Thursday, March 18, 2010

Americana--Recent Acquisitions; antiquarian and ephemera



The Tunnels and water system of Chicago: under the lake and under the river / illustrated by Wallis. Chicago: J.M. Wing, 1874.

American Methodist Mission (India). Lucknow Station. First local report of the Lucknow Station of the American Methodist Mission in Rohilkund and Western ... Bareilly : Printed at the American Methodist Mission Press, 1861.

American Methodist Mission (India). Lucknow Station. Second local report of the Lucknow Station of the American Methodist Mission in India. Bareilly: Printed at the American Methodist Mission Press, 1862.

Tindley, E. T. The prince of colored preachers: the remarkable story of Charles Albert Tindley of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Flint, MI : Schultz Printing Co., c1942.

Fisher, Samuel J. Adventuring in brotherhood among the Negroes. New York : Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, [1930?]

Butler, Jessie Allison. Humor in the dark; Coastal Carolina Negroes file applications with the F.E.R.A. [South Carolina]: J.A. Butler, c1935.

Rudd, Dan. A. (Daniel Arthur), b. 1854. From slavery to wealth, the life of Scott Bond; the rewards of honesty, industry, economy and perseverance, by Dan A. Rudd and Theo. Bond; with preface by Hon. J. C. Napier ... Madison, Ark., The Journal printing company, 1917.

Lapin, Eva. Mothers in overalls. [New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1943]

Langdon, Emma F. (Emma Florence), b. 1874. The Cripple Creek strike : a history of industrial wars in Colorado, 1903-4-5 ; being a complete and concise history of the efforts of organized capital to crush unionism. Denver: Great Western Pub. Co., 1904-5.

Kerr, May Walden. Socialism and the home. Chicago : Charles H. Kerr, [190-?]

Harford, Robert L. An itinerant's portfolio: sermons, lectures, and miscellany / by Rev. R.L. Harford. San Francisco: H.G. Parsons, 1885.

Pepper, George W. Personal Recollections of Sherman's Campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas. Zanesville, OH, 1866.

Pepper, George W[hitfield] Under Three Flags; or the story of my life as a Preacher....Cincinnati, OH: Printed for the Author by Curts and Jennings, 1899.

Pollard, Edward A. Observations in the North: Eight Months in Prison and on Parole. Richmond: E.W. Ayres, 1865.

Shaffner, Tal. P. (Taliaferro Preston). The war in America: being an historical and political account of the southern and northern states: showing the origin and cause of the present secession war. With a large map of the United States, engraved on steel. By Colonel Tal. P. Shaffner ... London, Hamilton, Adams [1862]

Smith, George Washington, 1855-1945. When Lincoln came to Egypt. Herrin, Ill. : Trovillion Private Press, c1940.

Spencer, Cornelia Phillips. The Last Ninety Days of the War in North Carolina. New York: Watchman Publishing, 1866.

Tanner, W[illiam] R. Reminiscences of the War Between the States [Cowpens, SC], 2nd ed., 1931.

[1893 Chicago] Curtis, William Eleroy. The Relics of Columbus. An Illustrated description of the Historical Collection in the Monastery of La Rabida. Washington, D.C.: Lowdermilk, 1893?

[1893 Chicago] Markham, H.H. Resources of California. Sacramento: Johnston, 1893.

[1893 Chicago] Van Deventer, Emma. Against All Odds: A Romance of the Midway Plaisance, by Lawrence L. Lynch, (pseudo.). Chicago and NY: Rand, McNally, [1894].

[1909 Seattle] Northern Pacific Railway. Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. Seattle June 1 to October 16, 1909 (Chicago, 1909).

[1915 San Francisco] Taylor, Edward R. Being a Souvenir of the eleventh annual Convention of the National Association of Stationers and Manufacturers, held at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California. September 27-30, 1915. [SF: Crocker, 1915].

[1915 San Francisco] Union Pacific. California and the Expositions. Yellowstone Park. How to Go and What to See Enroute Union Pacific. Omaha: 1914.

[1933 Chicago] Farmers National Grain Corp. Co-operative grain marketing. Century of Progress Exhibit. Chicago: Neeling Printing Co, 1933.

[1936 Dallas] Gulf Oil. The Voice of the Texas Centennial. The Behind the Scenes Story of the Gulf Centennial Network. (N.P., 1936)

[1936 Dallas] Official Souvenir View Book. Texas Centennial Exposition, Dallas, 1936. Dallas: Lithograph-Arts, 1936.

[1939 Golden Gate] Bardell, J.C. Bardell Panorama of Bridges and Exposition, San Francisco-Oakland California, 1939. (SF, 1939)