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Alumni News August 1932, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

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Alumni News May 1932, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

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Alumni News January 1932, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

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Alumni News October 1931, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

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Alumni News August 1931, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

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Alumni News May 1931, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

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Alumni News July 1930, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

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Phantastes Chapter 6: The Demon Lady, William Motherwell

German Romantic and Other Influences

From the poem “The Demon Lady” (1830), first published in The Edinburgh Literary Journal. William Motherwell (1797-1835) was a Scottish journalist and poet, as well as a collector of local Scottish ballads.

Address Of Dr. J. Layton Mauzé To Congregation Of First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, West Virginia, Sunday Morning, Sept. 9, 1928 / Farewell Sermon, Dr. J. Layton Mauzé To Congregation Of First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, West Virginia, Sunday Evening, Sept. 9, 1928, Joseph Layton Mauze

Mauzé, Joseph Layton, 1873-1937

As the title indicates, this privately-published book contains what are probably the last two sermons Mauzé preached as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.

Voices From Templed Hills: Selected Sermons, G. E. Bartlett

Voices from Templed Hills: Selected Sermons

The 14 pastors in this collection were chosen by votes collected over a period of 6 weeks by The Baptist Banner, a weekly newspaper based in Parkersburg, West Virginia (Bartlett edited the paper for a time, and the Banner Company was the publisher of the book).

Two of the pastors were from Parkersburg; other cities represented include Beckley, Charleston, Fairmont, Grafton, Huntington, Logan, Salem, and West Union.

Alumni News August 1926, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

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Alumni News May 1926, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

No abstract provided.

What Is My Life?, William Cutter Condit

Condit, William Cutter, 1841-1926

As the title page states, this is the final sermon Condit preached as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, Kentucky.

Men And Religion To-Day And Fifty Years Ago, Wiley Winton Smith

Smith, Wiley Winton, 1855-

This book contains 10 of Smith’s sermons, along with “A Sketch of Towns” where he conducted revival services and statements from pastors familiar with his preaching.

Cummings Guest House Register (Full), Usm African American Collection

Cummings Guest House Register

The Cummings family of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, ran a guest house from 1923 until 1993. Register in which guests signed themselves in or were signed in by staff at the Cummings Guest House, 110 Portland Ave., Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Includes signatures of family members who attended reunions after the Guest House ceased operation.

Date Range:

1923-1998

Size of Collection:

1 ft.

Provenance:

The Cummings Guest House Register belonged to the Cummings Guest House, in operation in Old Orchard Beach ME from 1923 into the 1990s. It was purchased by the University of Southern Maine’s Glickman Library, with some …

November 15, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, dated to approximately 1916, Abbie writes to Mrs. Tibbets about several topics, including her teaching job, attending an exhibition, seeing the Emperor pass on the street, tea services, and describes in detail her accommodations. She says that she is very happy in Japan now that she is more used to the climate.

Sermons And Discourses Delivered By Rev. H. B. Altmeyer Principally On The Gospels, Feasts Of The Church And The Lives Of The Saints During The Last Ten Years, Henry B. Altmeyer

Altmeyer, Henry B., 1870-1930

Altmeyer published his first collection, Sermons Delivered Before Mixed Congregations, in 1911. In the Preface to this volume, Henry A. Brann, Rector of St. Agnes' Church in New York, notes that this one had been printed at the request of many of his fellow clergy. Brann goes on to describe the sermons as "correct...clear, terse, and plain," effectively combining "the study of the dogmatic with the ethical teaching of the church."

Education And Service: Sermons And Addresses Delivered While In Office At Marietta College, 1900-1912, Alfred Tyler Perry

Perry, Alfred Tyler, 1858-1912

The "sermons" in this book are the 12 baccalaureate sermons Perry delivered while president of Marietta. The "addresses" include his inaugural speech and talks he gave before such organizations as the Conference of Colleges of the Interior and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

Phantastes Chapter 5: Pygmalion, Thomas Lovell Beddoes

German Romantic and Other Influences

Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803-1849) was a Romantic poet intensely focused on death. His poem “Pygmalion” (1825) recounts the myth of the Cypriot sculptor who fell in love with the statue he carved. In this chapter, MacDonald echoes this myth.

