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Manuscript Map, French intelligence map of New York harbor with soundings of East River, Hell Gate, and the western end of Long Island Sound, 1781 1 pages Box 7, Folder 1781.00.00

A French Intelligence map of New York Harbor with soundings of the East River, Hell Gate and the western end of Long Island Sound. Additionally the map denotes anchorages, dangerous rocks, shore fortifications as well as several named landmarks including "Red hook Fort", "New York [City]", "gouverneur island", "frogs pte", "White Stone", "Sandy pte", "West chester", as well as "Riviere du nord", "New Jersy", and "partie du ouest Dela Longue isle". Over that section of Long Island is a lengthy commentary including a detailed description of the hazards navigating "hell gette".

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 7, 1780/1782

Maryat Lee, Playwright, Papers, 1902/1997, bulk 1951/1989 63.54 Linear Feet 63 ft. 6.5 in. (42 records cartons, 15 in. each); (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 document cases, 2.5 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (7 medium flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (5 large item boxes, 5 in. each); (1 small item box, 3 in.); (1 large clamshell box, 5 in.); (9 paintings, 1.5 in. each); (1 framed item, 0.5 in.); (1 plaster bust, 7 in.)

Lee, Maryat, 1923-1989
Maryat Lee (1923-1989) was an American playwright and theater director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theater. She pioneered street theater in Harlem and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community-based theater project. Materials include reports, newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, cassette tapes, VHS tapes, posters, manuscripts, notes, scripts, screenplays, published plays, genealogical research, journals, drawings, and paintings. Also present is a piece of stained glass created by Lee, a dress worn by Lee, and an EcoTheater T-Shirt.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

ME-1249, 1937 1 page Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.058

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article No. ME-1249 Round snuffbox of spinach green Ural jade with hinged lid, mounted in gold. On the cover, set in diamonds, is the crown and monogram of Nicholai II, backed with two laurel sprays in green gold of exquisite workmanship, also set with diamonds. The top and bottom rims are engraved in delicate dot and dash design, while through the center runs a fillet of finely chased acanthus leaves in green gold and several tiny rosettes of red gold. This superb example of the jeweler's art was designed by the celebrated jeweler to Nicholai II, Carl Faberge, and is hall-marked with his full name, the initials of his leading artist, Mikhail Perchin, the number "56" denoting the equivalent of 14 karat gold, the wreathed head of the government assay office, and the initials of the gold inspector "YL". From the collection of Nicholai II, last Czar of Russia, in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo.

  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  2. Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07), 1901/1947
  3. Series 2: Hammer Galleries, 1933/1945
  4. Series 2.3: Item Descriptions, 1933/1945
  5. Folder 8

"Miniature gold and platinum charm in the form of a bulldog..." 1 item Binder SC-07 Binder 1, Page Unknown, Item SC07.01.4.045

Transcription: [double-headed eagle, no identification number] Miniature gold and platinum charm in the form of a bulldog. The collar is gold, and the eyes are rubies, while the body is set with ten large diamonds and many smaller ones. $250.00

  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  2. Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07), 1901/1947
  3. Series 1: Schaffer Collection, 1934/1947
  4. Series 1.4: Price Tags
  5. Binder

Miniature in Frame, 1941 1 page Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 10, Item SC07.02.3.163

Transcription: [On Hammer Galleries stationery, insignia of the Galleries with its double-headed eagle to the left of header; to the right, insignia with the inscription "By appointment to His Majesty the King of Egypt] MINIATURE IN FRAME Small, round, gold frame by Faberge, wrought in exquisitely delicate form and ornamented with haut-relief floral swags, a spray of laurel and a graceful bowknot. It contains a beautifully painted miniature on ivory of the late Queen Alexandra of England, sister of the Dowager Empress, Marie Feodorovna of Russia. This is immediately enframed [sic] within a rim of red cisele [sic] gold, and an outer gold rim is finely engraved to finish the piece. Provided with a modeled gold easel and with a loop for hanging, the little bibelot of backed in ivory held by gold screws. It is one of the characteristically superior works of the famed Russian court jeweler, Karl Faberge. From the collection of Prince Youssopoff. Mrs. John L. Pratt February 26, 1941

  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  2. Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07), 1901/1947
  3. Series 2: Hammer Galleries, 1933/1945
  4. Series 2.3: Item Descriptions, 1933/1945
  5. Folder 10

Minnie A. Hill Papers, 1865/1869 0.01 Linear Foot

This collection consists of letters from supervisors or sponsors to Minnie A. Hill, a northern female teacher, who was in Norfolk and then Petersburg, Virginia teaching at freedmen's schools in the late 1860s.

  1. College of William and Mary

North American 19th century theatre broadside collection, 1850/1867 2 Linear Feet 1 box

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
This collection contains around 100 theatre broadsides from the mid-nineteenth century. Nearly all of the broadsides were published in Boston, advertising theatre, opera, and lighter fare in various Boston venues.
  1. George Mason University

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