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2.
A pocket book, containing severall choice collections in arithmetick [!], astronomy, geometry

Creator:
Seller, John, fl. 1658-1698
Published / Created:
[1677?]
Call Number:
1978 748
Image Count:
48
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
46 plates (some tab mounted and folded) : incl. tables, maps, diagrams., Autograph of Samuel Plowman[?], Blank pages counted but not scanned., Bound as a commonplace book with blank pages interspersed. Numerous notes in pencil and ink ., and Imperfect?: all editions listed in pre-1956 NUC and the BM cat. include text as well as plates.
Publisher:
And are sold by him at the Hermitage in Wapping: and by John Hills in Exchange Alley in Cornhill, London
Subject (Topic):
Almanacs, English and Astronomy --Early works to 1800
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A pocket book, containing severall choice collections in arithmetick [!], astronomy, geometry, surveying, dialling, navigation, astrology, geography, measuring, gaugeing. By John Seller ...

3.
Expositionis Georgii Dounami, in petri rami dialecticam catechismus

Creator:
Downame, George, d. 1634
Published / Created:
1688
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 159
Image Count:
6
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript transcribed by William Partridge. Pages 67-137 contain "A compendium of logick, according to the modern philosophy, extracted from Le-grand & others their systems." This is followed by shorthand notes. Given by Partridge to Timothy Edwards, and later owned by Jonathan Edwards when a student at Yale in 1718. A note in F. B. Dexter’s hand says the book was also used by Warham Mather. On the verso of the first leaf: "Jonathan Edward’s Book 1751."
Subject (Name):
Harvard University --Students, Partridge, William, 1669-1693, Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572, and Yale University --Students
Subject (Topic):
Logic --Study and teaching --Early works to 1800 and Shorthand--Early works to 1800
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Expositionis Georgii Dounami, in petri rami dialecticam catechismus

4.
Indian Tribes 1853-1854

Creator:
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Published / Created:
1853-1854
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1810
Collection Title:
George Gibbs notebooks of scientific observations of the Pacific Northwest,
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
146
Abstract:
Three holograph notebooks containing diary entries relating to travel; barometrical recordings; and observations on the languages and customs of the Indians and the flora and fauna of Washington Territory and the Pacific Northwest written while Gibbs was working on the U.S. Army railroad survey and the survey of the International Boundary Commission. The first two notebooks contain a few miscellaneous drawings. The volumes are entitled "Indian Tribes 1853-1854," "No. II Journal & Notes, N.W.B.S. 1855-1858," and "Washington Territory Miscellaneous, Chiefly Natural History [ca. 1857]."
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel, Northwest, Pacific--Surveys, Washington (State)--Description and travel, and Washington (State)--Surveys
Subject (Name):
Gibbs, George,--1815-1873 and Northwest Boundary Commission, 1857-1869
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Languages, Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Social life and customs, Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Languages, Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Social life and customs, Natural history--Northwest, Pacific, Natural history--Washington (State), Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys, Surveyors--Northwest, Pacific, and Surveyors--Washington (State)--lcsh
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Indian Tribes 1853-1854

5.
Journal & Notes, N.W.B.S.

Creator:
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Published / Created:
1855-1858
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1810
Collection Title:
George Gibbs notebooks of scientific observations of the Pacific Northwest,
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
212
Abstract:
Three holograph notebooks containing diary entries relating to travel; barometrical recordings; and observations on the languages and customs of the Indians and the flora and fauna of Washington Territory and the Pacific Northwest written while Gibbs was working on the U.S. Army railroad survey and the survey of the International Boundary Commission. The first two notebooks contain a few miscellaneous drawings. The volumes are entitled "Indian Tribes 1853-1854," "No. II Journal & Notes, N.W.B.S. 1855-1858," and "Washington Territory Miscellaneous, Chiefly Natural History [ca. 1857]."
Alternative Title:
Journal & Notes, N[orth] W[est] B[oundary] S[urvey] and No. II. Journal & Notes, N.W.B.S. 1855-1858
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel, Northwest, Pacific--Surveys, Washington (State)--Description and travel, and Washington (State)--Surveys
Subject (Name):
Gibbs, George,--1815-1873 and Northwest Boundary Commission, 1857-1869
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Languages, Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Social life and customs, Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Languages, Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Social life and customs, Natural history--Northwest, Pacific, Natural history--Washington (State), Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys, Surveyors--Northwest, Pacific, and Surveyors--Washington (State)--lcsh
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal & Notes, N.W.B.S.

