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Memorial Hospital 1903 Jan 1903

Memorial Hospital 1903

VCU University History Books

The Charlotte Williams Memorial Hospital, a private hospital in Richmond, Virginia, opened as a private hospital in 1903. The hospital advertised its aim as relieving "suffering humanity by every means known to medical science." It had private rooms for paying patients and separate wards for "charity" patients. The aim was to make no profit and increase the number of free beds quickly. The hospital was deeded to the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in 1913 and used as a teaching hospital; it later housed nursing students. In 1986, the building was sold, and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) headquarters …

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Church Records; Jan 1,1902 To Feb 23,1916, Delaware Avenue Baptist Church Jan 1902

Church Records; Jan 1,1902 To Feb 23,1916, Delaware Avenue Baptist Church

Church Record Books

Church Membership, Notes to Feb. 1916

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Old Time Gardens, Alice Morse Earle, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1901

Old Time Gardens, Alice Morse Earle, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

xviii, 489 pages : illus., leaves of plates. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes index. Stamped, color illustration on cover. c. 1 Lowthorpe Collection.

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Artistic Tiles, American Encaustic Tiling Co. Jan 1900

Artistic Tiles, American Encaustic Tiling Co.

Artistic Tiles from the American Encaustic Tiling Company

A manufacturer's catalog consisting of 89 unnumbered leaves of photographs and illustrations of embossed art tiles, some displayed as surrounding a mantle and some displayed on their own. Details for the tiles are given including size of tiles and assigned numbers, presumably corresponding to their manufacturing number. Included is a drawing of "a modern bathroom," as well as "profiles, of a few of our base, cap, cove, bead, and door trim tiles."

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Ceramic Mosaic Tile : Mounted On Paper, American Encaustic Tiling Co. Jan 1900

Ceramic Mosaic Tile : Mounted On Paper, American Encaustic Tiling Co.

Artistic Tiles from the American Encaustic Tiling Company

A manufacturer's catalog consisting of seventy-one color plates which depict available patterns, sizing, colors, lettering and numbers for myriad styles of floor tile design.

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Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company Jan 1900

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.

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Imagination: Reinterpreting The Sublime And Its Applications Towards Architecture, Daniel J. Blelenin Jr. Jan 1900

Imagination: Reinterpreting The Sublime And Its Applications Towards Architecture, Daniel J. Blelenin Jr.

Architecture Thesis Prep

"The main objective of this body of work is to explore the sublime as a contemporary concept and its role for the development of an architecture of memory. This work will attempt to define a conceptual and design framework as well as research and design methodologies of which a construction of the sublime can desirably operate."

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How To Know The Ferns : A Guide To The Names, Haunts, And Habits Of Our Common Ferns, Frances Theodora Parsons (Mrs. William Starr Dana), Marion Satterlee, Alice Josephine Smith, Special Collections Jan 1899

How To Know The Ferns : A Guide To The Names, Haunts, And Habits Of Our Common Ferns, Frances Theodora Parsons (Mrs. William Starr Dana), Marion Satterlee, Alice Josephine Smith, Special Collections

Landscape Architecture

xiv, 215 p. : ill., front. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes indexes. Gift of the Estate of Eleanor M. Phillips

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Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company Jan 1899

Ua96/2 Meeting Minutes, Southern Educational Building Company

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Southern Educational Building Company for 1899. Creation of committee to choose location, purchase of property, Creedmore Flenor chosen architect and construction

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Prudential Committee; Jan 8, 1898 To Nov 19, 1906, Delaware Avenue Baptist Church Jan 1898

Prudential Committee; Jan 8, 1898 To Nov 19, 1906, Delaware Avenue Baptist Church

Church Record Books

Minutes of Prudential Committee Meetings

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Art Work Of Richmond Jan 1897

Art Work Of Richmond

Richmond Illustrated Imprints

Publication detailing the history of Richmond, Virginia, accompanied by black and white photographs of city locations. Published in nine parts.

