Ball mss., 1873-1981
Papers, 1873-1981, of George Alexander Ball, his wife Frances Emily Ball, and
their daughter, Elisabeth Woodworth Ball, at the Lilly Library, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
Electronic finding aid encoded by Magia Ghetu
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly
Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly
Creator
Ball family
TitleBall mss.,1873-1981
Collection no
LMC 1056
Extent
1779 items
Language
Materials are in English and French.
Abstract
The Ball mss., 1873-1981, consist of the
correspondence, family papers, and items collected by George Alexander Ball, 1862-1955,
his wife, Frances Emily (Woodworth) Ball, 1872- 1958, and their daughter, Elisabeth
Woodworth Ball, 1897- 1982. Biographical materials include those for Elisabeth Woodworth
Ball, Lall G. Montgomery, and Dugald Stewart Walker. With the biographical material in a
folio folder is a bookplate drawing for Elisabeth Ball in 1918 by Walker. Additional
materials include a journal of a trip to Panama in 1913, miscellaneous (items) including
a child's school slate, miscellaneous - "About Books" (about the Ball Book Collection),
miscellaneous art pieces including glass lantern and rotary slides, Chinese cut-outs,
and an exotic scrapbook of the 18th century, miscellaneous subjects collected on
adventures/travels, bells, rides, and trees (chiefly printed), notebooks (catalogs of
the Ball Book Collection), photographs, printed (book sale catalogs), and writings of
Elisabeth Woodworth Ball.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information
Gift. 1984, 1989.
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons
from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their
visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Ball mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Scope and Content Note
The Ball mss., 1873-1981, consist of the correspondence, family papers, and items
collected by George Alexander Ball, 1862-1955, his wife, Frances Emily (Woodworth) Ball,
1872- 1958, and their daughter, Elisabeth Woodworth Ball, 1897- 1982.
Biographical materials include those for Elisabeth Woodworth Ball, Lall G. Montgomery,
and Dugald Stewart Walker. With the biographical material in a folio folder is a
bookplate drawing for Elisabeth Ball in 1918 by Walker.
Additional materials include a journal of a trip to Panama in 1913, miscellaneous
(items) including a child's school slate, miscellaneous - "About Books" (about the Ball
Book Collection), miscellaneous art pieces including glass lantern and rotary slides,
Chinese cut-outs, and an exotic scrapbook of the 18th century, miscellaneous subjects
collected on adventures/travels, bells, rides, and trees (chiefly printed), notebooks
(catalogs of the Ball Book Collection), photographs, printed (book sale catalogs), and
writings of Elisabeth Woodworth Ball.
In 1901 Mr. Ball received from James E. Pierce a set of photographs entitled "All Aboard
for Colorado." In the album were mounted 46 photographs of a railroad journey via the
Black Canyon of the Gunnison River and the Royal Gorge and thence by horse and wagon to
White Cross and Tobasco Mill, Sherman and Black Wonder Mill, and Sapinero, now largely
ghost towns.
Late in 1913 Elisabeth Ball kept a journal of the voyage which she, her mother, and
other family members made on the S.S. Stephano of the Red Cross Line to Panama via
Bermuda, Port Antonio, Kingston, the Canal, Colon, and Havana from January 29 to the end
of February. Consisting of 103 pages, the journal entitled "To Panama" was illustrated
with postcards (32), other prints (45), snapshots (14), theatre programs in New York
City (5), the ship's passenger list, and a holograph menu for the Ritz-Carlton dated
26-2-13. Three days were spent in Cuba before sailing for New York City. Upon her return
to the City, Miss Ball attended the Armory Show at which was displayed the "Nude
Descending the Stairs" by Marcel Duchamp.
