & A. Locke or to D. Y. Stewart and Son, two regional businesses. A few pieces of business correspondence are also included, along with a pair of ledger books which were printed and sold by A. & W. MacKinlay, but which contain the handwritten financial accounts of two unidentified businesses.
Eight volumes comprising notes of lectures from courses on chemistry taken by A. A. Fesquet during his university education spanning the years from 1852 to 1856.
Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940) was an American author and book collector. He is best known for his 1918 book, Amenities of Book Collecting. He is also credited with having popularized book collecting between 1910 and 1930. This collection contains a typescript draft and printer's proofs for his 1936 book, Bibliography and Pseudo-Bibliography.