Search Results: Women's Studies from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[FABIAN SOCIETY; ENGLISH SOCIALISM PROGRESSIVISM; WOMEN'S INTERESTS] BEATRICE WEBB, 1929 letter to Theron J. Damon in Constantinople, Turkey, typed letter hand-signed "Beatrice Webb" above typescript Mrs. Sidney Webb,-1 page/about 90 words, 8" x 10", folds as mailed, returned address typed in Passfield Corner, Liphook, Hants [Hampshire] [crossed out 44, Grosvenor Road, Westminster Embankment], December 30, 1929, typescript in lower left corner "T. J.Damon Esq.,Robert College, Constantinople", Beatrice Webb thanks Theron and his wife for their appreciation of her book [presumably "My Apprenticeship" published in 1926], recollects a visit with the Damons, and mentions a couple of political matters, letter reads in part. "[She and her husband Sidney] often think of that lovely Bosphorus palace and its pleasant inhabitants, and we wonder whether there are any new developments of hostility or friendliness from the present Turkish Government…fortunate to have such [schools] provided for their young people… Read More

[SUFFRAGETTE AMY TALBOT DUNN LETTER SIGNED 1883 RARE] AMY TALBOT DUNN, 19TH CENTURY SUFFRAGETTE, handwritten letter signed/ALS, dated Knob View, MO [Missouri], Crawford Co[ounty], October 27, 1883, 5-1/2" x 9"/about 125 words, lightly waxen paper, folds as mailed, to Israel A. Barker (Brooklyn), replying to letter from Israel about her situation and scheduling when to meet with him when she is in Brooklyn, letter reading in part, "I have been living in great seclusion for some months and have sought no means of advertizing myself…My home has been in Indianapolis until this year…It will probably be changed now to the above address [in Missouri, see address with date above]…I shall expect you…as usual, to defray my local expenses when in Brooklyn…"; signature authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee; AMY TALBOT DUNN: d. 1916 in Los Angeles…"In pioneer days. Mrs. Dunn was an act­ive suffragists and had been associat­ed in the work of the movement for a number of years" (obituary… Read More

[ORDER OF THE COSTUMES, SUPPLIES CATALOG; MASONS MASONRY MASONIC] EASTERN STAR CATALOGUE NO.61 [cover title] / COSTUMES AND SUPPLIES FOR THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR, Catalog No. 61, Manufactured Ihling Bros. Everard Co., Kalamazoo, Michigan, undated/ca. 1900, company published trade catalog, paper wraps in homemade covering of clear plastic front and blue heavy paper spine and back with three staples at binding, color front cover illustration of an Arab/Middle East caravan riding camels heading toward a cross in the night sky filled with stars, 7-1/4"x 10-1/2", 64 pp., frontispiece color lithograph of Inhling Brothers Everard Co. manufacturing plant with motto "We Never Disappoint" at bottom, fold-out pages for "Jewels - Set of Seventeen Pieces with Hangars," pages 5-39 are costumes for women of the Order of the Eastern Star (a Masonic-related organization open to men and women) worn by women models, multiple illustrations or photographs on the other pages, index, order forms tipped in; CONDITION:… Read More

[JEREMY INGALLS, AMERICAN WOMAN POET, 5-PAGE HANDWRITEN LETTER/ALS 1945] JEREMY INGALLS, WOMAN POET, 5-page handwritten letter, 8-1/2" x 11"/about 950 words, dated Chicago, Illinois, November 14, 1945, to "Dear Jimmy" (author James R. Mellow, see below), Mellow wrote to Ingalls after gaining confidence in receiving a high-school award for something he wrote asking her to comment on and critique a group of sonnets he had written, Ingalls replies generously that they are "part of the record of your adolescence" having more personal than lasting or literary value, but which evidence good writing skills and talent, her lengthy letter involves literary critique, psychological observation, perspective, and encouragement, reading in part, "Your manuscript and letter arrive this morning…this particular group of sonnets should not be revised…You yourself recognize the Millay lines…and you probably recognize also the Wordsworth, Byron and Keats and other echoes…you probably recognize also the sequence… Read More

[LEONIE ADAMS LETTER AND BOOK INSCRIBED TO SIGRID DE LIMA; WOMEN'S INTEREST] LEONIE ADAMS, HANDWRITTEN LETTER/ALS, 5" x 6-1/2", 2 pages on right hand pages of folded sheet for 4 pages/about 150 words, dated September 10, 1961, to "Dear Sigrid" in Valley Cottage, New York, replying to letter from Sigrid presumably in sympathy upon death of Leonie's husband, reading in part, "Many though late, thanks for you lovely letter…I trust that you and Stephen [de Lima's husband Stephan Greene] and the daughter, I shall met again…Bill [husband William Troy, d. May 26, 1961] died peacefully, even though after great suffering…", with envelope addressed by hand with New Milford, Connecticut, return address, Leonie Adams signature in return address with first couple of letters in her first name separated from the way the letter was opened at this corner, letter laid in in copy of Poems – A Selection by Leonie Adams, inscribed, "For Sigrid de Lima, with confidence in her books to come and esteem for those… Read More

[OLGA SAMAROFF, JULLIARD SCHOOL, MUSIC TEACHER; MANUSCRIPT DISSERTATION BY MUSIC PROFESSIONAL] THE TEACHING AND ARTISTIC LEGACY OF OLGA SAMAROFF STOKOWSKI – A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Arts by Geoffrey Eugene McGillen, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, May, 1989, inscribed to Natalie Ryshna Maynard (Mrs. H. E. Maynard, see Provenance below) and her husband by author McGillen and naming his wife Mary also at the top of the title page dated June 15, 1989, comb-bound manuscript/typescript, 8-1/2" x 11", xvi+485 pages, text with footnotes pages 1-267, extensive back matter pages 268-485 Appendices A-D plus Bibliography, Appendix A – Repertoire of Olga Samaroff pages 268-75, Appendix B – Technical Studies Compiled by Madame Olga Samaroff, Collection of Lesley Cathcart Munn pages 276-281 (with music bars), Appendix C – Lesley Cathcart Munn Notebook of Olga Samaroff Stokowski Piano Classes pages 282-309,… Read More

[HISPANIC LITERATURE, TEXT IN SPANISH; AUTHOR SIGNED COPY; WOMEN'S INTEREST; RARE] TRES CANTATAS AL MAR - Al Dormido Mar, Al Mar Que Despierta, Al Despierto Mar - Libro primero de las cantatas, by Ilka Krupkin, inscribed and signed by the poet to noted Cuban emigree poet Rita Geada, published by Editor El Maguntina, Buenos Aires, 1947, Segunda Edicion (stated on title page), inscribed and signed by the poet on the half-title page, "a Rita Geada, poeta, Cuba libre, recuedo de Ilka Krupkin, 1961/Vergara 1891, Florida (B.A.), Argentina", (detached but present) softcover/paper wraps, 7-1/2" x 9-3/4", 2-color/red-and-black text front cover and title page, 30 pages, some red text on interior pages; signature authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee /// CONDITION: very good or better condition, detached cover worn with edgewear, small triangular chip at front beside bottom of spine, 1" closed tear at front edge of bottom of spine, loss of bottom 2" of spine, light fading to cover, small "91+T" in pen… Read More