[containing reflection on class and America]

[inscribed "To George H. Boker, from his friend, Charles G. Leland, Dec. 24th 1864," and "To Edith Boker, from Geo. H. Boker, January, 1889"] [See General Manuscripts Miscellaneous (Bound) C0199 (no. 992)]

[numbered 1-10, 14-20] [published in Recreation of the Rabelais Club, 1880-1881]

More photographs are on the other side of the large photographs inside the sleeve.

Includes notes on watermarks such as shields, unicorns, bulls' heads, and roses. Also includes notes on other subjects and catalogs of various libraries.

Fragment of a theological dissertation written in response to Jonathan Edwards' Humble Inquiry. Attributed to Experience Mayhew. First half is missing; pages 31-75 remain. Housed with what may or may not have been a paper wrapper.

ALS giving account of the deaths of college Presidents Burr and Edwards and the subsequent appointment of Samuel Davies. 1 folded leaf.

Consists of black-and-white photographs of several literary figures, including Giannēs Ritsos, George Seferis, Alexandros Papadiamantēs, Kōstas Karyōtakēs, Kōstēs Palamas, Nikos Kazantzakis, Angelos Sikelianos, Dionysios Solomos, and Kōstas Varnalēs. All photographs bear on the reverse the stamp of the studio of the photographer "K. Megalokonomou, Hellēnika Phōtographika Nea." There is only one photograph of Ritsos that is signed on the reverse by Thomas Nikolau.

Consists of photographs of Giannēs Ritsos's paintings on stones.

Consists of printed samples of student handouts prepared by Kostas Myrsiades.

Includes contemporary autograph manuscript drafts of history of the Tipping family in pen and pencil. There is also a reproduction of a letter that was written by John Tipping on January 8, 1853.

Includes contemporary autograph manuscript drafts in pencil.

Included also is an undated photograph probably of a trip in Egypt (105 x 65 mm) and one photograph of a coat of arms (178 x 125 mm).

Bound copy.

Bound copy with title and first portion missing.

1 ALS to Ford

1 AMs, poem, 3 pp.

1 ALS to"Dear Sir"

Photographs, romanesque drawings

Letterings by modules

Illustrations, genealogical book

A brief account of Alison's life and works, apparently in his own hand.

[addressed to Messrs Blackwood] Brief note giving the title of a books, Capt. Beauchamp's Narrative of the Ashanti War.

Relating some school story, apparently from Eton days.

2 successive autograph drafts of his sonnet "Supreme Surrender" (1869), 2 separate pages; autograph manuscript of "The Seed of David" (undated), 6 lines in two stanzas: the printer's manuscript with the pencil instruction "Print this before Ballad of the Dead Lady page 65"

1 ALS (Monday), with typed transcript

1 ALS (Thursday) by D.G.R.

The name Muḥammad is at the center, the name 'Alī is repeated five times around it, followed by a formulaic phrase. Outside these are five trapezoids containing text defending 'Alī as the rightful successor to Muḥammad. The intervening spaces hold the names of the other three "Rightly Guided" caliphs: Abū Bakr, 'Umar and 'Uthmān. Outside this are four verses from the Qur'ān. The corners are decorated with floral designs. There is a 6 mm. wide gilt frame with ruled lines in blue.

Left panel shows the Ḥaram al-Sharīf in Jerusalem. At the center is the portal of al-Aqṣá Mosque and two minarets. Around the central image are drawings of other Jerusalem landmarks. Framed by a gray border 1 cm. wide. Right panel is a similar rendering of the Ḥaram in Medina. Locations of important sites in that city are identified in writing. Also bordered in gray, line drawings are highlighted with brown, green and yellow. The panels are separated by a row of geometric patterns tinted in pale yellow. The pictures are identified in 'unwans at the top of each panel.

Polychrome, floriated background. Signed: Faqīr 'Alī (author? copyist?).

Nineteenth-century notes including some on personal and place names with etymological information and also extracts from the works of Jean-Baptiste de la Curne de Sainte-Pelaye (1697-1782), the eighteenth-century French lexicographer.

In a folder labeled "Notes Forneron sur l'Emigration" are notes probably taken by Henri Forneron from printed and manuscript sources when researching his Histoire Générale des émigres pendant la Révolution Française.

Revised text of a work published in North Dakota Quarterly (2006). Houk writes about the islands, waters, boats, patrols, and the "At Sea" part of Hemingway's novel Islands in the Stream. Includes transcriptions of Hemingway's log (1942-1943) aboard the Pilar. In pocket: large NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) nautical chart (1988) of "Straits of Florida and Approaches." 3-ring binder, 131 pp. Note: this enlarged version of the published work contains items omitted from it: one of four detailed maps, two appendices, and photos of U-boats active during Hemingway's north coast patrols.

This is Houk's commentary on an intended chapter, "Man of War," from Ambasador Ellis O. Briggs's memoir Proud Servant, that was omitted from the version published in 1998 by Kent State University Press. Foreign Service Officer Briggs knew Hemingway during World War II years in Cuba. Included is a copy of the Ellis chapter. TMs, 5 pp. (plus 24 pp. of the Ellis chapter).

Houk reconstucts a short story that lies embedded in Hemingway's novel Across the River and into the Trees. TMs, 6 pp. (plus the 12 pp. of the story).

Notes for Philosophia Ultima. Notebook.

Proofs for prayer book.

3 manuscripts of lectures. 1 notebook containing printed pages from book, chapter titled "Modern Skepticism between Science and Religion"

1 ALS to Sarah F. Bache (mother of E.B.H)

Undated letter to Mary E. Hodge (daughter)

1 ALS to "Mrs. Scott" (Mary Elizabeth Hodge Scott)

Presentation inscription "For Miss F. Hill."

Autograph letter signed, to Miss Hill. Beckenham, 31 Juiy, [no year but between 1865 and 1871] , 1 p. Thanking her correspondent for her note and her father's kind message, "but will you send on the Petition at once to me, without waiting for any more signatures? — Only very few are needed . . . I have promised to place the petition in Mr Forster's hands, at the earliest possible day.". Undated, but written between her marriage to G. L. Craik in April 1865 and Matthew Davenport Hill's death in June 1872

Fragment of an autograph letter to Matthew Davenport Hill, 1 p.

Autograph note signed, 6 November n.y. Written on thickly bordered mourning stationery, to "Dear Sir" (with the previous owner's description indicating that the letter came from the papers of William Tinsley), replying: "I was out when your brother called, but I now beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the books with which I was very much pleased, as their binding is very handome attractive looking -- well adapted for presentation."

Notes on Garrick Family genealogy as well as two family trees.