Manuscript contract, dated 1847 Feb 4, in ink, between Thomas L. McKenney and John T. Bowen. Agreement states terms for the revision and republication of McKenney's History of the Indian Tribes of North America, a work McKenney first published in 1837 with James Hall. Appended to the contract is a supporting document, signed by Victor G. Audubon and dated 1847 Feb 4, providing a limited guarantee of Bowen's fiscal obligations to McKenney. Another manuscript document, addressed to McKenney from Bowen and dated 1847 Feb 15, records Bowen's offer to find another guarantor or cease further publication of the work. The last sheet documents McKenney's assignation of power of attorney to John Paine of New York (section dated 1847 July 17) and Paine's assignation of power of attorney to Robert M. Strattan of New York (section dated 1847 May 27). Documents are bound together with ribbon
Description:
Thomas Loraine McKenney, author, Superintendent of Indian Trade (1816-1822), first Superintendent of Indian Affairs (1824-1830). John T. Bowen, British artist and engraver born in 1801, active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. and Removed from an imperfect copy of Thomas Loraine McKenney's History of the Indian Tribes of North America (Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1848-1850), autographed on front wrappers of part 17 by R. M. Strattan, 242 Water Street.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Audubon, Victor Gifford, 1809-1860., Bowen, John T., approximately 1801-1856?, Hall, James, 1793-1868., McKenney, Thomas L. 1785-1859. (Thomas Loraine),, Paine, John, fl. 1847., and Strattan, Robert M.
The diary records an 1874 voyage from New York via Panama to California. The unidentified author describes the weather, the ship's progress, shipboard life, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama, the train trip across the Isthmus, the landscape and villages, Acapulco, and the voyage to San Francisco. There is a detailed description of San Francisco and more information on California towns, agriculture, mining, flora and fauna. The diary also chronicles a train trip from Rocklin, California to Reno, Nevada, where the author found work on an alfalfa farm. The author continued overland by train through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska to Chicago and then Detroit. The author traveled to New York by way of Niagara Falls and The volume includes illustrations of California, Nevada, and Niagara Falls as well as maps of the railroad routes. There is a list of the illustrations and a list of plants identified. The author also created an abstract of the diary in the back of the volume
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada., United States., West (U.S.), Acapulco (Mexico), Colón (Panama), California, Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Nevada, Panama, Salt Lake City (Utah), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Central Pacific Railroad Company., Colon (Steamship), Montana (Steamship), Panama Railroad Co., and Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Alfalfa, Railroad travel, and Description and travel
Title from item., Date derived from dates of World War I., In margin lower left: No. 29., and Subject: American soldier standing above a defeated German.
Publisher:
United States Food Administration and Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Topic):
World War, 1914-1918, Economic aspects, Food conservation, Food supply, Soldiers, Pickelhaubes, Fighting, and Battlefields
Title from item., In lower margin: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-544268 ; U. S. Department of Agriculture - War Food Administration ; 10., Text below images: Eat a lunch that packs a punch!, In the center of pie chart of seven food groups is the wartime nutrition program logo: U.S. Needs Us Strong. Eat the Basic 7 Every Day., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
U. S. Department of Agriculture - War Food Administration
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Topic):
Nutrition, Requirements, World War, 1939-1945, Food supply, War work, Fruit, Vegetables, Dairy products, Bread, and Industry
A large fist inscribed with the words "Manpower, Conservation, America's increased war production" punches a devil-horned Adolph Hitler in the chin
Description:
Title, publisher, and date from item., In lower margin: Litho. in U.S.A. ; Form SPN-299-A., and World War II poster from series "Eat to Beat the Devil" promoting healthy eating for victory. These posters were posted in the Servel Inc. cafeteria.
Publisher:
Copyright 1942, by Servel, Inc. makers of the Servel Gas Refrigerator
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Subject (Topic):
Hygiene, Nutrition, World War, 1939-1945, Heads of state, Meat, Chickens, and Fish
A large fist inscribed with the words "Manpower, Conservation, America's increased war production" punches a devil-horned Adolph Hitler in the chin
Description:
Title, publisher, and date from item., In lower margin: Litho. in U.S.A. ; Form SPN-299-D., and World War II poster from series "Eat to Beat the Devil" promoting healthy eating for victory. These posters were posted in the Servel Inc. cafeteria.
Publisher:
Copyright 1942, by Servel, Inc. makers of the Servel Gas Refrigerator
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945,
Subject (Topic):
Hygiene, Nutrition, World War, 1939-1945, Heads of state, and Fists
Autograph letter, signed, from Edward Otho Cresap Ord to Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War of the United States. Ord describes the reaction in California and Mexico to the Gadsden Purchase, including American filibusters in Mexican territory and the negative perception of the sale by Mexican citizens, particularly clergy, who were concerned that their land would be taken and distributed to American settlers. Ord also describes a topographical survey of the newly acquired territory and the possibility of constructing a railroad in the new territory
Description:
Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883) was an engineer and officer in the United States Army stationed in California and New Mexico Territory, circa 1839-1854. and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico., Arizona., New Mexico., Mexico, United States., and United States
Subject (Name):
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. and Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Filibusters, Gadsden Purchase, Land grants, Railroads, Surveying, and Foreign relations
Full-length standing allegorical figure of a woman whose lower portion is in mummy wrappings, and top portion is draped in ancient Egyptian apparel. It is a reduced version of a sculpture designed for the America's Making pageant held in New York in October 1921. Incised at the back of the base: "MVW Fuller" and a copyright symbol
Description:
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877-1968), African American sculptor, painter, and poet who lived and worked in Paris and Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century. and Title from Renée Ater, Remaking Race and History: The Sculpture of Meta Warrick Fuller (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011).
Title from item., Date derived from dates of World War I., In margin lower left: No. 15., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
United States Food Administration
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Topic):
Food conservation, World War, 1914-1918, Food supply, Soldiers, Trench warfare, Eating & drinking, and Rifles
Cooper, Fred G. (Frederic Gross), 1883-1962, artist
Published / Created:
[1917]
Call Number:
Poster0523
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and publisher from item., Date from Library of Congress., Text continues: 1. Buy it with thought 2. Cook it with care 3. Use less wheat and meat 4. Buy local foods 5. Serve just enough 6. Use what is left., Poster is text only., In lower margin: No. 1 ; U.S. Food Administration ; The W. F. Powers Co. Litho, N. Y., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
U. S. Food Administration and W. F. Powers Co. Litho, N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Topic):
World War, 1914-1918, Economic aspects, War work, Food supply, Nutrition, Food conservation, and Food habits