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31.
Commonplace book, circa 1756

Call Number:
Osborn c135
Image Count:
24
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of eleven English poems on such subjects as happiness, ambition, nature, and friendship. Titles include A pastoral tale; On happiness; Ode in praise of friendship; Meditations and reflections on a storm o...
Description:
In English and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Friendship, Nature, Occasional verse, English, Sonnets, English, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, circa 1756

32.
Contract with Andrew C. Barnett to move enslaved people and property to Louisiana, 1839

Creator:
Smith, William, 1762-1840
Call Number:
WA MSS S-3197 Sm684
Container / Volume:
(File)
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript contract, signed, in the hand of William Smith, between Smith and Andrew C. Barnett, for relocation of one hundred sixty enslaved African American plantation workers and farming property owned by Smith from his plantations in Alabama to his...
Description:
William Smith (1762-1840), plantation owner and member of the Alabama House of Representatives, 1836-1840.
Subject (Geographic):
Alabama., Louisiana., Louisiana, and United States
Subject (Name):
Barnett, Andrew C. and Smith, William, 1762-1840.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans, Farmers, Slavery, History, Economic conditions, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Contract with Andrew C. Barnett to move enslaved people and property to Louisiana, 1839

33.
Dia de los muertos

Creator:
Royal Chicano Air Force, artist
Published / Created:
[1975]
Call Number:
WA Prints +439
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Poster shows image of a skeleton wearing a hat with United Farm Workers iconography, a shirt with a large green circle with a smaller red circle inside, and pants. The skeleton appears to be hanging up a poster with information about a parade. The int...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +168: Variant 1.
Publisher:
RCAF
Subject (Geographic):
California, Sacramento, and Sacramento.
Subject (Topic):
All Souls' Day, Mexican Americans, Social life and customs, Politics and government, Parades, All Souls' Day in art, and Serigraphy
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dia de los muertos

34.
Dia de los muertos

Creator:
Royal Chicano Air Force, artist
Published / Created:
[1975]
Call Number:
WA Prints +168
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Poster shows image of a skeleton wearing a hat with United Farm Workers iconography, a shirt with a large green circle with a smaller red circle inside, and pants. The skeleton appears to be hanging up a poster with information about a parade. The int...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +168: Variant 1.
Publisher:
RCAF
Subject (Geographic):
California, Sacramento, and Sacramento.
Subject (Topic):
All Souls' Day, Mexican Americans, Social life and customs, Politics and government, Parades, All Souls' Day in art, and Serigraphy
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dia de los muertos

35.
Diaries, 1807-1821

Creator:
North, Susan North, Baroness, 1797-1884
Call Number:
Osborn d157
Image Count:
133
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Holograph diaries of a year in Clifton, and journeys to Hanover and Germany. The first volume, a diary dated at Clifton in 1807-1808, details the child author's daily social and educational activities. She studies French verbs and reads Roman histor...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Germany
Subject (Topic):
Children's writings, English, Education, Travelers' writings, English, Women authors, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diaries, 1807-1821

36.
Diary, 1776-1785

Creator:
East, Hannah Casamajor, 1746-1810
Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 66
Image Count:
377
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Holograph of a diary recording primarily family comings and goings and routine social activities of the East family, including visits from friends and family, tea drinking, dining, races, plays, and balls; as well as traveling by the family and neighb...
Description:
Lady East, née Hannah Casamajor (1746-1810), was the wife of Sir William East, 1st. Bart. (1738-1819), of the Hall Place in Hurley, Berkshire; they married on 29 June 1763. Their daughter, Mary East (1765-1833), married Sir William Clayton, 4th Bart...
Subject (Geographic):
England, England., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809., Clayton family., Clayton, William, Sir, 1762-1834., East, Lady, fl. 1776-1785., and East, William, Sir, 1737 or 8-1819.
Subject (Topic):
Family, Domestic relations, Households, Inheritance and succession, Land tenure, Nobility, Social life and customs, and Weather
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Diary, 1776-1785

37.
Dick Wildfire & Jenkins in a theatrical pandemonium, or, The Café de la Paix in all its glory

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 May 1822]
Call Number:
822.05.15.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Café de la Paix in all its glory and Dick Wildfire and Jenkins in a theatrical pandemonium
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published May 15, 1822 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)
Subject (Name):
Carey, David, 1782-1824.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dick Wildfire & Jenkins in a theatrical pandemonium, or, The Café de la Paix in all its glory [graphic]

38.
Dick Wildfire & Squire Jenkins seeing "real life" in the galleries of the Palais Royal [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 April 1822]
Call Number:
822.04.15.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Dick Wildfire and Squire Jenkins seeing "real life" in the galleries of the Palais Royal
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published April 15, 1822 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France)
Subject (Name):
Carey, David, 1782-1824.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dick Wildfire & Squire Jenkins seeing "real life" in the galleries of the Palais Royal [graphic]

39.
Drawings and sketches made during a voyage around the world, 1791-1795

Creator:
Bacstrom, Sigismund
Published / Created:
1792-1800, bulk 1792-1794.
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2405 (Oversize)
Image Count:
130
Abstract:
Views of natives, landscapes, and ethnographic objects of the Northwest Coast of America, Pacific Islands, China, and South America. Half of the drawings are fully rendered watercolors, others are rough sketches with detailed notes on coloring, dates ...
Description:
Bacstrom, a protégé of Sir Joseph Banks, served as surgeon on a private fur-trading ship which sailed around Cape Horn to the South Seas, Nootka Sound, the East Indies, and the Cape. Bacstrom left the ship at Nootka Sound and later served as surgeon...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Hawaii, China, Islands of the Pacific, Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.), South America, and Greenland
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Social life and customs, Clothing and dress, and Whaling
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Drawings and sketches made during a voyage around the world, 1791-1795

40.
Ein Indianerdorf

Published / Created:
[1867]
Call Number:
WA Prints +73
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Print shows a Native American villiage near the edge of woods on right, grass land to left, hills in background; in foreground, a Native American holds a horse by its halter; on left, a small group of women and children by a fire; on right, five men t...
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
Verlag von J. F. Schreiber
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ein Indianerdorf

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