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Commonplace books

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Commonplace Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0474
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one manuscript commonplace book, with the holographic title, "Miscellanies in prose and verse."

Dates: 1804
Found in: Special Collections

Commonplace Book

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030056695]
Identifier: MS-0473
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one commonplace book, perhaps created in Norfolk, England.

Dates: 1778-1819
Found in: Special Collections

Commonplace Book

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030055689]
Identifier: MS-0336
Abstract

This Commonplace book is a handwritten, bound manuscript of the late seventeenth century written in English. Subjects in the Commonplace book include asking advice and counseling, battles, boasting, how to make a conquest of another country, fear, the way to procure friends, and how to deal with a vanquished enemy.

Dates: after 1663
Found in: Special Collections

Commonplace book collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0557
Abstract

This collection consists of two commonplace books dating from the 19th century.

Dates: approximately 1820-1850s
Found in: Special Collections

John Ayers papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0221
Abstract

John Ayers was born in 1738 at Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. The collection consists of a diary (1766-1793), four commonplace books (1761-1802), and four notebooks of poems (1769- 1788).

Dates: 1761-1802
Found in: Special Collections

Ruth J. Stocking Lynch papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0190
Scope and Contents Dr. Lynch's papers consist of correspondence, commonplace books, diaries, reminiscences, and travel journals.The correspondence dates from l9l0 to l947 and has about 500 items.The bulk of the letters are between Ruth Stocking and Vernon Lynch from l9l5 to their marriage in l918. Ruth's letters detail her teaching at Agnes Scott College, Wells College, and the Carnegie Institute. The letters also discuss her attempts to get new teaching or research positions. These letters are...
Dates: 1906-1979
Found in: Special Collections

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