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The Cosmopolitan, 1892 February

Dainty, Fresh & Lovely: Advice For Women On Hygiene And Beauty, 1890-1960 (Multi-Page Items)

Two pages (52-53) from The Cosmopolitan, 1892 February.

Pauline F. King's Scrapbook 1892-1911, Pauline F. King

Scrapbooks

Pauline King Harned was born in Leighton, Alabama on August 13, 1877, and attended Belmont College for Young Women from 1893-1898. She created this scrapbook to document her time as a student. After graduating from Belmont College, she worked briefly as a bookkeeper at F.R. King & Co. before she married Frederic T. Harned on December 27, 1899, in Alabama. They later moved to Kentucky and then Mississippi where Fred worked as a farmer and the pair had four children, Ben K, Frances Porter (1902-1910), Mary Ethel (Isele), and Fred Harned. Pauline’s husband died on January 16,1929, and Pauline passed …

Letter, Albert Hafner To Elizabeth Chandler, September 30, 1891, Albert Hafner

Albert Hafner Letters

A letter from Albert Hafner to his fiancée Elizabeth Chandler in Massachusetts. Hafner admits he is glad his father lives so far from Chandler so she won't be subjected to his scrutinous company. He then expresses his disappointment that the postmaster did not mail one of his letters on time as promised. He discusses smugglers who come to the area to steal fruits and chickens to trade for whiskey and cigarettes. Some stole his peaches to trade for aguardiente, a spirit made from sugarcane. People ask Hafner to interpret for them with the Spanish traders, but he refuses. He tells …

Letter, Albert Hafner To Elizabeth Chandler, September 29, 1891, Albert Hafner

Albert Hafner Letters

A letter from Albert Hafner to his fiancée Elizabeth Chandler in Massachusetts. Hafner confesses he has not yet sent Chandler's kind letters for his parents. He confides that his father understands little about his children and is a stern judge of women and horses; Hafner refuses to hear judgment of Chandler, so he waits until her words will land more welcomely. Upon receiving his father's reply to Chandler's picture, Hafner writes out his father's response in German for her to read. He is amazed and pleased to read that his father approves highly of Chandler, despite his tendency for criticism.

Letter, Albert Hafner To Elizabeth Chandler, September 24, 1891, Albert Hafner

Albert Hafner Letters

A letter from Albert Hafner to his fiancée Elizabeth Chandler in Massachusetts. After Chandler asked him if he designed a futuristic garment that could replace trousers, Hafner delivers his complaints about long pants again. He envisions a pair of pants that do not go below the knee and believes women could also benefit from bottoms/skirts that are knee-length. He reflects on his ability to sleep throughout his travels by train and boat in his youth. He enters a discussion about his high opinion of women; he believes women stand morally higher than men even though men are believed to be …

Letter, Albert Hafner To Elizabeth Chandler, September 2, 1891, Albert Hafner

Albert Hafner Letters

A letter from Albert Hafner to his fiancée Elizabeth Chandler in Massachusetts. He thanks her for the support she provides through her letters and discusses the difference between a wife who is a "puppet" and a wife who is a free thinker. Hafner compares hearing from Elizabeth to wishing to return to a dream after waking from sleep. He tells Chandler it isn't unusual to go without hearing from his father for over a year, but he used to hear from his mother regularly. Now, she leaves the correspondence to her husband as it all discusses her wayward son Joseph. …

Letter, A. Hafner To Elizabeth Chandler, August 13, 1891, Albert Hafner

Albert Hafner Letters

A letter from Albert Hafner to his fiancée Elizabeth Chandler in Massachusetts. He thanks Chandler for an orchid she sent him as a surprise gift and ponders the youthfulness of women. Hafner promises to look for the planet Mercury in the sky for her. He recounts a day trip during which he took an ill woman at the hotel out on the water in his canoe. He then tells her a comical story about taking two young girls fishing under their mothers' strict commands.

