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The Waterville Mail (Vol. 38, No. 31): January 9, 1885, Maxham & Wing

The Waterville Mail (Waterville, Maine)

Continues The Eastern Mail (July 1847-August 1863).
Published weekly, September 4, 1863 - May 9, 1906.
Publishers: Maxham & Wing (1863 - December 2,1885); Ephraim Maxham (December 1885); Wing & Wing (January 1886 - March 21, 1891); Charles G. Wing (March 21, 1891 - April 17, 1891); Prince & Wyman (April 17, 1891 - February 26, 1896); The Mail Publishing Company (February 26, 1896 - May 9, 1906).
See Gerould, W.G.: American newspapers, 1821-1836; Whittemore, E.C.: Centennial history of Waterville.
Colby Libraries catalog record (CBBcat): http://cbbcat.net/record=b1209701~S19
WorldCat record (OCLC): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10486964

Providence Independent, V. 10, Thursday, January 8, 1885, [Whole Number: 499], Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Persistent in the Right – Fearless in Opposing Wrong.” Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

The Waterville Mail (Vol. 38, No. 30): January 2, 1885, Maxham & Wing

The Waterville Mail (Waterville, Maine)

Continues The Eastern Mail (July 1847-August 1863).
Published weekly, September 4, 1863 - May 9, 1906.
Publishers: Maxham & Wing (1863 - December 2,1885); Ephraim Maxham (December 1885); Wing & Wing (January 1886 - March 21, 1891); Charles G. Wing (March 21, 1891 - April 17, 1891); Prince & Wyman (April 17, 1891 - February 26, 1896); The Mail Publishing Company (February 26, 1896 - May 9, 1906).
See Gerould, W.G.: American newspapers, 1821-1836; Whittemore, E.C.: Centennial history of Waterville.
Colby Libraries catalog record (CBBcat): http://cbbcat.net/record=b1209701~S19
WorldCat record (OCLC): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10486964

Property Records, 1885-1991, First Christian Church (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead First Christian Church Records Archive

Property information and records related to the First Christian Church of Morehead, Kentucky from 1885 to 1991.

Providence Independent, V. 10, Thursday, January 1, 1885, [Whole Number: 498], Providence Independent

Providence Independent Newspaper, 1875-1898

[4] p. “Persistent in the Right – Fearless in Opposing Wrong.” Newspaper published in Collegeville, Pa. Weekly. Contains local, national and international news, fiction and advertisements.

Rhode Island And Providence Plantations, Prescott O. Clarke

Rhode Island History

A short Historical Sketch and Statistical Compilation by Prescott O. Clarke. Together with a Catalogue of the Rhode Island Exhibit at the North, Central, and South American Exposition: New Orleans, 1885-6. William Carver Bates, Rhode Island Commissioner. 1885.

Published for distribution for the 1885 American Exposition held in New Orleans, the booklet was designed to provide visitors to the Exposition with a history of the state. Includes a list materials used during the exhibit and a list of Rhode Island business contributors.

Inauguration Of The Perry Statue, September 10, 1885, William P. Sheffield, Governor Wetmore, Mayor Franklin

Newport Ephemera

No abstract provided.

Box 32, Folder 4 Warren County Marriage Records, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

George Finley Ledger 9, George Finley

Deeply Rooted

This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.

Box 24, Folder 2 Warren County Marriage Records, H, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Warren County, Kentucky - Marriage Records

No abstract provided.

Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 1, Executive Committee Of The Board Of Directors

Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902

A digitized copy of the January 1885 Ursinus College Bulletin.

Grandview School - Dist. # 85, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Grandview School, located near Palmyra in Otoe County, Nebraksa. Includes a letter to Ernest Grundy in which Ruth Mortimer describes her experience attending Grandview School in the 1920s.

Nonpareil School - Dist. #29, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on the Nonpareil School, near Hemingford, Nebraska in Box Butte County.

West School, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on West School, located 4 miles north of Neligh, in Antelope County, Nebraska. Additional information on the Blizzard of 1888. Pictures of the school are available under Download Full Text.

Hillsdale School - Dist. # 43, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Hillsdale School, located 3 1/2 miles northeast of Schuyler in Colfax County, Nebraska. Includes a letter from Helen Marks Cerny, the director of the Schuyler Historical Society, about her experience in rural schools.

