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Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company

WKU Administration Documents

1900 meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Southern Educational Building Company. Include discussion of contractors' bids and sale of bonds.

Delightful Steam Boat Ride On The Ohio River, H. A. Barber

Indian Head Rock Project

Postcard of steamships on the Ohio River near Portsmouth, Ohio circa 1900.

Photograph - Lady Standing On Indian Head Rock, Unknown

Indian Head Rock Project

Photograph of a lady standing on the Indian Head Rock circa 1900.

The Block Signal System, Henry Maxon Brightman

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

A history of the railroad system, different types of railroads, their current stopping methods and suggested stopping methods which would ensure passenger safety.

The Discovery And Settlement Of The Mississippi Valley, Charles Clark Cross

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

An extensive history of the discovery and settlement of the Mississippi Valley, including references to Ponce de Leon, Hernando de Soto, Marquette, Joliet, Chevalier de Touti, La Salle and Beaujeu.

The Value Of The Colonies To The Mother Country, Lenora Estelle Stillman

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

A study of the relationship of a colony to its original country, focusing on the importance fair policies in Spain, England and France and questioning whether or not Europeans emigrating to U.S. colonies remain European citizens or can be considered representatives of their countries.

Home Life In Ancient Rome, Bertha Douglass Tucker

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

This essay documents the similarities between the Romans in 400 BC and Americans in the very early 20th century while also exploring the minor differences in material surroundings, social customs and religious practices.

The New England Town, Arthur Earle Munro

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

An essay chronicling the history and importance of the social, political and evolutionary aspects of New England towns.

Clemson Catalog, 1900-1901, Clemson University

Clemson Catalog (undergraduate announcements)

No abstract provided.

Sign-Language, A Sister Of St. Joseph, Deaf Mute Institute

DCA Bookshelf

A dictionary of sign language used in America. The volume contains 76 typewritten leaves and was prepared by a Sister of St. Joseph from the Deaf Mute Institute in St. Louis, Missouri. It is believed to have been circulated "for the use solely of the Jesuit Scholastics" circa 1900.

This early manual contains a general vocabulary and instructions for how to sign, including some distinctively Catholic terms.

Additional words appearing on title page: Ephphetha, "Be Thou Opened"

An All Around Kick, Charles Nelan

Nelan Political Cartoons

John Bull, back against a fence, holding a German Merchant ship in one hand and an American Merchant ship in the other, surrounded by Uncle Sam and two unidentified characters [Germany and Italy?] with “Russia” looking over the fence. A pipe-smoking man with a rifle labelled “Kruger” walking in the background.

Will Justice Be Smothered?, Charles Nelan

Nelan Political Cartoons

A blindfolded Lady Justice about to be smothered by two masked men holding a blanket bearing "Political Influence." The table near Justice is labelled "New Jersey" and the book on the table is "Law." A bottle of "Knock-out Drops" and an unconscious woman lie on the ground.

The Sole Survivor, Charles Nelan

Nelan Political Cartoons

Grover Cleveland wearing a sign reading, "The Democratic Party cannot with honor undertake the battle of the people except under a Leader that represents it best traditions and purposes." He is sitting on a tomb "W.J. Bryan, Died: 1896 & 1900," with gravestones nearby for Tom Johnson, A.P. Gorman, Dave Hill, Richard Olney, and Judge Parker. Likely refers to the election of 1900 when W.J. Bryan was defeated for the second time (1896 was the first time) by Wm. McKinley. Bryan would run again and be defeated again in 1908.

68th Annual Report Of The Board Of World Missions, Reformed Church In America

Board of Foreign Missions Annual Reports

The Board of Foreign Missions (later, World Missions) was organized by the General Synod in 1832. The board was under the direction of the RCA but was also under the authority of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. David Abeel led the first mission of the RCA to the island of Borneo in the Dutch East Indies in 1836. Missions also sprouted in four primary target areas: Japan, India, China, and Arabia. In 1857, the board broke away from its ties with the American Board of Missions and established independent missions. Under its current name, the board is …

The Anchor, Volume 13.04: January 1, 1900, Hope College

The Anchor: 1900

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

1900-1901. Catalog., Hope College

Hope College Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Rhode Island's Committee Of Correspondence, Bertha Douglass Tucker

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

An essay exploring the men who maintained the liberties of Rhode Island during the Revolution by forming the Committee of Correspondence in 1773. The appointments included Stephen Hopkins, Metcalfe Bowler, Moses Brown, John Cole, William Bradford, Henry Marchant and Henry Ward to form the committee in its entirety.

