- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 848
- Collection Title:
- Thompson Speedway photograph album, Thompson, Connecticut, and material related to automobile
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 11
- Abstract:
- Collection consisting of a photograph album, loose photographs, and other material chiefly created and compiled by Louis H. Collins, circa 1930-1949. The album consists of eighty-six photographs chiefly created by Collins, as well as eleven associated newspaper clippings, which document automobile races at the Thompson Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut, during its first two summer seasons, July 1940 to August 1941. Thirty-six loose photographic prints and seven newspaper clippings that were formerly laid in the album document other racetracks, including the Readville Race Track in Boston, Massachusetts; the Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York; and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. There are also two complete issues of automobile racing newsletters consisting of Auto Racing History, circa 1941, and the National Auto Racing News, November 19, 1942., Photographs depict automobile races and accidents, as well as portraits of drivers and the photographers who documented the races. Identified drivers include Frank Beeder, Fred Frame, Russ Green, Rex Mays, Frank McGurk, Verne Orenduff, Bernd Rosemeyer, Dick Seaman, and Wilburn Hartwell "Stubby" Stubblefield. A photomechanical print depicts Mays at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1940; an accompanying newspaper clipping documents Mays's death in an accident at a racetrack in Del Mar, California in November 1949. The album includes a group portrait of racetrack photographers, including Collins, created by Donald E. O'Reilly of Plainville, Massachusetts, as well as a press card for the Thompson Speedway affixed to the album cover., and The collection includes a loose photograph of the gravesite of Lieutenant Commander Harold Earle MacLellan at Arlington National Cemetery. MacLellan was originally from Westerly, Rhode Island, and he died aboard the naval airship USS Akron that crashed off the New Jersey coast on April 4, 1933.
- Description:
- Louis Hamill Collins (born 1897) was an automobile racing photographer and native of Westerly, Rhode Island., The Thompson International Speedway, initially known as the Thompson Speedway, was the first asphalt automobile racetrack in the United States. John Hoenig (1905-1989) constructed the racetrack in Thompson, Connecticut, on his dairy farm following the hurricane of 1938. The racetrack officially opened on May 26, 1940., and Title devised by cataloger.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Indianapolis (Ind.)--Pictorial works, Readville (Boston, Mass.)--Pictorial works, Thompson (Conn.)--Pictorial works, and Westbury (Nassau County, N.Y.)--Pictorial works
- Subject (Name):
- Frame, Frederick William,--1894-1962, Green, Russ,--automobile racing driver, Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.)--Pictorial works, Mays, Rex,--1913-1949, McGurk, Frank,--1915-1982, O'Reilly, Donald E.,--1913-2000, Orenduff, Vernon, Readville Racetrack--Pictorial works, Roosevelt Raceway--Pictorial works, Rosemeyer, Bernd,--1909-1938, Seaman, Dick,--1913-1939, Stubblefield, Wilburn Hartwell,--1909-1935, and Thompson International Speedway--Pictorial works
- Subject (Topic):
- Automobile racing drivers--Portraits, Automobile racing--Accidents--Pictorial works, Automobile racing--Connecticut--Thompson--Pictorial works, Automobile racing--Indiana--Indianapolis--Pictorial works, Automobile racing--Massachusetts--Boston--Pictorial works, Automobile racing--New York (State)--Westbury (Nassau County)--Pictorial works, Automobile racing--Periodicals, Racetracks (Automobile racing)--Connecticut--Thompson--Pictorial works, Racetracks (Automobile racing)--Indiana--Indianapolis--Pictorial works, Racetracks (Automobile racing)--Massachusetts--Boston--Pictorial works, Racetracks (Automobile racing)--New York (State)--Westbury (Nassau County)--Pictorial works, and Sports photographers--Portraits
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Loose photographs and clippings related to automobile racing]
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202.
- Call Number:
- CF518 B57 1818
- Collection Title:
- Letters from Illinois. By Morris Birkbeck ...
- Image Count:
- 3
- Description:
- Additional notes inside front cover; scanned and associated with Birkbeck's, Notes on a journey in America., Bound with: Birkbeck, Morris. Notes on a journey in America. Dublin, 1818., and Notes excerpt a letter from Theobald Wolfe Tone and "W. C. S."
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States --Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Tone, Theobald Wolfe, 1763-1798--Correspondence
- Collection Created:
- Philadelphia; Printed for the author. Dublin: Re-printed for Thomas Larkin, 1818
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Manuscript notes]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 848
- Collection Title:
- Thompson Speedway photograph album, Thompson, Connecticut, and material related to automobile
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 3
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- Collection consisting of a photograph album, loose photographs, and other material chiefly created and compiled by Louis H. Collins, circa 1930-1949. The album consists of eighty-six photographs chiefly created by Collins, as well as eleven associated newspaper clippings, which document automobile races at the Thompson Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut, during its first two summer seasons, July 1940 to August 1941. Thirty-six loose photographic prints and seven newspaper clippings that were formerly laid in the album document other racetracks, including the Readville Race Track in Boston, Massachusetts; the Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York; and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. There are also two complete issues of automobile racing newsletters consisting of Auto Racing History, circa 1941, and the National Auto Racing News, November 19, 1942., Photographs depict automobile races and accidents, as well as portraits of drivers and the photographers who documented the races. Identified drivers include Frank Beeder, Fred Frame, Russ Green, Rex Mays, Frank McGurk, Verne Orenduff, Bernd Rosemeyer, Dick Seaman, and Wilburn Hartwell "Stubby" Stubblefield. A photomechanical print depicts Mays at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after winning the Indianapolis 500 in 1940; an accompanying newspaper clipping documents Mays's death in an accident at a racetrack in Del Mar, California in November 1949. The album includes a group portrait of racetrack photographers, including Collins, created by Donald E. O'Reilly of Plainville, Massachusetts, as well as a press card for the Thompson Speedway affixed to the album cover., and The collection includes a loose photograph of the gravesite of Lieutenant Commander Harold Earle MacLellan at Arlington National Cemetery. MacLellan was originally from Westerly, Rhode Island, and he died aboard the naval airship USS Akron that crashed off the New Jersey coast on April 4, 1933.
