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Contains 6 Results:

Harvard academic regalia (gown)

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: HC.MC.950.325.05.006
Scope and Contents

From a set of Harvard academic regalia given to Rufus Jones by Douglas Steere. Includes red and purple hood and black gown. Gown has red embroidery and, inside, the monogrammed initials “R. M. J.”

Harvard academic regalia (hood)

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: HC.MC.950.325.05.007
Scope and Contents

From a set of Harvard academic regalia given to Rufus Jones by Douglas Steere. Includes red and purple hood and black gown. Gown has red embroidery and, inside, the monogrammed initials “R. M. J.”

J. J. Gurney Handkerchief

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: HC.MC.950.325.05.008
Scope and Contents

Monographed J. J. Gurney Handkerchief

Tunesassa towel, 1812

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: HC.MC.950.325.05.010
Scope and Contents

A towel presented to William Allinson (1766-1841) in 1812. The thread was spun and the towel was woven by a student at Tunesassa, the boarding school for Indigenous children run by Quakers. Inked on the towel: “N. H. This towel was spun and woven by an Indian --- instructed by --- Thomas at Tunesassa and presented by him to William Allinson 1812.” Some brown spots and damage.

Dates: 1812

Deborah Dickinson alphabet sampler

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: HC.MC.950.325.05.014
Scope and Contents

An alphabet sampler sewn by Deborah Dickinson. Embroidered underneath the alphabet are the words "Deborah Dickinson Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Dickinson was born the 3rd day of February in the year of our Lord 1747."

Hand-colored map of Quapaw Agency Native American Territory, 1885

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: HC.MC.950.325.05.015
Scope and Contents

A "Map of Quapaw Agency Ind. Tery" hand-colored by Marcus Mote in 1885. Shows the boundaries of the Quapaw, Peoria, Modoc, Shawnee, Wyandotte, Seneca, Miami, and Old Ottowa Indian territories.

Dates: 1885