Correspondence and drawings from students, business records and official correspondence accumulated by A.W. Smith while teaching in La Push, Neah Bay, and Mora, Washington (Territory and State). Significant correspondents include Myron Eells, Samuel G...
Description:
A.W. Smith was a teacher in the United States Indian School Service, and established a school in La Push, Washington Territory in 1882.
Subject (Geographic):
Washington (State), La Push (Wash.), Neah Bay (Wash.), and Mora (Wash.)
Subject (Name):
Smith, A.W. (Allison W.)
Subject (Topic):
Quileute Indians, Social life and customs, Makah Indians, Indians of North America, Children's art, Education, and Indian agents
Manuscript memoir bound with string, in French, detailing Tureaud's employ as supercargo aboard the Alert, an American merchant vessel which departed Baltimore for the port of Vera Cruz in 1801 and his subsequent life in Louisiana. Narrative describes...
Description:
Augustin Dominique Tureaud, born October 23, 1764, in La Rochelle, France. He fled San Domingo after a slave revolt, and moved to Baltimore where he sought to make his fortune in maritime trade. After a failed commercial voyage to Vera Cruz in 1801, T...
Subject (Geographic):
United States., United States, Latin America., Latin America, New Orleans (La.), Port Royal (Jamaica), and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)
Subject (Name):
Bringier, Marius Pons., Tureaud, Augustin Dominique, b. 1764., Tureaud, Elizabeth Louise, b. 1788., Wood, Trist., Alert (Ship), Spring Bird (Ship), Crescent (Ship), and La Seine (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Naval operations, Yellow fever, Merchant marine, Merchant mariners, Commerce, Social life and customs, Description and travel, and History
Papers include correspondence (boxes 1-2), appointment books (boxes 2-3), and other materials (boxes 3-4) documenting the personal life of Christian William (aka Bill) Miller. The collection dates from 1943 to 1995, with the bulk dating from the early...
Description:
Christian William Miller, designer.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and New York (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Antonioni, Michelangelo., Auden, W. H. 1907-1973. (Wystan Hugh),, Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985., Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980., Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999., Coward, Noel, 1899-1973., Dreier, Katherine S. 1877-1952. (Katherine Sophie),, Genet, Jean, 1910-1986., Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986., Kinsey, Alfred C. 1894-1956. (Alfred Charles),, Miller, Christian William., Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995., Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012., Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987., Wheeler, Monroe, 1899-1988., Institute for Sex Research., and Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
Gay men, Sexual behavior, Homosexuality, and Social life and customs
Letters to Wilson Hart Clark chiefly from his older brother, Warren Vester Clark, and his younger brother, Rodney Clark that include information about their experiences in northeastern California, 1850-1868, as well as related enclosures of promissory...
Description:
The sons of William Clark (1795-1862) and Minerva Higgins Clark (1799-1875) born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, included Warren Vester Clark (1821-1898), Wilson Hart Clark (1824-1887), and Rodney Clark (1829-1887). Warren Vester Clark emigrated to Califo...
Subject (Geographic):
California, Calaveras County., California., and Calaveras County (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Candes, Charles A., Clark family., Clark, Rodney, 1824-1887., Clark, Warren Vester, 1821-1898., Clark, Wilson Hart, 1824-1887., Higgins, Burr., and Higgins, Sylvester Noyes.
Subject (Topic):
Canals, Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Water-supply, and Social life and customs
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Holograph diary kept by Porcher while commander of the HMS Sparrowhawk during its voyage from England to British Columbia by way of South America, through the Straits of Magellan, from Callao to the Hawaiian Islands, and from Honolulu to Esquimalt Har...
Description:
British naval officer who entered the service in 1837, was appointed captain in 1868, retired in 1872, and died in Germany in 1878. Porcher served on various ships on voyages to Australia, the Orient, and the Middle East, where he prepared drawings fo...
Subject (Geographic):
British Columbia., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), Esquimalt (B.C.), and Northwest Coast of North America
Subject (Name):
Porcher, Edwin Augustus., Seymour, Frederick, 1820-1869., Great Britain. Royal Navy., and Sparrowhawk (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Mines and mineral resources, Coal mines and mining, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, Indians of North America, Commerce, Description and travel, Politics and government, Social life and customs, Missionaries, and Fur trade
Printed ephemera relating to social events and concerts in Butte, Montana, 1889-1912. Includes 26 programs for various recitals, operas, and other entertainments at Maguire's Opera House; three wedding invitations; programs for Butte High School comme...
Description:
Accompanied by a container list. Some items also cataloged separately.
Subject (Geographic):
Butte (Mont.), Montana, and Butte.
Subject (Name):
Butte Business Men's Association., Butte Free Public Library., Butte High School (Butte, Mont.), Comus Club (Butte, Mont.), Entre Nous Dancing Club (Butte, Mont.), Federal Building (Butte, Mont.), Maguire's Opera House (Butte, Mont.), Mountain View M. E. Church (Butte, Mont.). Ladies' Aid Society., Murray Opera House (Butte, Mont.), St. Patrick's Church (Butte, Mont.), Union Club (Butte, Mont.), West Side Racing Association (Butte, Mont.), Young Ladies' Institute (Butte, Mont.), and Young Men's Institute (Butte, Mont.)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Concerts, Opera, Theaters, Women, Societies and clubs, Balls (Parties), and Industry
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of...
Description:
The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994., Curtwright, Wesley., Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974., Ellison, Ralph., Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979., Handy, W. C. 1873-1958. (William Christopher),, Hill, Abram, 1910-1986., Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938., McKay, Claude, 1890-1948., Moon, Henry Lee, 1901-1985., Poston, Ted, 1906-1974., Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976., and United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors, African Americans, Social life and customs, Antislavery movements, Authors, American, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
Collection consists of drafts and transcriptions of essays by African American authors on the history and culture of African Americans in the United States and on African American contributions to the arts. Essays documenting historical experiences of...
Description:
The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was established in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994., Curtwright, Wesley., Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974., Ellison, Ralph., Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979., Handy, W. C. 1873-1958. (William Christopher),, Hill, Abram, 1910-1986., Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938., McKay, Claude, 1890-1948., Moon, Henry Lee, 1901-1985., Poston, Ted, 1906-1974., Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976., and United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Subject (Topic):
African American artists, African American authors, African Americans, Social life and customs, Antislavery movements, Authors, American, Harlem Renaissance, and Underground Railroad
