Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Diary kept by Oliver Perry Myers (1856-1933), of West Chester, Iowa. Though Oliver worked many hours a week on the family farm, he also received a strong education. After completing high school, he attended the University of Iowa and graduated as...
Among the Dogon, as among many groups in the upper basin of the Volta Rivers, dogs are frequently the victims of sacrifices to ancestral spirits. Griaule (1938: 348.350) describes the sacrifice of a dog during rites marking the opening of the...