Three Victorian Era Smiles

Images

Black and white photograph of three unidentified women, 2 older and 1 younger, smiling and posed together while wearing corsages.

Hill's Manual Of Social Business Forms: Guide To Correct Writing (Part One), Thomas E. Hill

Mother Home & Heaven

This is part one of the Hill's Manual of Social Business Forms: Guide to Correct Writing -- With Approved Methods in Speaking and Acting in the various Relations of Life. There is an inscription at the beginning of the book that states, "To Sister Emma Stahl from Brother George A. Stahl". This book is split into numerous sections that encompass subjects varying from letter writing to the governing of the United States. The sections in the first part of the book include: Writing, How to Write Short-Hand, Common Faults in Writing and Speaking, Letters of Sympathy, Language and Sentiments …

Arkansas Female College

Women's history in Arkansas

Cabinet card photograph of students at the Arkansas Female College in Little Rock. The school was located in the Albert Pike house at the corner of 7th Street and Rock. There are some identifications with the photograph. The first girl in the front row holding the dog is Clara Fletcher Walker; first row, 6th from the left is Clara Heiligers; last row sitting, second from the left is May Belle Bazaka Gordy; standing on the right of the second column from the left and looking to her right is Julie Warner; leaning on the column is Dora Stebbing; second row …

Hattie Elizabeth Guy Hines

Women's history in Arkansas

Black and white photographic negative of Hattie Elizabeth Guy Hines. Hattie Guy Hines was born in Ohio, and attended Wilberforce College. While there, she met her future husband, George Guy. They were both teachers, eventually settling in Sweet Home, Arkansas, and teaching at the Sweet Home Colored School. The Hines raised their eight children in Sweet Home: two sons, Guy and Milton; and six daughters, Hattie M., Maude, Emma, Florence, Ida Mae, and Virgie.

Innaugural Edition Of The Woman's Chronicle, Kate Cunningham, Mary Burt Brooks, Mrs. William Cahoon

Women's history in Arkansas

This is the first issue of the Woman's Chronicle, a suffrage newspaper established and published in Little Rock by Kate Cunningham, Mary Burt Brooks and Mrs. William Cahoon.

Bethel College, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Bethel College opened as a high school on January 3, 1854, and quickly moved to become a college in September 1856.

Emelia Miller And Emma Reichardt

Women's history in Arkansas

Tintype photograph of Emelia Miller and Emma Reichardt.

Personal Writings - 1886, May 21 - Our Duty As Young Men Of This Country, James Landrum Webb

Judge James Landrum Webb

In this speech, "Our Duty as Young Men of This Country," given before the Cleveland Literary Society of Waco High School, J. L. Webb addresses the Civil War, the proud heritage of the south, the importance of work, the importance of education, moral character, justice for women and honor. He claims that the duty of all young men is "to respect and then to cultivate and practice Agricultural and Mechanical Arts." He also sees the study of history as a duty. Throughout the speech, he emphasizes the "honor" of those in the South.

A Queen Amongst Women, By The Author Of "Dora Thorne"

Maine History Documents

An issue of The Leisure Hour Library featuring, "A Queen Amongst Women. A Novel. By the Author of 'Dora Thorne.'" New Series, Volume I, No. 89, June 26, 1886.

Program, Arkansas Female College Commencement Exercises

Women's history in Arkansas

Commencement program for the Arkansas Female College 1879 graduation ceremony. The ceremony was held at the Opera House in Little Rock.

Letter, Georgia Passmore To Her Mother, Elizabeth Passmore, Georgia Passmore

Women's history in Arkansas

Letter from Georgia "Baby" Passmore at St. Mary's Academy in Little Rock to her mother, Elizabeth Chapline Passmore, in Hot Springs. Georgia was about ten years old when she wrote this letter.

Womanly Ambition, Alonzo William Slayback

University Documents

Transcript of a presentation to the Young Ladies Literary Society of Lindenwood College.

