Maps

Scope and Contents This artificial and still open collection contains printed broadsides, brochures, posters, and other advertising material. Printed processes used include: woodblock printing, engraving, lithography, and photolithography. The majority of the material was produced during the 19th century in New England and the Middle Atlantic states. The most numerous ads are for furniture, clothing and dress, pottery and glassware, and booksellers/stationers. The many illustrations depict products, mechanical...

Scope and Contents A large collection of bills and receipts for goods purchased by Thomas Butler of Philadelphia, his father Pierce Butler, his sister Frances, his nephew Pierce Mease Butler, and by a few other members of the Butler family. Most of the goods were purchased in Philadelphia, but as Thomas also spent time in Paris, there are bills from there as well. A wide variety of goods were purchased, including clothes and dress accessories, textiles, food and beverages, harness and saddlery, toys,...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of two groups of papers.  This first (acc. 81x470) contains Zukowsky’s correspondence from 1978 to1981 with various individuals about his book Hudson River Houses, including the artist Dan Flavin and Zukowsky’s publisher at North River Press.  A few of the letters make references to Edwin Whitefield and his sketchbook, a facsimile reproduction of which appears in Hudson River Houses; Zukowsky wrote the introduction for the book and captions for the sketches.  The...

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Ledger of Boston shipping merchants William Appleton and Company detailing transactions that took place between 1836 and 1842. Accounts include tea speculation, shipments of goods to New Orleans, Louisiana, and Liverpool Packet Co. shipments to Havana, Cuba. Following the ledger entries, the ledger was used for children's drawings of American Civil War battle maps, as well as used as a scrapbook containing various maps of the United States and material related to American territories.