The Ball family, concerned about the condition of the war orphans in Europe during and
after World War I, made contributions to their welfare through the Comite Franco-
Americain Pour La Protection Des Enfants de la Frontiere, Children of the Frontier,
French Relief Fund, War Orphans Committee, and Near East Relief, Constantinople. Letters
of thanks came from the French children and one Turkish child, sometimes with
photographs. Other letters about official activities of the War Orphans Committee
arrived from Mary Ella (Lyon) Swift (Mrs. Lucius Burrie Swift of Indianapolis, Indiana),
in two instances (Feb. 25 and Mar. 16, 1921) accompanied by stories of her visits to the
orphans in France. The letter from the Turkish youth (June 1, 1922) included a lace
doily made by one of the children.
Letters from 81 boys at the Indiana Boys School at Plainville were sent to Mr. Ball in
grateful appreciation for his contribution to their Christmas observance in December
1920. Some of the letters bear the Boys School letterhead and on the verso the printed
rules for parents and visitors and a schedule of letter-writing for 1920.
In the 1920's and the 1930's Mr. Ball conducted a search among dealers and acquaintances
for prints and poems related to William Cowper's John Gilpin, Izaak Walton's Compleat
Angler, The Legend of the Bell Foundry and St. Basil, and literature on bells in
general. The latter brought letters from Ernest Morris of The Midland Counties
Association of Change Ringers, Leicester, England. It was during this time that Mr. Ball
forwarded a copy of a letter by Edward Lambert, dated February 13, 1754, about glass
manufacturing in Massachusetts to George Skinner McKearin who was working on a
comprehensive book on glass.
In later years Miss Ball responded to many requests reflecting interest in her
children's book collection (many of which are now in the Lilly Library), such as letters
from Peter and Iona Opie of Alton, Hampshire, England.
The notebooks (in black notebook covers) include a catalog of children's books in the
Ball Collection prepared by D'Altâe‚ Welch and two scrapbooks of holograph and printed
items in alphabetical order about the Ball Collection.
The writings by Miss Ball include
"The Child Discovers Its
World Through Books of Travel"
, delivered at the University of Texas at
Austin, and printed in
Library Occurrent in 1944.
Manuscripts index in the Lilly Library includes entries at item level.
Arrangement/Organization
Organized in eight series: I. Biographical Material; II. Correspondence; III.
Miscellaneous (which is further divided into the following subseries: About Books and
Subjects Collected); IV. Notebooks; V. Photographs; VI. Printed; VII. Writings; and
VIII. Art.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online
catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the
catalog using these terms.
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Names
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Indiana Boys
School.
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Ball family
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Ball, Elisabeth,
1897-1982.
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Ball, Frances Emily,
1872-1958.
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Ball, George A.
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Brigham, Clarence Saunders,
1877-1963.
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Opie, Peter.
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Montgomery, Lall G.,
1902-
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Owen, Charles
Todd.
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Parma, V. Valta,
1878-1941.
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Kimbrough, Emily,
1899-
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McKearin, George S. (George
Skinner), 1874-
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McKell, David McCandless,
1881-
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Stone, Wilbur
Macey.
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Stonehill, Charles Archibald,
1900-
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Walker, Dugald Stewart,
1883-1937.
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Welch, d'Altâe A. (d'Altâe
Aldridge), 1907-1970
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Series:
Biographical Material
Bookplate drawing by Dugald Stewart Walker for Elisabeth Woodworth
Ball. 1916
(34.28.5 cm drawing on 39 x 34 cm leaf.)
(47 printed bookplates.)
(Folio folder)
Series:
Correspondence, 1873-1981
The War Orphan materials, 1917-1925, are described in detail. These are
interfiled with the rest of the correspondence.
Correspondence is arranged chronologically.