Virginia Gray Letter

Images

This "letter" was written by Virginia L. Gray from Little Rock, Arkansas, to her brother Raymond C. Davis of Cushing, Maine. It was written over period of two years, from November 1872 to August 1874. Evidence suggests that the serial letter was not mailed sequentially, but kept together and mailed as one. This collection contests of three bound volumes in gilt-edged brown crushed morocco.

The Young Lady's Guide, Sarah Tytler, Sydney Cox Mrs, Henry Rogers, Sarah S. Ellis, W R. Williams, J A. James

Women’s Studies, 19th Century

Contents

Papers for thoughtful girls, by Sarah Tytler.

A woman’s thoughts about women, by the author of "John Halifax, gentleman".

Fashion, from Mrs. Sydney Cox’s "Friendly counsel for girls".

Novel-reading, from the Greyson letters, by Henry Rogers.

From "Daughters" and "Women" of England, by Sarah S. Ellis.

From Hannah More.--From "The young ladies’ mentor", by a lady.

The social position and culture due to woman, by W. R. Williams.--Education of the heart, woman’s best, by Sarah S. Ellis.

From "The young woman’s friend", by J. A. James.

Constitution And By-Laws Of The Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Association

Women's history in Arkansas

This is a small booklet containing the constitution and by-laws of the Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Association of Little Rock, Arkansas. This is a sample of the pages found in the booklet. The organization's constitution and by-laws were adopted on June 5, 1867. The cover of the booklet is a metallic purple with gold print.

Letter, Evie Woodruff To Harriet Woodruff Jabine, Evie Woodruff

Women's history in Arkansas

This is a letter written by Evie Woodruff in Camden, Arkansas to her sister, Harriet Woodruff Jabine, in Kentucky. Evie writes about being with their father, William Woodruff, in Camden and her unhappiness about being away from Little Rock.

Ann "Nannie" Jane Conway Sevier Turner And Daughter

Images

Ambrotype portrait of Ann "Nannie" Jane Conway Sevier Turner and her daughter in a half case.

The Young Woman's Friend; Or The Duties, Trials, Loves, And Hopes Of Woman, Daniel C. Eddy

Mother Home & Heaven

The author says in the preface that this book, "...endeavors to set before the reader several striking Scripture characters, with such comments on each as may be calculated to impress truth, and enforce the great lessons of morality and religion. For an evident purpose these characters are taken from the order in which they are found in the Bible, and transposed to suit the purpose had in view, in the selection of the group; and it is believed that there will be found here nothing to vitiate the taste, deprave the morals, or wound the heart." As this preface indicates, …

Letter, Eliza Woodruff To Harriet Woodruff Jabine, Eliza Woodruff

Women's history in Arkansas

This is a letter written by Eliza Woodruff, wife of Arkansas Gazette owner William Woodruff, to their daughter, Harriet Woodruff Jabine, in Louisville, Kentucky. Harriet, whose nickname was Hattie, had recently married and moved to Louisville. Eliza talks about her health, the weather and news from Little Rock. The letter is written on one page, front and back.

Document, Polly Ann Free Black Bond

African Americans in Arkansas

A $600 bond posted for Polly Ann, a free black living in Lawrence County.

Fayetteville Female Seminary

Women's history in Arkansas

Lithograph of the Fayetteville Female Seminary in 1852. Miss Sophia Sawyer was the principal of the school.

The American Ladies' Memorial; An Indispensable Home Book For The Wife, Mother, Daughter, H. B. Skinner, J. B. Hall

Maine History Documents

Full title: The American ladies' memorial; an indispensable home book for the wife, mother, daughter; in fact useful to every lady throughout the United States. Embellished with numerous engravings, illustrative of the contents of the work.

Sections include Embroidery, Dress-Making, Millinery, The Florist, Ladies' Toilette, Ladies' Book of Etiquette, Drawing and Painting, and Acrostic Poems for Albums.

Lecture Introductory To His Course Of Lectures For 1843-4., Charles D. Meigs, Md

Jefferson Medical College Opening Addresses

No abstract provided.