7.
Notebook

Creator:
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
Published / Created:
circa 1894
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1143
Collection Title:
David Alan Richards Collection of Rudyard Kipling
Container / Volume:
Box 6
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
180 blank pages not digitized.
Alternative Title:
Certain observations on the short story arranged by the use of Josephine Balestier
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English--19th century--Archives
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notebook

8.
Notebook of a theatrical tour with the Oliver Doud Byron Combination company

Creator:
Clavelle, Emma L
Published / Created:
1882-1883
Call Number:
YCAL MSS FILE 47
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Notebook documenting the travels of Emma L. Clavelle from New York City throughout the northeast and midwest United States with the Oliver Doud Byron Combination company during the theatrical season of 1882-1883. She likely performed in Across the Continent, a play which Byron toured and starred in for over twenty years. In addition to noting the dates and cities of the tour, Clavelle provides the name of the hotel or boarding house where she stayed in each city, the cost of the room, and its quality (fair, good, very good). Additional brief comments include how well performances were received, and her recreational activities and visits with family members. A small chromolithographic card promoting the Oliver Doud Byron Combination is affixed to the front pastedown of the notebook. Additional lists of dates (month and day but no year) and cities, a list of articles of clothing, and other notations are included in the remainder of the notebook.
Description:
Purchased from Ian Brabner, Bookseller on the George B. Alvord Fund, 2011.
Subject (Geographic):
Middle Atlantic States--Description and travel, Middle West--Description and travel, and New England--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Byron, Oliver Doud,--1842-1920, Clavelle, Emma L, and Oliver Doud Byron Combination
Subject (Topic):
Actors--United States, Theater--United States, and Theatrical companies--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notebook of a theatrical tour with the Oliver Doud Byron Combination company

9.
Notebook related to SAMO© Graffiti, 1978 September-1979 January

Creator:
Basquiat, Jean-Michel, 1960-1988
Dawson, Shannon
Diaz, Al
SAMO© Graffiti
Published / Created:
1978 September-1979 January
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 63
Image Count:
71
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
A notebook with writing and drawings by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Shannon Dawson, probably begun while students at City-As-School High School in New York City, and others associated with SAMO© Graffiti, probably including Al Diaz, September 1978-January 1979. Writings include political and poetic aphorisms, song lyrics, and stream of consciousness observations. Sketches include figures and psychedelic drawings.
Description:
Multiple blank pages interspersed. Pagination reflects pages with content only. Blanks not digitized. and The notebook lacks its front cover; the back cover is torn and covered with a SAMO© graffiti tag.
Subject (Name):
Basquiat, Jean-Michel, 1960-1988
Subject (Topic):
Graffiti
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notebook related to SAMO© Graffiti, 1978 September-1979 January

10.
Notebook, 1846-1863.

Creator:
Atkins, Thomas, 1797-1882
Published / Created:
1846-1863
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 542
Collection Title:
Thomas Atkins Notebook
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:
68
Abstract:
Notebook containing verse and notes for lyceum speeches by Atkins, along with receipts and drawings. Topics covered in speeches include Middlefield, Connecticut history and education, the fugitive slave law, and temperance movement. Accompanied by one silhouette drawing and one clipping, the "Swan Song of Parson Avery," by John G. Whittier.
Description:
Notebook written from both sides. Continuous pagination provided by cataloger. and Thomas Atkins (1797-1882), author.
Subject (Geographic):
Middlefield (Conn. : Town)--History
Subject (Name):
Atkins, Thomas,--1797-1822, United States.--Fugitive slave law (1793), and Whittier, John Greenleaf,--1807-1892
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--19th century and Temperance--United States
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notebook, 1846-1863.

11.
Still : con tre acqueforti / Samuel Beckett ; Stanley William Hayter

Creator:
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989
Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
Published / Created:
1974
Call Number:
2007 Folio 52
Image Count:
16
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Immagini e testi ; 12
Description:
BEIN Folio 2007 52: Esemplare 100. Prints numbered and signed by the artist. In case as issued. Accompanied by [4] p. of prospectus. and Issued in case.
Publisher:
M'Arte edizioni,
Subject (Name):
Hayter, Stanley William,--1901-1988--Autograph
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Still : con tre acqueforti / Samuel Beckett ; Stanley William Hayter