Among the correspondents represented in the collection are:
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- Bramson, Ben
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Acheson, Barclay
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Adams, Frederick Baldwin
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Adler, Elmer
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Adomeit, Ruth Elizabeth
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Aley, Maxwell
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Baisnée, Jules Albert
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Ball, Bertha (Crosley)
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Ball, Edmund Arthur
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Ball, Edward Osborn
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Ball, Elisabeth Woodworth
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Ball, George Alexander
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Ball, George Harvey
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Ball, Lucina Amelia
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Ball, Sarah (Rogers)
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Ball, William Hudson
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Barrett, Clifton Waller
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Beall, Karen (Freidmann)
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Beals, Ralph Albert
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Beard, Frances (Birkhead)
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Bennet, Gertrude (Witschief)
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Bertke, Wilson A.
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Blanck, Jacob Nathaniel
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Boocook, William Henry
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Borden, Fanny; Boston Evening Transcript, Notes
and Queries Editor
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Boyce, Sherman A.
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Brewer, Frances Joan (Werner)
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Brigham, Clarence Saunders
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Brooks, Alfred Mansfield
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Cahoon, Herbert Fuller
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Cary, Melbert Brinkerhoff
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Chandler, John E.
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Chaundy, Leslie
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Cleverdon, Douglas
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Clifford, Henry
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Cohen, Morton Norton
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Coleman, Satis Narrona (Barton)
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Conklin, J. Howell
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Couse, Eanger Irving
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Cross, Emily Richmond
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Cunningham, Jesse
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Delafield, Edward Coleman
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Dickerson, Luther L.
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Dobell, Percy John
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Dubester, Henry Joachim
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Dunthorne, Robert Gordon
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Duschnes, Philip C.
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Dutton, Leland Summers
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Ellis, Richard Williamson
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Embury, Lucy
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Everett, Louella Dorothea
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Finch, Edward J.
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Fortune, William
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Foster, Thomas Henry
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Frost, E. H.
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Funk, Clotilde (Embree)
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Gooch, Robert Charles
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Goodspeed, George T.
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Grady, Marian Behethlan
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Greenaway, Emerson
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Greenberg, May
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Greene, Marian H.
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Griffith, Reginald Harvey
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Grimes, James Walter
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Halliday, Bernard
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Hamille, Frances
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Harkins, Lee F.
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Harper, Henry Howard
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Harzof, Max
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Haviland, Virginia
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Heaney, Howell J.
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Heiman, Samuel
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Henne, Frances E.
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Hodges, Fletcher
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Hook, James Lewis
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Hostick, King V.
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Howe, Randall Lionel Bentham
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Howell, John Gilson
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Howland, Virginia C. (Lazarus)
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Hughes, A. A.
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Hull, Maude (Pollard)
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Hunt, Mabel Leigh
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Hunter, Dard
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Hyde, Donald Frizell
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Jackson, Stuart Wells
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Jaggard, William
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Jervoise, Edwyn
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Johnson, Edna
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Kerlan, Irwin
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Kimbrough, Emily
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King, Marian
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Kirstein, Lincoln
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Kneeland, Thomas E.
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Krull, Theresa Vinton (Pierce)
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Lambert, Edward
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Landon, Alfred Mossman
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Lawler, Percy E.
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Leigh, William Colston
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Le Mair, Henriette Willebeek
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Lenard, Alexander
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McCorison, Marcus Allen
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McCreary, Samuel L.
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McFadden, Marian
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Mackall, Leonard Leopold
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McKearin, George Skinner
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McKell, David McCandless
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McNitt, Esther Uhl
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Masten, Helen Adams
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Mauck, Joseph William
- Mears & Stainbank, firm
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Meeks, Bernard M.
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Melcher, Fredric Gershom
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Miller, Bertha Everett (Mahony)
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Montgomery, Lall G.
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Morley, Christopher Darlington
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Morris, Ernest
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Moss, Frances Dallam
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Mott, Howard S.
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Muir, Percival Horace
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Naesmyth, George Cresswell
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Naesmyth of Posso
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Ney, Lew
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Nichols, John Robert
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Norris, Lester J.
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O'Melia, Pauline Agnes
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Opie, Iona Margaret Balfour (Archibald)
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Opie, James
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Opie, Peter Mason
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Owen, Elsie H.
