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Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, Ca http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf829008pt No online items Miscellaneous manuscripts collection, ca. 1750- LSC.0100 UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala. UCLA Library Special Collections Finding aid last modified on 13 November 2019. Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections Miscellaneous manuscripts LSC.0100 1 collection, ca. 1750- LSC.0100 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts collection Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0100 Physical Description: 136.5 Linear Feet(261 boxes, 6 cartons, and 20 oversize boxes) Date: circa 1750- Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance through our electronic paging system using the request button located on this page. Language of Material: English . Conditions Governing Access Portions of collection unprocessed. Boxes 204-280 are unavailable for access. Please contact Special Collections reference ([email protected]) for more information. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Miscellaneous manuscripts collection (Collection 100). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233439 Scope and Content Collection consists of miscellaneous 18th, 19th, and 20th century manuscript materials, typewritten transcripts, holographs, and facsimiles. Includes literary manuscripts, correspondence, letters, diaries, scripts, legal documents, photographs, and audio tapes related to various prominent literary, political, and intellectual figures. Subjects and Indexing Terms Manuscripts. Letters. Author not Identified box 178 [No Author Given]. First half of 13th century, from a Bible concordance. General Physical Description note: (2 leaves). box 186 No Author Given. Ink and wash drawings. General Physical Description note: (23 items). Scope and Contents note Used to illustrate The Lily: A book for children. Published by John Harris in 1808 (Moon 671B). General note (Two of the illustrations have not been identified.) box 186 No Author Given. Ink and wash drawings. General Physical Description note: (3 items). Scope and Contents note Used to illustrate The Two Boys; or, The Reward of Truth. Published by John Harris in 1808 (Moon 938). Miscellaneous manuscripts LSC.0100 2 collection, ca. 1750- LSC.0100 Author not Identified box 282, folder 11 2 letters [holograph, in French], addressed to Cher Monseiur, and newspaper article (p. 2? 1932). 1922 & 1931 General Physical Description note: (3 items, 3pp.). Scope and Contents note On Bibliotheque Communale et Musees of the Ville D'Abbeville letterhead. box 25 ABC fnr das liebe Paar Bernet-Stehelin auf den 23. Feber. 1796. (German). 1796 29 cards. 12.5 x 8 cm. Manuscript. Scope and Contents note The borders of the cards are engraved. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a sententious four-line poem advising the young couple how to be happily married. In a green paper slipcase. box 192, folder 18 Año de 1898. Padron numero 1, del Districto de Tulancingo. 1898 General Physical Description note: (Holograph, bound). box 23 Bible. Manuscripts, Hebrew. O.T. Pentateuch. Torah made for practice. Hebrew. 14th century 1 item. 58 x 60 cm. Manuscript. Scope and Contents note Oversize. Not complete. This fragment is a practive sheet prepared in a school of Torah studies. Five columns of 51 lines each on brown leather. Mounted in a tan cloth portfolio. box 282, folder 8 Book list [holograph]. n.d. General Physical Description note: (1 item). Scope and Contents note Incomplete, C - Z only. Front cover missing, lists author, title, size and publication date. General note From Ogden Collection (Collection 785). box 282, folder 18 Book of devotion. 17th Century(?) General Physical Description note: (1 item, 166pp. [holograph, in Spanish]). Scope and Contents note Entries re religious devotion and personal acts. box 284, folder 12 Booklet of poems. 1904 14 April General Physical Description note: (1 item, 20pp. [typescript, bound]). Scope and Contents note 19 poems for dinner to Miss Laura McKinstny, given by Mrs. Robert Oxnard. General note Purchase: Kay Caughren. box 289, folder 9 Bibliography of Pinnochio, newspaper articles and ephemera and display cards. n.d. General Physical Description note: (8 items, 68pp. [manuscript typescript]). Scope and Contents note List of books in English relating to, and foreign language Pinnochio versions. General note Gift of Russell Shank. Miscellaneous manuscripts LSC.0100 3 collection, ca. 1750- LSC.0100 Author not Identified box 6 Brief history of the California league of women voters. Circa 1920 12 l. Typescript. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Gift: Bureau of Governmental Research. Scope and Contents note Possibly by Dora Haynes (Mrs. John R. Haynes). box 193, folder 3 Document of indenture. 