Goodnight My Child, Franz Abt., G. Schirmer

ALLM: Civil War Sheet Music Collection

80.7568.439 – “Goodnight My Child”: Abt, Franz: G. Schirmer: New York: Minstrel, Ballad, Domestic: 1885: Soprano Solo Voice.

General U. S. Grant’S Victory March, J. B. Denning, J. D. Barnitz

ALLM: Civil War Sheet Music Collection

80.7568.403 – “General U. S. Grant’s Victory March”: J. B. Denning: J. D. Barnitz: 1885: Piano Solo.

Marching Through Georgia, Henry C. Work, S. Brainard's Sons Co.

ALLM: Civil War Sheet Music Collection

80.7568.758 – “Marching Through Georgia”: Henry C. Work: S. Brainard’s Sons: 1885: SATB.

Ah Tell Me Why, Mme. Rothschild, C. Renney, Oliver Ditson

ALLM: Civil War Sheet Music Collection

Ah Tell Me Why: Composer Mme. Rothschild/ Lyrics by Renney, C.: Oliver Ditson: Boston: Minstrel: c.a. 1885: solo voice.

The publishing date is estimated to be 1885.

The Rising Sun Stove Polish.

African American Legacy: The Carol Mundy Collection – Text

This little brochure is an amusing take on the "before and after" advertising theme applied to a product for scouring and blacking cast iron stoves. In the first illustration, the lady of the house has worked all day to clean her stove with an inferior product (no better than "mud) with poor result, and she takes out her frustration on her man, who has arrived home expecting a good dinner. The table is bare. "Look yere, old man! What kind o' stove blacking you call dat? Ise been rubbin' on dat stove all morning' an' it don't gib it a …

Journal Of The Senate Of The Commonwealth Of Kentucky, December 30, 1885 - May 18, 1886, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate.

Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky

No abstract provided.

Articles In Regional Newspapers, Various Newspapers

Rowan County War Collection

Articles in various newspapers in Kentucky on the Rowan County War from 1885 to 1888.

Advertisement Flyer, Queen Of St. Johns Riverboat, Jacksonville, Florida

Print Materials from the Richard Mette Collection

Brochure for the Queen of the St. Johns River Steam Boat - “New, Swift and Elegant Steamer, Queen of the St. Johns – Largest Fastest and Safest Steamer Running Between Jacksonville and Sanford – Can comfortably accommodate many more people than any steamer of the river, - Frank M. Morten, Master Jacksonville, FLA. – W.R. Kemper, Purser. Please hand this to any friend going to Florida, or send us their address.” The flyer explains the all her advantages: she is the safest, fastest, most comfortable and elegant steamer with good food and attentive officers and servants. Also includes testimonials. M#87

Envelope: Bridge Street Shoe Store, Jacksonville, Florida

Print Materials from the Richard Mette Collection

Return in Ten Days to Bridge Street Shoe Store Retail Dealers in Ladies' Gents' misses' and Children's Shoes, Slippers and Rubbers. Corner Bridge and Forsyth Streets, Jacksonville, Florida. Circa 1885

Official Records Ser. 1 Vol. 14, Robert N. Scott

Guarding Ossabaw Island: History and Archaeology of the 47th N.Y.V.I. Camp

A document detailing Union military forces, deployments, fortifications, and operations in the Department of the South during 1863, published by the Government Printing Office in 1885.

Robert N. Scott, comp., The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, vol. 14 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1885).

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Good Shepherd Industrial School, 1885, John The Baptist A. Brouillet, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …

Wisconsin, Green Bay Agency, Menominee Reservation, St. Joseph's School, 1885, John The Baptist A. Brouillet, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …

Wisconsin, La Pointe Agency, 1885, John The Baptist A. Brouillet, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Wisconsin

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …

Nevada, General Correspondence, 1885, Joseph A. Stephan, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Nevada

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …

Michigan, Baraga, Chippewa School, 1887, John The Baptist A. Brouillet, Bureau Of Catholic Indian Missions

Michigan

The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (BCIM) was created in 1874 as the Office of the Commissioner for Catholic Indian Missions to protect, promote, and administer the Native American mission interests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Records in this group are organized by record group and then state or territory and year. Collection organization varies very little throughout the collection, however, prior to 1921, general correspondence was organized by location. Starting with Director Hughes, general correspondence was placed as its own subgroup within the collection and is organized alphabetically. Please go to Ask An Archivist if you …