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Owsley, Alvin Mansfield
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Paine, Alfred White
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Palfrey, Thomas Rossman
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Papantonio, Michael
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Parma, V. Valta
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Pearson, James Larkin
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Peckham, Howard Henry
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Pettit, Henry Jewett
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Plimpton, George Arthur
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Plum, Dorothy Alice
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Preminger, Alexander Salo
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Quarles, Diana (Pittman)
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Randall, David Anton
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Ratchford, Fannie Elizabeth
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Reichner, Hugo
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Retz, Charles
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Riley, Elizabeth Mildred
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Ripley, Robert LeRoy
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Robb, Wallace Havelock
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Roberts, Edith Adelaide
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Robinson, Lionel Keir
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Robinson, Wilbur J.
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Rogers, Arthur
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Rogers, James H.
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Roscoe, Sydney
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Rosen, Katherine N.
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Rosenthal, Erwin
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Ryskamp, Charles Andrew
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St. John, Judith
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Salminen, Carl H.
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Sanford, William Wells
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Sauvage, Elsie (Peddie)
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Schatzki, Walter
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Scholle, Hardinge
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Scott, Carrie Emma
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Scott, Lorene Laura
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Shaffer, Ellen Kate
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Shaw, John MacKay
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Shaw, Margaret M.
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Shipton, Clifford Kenyon
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Sickels, Evelyn Ray
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Siegel, Max
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Smith, Alice (Gullen)
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Smith, Charles Alphonso
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Spiller, Ethel M.
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Stark, Lewis Morgrage
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Stark, Sheldon H.
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Starr, Allen E.
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Stevens, Lydia (Hathaway)
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Stewart, Donald S.
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Stone, Malcolm Newton
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Stone, Wilbur Macey
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Stonehill, Charles Archibald
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Suter, Thomas Lyttleton
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Sutherland, Robert Lee
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Swann, Arthur
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Swift, Mary Ella (Lyon)
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Targ, William
- Tregaskis, James & Son, firm
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Tribolet, Harold W.
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Tully, Alice
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Turnbull, Leonard Young
- The Typophiles
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Walker, Dugald Stewart
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Walters, Thomas
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Washburn, William Lewis
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Weber, Carl Jefferson
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Welch, James d'Alté Aldrige
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Wells, Edgar Huldekoper
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Wells, Herman B
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Wetzel, Julian S.
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Wiggins, James Russell
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Wise, Murray Monroe
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Woodworth, Marion (Towne)
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Wright, Philip A.
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Yelton, Donald Charles
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Zigrosser, Carl
1901-1917
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Emily Cross, Paris, for the Comite Franco-Americain Pour La
Protection Des Enfants de la Frontiere. To Elisabeth Ball, Oakhurst, Muncie,
Indiana. 1917,
Aug. 12
(T.L.S. --typed letter signed, 1 p.)
About Solange Santens
Virginia Howland (Mrs. Charles P. Howland, Sec'y. Central Supply
Committee), Comite Franco-Americain.... To Mrs. Ball. 1917?
(A. and T.L.S., 2 p.)
About Solange Santens and a printed list of clothing for one year.
1918
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Solange Santens to Mrs. G. A. Ball, Oakhurst, Muncie, Indiana.
1918, Jan.
18
In French.
(1 p. with envelope of the Children of the Frontier)
Mme. Marlez, "pour Oudre," Paris, to Elisabeth Ball. 1918, Dec.
30
In French.
(A.C.S. --autograph card signed, postcard - New Years
Greeting)
Postcard photograph of ten children, all of whom are named,
including no. 7, Solange Santens, at Verneuil. 1918, Dec.
War Orphans Committee. Official information about Robert Douard, his
family, and a photograph. 1918?
(2 items)
1919-1920
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Mme. Veuve Douard to Dear Benefactor and Benefactress. 1919, Feb.