12.
The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict, or the inmate of a gloomy prison. With the Mysteries

Creator:
Reed, Austin, 1823?-
Published / Created:
circa 1858
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 71
Container / Volume:
Folders 1-2
Image Count:
198
Description:
MS note in ink and pencil, Notebook and first gathering foliated consecutively., One quarto notebook and two sewn folio gatherings of 44 pages each housed in two folders., Some errors in foliation., and Title revised and pasted in inside front cover of notebook.
Subject (Name):
House of Refuge (New York, NY)
Subject (Topic):
African American prisoners--New York (State), Juvenile delinquents --New York (State) --New York, Prison discipline--United States--History--19th century, Prison life--New York (State)--19th century, and Reformatories --New York (State) --New York
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict, or the inmate of a gloomy prison. With the Mysteries and Miseries of the New York House of Reffuge and Auburn Prison Unmasked...

13.
Untitled notebook

Creator:
Murphy, Gerald, 1888-1964
Published / Created:
ca. 1931-1936
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 468
Collection Title:
Sara and Gerald Murphy papers
Container / Volume:
Box 210
Image Count:
48
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
A ruled notebook partially written in pencil and ink in the artist's hand- some being about paintings by Murphy or ideas for paintings and some notes based on readings. Approximately 42 pages have been written on, with a few small sketches. One section is
Description:
Pencil and ink, ruled paper., Red and cream striped black soft covers., and Unsigned.
Subject (Name):
Murphy, Gerald, 1888-1964 and Murphy, Sara
Subject (Topic):
Art, American--20th century, Art, Modern--20th century, and Modernism (Art)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Untitled notebook

14.
Washington Territory Miscellaneous, Chiefly Natural History

Creator:
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
Published / Created:
[ca. 1857]
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1810
Collection Title:
George Gibbs notebooks of scientific observations of the Pacific Northwest,
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:
140
Abstract:
Three holograph notebooks containing diary entries relating to travel; barometrical recordings; and observations on the languages and customs of the Indians and the flora and fauna of Washington Territory and the Pacific Northwest written while Gibbs was working on the U.S. Army railroad survey and the survey of the International Boundary Commission. The first two notebooks contain a few miscellaneous drawings. The volumes are entitled "Indian Tribes 1853-1854," "No. II Journal & Notes, N.W.B.S. 1855-1858," and "Washington Territory Miscellaneous, Chiefly Natural History [ca. 1857]."
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific--Description and travel, Northwest, Pacific--Surveys, Washington (State)--Description and travel, and Washington (State)--Surveys
Subject (Name):
Gibbs, George,--1815-1873 and Northwest Boundary Commission, 1857-1869
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Languages, Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Social life and customs, Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Languages, Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Social life and customs, Natural history--Northwest, Pacific, Natural history--Washington (State), Pacific railroads--Explorations and surveys, Surveyors--Northwest, Pacific, and Surveyors--Washington (State)--lcsh
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Washington Territory Miscellaneous, Chiefly Natural History

15.
Yale College notebook

Creator:
Newton, Roger, 1762 or 3-1789
Published / Created:
1784 Dec 21-28
Call Number:
GEN MSS FILE 261
Image Count:
96
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Bound holograph notebook containing notes in English, Latin, and Greek, taken while Newton was a student at Yale College.
Subject (Name):
Newton, Roger, 1762 or 3-1789 and Yale College (1718-1887)--Students
Subject (Topic):
School notebooks
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale College notebook

16.
[1868-1870]

Published / Created:
1868-1870
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2185
Collection Title:
Lucas F. Smith diaries and notebooks
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:
70
Abstract:
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes. A pocket notebook dated 1870 Dec 26 contains copies in Smith's hand of forms of indictment for various crimes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers--Texas and Public prosecutors--Texas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [1868-1870]

17.
[1871]

Published / Created:
1871
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2185
Collection Title:
Lucas F. Smith diaries and notebooks
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:
74
Abstract:
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers--Texas and Public prosecutors--Texas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [1871]

18.
[1872]

Published / Created:
1872
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2185
Collection Title:
Lucas F. Smith diaries and notebooks
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 4
Image Count:
90
Abstract:
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers--Texas and Public prosecutors--Texas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [1872]

19.
[1874]

Published / Created:
1874
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2185
Collection Title:
Lucas F. Smith diaries and notebooks
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:
87
Abstract:
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers--Texas and Public prosecutors--Texas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [1874]

20.
[1875]