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The Water Supply Of The Rhode Island College, Edgar Francis Tabor Jan 1896

The Water Supply Of The Rhode Island College, Edgar Francis Tabor

Student and Lippitt Prize Essays

Development history and current status (as of 1896) of the water supply system at the Rhode Island State College (now University of Rhode Island).

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Woodlawn Ledgers 1895 - 1912 Pages 501 - 540, Woodlawn Cemetery Jan 1895

Woodlawn Ledgers 1895 - 1912 Pages 501 - 540, Woodlawn Cemetery

Ledgers

No abstract provided.

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Richmond, Virginia: Photo-Gravures Jan 1895

Richmond, Virginia: Photo-Gravures

Richmond Illustrated Imprints

Includes images of monuments, capitol buildings, city halls, church buildings, streetscapes, hotels libraries, portraits, museums, depots, college buildings, bank buildings, domestic architecture, hotels, monuments, parks, prisons, seminaries, rivers, and cemeteries.

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Letter From Griffin & Randall To James W. Allison, 1894 October 30, Griffin & Randall Oct 1894

Letter From Griffin & Randall To James W. Allison, 1894 October 30, Griffin & Randall

Building VCU’s President's House

Letter from Griffin & Randall to James W. Allison defining specifications and values for crystal plate, polished plate, and plate glass.

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Sights And Scenes Of The World: A Photographic Portfolio, Edward L. Raymond Jan 1894

Sights And Scenes Of The World: A Photographic Portfolio, Edward L. Raymond

College Archives Selected Rare Books

"Rare and elaborate collection of the most beautiful and noted examples of palaces, castles, cathedrals, paintings, lakes, and picturesque scenery on the face of the globe, interspersed with instantaneous photographs of street scenes in the world's great cities designed to take the place of an extended tour around the world. Description of the scenes have been prepared by an extensive corps of distinguished tourists, the whole produced under the personal supervision of the eminent traveler, Edward L. Raymond."

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Art Work Of San Antonio, Trinity University Jan 1894

Art Work Of San Antonio, Trinity University

Historical Documents

Photographs, with introductory text, of San Antonio (Texas) scenes and architecture during the late 19th century.

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Art Out-Of-Doors, Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselear), Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1893

Art Out-Of-Doors, Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselear), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

x, 399 pages. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-399). Lowthorpe Collection Bound in green cloth. Front cover board has an illustration of two stylized trees at crossed angles. A ring circles the cross point of the trees and an open pair of shears and an open compass intertwine the ring.

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H. Maria Wright (Cornerstone Laying 1893), Taylor University Jan 1893

H. Maria Wright (Cornerstone Laying 1893), Taylor University

Buildings and Grounds of Taylor University

The program for the 1893 H. Maria Wright cornerstone laying.

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How To Know The Wild Flowers : A Guide To The Names, Haunts, And Habits Of Our Common Wild Flowers, Mrs. William Starr Dana (Frances Theodora Parsons), Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1893

How To Know The Wild Flowers : A Guide To The Names, Haunts, And Habits Of Our Common Wild Flowers, Mrs. William Starr Dana (Frances Theodora Parsons), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

xxxix, 346 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Second edition, with colored plates. 71st thousand. Illustrated by Marion Satterlee and Elsie Louise Shaw.

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The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1892 -- Vol. 14 No. 01, Phi Sigma Jan 1892

The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1892 -- Vol. 14 No. 01, Phi Sigma

The Voice of the Phi Sigma

This item is part of the Phi Sigma collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact [email protected] for more information and to view the collection.

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Chicago Illustrated: Martin's World's Fair Album-Atlas And Family Souvenir, J. F. Martin Jan 1892

Chicago Illustrated: Martin's World's Fair Album-Atlas And Family Souvenir, J. F. Martin

College Archives Selected Rare Books

This edition features artistic half-tone illustrations of the buildings and grounds from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It includes historical reviews of the states and nations participating in the Fair with maps. Additionally, this edition contains information about previous World's Fairs, Christopher Columbus, Native Americans, and the city of Chicago.

