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The Ashe County, NC Midwifery records consists of photocopies of an unknown midwife's records recorded from 1932-1938. The records include the names of parents and babies, birthdates, parental occupations and marital status, and other demographic information.

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The manuscript consists of 41 pages of hand-written ballads, poems and folklore, including Auld Lang Syne, Bonny Barbara Allen, The Wife of Usher's Well, and anecdotes on Yadkin County court trials. The author's first name is Mildred but the surname is unknown due to insect damage. The handwriting appears to be that of an elementary school student.

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This collection consists of a scorebook of basketball games played in 1924-1925 at various West Virginia schools. The creating team is unknown. It sometimes includes the names of opposing teams. It does include the last names of players and keeps track of their goals scored and fouls made. Sometimes the names of the referee, date, and location of the game are also documented. Schools mentioned include Ronceverte High, Greenbrier, Green Bank, and Alderson.

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One ledger with calculations of coal for Hazleton, Pennsylvania lands. The ledger contains approximately 100 filled pages of statistics of various coal companies with their respective amount of coal mined, exhausted, virgin, thickness, and pillars. The volume is dated 1910 June 11-21.

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The photograph album has thirty-one pages and sixty-six black and white photographs. Subjects and locations include a quarry, the Tugalo River Railroad, trolley cars, railroad cars, employees (a couple of whom are African American), Stone Mountain, Gainesville, Scottdale Station, Ingleside Station, Erskine Station, Camp Gordon, Tallulah Falls, power sub-stations, and Dunlop Power Station.

Scope and Contents From the dealer's description:The album starts with vacation images of Hawaii showing palm trees, natural wonders, native Hawaiians, and images of tourists posing by waterfalls and sitting on the beach. After 10 pages, the vacation images end with a photo of the U. S. Army transport ship Sherman, followed by images of Germans disembarking at Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco. There are nearly 40 images from the island, showing the docks,...

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This collection consists of a typed manuscript detailing the history of the Faulkner family of Powell County, Kentucky. The author and date of creation are unknown.

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This collection consists of a handmade catalog for the fictional La Moderne Latrine Corporation. It includes hand drawn sketches of various types of latrines and a typescript description for each. The creator is unknown.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one photograph album, dated 1910, of Linville, North Carolina, places and people. It is inscribed "To K. W. K. whose unselfish interest made the work possible, this book is respectfully dedicated 1910." There is also an "editor's note," which says that the album is meant to "portray the exquiset [sic] beauty, endearing charms, and entrancing incedents of a Linville summer." Subjects include the river, Linville Valley looking east, the "'Gallery' at the tennis...

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This collection consists of a two-sided letter written by an unknown individual to "Editors." The writer is likely from Scott County, Virginia. They report a political meeting where topics included the Know Nothings (American Party), pro-slavery beliefs, a candidate for the House of Delegates, and North Carolina banks. Names include Bennett and McIntire. The letter is dated circa 1855.

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This collection is a four-page handwritten manuscript of a West Virginia railroad ballad, also known as "Engine 143" or "The Wreck On The C&O".

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This collection consists of a pencil drawing, done by an unknown artist, of a young woman holding a banjo. She is standing on a stage and her clothing indicates she was likely a performer. On the back is a handwritten sayings, such as "may your worries be few."

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one photograph album primarily containing black and white photographs of a trip to Washington, D.C. in 1935 by an individual named Florence and their travel companion identified as Gladys. Florence's last name is not known, but the album was inscribed to "Aunt Emma and Uncle Ed"(who lived in Iowa) and gifted to them for Christmas. Photographs were adhered to the right side pages and descriptions were handwritten in white ink on the left side pages. The subjects...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a bound manuscript, created by an unknown individual, in which is recorded the names of the volunteers for the Union Army from Canton Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania during the Civil War. The volunteers' regiments and dates of enlistment and reenlistment are listed. Some entries feature notes on a soldier's health as well as dates and location of death. The manuscript also contains lists of those drafted throughout the course of the war, with men's names...

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This collection consists of a scrapbook page from an unidentified scrapbook. The page includes a handwritten poem, a musical program from Bream Memorial Church Christian Endeavor, and an invitation from the Girl Reserve Club of Charleston High School. While the creator's identity is unknown, items indicate they lived in Charleston, West Virginia. Dates range from 1924-1925.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of one memory book. The creator is unidentified and used "Memorial Addresses of the Life and Character of Robert H. Foerderer," April 10, 1904 as the foundation of the memory book. Items are either glued to pages or pinned. The stick pins have been removed for safety purposes. There is an inscription on the inside cover that says "This book is to remember important days of the year by and to remember people by and other things." The next indicates that the book began...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a photograph album of images taken in 1907 of different cities, towns, landscapes, and sites visited by an unidentified couple. Some of the photographs include individuals. Subjects of the photographs include the following: Colorado (Garden of the Gods, Royal Gorge), Iowa (Des Moines), Old Point Comfort, Va. (ferry boats, Chamberlin hotel), Hampton Roads, Va. (ships like the VICTOR HUGO), Jamestown Island, Va., the James River (Curl's Neck), Richmond, Va....