Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Excerpted from The Irving library, vol. 7, no. 949. Includes debate with Stephen Douglas (June 17, 1858), speech at Independence Hall (Feb. 21, 1861), First Inaugural Address (Mar. 4, 1861), Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863), Gettysburg...
Soldiers; War casualties; Sick persons; Military camps; Military hospitals; Prisoners of war; Military officers; Guards; Courtship; Campaigns & battles; Writing; Reading; Christianity; Slaves; Freedmen; Orphanages; Mental institutions; Teachers;...
Diaries of siblings O.C., Mary, and R. Amanda Shelton from the 1860s and a speech written by R. Amanda Shelton in 1911 about her experiences during the Civil War. O.C. Shelton served as an officer in the Iowa Infantry 45th Regiment and died of...
Letters to and from Kinnick, a student leader, scholar, athlete, and naval officer from Iowa. This correspondence is chiefly letters from Nile Kinnick to his parents during his military training at Quonset Point Naval Air Station (R.I.).
Benn Brothers Limited, London, England -- prospectus for "The Players Shakespeare" with letter to John Springer from sales manager enclosed (1923) -- The Burrows Brothers Company, Cleveland, Ohio -- prospectus for Fringilla by Richard Doddridge...