albums (books)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Photograph Album of English and Scottish Architecture
Item
Identifier: MS-0618
Abstract
The album contains 56 photographs documenting English and Scottish architecture from approximately 1880. This album is from the library of Richard Kelly, a mid-century American architect and lighting designer based in New York City.
Dates:
approximately 1880
South Africa-Transvaal photograph album
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030072494]
Identifier: MS-0611
Scope and Contents
These photographs portray rural and urban areas in South Africa near Krugersdorp, Hatherley, Pretoria, Lydenburg, Paard Kraal, Krugersdorp and Johansburg aorund 1892. The images show the development of Johannesburg: Market Buildings, Natal Bank, Grand National Hotel, Palace Buildings, Market Place, Wanderers' Club (the second oldest athletics club in South Africa), Post Office and other buildings. There are also images (and news clippings) of local businesses, such as Hatherly Distillery and...
Dates:
circa 1892
Thomas family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0763
Abstract
Included is a large group of letters and ephemera from the Thomas family, a family with deep Maryland roots known for its ancestors, politicians John Hanson and John Hanson Thomas. John Hanson (1715-1783) was the first elected President of the United States in Congress Assembled, the first to serve a one-year term under the provisions of the Articles of Confederation. Dr. John Hanson Thomas (1813-1881) was a renowned Maryland legislator arrested during the Civil War for voting for Secession,...
Dates:
1835 - 1976
Found in:
Special Collections
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Thomas family papers
William Hand Browne collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0011
Scope and Contents
The collection of author and English professor, William Hand Browne, includes correspondence, notebooks, a scrapbook, pencil sketches, manuscript poems, and some published writings in Modern Language Notes, The Nation, and Sewanee Review. Numerous newspaper clippings are also included. In addition, there is an album of poetry and other writings by Browne's friend, John Banister Tabb. A few items relate to other family members, Lucy Hand Browne and Owens Hand Browne. William Hand Browne was...
Dates:
1842-1973
Found in:
Special Collections
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William Hand Browne collection
William Paul Jones album
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030051688]
Identifier: MS-0167
Abstract
William Paul Jones is presumed to have lived in Baltimore in the 1820s. The album (approximately 1820s) consists of messages and poetry written by Jones's friends when he was preparing to begin a life at sea.
Dates:
approximately 1820s
Found in:
Special Collections
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William Paul Jones album