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Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D

Index to ownership/provenance information, primarily from printed books, held by Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource: 1 collection

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01529/catalog View

University of Connecticut, Office of Public Information. Records, 1918-2000

Title: Office of Public Information records, 1918-2000.

The office created, handled and distributed the official communications of the institutions with the public and press communities. These operations were transferred to the Athletic Communications Office and the University Relations Office (currently known as University Communications) in 1977-19782 and 2000, respectively.

ArchivalResource: 215.0 Linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860134558 View

Blackwell, Henry. A collection of scraps and cuttings relating to the game of draughts, together with a number of critical situations original and select, arranged for Henry Haigh of Leeds, Yorkshire.

Title: A collection of scraps and cuttings relating to the game of draughts, together with a number of critical situations original and select, arranged for Henry Haigh of Leeds, Yorkshire. [1863-64]

Manuscript, with many mounted clippings.

ArchivalResource: [8], 56, [176] p. ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17195970 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Blackwell, Henry. A manuscript collection of all the works on the game of draughts published in England and Scotland to which is added, a collection of original positions and games between first & second class players.

Title: A manuscript collection of all the works on the game of draughts published in England and Scotland to which is added, a collection of original positions and games between first & second class players. 1756-1852.

ArchivalResource: 1541 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17166548 View

United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870

Title: United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives 1861-1870

The United States Sanitary Commission established the Army and Navy Claim Agency (ANCA) in Washington, D.C. on April 1, 1864 to serve as the USSC’s central office to assist Union soldiers, sailors, and their families in prosecuting claims on the federal government for pensions, back pay, bounty, commutation of rations, prize money, and other benefits, without cost. The Army and Navy Claim Agency Archives comprise the records of the Army and Navy Claim Agency; the records of the Pension Agency, its predecessor organization; the registers and cash books of its subsidiary local agencies; and the records of two quasi-independent USSC claim agencies whose origins predate the establishment of the Army and Navy Claim Agency: the Protective War Claim Association of the State of New York, located in New York City, and the Protective War Claim and Pension Agency, located in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 506.37 linear feet; 1190 boxes, 46 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18809 View

Blackwell, Henry. Henry Blackwell photographs, 1940.

Title: Henry Blackwell photographs, 1940.

Photographs focusing on the August 13, 1940 flood of the Linville River Railway (LRR) which washed away tracks and bridges and led to the abandonment of the line in 1941. The photographs depict washed-out track, creek beds along the LRR line, abandoned track, and similar scenes relating to the flood.

ArchivalResource: 44 photographs : b&w.44 photographs : negative, b&w.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35704372 View