1643 Scope and Contents note Agreement made between Thomas Budden of Bothomwood and Stephen Bowdyde of Wimborne, August 6, With signatures. General note SEE: card for Vellum. box 288, folder 8 Collection of prints, 10 engravings and photographs of American and English theatre stars. 19th Century General Physical Description note: (10 items). Scope and Contents note Stars include: Jenny Lind, Joseph Jefferson, Kemble and Edmund Keen. [Also], Copies of Punch. General note Purchase: F. Craven. box 282, folder 12 Correspondence, 2 letters [holograph, in French] from Adolphe Schreyer and J.E. Saintiny (?). n.d. & 1877 General Physical Description note: (2 items, 2pp.). Scope and Contents note Both re upcoming visits to Paris and Rome respectively. Letters possibly connected. box 202, folder 5 Family book? [in Spanish]. n.d. General Physical Description note: (Holograph, bound on vellum). General note Bought by Larry Laurhass. box 194, folder 16 The George Altman Theatre Library. n.d. General Physical Description note: (Bound). Scope and Contents note Details library's holdings. General note Gift of Patricia P. Altman. box 194, folder 8 Hair samples. n.d. Scope and Contents note Three locks sewn to paper, identified as "E.Owens," "Amanda" and "W.Owens." General note Gift of Fern B. Clapper, August 1955. box 286, folder 11 The Hungarian Revolution. n.d. General Physical Description note: (2 items). Scope and Contents note On 2 cassettes, copies of a 4-record set. Miscellaneous manuscripts LSC.0100 4 collection, ca. 1750- LSC.0100 Author not Identified box 203, folder 1 La Casa no.5 Calle del Tercer Orden de S. Agustin [in Spanish]. 1682-1880 General Physical Description note: (Holograph, bound). Scope and Contents note Collection of notarized documents of ownership for a Mexico City dwelling. box 288, folder 6 Letter [holograph] to Dear Mama, from Your Darter [sic]. 1833(?) July General Physical Description note: (1 item, 2pp.). Scope and Contents note re day at her uncle's home. Apparently from a child. box 193, folder 7 Letter of Indenture, between Thomas Carr and James Oswin for the sum of 5 shillings. 1754 General Physical Description note: (1 item, 1p.). Scope and Contents note Bears stamps and partial wax seal. On vellum. General note SEE: card for VELLUM. box 285, folder 3 Letters re Egyptian politics, economics and the Suez Canal (3 of 10). 1871-1911 General Physical Description note: (5 items, 26pp.). Scope and Contents note Letters no.6-10. General note (See index, folder 1) box 285, folder 4 Letters re Egyptian politics, economics and the Suez Canal (4 of 10). 1871-1911 General Physical Description note: (5 items, 19pp.). Scope and Contents note Letters no.11-15. General note (See index, folder 1) box 285, folder 5 Letters re Egyptian politics, economics and the Suez Canal (5 of 10). 1871-1911 General Physical Description note: (5 items, 30pp.). Scope and Contents note Letters no.16-20. General note (See index, folder 1) box 285, folder 6 Letters re Egyptian politics, economics and the Suez Canal (6 of 10). 1871-1911 General Physical Description note: (5 items, 21pp.). Scope and Contents note Letters no.20-25. General note (See index, folder 1) Miscellaneous manuscripts LSC.0100 5 collection, ca. 1750- LSC.0100 Author not Identified box 285, folder 7 Letters re Egyptian politics, economics and the Suez Canal (7 of 10). 1871-1911 General Physical Description note: (5 items, 16pp.). Scope and Contents note Letters no.26-30. General note (See index, folder 1) box 285, folder 8 Letters re Egyptian politics, economics and the Suez Canal (8 of 10). 1871-1911 General Physical Description note: (5 items, 20pp.). Scope and Contents note Letters no.31-35. General note (See index, folder 1) box 285, folder 9 Letters re Egyptian politics, economics and the Suez Canal (9 of 10). 1871-1911 General Physical Description note: (5 items, 18pp.). Scope and Contents note Letters no.36-40. General note (See index, folder 1) box 285, folder 10 Letters re Egyptian politics, economics and the Suez Canal (10 of 10). 1871-1911 General Physical Description note: (5 items, 29pp.). Scope and Contents note Letters no.41-45. General note (See index, folder 1) box 285, folder 1 Letters re Egyptian politics, economics and the Suez Canal (1 of 10). 1871-1911 General Physical Description note: (2 items, 16pp. [typescript, 2 copies]). Scope and Contents note Index. box 285, folder 2 Letters re Egyptian politics, economics and the Suez Canal (2 of 10). 1871-1911 General Physical Description note: (5 items, 19pp.). Scope and Contents note Letters no.1-5. General note (See index, folder 1) box 281, folder 12 McKinley notes on Dean Webster's Sir Walter Scott and Shakespeare courses (University of Edinburgh).
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