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[NTSNC bulletin open on book cradle]

Description: Photographs of a cross section of one the NTSNC bulletins held by UNT Special Collections. It is one of four that are bound together in a single volume. Image 1, a list of officers separated by the organizations they are a part of. Image 2 and 3, a handwritten note at the top reads "Organized Oct. 12, 1902" and lists the two sponsors of the Mary Arden Club and the Current Literature Club. Image 4, the pages on the left are weighted down by a heavy string and there is a stamp on the title page t… more
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Botany illustrations in James Newton's herbal book]

Description: Photographs of the illustrations in a book titled "A Compleat Herbal of the Late James Newton, M.D. Containing the Prints and English Names of Several Thousand Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Exotics, & c." held by UNT Special Collections. There are four rows of the drawings with names written above each. The plants on the two pages are "Tufted Meadow, Corn, an Panick Grass" and "Wheat Rie and Oate Grass". The book is resting on a clear plastic book cradle and some of the pages are being held d… more
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pages in "Glossographia"]

Description: Photographs of the pages of "Glossographia" held by UNT Special Collections. It is a collection of 'difficult' and 'foreign' words for people to use in conversation and other instances. The first image is of pages with words from "insipid" to "interduct". Long white weighted strings are holding the pages down and it is resting on a clear plastic book cradle. The second image is a close up of the same pages. The third image is of the title page of the book and shows the book cradle it is resting… more
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Appendix in "Outlines of Lessons in Botany"]

Description: Photographs of "Outlines of Lessons in Botany: For the use of Teachers, or Mothers Studying with their Children" held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Weaver Juvenile Collection. It is the first of two volumes to teach children about plants and their uses. The book is open to the appendix and is resting on a plastic book cradle with weighted strings holding the pages down.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Illustration in "Outlines of Lessons in Botany"]

Description: Photograph of "Outlines of Lessons in Botany: For the use of Teachers, or Mothers Studying with their Children" held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Weaver Juvenile Collection. It is the first of two volumes to teach children about plants and their uses. The book is open to a page with an illustrated germination cycle for the plants.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Title page and poem in "Excursions"]

Description: Photographs of pages in Henry David Thoreau's "Excursions" held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is of the title pages. The left page is being held down by a clear band and a fain illustration of Thoreau's head and shoulders is on it. The right side is the title page of the book and includes a crest and other information about the book. The second image is of a poem inside of the book.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Outlines of Lessons in Botany open on book cradle]

Description: Photograph of "Outlines of Lessons in Botany: For the use of Teachers, or Mothers Studying with their Children" held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Weaver Juvenile Collection. It is the first of two volumes to teach children about plants and their uses. The book is open to pages with questions about beans and peas on one and an illustrated germination cycle for the plants on the other.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Index to the Divine and Spiritual Writings of Joanna Southcott]

Description: Photographs of a book titled "Index to the Divine and Spiritual Writings of Joanna Southcott" held by UNT Special Collections. The first to images are of handwritten notes inside. The notes are separated by a line and are in cursive script. They mention future occurrences and deaths. The second image also includes a page that lists out what pages different words and phrases listed on them. The notes are each separated by a line and are in cursive script. The third image is of the cover, which h… more
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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