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Diaries: Throughout the course of her life, Dorothy Burr Thompson kept a diary. Though the length and regularity of her entries varies, she rarely fails to account for any period of time longer than several months. Bryn Mawr's collection is made up of 46 diaries, beginning in 1912 and ending in 1969. The diaries largely contain descriptions of her personal life, records of her daily activities, and descriptions of her travels. Burr's short but regular diary entries from the years 1912-1914 discuss her relationships with her friends and family, her experiences at school, and chronicle her trips. She often supplements her entries with postcards, newspaper clippings, ticket stubs, and her own drawings. In the year 1914, at age 13, she writes about the Grand Tour of Europe that she undertook with her family. While abroad, she observes the beginning of WWI. At one moment during her trip from Geneva to Paris she remembers "realizing that I was really in the European war. It was a strange ...

The Alma A. Clarke papers provide an in depth view into a World War I nurse's memories and views on her service in France. The collection is arranged in five series: "War Work," "Publications," "Photographs," "Scrapbooks," and "Ephemera." For the most complete view of Clarke's experiences in France, a researcher should first examine the "Scrapbooks." The "War Work" series is arranged chronologically and includes materials such as official papers allowing her to travel to France and throughout Europe during World War I. It also includes correspondence from the Committee France-American for the Protection of the Children of the Frontier for which she volunteered during 1918 and worked with orphaned children. During her tenure with this group, she collected a great deal of material on children as victims of war as well as brochures and information regarding ways in which to help these children. This series contains correspondence to Alma A. Clarke and to and from her brother, Private ...

The Les Paul Papers materials consist of music used for performances, sheet music, subject files, and publicity files that provide an overview of Paul's life and career. The collection does not contain realia such as award statues or instruments

This volume contains daily itineraries for Minnesota native John Henry Fitz's three-day visit to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, in October 1893. A printed map of Chicago accompanies the diary

This volume pertains to the defense of Ireland from an anticipated French invasion. It contains his observations on the weak defensive situation as it existed in southern Ireland and his prescriptions for strengthening them

This collection is comprised of material relating to the operations of the Office of Public Relations. The bulk of the material consists of press releases, ephemera, notes, photographs, agreements, and guest lists pertaining to events held and sponsored by the Clark. Events and trips created for Clark members include seminars, tours, and trips to national and foreign cultural institutions. Notable among the files are those used for planning the 25th anniversary celebration in 1980. Mary Jo Carpenter's records cover a wide array of administrative functions of the Public Relations Office. The documents cover fundraising, membership to professional organizations such as the American Alliance of Museums and the New England Museum Association, annual reports, and files concerning the running of the Café. Records concerning outward-facing activities of the Clark such as ads, publicity, and educational publications and seminars are also included. The photographs in this collection span 19 ...

This collection consists of correspondence, diaries, itineraries for travel via the Hudson River to Detroit and Fort Mackinac, and other papers. It includes descriptions of the Great Lakes area and Little Falls, N.Y., and material on the Indian trade and Pontiac's Rebellion, 1763

Letters to William H. Hutton and Frank Parsons

This collection consists of the personal and business papers of Robert F. Jani (1934-1989). He was a creator, director and executive producer of musical spectaculars, television productions, pageants and extravaganzas, celebrations, international events, parades, arena shows and sports events, world premieres and openings, pyrotechnic shows, expositions, and theme parks. Mr. Jani was a founder of USC Songfest and principal of Robert F. Jani Productions, Inc. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1956.Jani worked on such events and places as the Los Angeles bicentennial, the United States bicentennial, the USC centennial, Radio City Music Hall, the Madison Square Garden centennial, Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, Super Bowls, Orange Bowls, the Los Angeles Music Center, Ronald Reagan's inauguration, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee, and many more.His collection includes event scripts, memorabilia, brochures, ...