MS. Manuscript Collections

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence to and from Peter Carter Speers chronicling his time in Lahore, through his foreign service and death in the United States. Also in the collection are black and white photographs, mounted on boards or in albums, of people and places throughout Lahore.

Content Description

The collection contains materials (files, illustrations, binders, photographs, correspondences, and drafts) primarily focused on the creation of Bottigheimer’s The Bible for Children from the Age of Gutenberg to the Present. Most of these mixed materials are photocopies of various texts and illustrations—as well as pertinent bibliographical information—Bottigheimer assumedly used in drafting her book.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of more than 200 short handwritten essays by freshmen students in the Literary Department of the Syrian Protestant College in 1885. Topics include "Manliness," "Arabic Sciences," "Marriage in Our Country," "The Fights of Boys," "Death," "The Silk Worm," "Strength," "Home Life in Syria," "Ancient Scriptures and Vestige of Antiquity," "The Habits of Our Country," and more. The collection is bound in two volumes.Volume 2 may predate volume 1.

Abstract

Abraham Kuyper is best known for his strong leadership, including four years as prime minister, of the major center-right, Protestant political party of the Netherlands from 1879 to 1920. Kuyper was also the foremost Calvinist proponent and intellectual of the late nineteenth century Netherlands. This collection contains large prints of political cartoons that feature Abraham Kuyper.

Scope and Content The provenance of these papers is unknown, though the name "F.A. Aston" is written at the top of page 355 in folder 3. Special Collections is home to the Frederick Alfred Aston Manuscript Collection, for which there are also no accession records. It is therefore unclear whether Aston transcribed this text. Other papers in the collection point to the possibility that these were working papers for a dissertation, but the authorship remains unknown. Acta...

Scope and Content

This collection consists of 30 volumes of Dr. Fulton's personal journal. Each volume covers one year, from 1893 to 1922. A small file folder of miscellaneous items related to Dr. Fulton was collected by the archives and added to the collection.

Scope and Content Three major areas of Rembao's life are represented in this collection, which is divided into 14 series. The first series includes a scrapbook of clippings from Mexican newspapers spanning 1905-1914. Many of the clippings show pictures of revolutionary soldiers, including Rembao's uncles. Other articles include images of Chihuahua, Mexico. There are two series of notes by Dr. Rembao. The first, Series II, includes notes from his days as a lecturer and college professor, many of...