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Murrant, Moses. Collection of documents on poaching in Norfolk, England, 1788-1789.

Title: Collection of documents on poaching in Norfolk, England, 1788-1789.

Consists of: a document detailing rewards for information leading to the conviction of poachers, written by William Stokes, a Fakenham attorney at law (Dec. 1788); the Report of Moses Murrant and John Shallard officers belonging to the Public Office in Bow Sreet London (dated 19 Dec. 1788); 5 signed letters from William Stokes (dated 20-31 Dec. 1788); Abstract of the confession of William Bunnell late of Colkirk [and] Abstract of the confession of John Bunting late of Brinningham (dated Jan. 17, 1789).

ArchivalResource: 8 items ; 22-33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/755225844 View

Strohm, Richard, d. 1915. Richard Strohm collection on Carl Gaertner, ca. 1904-1905.

Title: Richard Strohm collection on Carl Gaertner, ca. 1904-1905.

Items related to the violinist and musical director Carl Gaertner (Gärtner; 1823-1905), including handwritten notes in German on his biography, dated March 1905 (6 leaves); a program and a flier, in English, related to a concert at Witherspoon Hall, Philadelphia, 7 April 1904, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Gärtner's musical work in America; and a photograph of him in later years. Gaertner was born either in Stralsund or on the island of Rügen, in Prussian Pomerania, and emigrated to the United States in 1852, where he was active at first in Boston and then in Philadelphia. The notes have a few corrections in the hand of C.F. Huch, a member of the German Society of Pennsylvania Archive Committee. The flier (2 leaves) from the 1904 concert contains a narrative about Gaertner's musical accomplishments, by John Bunting; the front cover has handwritten corrections (originally reading: Academy of Music, January 22, 1903). The library also has a copy of the obituary of Gaertner published in the newspaper Philadelphia Demokrat, on 11 October 1905, reporting his death in Bar Harbor, Me., the day before (see Ms. Coll. AV 1536).

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/725607551 View

Phillips, Walter Massey, 1912-1985. Oral history project, 1975-1980.

Title: Oral history project, 1975-1980.

Walter Phillips interviewed 166 civic and political leaders. Phillips knew and had worked with virtually every person he interviewed. These interviews clearly describe Philadelphia from a variety of perspectives beginning in the late 1930s through the mid 1970s. See 600 field for listings of interviewees.

ArchivalResource: 166 interviews with transcripts.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122541655 View