14
In French.
(A.L.S., 4 p.)
About her son Robert. Envelope addressed to French Relief Fund, War
Orphans Committee, 44 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Accompanied by English translation.
Envelope only addressed to Miss Elisabeth Ball from Children of the
Frontier. No letter. 1919, Mar. 28
Mme. Veuve Douard to "Cher Bienfacteur." 1919, May 2
In French.
(A.L.S., 3 p.)
About her son Robert. Envelope addressed to Elisabeth Ball and Mr. George
Ball of the French Relief Fund, War Orphans Committee, Indianapolis,
Indiana.
Enclosed are two postcards, dated 2 May 1919 from Robert Douard, one to
Elisabeth Ball and one to Mrs. George Ball.
Solange Santens to Elisabeth Ball. 1919, Aug. 21
In French.
(A.L.S., 1 p. with envelope of the Children of the
Frontier)
Robert Douard to Elisabeth Ball. 1919, Dec. 3
In French.
Postcard--New Years Greetings.
Both enclosed in envelope in care of the War Orphans Committee, Mrs.
Lucius B. Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Solange Santens to "Marraine." 1919, Dec. 21
In French.
(A.L.S., 2 p.)
Elisabeth Ball to Solange Santens. 1919?
(Draft of A.L.S. with French translation, 2 p. each)
Solange Santens to "Marraine." 1920, Feb. 2
In French.
(A.L.S., 2 p.)
Solange Santens to "Marraine." 1920, Dec. 29
In French.
(A.L.S., 2 p.)
Letters to George A. Ball from Indiana Boys School, Plainville.
1920, Dec.-1921, Jan.
1921
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Mrs. Lucius B. Swift, the War Orphan Committee of the French Relief,
Indianapolis, Indiana. To Miss Ball. 1921, Feb. 25
(2 p.)
About Robert Douard and Lucienne Chaumet. Encloses carbon of "...my
stories of my visits to our war orphans..." including Meurthe-et-Moselle
and Nancy with an internal date of November 2. Pages 1-3.
Mrs. Lucius B. Swift to Miss Ball. 1921, Mar. 16
(2 p.)
About Robert Douard and Lucienne Chaumet. Encloses carbon of "visits,"
with internal date of October 27. Pages 5-7.
1922-1925
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Lucienne Chaumet to "Chere protectrice." 1922, May 19
In French.
(2 p.)
Encloses printed form about contribution and invoice for clothing with
envelope addressed to Elisabeth Ball, Oakhurst, Muncie, Indiana.
Nevart, Constantinope. To "Dear American." 1922, June 1
In Turkish.
Accompanied by English translation and form letter from Near East Relief,
Constantinople, Orphanage Department, May 25, 1922, with a lace doily.
Envelope addressed to Miss Elisabeth Ball, Oakhurst, Muncie, Indiana.
Lucienne Chaumet to "Chere Bienfaitrice." 1922, Aug. 3
In French.
(A.L.S., 2 p.)
Encloses printed form for contribution. With envelope to Miss Elisabeth
Ball.
Mrs. Lucius B. Swift to Mrs. Ball. 1922, Oct. 31
Report on pensions for war orphans.
Lucienne Chaumet to "Cher bienfaitrice." 1922, Nov.
16
In French.
(A.L.S., 2 p.)
Encloses printed form for contribution and photograph of Lucienne. With
envelope to Miss Elisabeth Ball.
Lucienne Chaumet to Cher Marraine. 1922, Nov. 26
In French.
(A.L.S., 1 p.)
Accompanied by A.D. 1 p. (in French). Information on Lucienne's family,
with English translation.
Lucienne Chaumet to "Chere bienfaitrice." 1923, Jan.
24
In French.
(A.L.S., 2 p.)
With envelope to Mademoiselle Elisabeth Ball. With printed form for
contribution.