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Landscape Gardening, Samuel Parsons, Alice C. Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1891

Landscape Gardening, Samuel Parsons, Alice C. Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

xxii, 329 pages : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes index. Both copies Lowthorpe Collection. Bound in green cloth. Front cover board has a decorative floral motif stamped in gold within a rectangular box, to lower center of the board. Below the title and author are small floral motifs stamped in gold. Floral motifs are stamped in gold on the spine, and a vertical floral border is stamped in gold (a few inches in from the spine) on the front and back cover boards. Binding design by Alice C. …

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New York, Providence And Boston Railroad. Report To The General Manager, Upon The Construction Of The Thames River Bridge And Approaches, At New London, Conn., By Alfred P. Boller, Chief Engineer, Alfred Pancoast Boller Jan 1890

New York, Providence And Boston Railroad. Report To The General Manager, Upon The Construction Of The Thames River Bridge And Approaches, At New London, Conn., By Alfred P. Boller, Chief Engineer, Alfred Pancoast Boller

Special Collections (Miscellaneous)

No abstract provided.

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Church Clerk Records; April 1,1889 To Dec 31,1901, Delaware Avenue Baptist Church Jan 1889

Church Clerk Records; April 1,1889 To Dec 31,1901, Delaware Avenue Baptist Church

Church Record Books

Associate lists, membership lists, statistics, standing resolutions, meeting notes,

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Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889, G. Wm. (George William) Baist Jan 1889

Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889, G. Wm. (George William) Baist

Baist Atlas Indexes

Compiled and published by G. Wm. Baist topographical engineer 906 Walnut St. Philadelphia. 1889. Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1889 by G. Wm. Baist, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.

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The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1887 -- Vol. 09, No. 04, Phi Sigma Aug 1887

The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1887 -- Vol. 09, No. 04, Phi Sigma

The Voice of the Phi Sigma

This item is part of the Phi Sigma collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact [email protected] for more information and to view the collection.

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Illustrated Catalogue Of Art Tiles Made By J. G. & J. F. Low (1887), J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm) Jan 1887

Illustrated Catalogue Of Art Tiles Made By J. G. & J. F. Low (1887), J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm)

Low Art Tile Book Collection

Photographs and color illustrations of tiles. This 1887 catalogue is incomplete. Compared with a 1990 reproduction of an intact 1887 catalogue, VCU Libraries’ copy lacks the following: six of 51 plates of unglazed designs (1-4, 12, and 51), the front and back covers, a title page, a reference key, a price list, and at least three pages of advertisements. Of particular note, however, are four lithographed plates (7-10) labeled “Moorish Designs,” which are not present in other Low catalogues.

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Plastic Sketches Of J.G. And J.F. Low, J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm) Jan 1887

Plastic Sketches Of J.G. And J.F. Low, J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm)

Low Art Tile Book Collection

This is a special series of 47 unglazed tiles modeled by Arthur Osborne. It was published in 1882 as a small, inexpensive booklet and, later, in 1886 as a deluxe edition with a satin cover. The digitized version is of an incomplete deluxe edition of 27 of the plates. Arthur Osborne’s signature, the letter “A” inside a circle, is evident in the bottom right corner of each modeled tile.Photographs of reproduction tiles made after the original plastic sketches of Arthur Osborne. Includes: 1. Eureka -- 3. Monks going to Mass -- 7. An Elizabethan lady -- 8. A courtier of …

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Chronological Register Of Additions; 1887-1954, Delaware Avenue Baptist Church Jan 1887

Chronological Register Of Additions; 1887-1954, Delaware Avenue Baptist Church

Church Record Books

Chronological Register of Additions-Regular, Fellowship and Corporate

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