Published / Created:
1875
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2185
Collection Title:
Lucas F. Smith diaries and notebooks
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 6
Image Count:
86
Abstract:
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes. A printed voter registration certificate completed in manuscript for Smith dated 1873 August 5, West Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, and a letter of introduction dated 1874 Jun 10, were removed from the 1875 diary and placed in a separate folder.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers--Texas and Public prosecutors--Texas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [1875]

21.
[1877]

Published / Created:
1877
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2185
Collection Title:
Lucas F. Smith diaries and notebooks
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 7
Image Count:
68
Abstract:
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers--Texas and Public prosecutors--Texas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [1877]

22.
[1878]

Published / Created:
1878
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2185
Collection Title:
Lucas F. Smith diaries and notebooks
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 8
Image Count:
73
Abstract:
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers--Texas and Public prosecutors--Texas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [1878]

23.
[1880]

Published / Created:
1880
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2185
Collection Title:
Lucas F. Smith diaries and notebooks
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 9
Image Count:
16
Abstract:
Nine pocket diaries from the years 1867, 1868, 1871-1872, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, and 1880, containing brief holograph entries documenting Smith's activities as a law student at the University of Michigan; his early involvement in organizing clubs for young Democratics; his travels in the West, to the Northeast, and to his family home in Indiana, by steamer, stagecoach, and train; his work as a district and a criminal attorney in Texas; and his social and religious activities. Individuals mentioned in Smith's diaries include friends J. A. Cheneworth, John R. Higdon and Joseph W. Waddell, and his brothers Joseph and Zachary of Bonham, Texas; Thomas J. Brown and J. W. Throckmorton, Smith's friends and law partners in Sherman, Texas; and James Preston, whom Smith defended in his Dallas, Texas murder trial. and The daily entries in the diaries are followed by names and addresses of acquaintances, personal financial accounts, and miscellaneous notes.
Description:
Lucas F. Smith was born ca. 1840 in Wells County, Indiana. He apprenticed as a printer in 1859, and was a member of Company G of the 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry between 1863 and 1865. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law Department in 1868, he travelled West to Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. In 1870 he was appointed district attorney for the 11th Judicial District at Bonham, Texas. Between 1873 and 1880, the date of the last diary, Smith practiced law with Thomas J. Brown and I. W. Throckmorton in Sherman, Texas, lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where he received his license to practice law; travelled to Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, St. Louis, Colorado, New Mexico, New York State, Boston, and Rhode Island; and practiced law in Dallas, Texas. and Purchased from William P. Wreden on the William Robertson Coe Fund.
Subject (Geographic):
Ann Arbor (Mich.)--Social life and customs, Bonham (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Buffton (Ind.)--Social life and customs, Colorado--Description and travel, Dallas (Tex.)--Social life and customs, Nebraska--Description and travel, New Mexico--Description and travel, New York (State)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Description and travel, Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social life and customs, Sherman (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Brown, Thomas J, Cheneworth, J. A, Democratic Party (U.S.) Michigan, Denton & Wood. Pocket diary, Lovell, M. N. Improved diary or marginal indexed book of daily record, Preston, Ja. (James), Smith, Joseph, 1870-1940, Smith, Lucas F, Smith, Zachary, fl. 1870, Texas. District Court (11th Judicial District), Throckmorton, J. W. (James Webb), 1825-1894, University of Michigan. Department of Law. Students, and Waddell, Joseph W
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers--Texas and Public prosecutors--Texas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [1880]

26.
[Notebook]

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]

28.
[Notes on Picasso]

Creator:
Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943
Published / Created:
undated
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 578
Collection Title:
Marsden Hartley collection
Container / Volume:
Box 10
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name):
Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943 and Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American --20th century --Archives
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Notes on Picasso]

29.
[Printed and manuscript notes from Maby's Review, vol. IX]

Creator:
Murray, Alexander, 1775-1813
Published / Created:
1786, undated
Call Number:
Osborn d180
Collection Title:
[Materials for the life of James Bruce (1730-1794)], [ca. 1802]
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 4
Image Count:
21
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Notebook made from pages culled from A new review : with literary curiosities, and literary intelligence, for the year 1786 [Vol.IX:March] / by Henry Maty, pp. 144-158. Accompanied by 4p. of MS notes.
Alternative Title:
Some Account with regard to the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. of Kinnaird
Description:
Pagination supplied by cataloger. Blanks not digitized.
Subject (Name):
Maty, Paul Henry, 1745-1787 and Murray, Alexander,--1775-1813
Subject (Topic):
Biography--18th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Printed and manuscript notes from Maby's Review, vol. IX]

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