John William Carter, D.D.: Sketches Of His Life, Estimates Of His Character And Work, Selections From His Sermons, T. C. Johnson

Carter, John William, 1836-1907

Carter married Johnson’s sister Elizabeth in 1869. This “memorial volume” is divided into 3 parts: a “sketch of Dr. Carter’s life,” 6 “estimates of his character and work,” and 7 “selections from his written sermons.” Information about the sermons is provided in the User Guide.

Phantastes Chapter 4: Ballad Of Sir Aldingar, James Kinsley

German Romantic and Other Influences

A child ballad of various origins. Aldingar attempts to seduce the Queen, who spurns him and sets off Aldingar to falsely accuse the Queen of sleeping with a leper. The king believes Aldingar, and the Queen asks that a knight fight for her honor. Unable to find a knight, she relies on a four-year-old boy, who defeats Aldingar. On his deathbed he admits his accusation was false. The history of this ballad can be found in Paul Christopherson’s The Ballad of Sir Aldingar, its Origins and Analogues, Oxford UP, 1952

July 23, 1907, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

Cora writes to Mrs. Tibbets about her vacation trip from where she was staying in Tokyo to several different places around Japan. She writes of her stay in a Japanese style hotel. She also writes about the scenery around her, and about how long it takes her by rail to get to her travel destinations. She also writes of a traveling companion named George, and how she has invited Abbie to come and visit her and meet George.

April 11, 1907, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, Cora writes to Mrs. Tibbets about life in Japan. She writes about the climate, and how she finds she cannot do as much due to the "enervating" nature of the climate there. She describes a "sword walking" ceremony, in which one climbs a ladder made of swords. She then writes of the beginnings of spring in Japan and how there is a fair coming to Japan, "the largest ever held in Japan."

January 18, 1907, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, Abbie writes to Mrs. Tibbets about the "glorious" scenery where she is staying. She writes of the mountains, streams, tall oak trees, and blossoms as the season changes from winter to spring.

Lee The Christian Hero: A Sermon Delivered In The Lee Memorial Church, Lexington, Virginia, Sunday, January 20, 1907, On The Invitation Of The Rector And Vestry, Randolph Harrison Mckim

McKim, Randolph Harrison, 1842-1920

McKim preached this sermon to commemorate the centennial of Robert E. Lee, in a church that was named in his honor (in 2017, the name was changed from R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church to Grace Episcopal Church. His topic is evident from the title; as he says on page 5, Lee “has a place of right in that noble army of the soldiers of Jesus Christ, who have done heroic service for God and for man in their lives.”

December 26, 1906, Usm Special Collections

Batchelder-Haley Letters

In this letter, Cora writes to Mrs. Tibbets to thank her for the Christmas gifts. She describes the table that they set for a traditional western-style Christmas. They invited a Japanese couple, who were described by Cora to be very fascinated with the Christmas decor. She also tells Mrs. Tibetts about her coming vacation with George to Oshima, as there is a volcano there that they are intending to climb.

Correspondence To William Barrett Taylor, Date Unknown Or Unclear, Mary Sophia Boggs, Co-Operative Building Plan Association Architects, George S. & J. Willis Hewitt, Practical Paper Hangers, William Barrett Taylor

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Correspondence to William Barrett Taylor, date unknown or unclear.

Box 3, folder 7.

Cabinet Photograph Of Millie [And] Christine, "The Two Headed Nightingale," N.D., Ollivier

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Cabinet card is 6.5in (16.5cm) tall and 4.5in (11cm) wide. Millie and Christine are photographed in full portrait, each in fine clothes and shoes, each grasping the curtains that frame them in the photographer's studio. Christine, presumably the figure on the right, hold a fan in her right hand.

Correspondence To Elizabeth ("Bessie") Mccaw Boggs Taylor, Dates Unknown, William Barrett Taylor, Mary Sophia Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Paper, Box 2, Folder 1.

Correspondence to Elizabeth ("Bessie") McCaw Boggs Taylor, dates unknown

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1900s: March 18, 1900 - January 6, 1908, Edith Boggs, George R. Bissell

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 7.

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1900s: March 18, 1900 - January 6, 1908.