Envelope of Mrs. Lucius B. Swift to Mrs. George A. Ball., 1923, May 7
enclosure only: Envelope to Madam Lucius B. Swift, postmarked 1923, April
21
Letter of Henri from Luneville. 1925, Feb. 14
(A.L.S., 2 p.)
Letter of Lambotin Charles to Nancy. 1925, Feb. 15
(A.L.S., 4 p.)
With photograph of the [Lambotin family?]; printed form for contribution
to the Lambotin family.
Envelope only to Elisabeth Ball [Fund?]. May have enclosed the two
previous letters. 1925, Mar. 19
1929
1930-1932, Sept.
1932, Oct.-Dec.
F-Z n.d.
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Solange Santens to "Cher Marraine."
In French.
(A.L.S., 2 p.)
Solange Santens to "Chere Marraine."
In French.
(A.L.S., 1 p.)
Solange Santens Photo 1
Photograph of Solange Santens, alone, accompanied by penciled note.
Solange Santens Photo 2
Photograph of Solange Santens with a group of unidentified children.
Series:
Miscellaneous
Box 2
Bookmark n.d.
(green cloth with white counted cross-stitch 5.5 x 1
cm)
removed from a volume of
Bookcase of Knowledge , London, 1800 (PZ6.
B722).
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Washington letters owned by George Alexander Ball.
Prefatory note by Stan V. Henkels. Philadelphia, Privately printed,
1926. 52
pg. Annotated in the hand of George Alexander Ball. Includes typescript of
Letter 36A (page 26) which is not printed in the book.
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Subseries:
Subjects Collected
Printed and typed documents with an occasional copy in pencil: articles, books,
poems.
Adventures/Travels: Robinson Crusoe.
(15 items)
See also: Slipcase in Box 3
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Bells:
See also: Slipcase in Box 3
Pictures and cartoons
(43 items)
Consists of:
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- Belgium, Nos. 1-2
- England, 3-14
- France, 15-16
- Germany, 17-18
- Holland, 19
- Mexico, 20
- Panama, 21
- Romania, 22
- Russia, 23-26
- Siam, 27-28
- U.S.A., 20-40
- Misc., 41-43
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Pictures: John Taylor and Co.
(30 items)
Rides:
Pictures and cartoons
(11 items)
See also: Slipcase in Box 3
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Poems
Poems collected by Louella Dorothea Everett.
62 enclosed with letter to G. A. Ball, Nov. 21, 1941
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Sermon preached to a Congregation of Glass-Bottles, etc., London,
1715 . T.
D.
(21 p.)
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Box 3
Slipcase materials
Adventure/Travels. Typed copies of the following books:
1601. An Historical Treatise of the Travels of
Noah.
(108 p.)
1673. The Floating Island.
(64 p.)
1688. The Isle of Pine.
(15 p.)
1704. Prince of Bohemia.
(297 p.)
1706. Man Unmask'd.
(36 p.)
1766. The Life and Surprizing Adventures of Don Antonio de
Trezzanio.
(160 p.)
Bells.
4.
(About 100 items)
Includes Legends O' the Bells by Ernest Morris. T. D., 147 p.
Bridges
(About 100 items)
Trees, Slipcases 1 and 2.
(About 100 items each)
Series:
Notebooks
Box 4
Notebooks: in black notebook covers
Catalog of children's books in the Elisabeth Ball Collection.
Prepared by D'Alte Welch
[see his letter of 8 Sept. 1965]
Scrapbooks of holograph and printed items re: Ball
collection
(2 notebooks)
Series:
Photographs
Children, group of four, unidentified, n.d.
Woodworth, Claudius Hiram, n.d.
(2)
Mills in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, photographed by C. H.
Thomas of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
(19)
Trees in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, photographed by C. H.