Ua96/2 Scrapbook, Southern Normal School

WKU Administration Documents

Accounting ledger used as scrapbook for items related to the Southern Normal School.

Ua96/2 Southern Normal School - Scrapbook Index, Southern Normal School

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Indexed copied from the front of the 1900 Southern Normal School scrapbook housed in UA96 Series 2, Box 1, Folder 13.

Ua3/1/3 Scrapbook 1, Wku President's Office - Cherry

WKU Administration Documents

Clippings from Orison Marden's magazine Success on various topics between 1899 and 1900 created by Henry Cherry when he was president of the Southern Normal School.

Aguajito - Diseños, Glo No. 282-A, Apn 101, Apn 103, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican governments.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.

Hornbeck Rancho Detail Sheet (AKA Detail Sheet) – A summary sheet generated from a land patent database that details the history of a rancho, along with the various state and federal agency record numbers relating to the rancho.

Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information …

Hi-O-Hi 1901, Oberlin College

Hi-O-Hi Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Devoto Salutacion Tiernas Alabanzas Accion De Gracias Y Expresivo Despedimento A La Milagrosisima Imagen De Nuestra Senora De San Juan De Las Lagos., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

An engraving of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos fills the top half of the recto. She is flanked by cherubs in flight and birds at the top left and right hand corners. On the verso an engraving in the shape of an upside-down T intersects the text and separates it into separate columns. Inside the shape is a scene of worshippers gathered for mass in front of the image of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos, with the image at the top of the shape framed by curtains and candles. At the bottom of the …

Municipal Transportation, Charles Noyes Wheeler

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Reviews the importance of municipal transportation due to the ever growing city populations and urban areas of the United States in the 1900’s.

Informe Sobre El Censo De Cuba, 1899, Joseph Prentiss Sanger, Henry Gannett, Walter Francis Willcox

Cuban Law

At head of title: Departamento de la Guerra, Oficina del Director del Censo de Cuba.

Traducido del inglés por F. L. Joannini.

Contains illustrations, maps (1 folded), tables, portraits, plates.

Socialism: A Paper Read Before The Albany Press Club "Socialist Night", William Scholl Mcclure

Van Sickle Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993

No abstract provided.

Coloquio Para Celebrar La Maravillosa Aparicion De Ntra. Senora De Guadalupe., Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

An engraving on the top of the recto shows Juan Diego, with back turned, facing the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a hill in the background. Angels flank the scene, and all are encased in an elaborate border.

The text is a short dramatization with dialogue, scenic directions, and a musical chorus. It details a conversation between Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe. It begins with the first apparition at Tepeyac Hill, with the Virgin instructing Juan Diego to go to the Archbishop of Mexico City, Juan de Zumarraga, to tell him to build a temple on …

La Anima Sola, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto contains a full-page engraving with a woman in the foreground. Visible from the chest up and otherwise engulfed in flames and standing in front of a barred window, she gazes upwards and stretches an arm upward, showing the shackles around her wrists. Above this scene on a dais made of clouds, Mary and St. Joseph intercede. Three men in robes sitting on thrones represent the Holy Trinity, and they have triangular haloes. Angels attend to the scene.

The text of the verso describes the experience of a soul in Purgatory and entreats the reader to consider such a …

Milagrosa Imagen De Nuestra Senora De Los Remedios, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto has a full-page engraving of Our Lady of Los Remedios, with a large crown and mantle. The mantle drapes over the moon and heavens at her feet, resting on a snake wrapped around a sphere. The figure is atop a pedestal. The verso has an engraving depicting Jesus with a crown of thorns and tears of blood, flanked by angels.

The text describes an elderly woman who must beg for food; she visits her son who is a rich man and asks for his help. He refuses cruelly, claiming that he owes nothing to her and sends her …

Accion De Gracias A La Santisima Virgen Maria De San Juan De Los Lagos, Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, José Guadalupe Posada

Marian Broadsides from Mexico

The recto has an engraving of the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos with Posada's signature on the bottom left corner. A large procession heading into the basilica spills out into the courtyard outside. The top of the verso carries an engraving from the inside of the basilica, with the image of the Virgin framed by curtains on the left and a clerical figure in biretta standing on a balcony on the right. A crowd stands facing both, with their backs visible. Text is placed so that it appears the crowd is saying: "Adios Virgen de …