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Unpublished manuscript by Alice Edwards Emerson entitled "A Mythology for Musicians: Ancient Greece and Modern Music," concerning the influence of Greek mythology in music (389 pages). Also, a letter from Emerson's daughter, Edith, describing Emerson's career and activities of family members.

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Programs and other material relating to the Penn Yan Academy in the 1890s; original humorous verse; correspondence regarding Jessie Mabel Miller's admission to Wellesley College, 1892; bills, receipts, and legal documents of Samuel and David Miller; clippings relating to the use of steamers on Keuka Lake; material relating to the Methodist Church in Penn Yan; commemorative badges; pamphlets and atlases.

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Subject files, correspondence, photographs, movie films, audiotapes, ephemera, and other material pertaining to the personal life and professional career of Leslie Severinghaus and his family (particularly his wife Emmavail Luce Severinghaus). Chief topics include the Peking Union Medical College, travel and work in China, education, the Haverford School in Pennsylvania, and Wellesley College.

Scope and content This set of papers relates largely to the school and teaching activities of the Williams and Craddock families of Weedsport, Cayuga County, New York, and includes letters (1847) from Samuel Craddock describing his experiences at Geneva Medical College, and the attempt to steal a cadaver from the graveyard; a long series of letters of Diana Craddock Williams and her daughters Ida and Alice relating to student, teaching, and social activities at Oswego Normal and Training School (1869-72), Ann...