J.W.Butler Paper Co., Chicago -- folder advertising the company's fancy stationery with calendar for 1890 inside -- ad folder for commencement folders, souvenir programs, napkins, and letter stationery (1893) -- ad folder for "National Bank Bond"...
The WCTU of Iowa held an annual convention each October in churches across the state. Women became members of the WCTU of Iowa upon signing the WCTU of Iowa Constitution, pledging to perform temperance work, and paying annual dues.
The reports of Günter Tessmann in the early 20th century described Fang reliquaries guarded by large heads, and Tessmann suggested that the use of heads as reliquary guardians antedated the use of busts and full figures. As is the case with...
A collection of recipes in various hands entitled The Art of Cookery, circa 1760s, with the ownership signature of "James Doak 1762" on inside front cover. It is uncertain whether much, if any, of this manuscript is in the hand of James Doak, but...
Soldiers; Surgery; Physicians; War casualties; Military hospitals; Military camps; Battlefields; Campaigns & battles; Military officers; Homesickness; Education
Letters from Underwood to his wife, Sophie, and two from her to him, while he was an assistant surgeon of the 12th Regiment of the Iowa Infantry during the Civil War.