Box 4259.05

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Handmade memory book by unknown creator consists of small photographs, perhaps of school friends, accompanied by handwritten verse. Photographs are mostly of men.

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The collection contains an autograph book from the mid-1920's that contains signatures of classmates, teachers, as well as Benny Goodman and Igor Stravinsky. Also present are an article from 1999 about Stravinsky and a clipping about the death of Rabbi Mordecai Schiff.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a high school memory book compiled by Ethel Browne, during one or more years at Russell High School in East Point, Georgia. November 21, 1927, is the only date that appears in the string-bound book that contains many entries from different friends, classmates, and acquaintances. All of the entries are written in rhyming verse. The memory book also contains pictures of female friends, names and addresses, and a list of Brownes' teachers. Printed on the front of...

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The collection contains a diary of Grandma Kroff of Akron, New York, given to her by Emma Kroff Yoder on 25 December 1931. Besides daily entries from 1 January 1932 through 13 October 1932, the diary includes "records information guide and facts needed daily."

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The collection contains autographs, notes and poems from family and friends of Tess from 1935 to 1937.

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The collection contains one bound diary with entries offering details of the author's daily life and routine near Olney, Illinois.

Scope and Contents Contains the diary of Lillian Hackney, in which she describes her daily activities during a vacation taken between May 26, 1937, and July 20, 1937. Most of the diary entries are short, three or four sentences. The leather-bound diary contains a calendar for the years 1937 and 1938 on the inside cover and "Historic Events on Every Page." The "Daily Diary" was published by the Bert Manufacturing Company in New York City, New York. Hackney left West Point (probably Georgia) and...

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The collection contains one "Schoolday Memories" book from Pleasureville High School in Henry County, Kentucky. The entries are from different friends and acquaintances offering best wishes for the future and include an autograph from A. B. Chandler, Governor of Kentucky.

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Contains two bound daybooks briefly recording the daily activities of Thorpe A. Jensen of Bosworth, Missouri. The collection also includes a ticket to a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game held on September 23, 1981.