Thomas of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
(22)
Oversize 1
Photograph album: All Aboard for Colorado, by James E. Pierce,
Sept. 21,
1901
(46 photos in black album)
Series:
Printed
Oversize 1
About miniatures
Alice in Wonderland
Art
Book sale catalogs
A-J
K-Z
Brochures, etc., 1932-1971
Clippings
from sale catalogs
(3 folders)
"from sale catalogs to put in Book Catalog"
(2 folders)
Hornbooks
Series:
Writings
Writings by Elisabeth Woodworth Ball
Oversize 1
"The Child Discovers its World through Books of
Travel."
T. & Carbon D. S. [38p.] 28 cm. Talk delivered at
University of Texas, March 1943.
[see letter of 10 Feb. 1943]
Children's books. How collection was formed.
A. D. [7p.], 14.5 cm. Notes in pencil for talk to teachers.
The Moving market.
A. D. [4p.], 28 cm. Notes in pencil and ink for a presentation on cries of
street vendors.
Nowadays, since traveling conditions....
A. D. 1p., 22.5 cm. Pencil draft.
Ball, Elisabeth W.
"To Panama."
1913, Jan. 29-Feb.
Selections from Elisabeth's journal with illustrated cut-outs and
photographs on heavy brown paper.
(103 p.)
Series:
Art
Oversize 2
Exotic Scrapbook ca. 18th century.
Bound in vellum covered boards. 40 x 16.5 cm. Many blank pages with 15
numbered leaves. Watermark: Pro Patria G R. Contents: Cut-outs of exotic
scenes pinned in; laid-in designs, one imprinted--Bath Pub by I Hamlyn 1789
(leaf 1); laid-in four playing cards in red and black water color.
Folio 1
Chinese Cut-Outs. ca. 1925
(15 pieces)
On gold foil or paper with hand-colored human figures, exotic creatures and
floral designs hand-colored in orange, pink, dark blue, purple, green,
etc.
1. Rectangle with note on heart: To Betty from Mrs.
Stevens.
(15.5 x 9.2 cm)
2. Circle with figure in green robe.
(4 cm. in diameter), verso: Made in China
3. Nineteen circles: 10 women and 9 men, both in orange
robe.
(3 cm. in diameter), verso of some: Made in
China
4. Four identical men in orange robe, green belt, with pack on green
stick.
(11 cm.)
5. Five men, dressed individually.
(8.5 cm)
6. Four identical exotic butterflies.
(5.6 x 11.7 cm at widest point), one with date on
verso: 15/2/25 and Chinese note.
7. Three identical exotic parrots.
(8 x 12 cm)
8. Two identical blue-trimmed circles with man on boat and woman on
shore with fan.
(11 cm. in diameter)
9. Three identical blue-trimmed circles with two men, exotic
creature and ball.
(11 cm. in diameter)
10. Two identical blue-trimmed ovals with man, woman and
child.
(15.5 x 10 cm.)
11. Two identical rectangles with two sitting men.
(8.5 x 11 cm.)
12. Circle with vase and flowers.
(17.5 cm. in diameter)
13. Four rectangle floral designs, 3 with identical coloration and
one with variant color in lower right hand corner.
(11 x 26 cm.)
14. Two identical rectangles of two men among floral
designs.
(18.5 x 21 cm.)
15. Two identical rectangles of floral cut-outs.
(21 x 25 cm.)
Folio 2
Metal type for unidentified children's book illustrations.
(4 items)
(2.5 x 1 . 1 x 2cm.)
Box 5
Miscellaneous art pieces, A-Z.
1. Dick Turpin's last ride on his Bonnie Black Bess.
(Silk scene, 5 x 15 cm. in frame, 16.5 x 24 cm.)
Scene woven on silk by Thomas Stevens, inventor and manufacturer,
Coventry and London (Registered).
2. Fight scene at cave by figures in 18th century?
(Costume: pen and ink with black and gray wash., 9.2 x 12
cm.)
3. Indian: in ceremonial brown headress with horns and bells on
leggings.
(On sand paper, 36 x 26 cm.)
