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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Anne B. Barrett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6515
Scope and Contents

The journal, written in Hartland, Vermont, contains household hints, remedies for illnesses, lists of herbs and their uses, and a recipe for madder. The journal is accompanied by a four-page document, which contains dye recipes for red, green and other colors.

Dates: 1820-1838
Found in: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives / Anne B. Barrett Papers

Mary Ferguson diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065338588]
Identifier: 6405
Scope and content 2 ledger books which serve as Mary Ferguson's diary: 1) November 1855-December 12, 1870; 2) December 15, 1870-February 1881. The second also serves as a songbook and commonplace book. Diary entries begin after her marriage to Alexander Ferguson in 1854 and shortly after the birth of their first child. Although Mary Ferguson does not write daily, her concerns revolve around her family and community. She includes discussion of weddings, anniversaries, births, deaths, and funerals in the...
Dates: 1855-1881.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Mary Ferguson diaries

Moses Coit Tyler collection

 Collection — Bound manuscript 48++ (index--photocopy): [Barcode: 31924117272827]
Identifier: 14-17-2641
Abstract

Diaries, lecture notes, and commonplace books by Moses Coit Tyler, and letters to him from others.

Dates: 1779-1900-(bulk 1850-1900)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Moses Coit Tyler collection

Robert J. Leach papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7609
Abstract

The collection documents Leach's determination and expression of his sexual identity, his life as a closeted gay, his coming out, and his emotional life as a gay American abroad and on Nantucket Island, as well as the details of his family life, friendships, and Leach family genealogy. The collection also includes correspondence from Robert Leach describing his donations, providing context for his collection at Cornell.

Dates: 1930-2002.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Robert J. Leach papers

Talitha Botsford papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2683
Scope and content Watercolors by Talitha Botsford, primarily of local subjects; pen and ink sketches used in the publication "GRIT"; music composed and illustrated by Botsford; watercolors of furniture made by Botsford's father, William Brockway Botsford, at Millport, New York in the late 1880's; pamphlet "Short Stems" containing Botsford's short verse, illustrated; inventory forms prepared for the Division for Historic Preservation, New York State Parks and Recreation, Albany, 1978. Also, original...
Dates: [ca.1919]-1978.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Talitha Botsford papers

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