- Description:
- Louis Hamill Collins (born 1897) was an automobile racing photographer and native of Westerly, Rhode Island., The Thompson International Speedway, initially known as the Thompson Speedway, was the first asphalt automobile racetrack in the United States. John Hoenig (1905-1989) constructed the racetrack in Thompson, Connecticut, on his dairy farm following the hurricane of 1938. The racetrack officially opened on May 26, 1940., and Title devised by cataloger.
- Subject (Name):
- Thompson International Speedway
- Subject (Topic):
- Automobile racing drivers, Automobile racing--Connecticut--Thompson, Automobile racing--Periodicals, and Racetracks (Automobile racing)--Connecticut--Thompson--Pictorial works
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [News clippings related to automobile racing]
204.
- Creator:
- Murray, Alexander, 1775-1813
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1802]
- Call Number:
- Osborn d180
- Collection Title:
- [Materials for the life of James Bruce (1730-1794)], [ca. 1802]
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 5
- Image Count:
- 23
- Description:
- Blanks not digitized.
- Subject (Name):
- Murray, Alexander,--1775-1813
- Subject (Topic):
- Biography--18th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Notebook]
205.
- Creator:
- Allen, Edward Jay, 1830-1915
- Published / Created:
- [1852-58]
- Call Number:
- Zc78 +852aL
- Image Count:
- 44
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Mounted clippings from the Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch and one short report each from two other small newspapers describing an overland journey beginning in 1852 and life in Washington Territory, through Allen's return to New Orleans in March of 1855. Also included are missing sections of the manuscript that were published later in 1858 by the Pittsburgh Daily Dispatch.
- Alternative Title:
- Eddie’s letters
- Description:
- Cover title: Eddie’s letters., Page numbers have been added in pencil at bottom., Title from spine., and With the exception of pages 2-43 and 45-46, all remaining pages in journal are blank.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.), Chimney Rock (Neb.), Council Bluffs (Iowa), Fort Boise (Idaho), Fort Hall (Idaho), Fort Laramie (Wyo.), Fort Walla Walla (Wash.), Fort Washita (Okla.), Great Plains, Idaho, Independence Rock (Wyo.), Iowa, Nebraska, New Orleans (La.) --1850-1860, Nisqually River Valley (Wash.), Oklahoma, Olympia (Wash.), Oregon, Oregon City (Or.), Platte County (Wyo.), Portland (Or.), Puget Sound (Wash.), Rocky Mountains, Scotts Bluff County (Neb.), United States --Territorial expansion, Washington (State), White River Valley (Wash.), and Wyoming
- Subject (Name):
- Cayuse Indians, Foster, J. Heron, Nez Perce Indians, Oregon National Historic Trail, Pawnee Indians, and Shoshoni Indians
- Subject (Topic):
- Ferries, Frontier and pioneer life, Horse trading, Indians of North America --1840-1860, Natural resources, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Wagon trains
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Oregon trail]
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1917-19
- Call Number:
- Uncat Za MS 455
- Collection Title:
- Wilder Family Papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 36 | Folder: CEW
- Image Count:
- 1
- Subject (Name):
- Mount Holyoke College--History--20th century--Pictorial works and Wilder, Charlotte, 1898-
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photograph of Charlotte Wilder and two Mount Holyoke classmates with bicycles]
- Call Number:
- Tinker 847
- Collection Title:
- A study in scarlet / by A. Conan Doyle ; containing also two original plays for home performance
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- Front cover missing. Inscribed on 1st p. of text: With the Authors Compliments Nov 25th 87. Bookplate of Chauncey Brewster Tinker.
- Subject (Name):
- Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 --Inscription and Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876-1963 --Bookplate
- Collection Created:
- London ; New York : Ward, Lock, [1887]
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Presentation copy from the author; in case]
- Call Number:
- Folio Pamphlets 10
- Image Count:
- 7
- Description:
- BEIN Folio Pamphlets 10: Pages numbered in manuscript; some pages are blank, with no clippings.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Prologues and epilogues to 18th century English plays : clippings pasted in the scrap-book].
209.
- Creator:
- Godfrey, Edward Settle, 1843-1932
- Published / Created:
- 1875-1908
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1314
- Collection Title:
- Charles F. Bates papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 15 | Folder 200
- Image Count:
- 109
- Subject (Name):
- Co-operative Dress Association--Stock certificate, Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933--Correspondence, Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876, and Godfrey, Edward Settle, 1843-1932
- Subject (Topic):
- United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th and United States. Army. Cavalry--History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Scrapbook]