4. Indian: in ceremonial winged costume.
(On paper, 28.5 x 36.6 cm)
5. Indians: woman with green headress and pom-poms; man with gray
rattle and bells on leggings.
(28.5 x 36 cm.)
6. Sylvan scene: Barefoot boy and girl, imprinted line
drawing.
(8.7 cm. on larger page)
7. Sylvan scene: Leafy hand-made cut-outs of pink and white
paper.
a. Tree design, pink paper.
(6.7 cm.)
b. Leafy design on vase, white paper.
(9.5 x 7 cm.)
c. Oval leafy design, white paper.
(9.5 x 8 cm.)
8. Sylvan scene: man and woman painted in black on glass, placed
over sylvan background of milkweed and flowerlets.
(Framed, 14 x 14 cm.)
9. Sylvan scene: man and woman among sheep and goats, hand-colored
printed cut-out, mounted.
(21 x 33 cm.)
10. Sylvan scene: silhouette cut-outs on black paper.
(1-2). Woman sitting by pool with fish.
(12 x 11 cm., Two identical cut-outs)
(3). Woman in bouffant dress and ballet shoes and bird on branch
in leafy oval.
(22.5 x 17.5 cm.)
(4). Girl and basket facing wolf in forested oval.
(20 x 15 cm.)
(5). Boy and girl approaching house with squirrel in forested
oval.
(20 x 15.3 cm.)
(6). Child pursued by geese, in oval.
(9 x 19.4 cm.)
11. Sylvan scene: women with jars, printed view in oval of gold and
white design.
(5.5 x 6.5 cm.)
Accompanied by other gold and white printed designs, 5 floral, 1 figure
of boy and girl, and an open book.
Folio 3
Paintings on glass (lantern slides). n.d.
1. Cendrillon (Cinderella).
(5.5 x 20.8 cm., green paper edging)
2. Good Night.
(Two broken pieces)
a. Good Night banner, soldiers with U.S. Flag.
(6 x 11 cm.)
b. Soldiers with drums and fife, leader on horse.
(6.8 cm.)
3. Sailing ships.
(6 x 20 cm., broken edges)
Six sailing ships depicting stages of development.
4. Serin de Canarie, et al. n.d.
(Faded white edging, 8.2 x 34.2 cm.)
a. Serin de Canarie. Series of 4 scenes with two French phrases
below each scene: Girl with bird in cage, 2 children with dog, three
children playing, 2 children with child in carriage.
b. Bombardment. Sailing ship bombarding island castle in
flames.
(Paper edging missing from right side).
c. Deerhunter. Man on horse with three dogs chasing
deer.
d. Feasters. Three views: man and woman, two women, two men with
keg decorated with tree.
(Right end broken off - 8.2 x 29.5 cm.)
e. Little man harassing others. Four views: man at piano, woman
with fan, soldier, soldier on horse.
(Broken into two pieces with one broken corner).
f. Marchers. Eleven men in various garb following man on
horse.
(Right edge broken off - 8.2 x 32 cm.)
g. Rider on dog, etc. Four views: on dog, on goat, on rabbit, on
rooster.
(Broken into two pieces with one corner angled).
h. Riders on horseback. Man and two women.
(Broken into two pieces with Rider 3 missing or cut-out from
group).
5. Sidewheelers and other ships.
(7.2 x 30 cm., in wooden frame holder 8.2 x 33 cm.)
Two scenes, one with buildings in the distance; the other with ship at
dock.
6. Skaters.
(7.2 x 30.5 cm., broken into three pieces)
Eight skaters, boy on sled, and dog. No edging.
Folio 4
Printed on glass (rotary slides), n.d.
Eight scenes each slide, wording in English, French and German. Sandwiched
in glass with tin rims. 15 cm. in diameter.
1. The Apple Thief
2. John Gilpin
(one side of glass sandwich missing and loose rim).
3. Natural history
(one side of glass sandwich broken).
Child's school slate.