Overland journey across the Plains to Oregon /by William H. Frush, 1850-1852
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
In 1850 Frush traveled from Missouri to Oregon by way of St. Joseph, Blue River, the North Platte, and Fort Laramie, where he met his brother John and Kit Carson. They continued by South Pass, Bear River, Soda Springs, Fort Hall, Fort Boise, the Dalles, and Portland. He records graves, the names and homes of other travelers, and ends his account with events in Oregon. The diary contains drawings of Chimney Rock, Court House Rock, profile of the Snake River, and a map of the Burnt River.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon --Baker County --Maps, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, and West (U.S.) --Maps
Commentary on ʻAqīdat ahl al-tawḥīd al-ṣughrá (tract on the principles of faith) of Muḥammad al-Sanūsī., Copied about A.H. 1150 (A.D. 1737)., and Preceded by 1 leaf containing a general title-page to the whole volume.
Description:
Coarse naskhī, in red and black., Islamic binding, in brown., No. 1 of 15 titles bound together., and Purchased from Captain Tekeş, Istanbul in February 1965 on the Beinecke fund.
Subject (Name):
Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, approximately 1427-approximately 1490. ʻAqīdat ahl al-tawḥīd al-ṣughrá. and Sanūsī, Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf,--approximately 1427-approximately 1490.--ʻAqīdat ahl al-tawḥīd al-ṣughrá.
Manuscript on paper of a fair copy of the ship’s journal kept by the first mate of the pink Batchelor from 2 November 1669, off the Cape Verde Islands, to 4 April 1670, off the coast of Patagonia. The daily entries contain details of the Batchelor’s voyage, including wind measurements, soundings, and sightings of land, and are particularly full for February and March of 1670, the period when the Batchelor lost contact during violent weather with its sister vessel the Sweepstakes, commanded by Sir John Narborough, and began its solo journey back to England.
Description:
31 blank leaves at end not scanned., In ink., This copy, which is annotated by the Earl of Sandwich, may have been made for the Royal Navy’s investigation of the incident in early 1671, when the Sweepstakes was still supposed lost., and Verso of front flyleaf annotated by Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich identifying the pink Batchelor and its voyage to the Straits of Magellan "to make discovery of advantages to be had in Trade or otherwise There."
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --History, Naval --Stuarts, 1603-1714, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Great Britain. Royal Navy --History --17th century, and South Atlantic Ocean --Discovery and exploration
Subject (Name):
Batchelor (Warship), Narbrough, John, Sir, 1640-1688, and Sandwich, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1625-1672
Black, gold, and green designs and calligraphy on brown paper, including gilded floral designs in borders, verses from Psalms, menorahs, hamsas and other symbols. Center menorah contains Psalm 67. The rectangles on each side of the menorah contain kabbali
Manuscript, ink and paint on paper. Shiviti plaque using the traditional appearance and texts of a shiviti tablet, including Psalm 16:8, "I have set [Heb. shiṿiti] God always before me," and Psalm 67, but mainly containing texts relating to the festival
Alternative Title:
[Shivviti plaque for Purim], Shiviti plaque : [Kurdistan], late 19th or early 20th cent., and שויתי : קורדיסטן, סוף המאה ה-19 או תחילת המאה ה-20.
Description:
Purchased from Bery Gross on the Alexander Lowenthal Judaica Book Fund, 2007.
Subject (Geographic):
Kurdistan--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Habib ben ʻAziz and חביב בן עזיז
Subject (Topic):
Jewish art and symbolism, Manuscripts, Hebrew --Kurdistan, Prayer--Judaism, Purim, and Religious articles--Kurdistan
Decorative calligraphy and borders in black and brown ink on heavyweight paper. Includes verses and names, including Elijah the Prophet, Shimon bar Yohai, Meir Baal ha-Nes, R. Amram ben Divan ... and R. Yehudah Gebali (?). This shiviti may have been creat
Shiviti on paper, illuminated with colorful grape vines and floral motifs. On the outside border are semicircles with Hebrew acronyms, which may have kabbalistic significance. Includes Psalm 67 written in the design of the seven-branched candelabrum with
Alternative Title:
[Shivviti from North Africa(?)]
Description:
Orbis call number: Hebrew MSS suppl 130 (Oversize).
Laura Riding letters to Dorothy and Ward Hutchinson
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 15
Image Count:
3
Abstract:
Collection of letters to the Hutchinsons.
Description:
Chiefly in English; some material in French., Laura Riding (1901-1991), poet., and Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Subject (Name):
Aldridge, John W., Graves, Robert, 1895-1985, Hodge, Alan, 1915-1979, Hutchinson, Dorothy, Hutchinson, Ward, Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960, Reeves, James, and Riding, Laura, 1901-1991
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century and Authors, American--20th century
