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manuscripts (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 245 Collections and/or Records:

Frederick Creedy papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-047
Overview

This collection is comprised of the chapter synopses for Frederick Creedy's book, "The Plain Speaking of a Quaker Scientist," and a letter from Frederick Creedy to Samuel Cooper.

Dates: 1949

Crew Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-050
Overview

This collection is comprised of typed genealogical research, handwritten family correspondence, legal papers, manuscripts, financial records, and miscellaneous papers of the Crew family.

Dates: 1813-1826

دلائل الخيرات و شوارق الانوار في ذكر الصلوة على النبي المختار. Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-nabī al-mukhtār, 1750-1850 C.E.; 1163-1266 A.H.

 Item
Identifier: BV 62
Overview

Lacunose copy of the prayer book. It is missing several leaves at the beginning. One loose bifolium of noncontiguous leaves, probably from the quire missing at the beginning, is laid in at the front. A few marginal notes, one in Persian.

Dates: 1750-1850 C.E.; 1163-1266 A.H.

دلائل الخيرات و شوارق الانوار في ذكر الصلوة على النبي المختار. Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-nabī al-mukhtār, 1700-1799 C.E.; 1111-1214 A.H.

 Item
Identifier: BV 201
Overview

Small, lacunose copy of the prayer book with the text in a circular border; pages missing at the end with one loose bifolium laid in at the back.

Dates: 1700-1799 C.E.; 1111-1214 A.H.

Jean Scobie Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-M85
Overview Jean Scobie Davis, a 1914 graduate of Bryn Mawr College, taught economics and sociology at Agnes Scott College, Vassar College, Pierce College, Wells College and the American Women’s College in Beirut. A lifetime interest in prison reform resulted in her work at the New York State Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, New York.The Jean Scobie Davis papers is a collection consisting largely of Jean Scobie Davis’ diaries and correspondence covering nearly all stages of her life....
Dates: 1892 - 1985

Theodore de Laguna collection

 Collection
Identifier: BMC-1974-16
Overview

Theodore de Laguna (1876-1930) was a professor of philosophy at Bryn Mawr College for 23 years and an author. The Theodore de Laguna collection, dating from 1896 to 1989, contains diverse writings and annotated books by de Laguna. This collection focuses mainly on de Laguna's manuscripts, off prints, and poetry, but also contains original musical arrangements, annotated works by others, and correspondence regarding de Laguna's death in 1930.

Dates: 1896 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1930

Rick DeJesús-Rueff, Documents pertaining to the history of Puerto Rican students at Haverford College

 Collection
Identifier: HCS-003-079
Overview

These documents created and collected by Rick DeJesús-Rueff pertain to the history of Puerto Rican Students at Haverford (PRSH), the José Padín Puerto Rican Scholarship, and Haverford College's support of Puerto Rican students in the 1970s.

Dates: 1970-2009

Devotional book, 1771-1772 C.E.; 1158 A.H.

 Item
Identifier: BV 53
Overview

Devotional book containing selections from the Qurʼān, several illuminated seals (muhr), and calligraphic drawings with the names of God, the Prophet Muḥammad, other Imams and family members. Three blank pages at the end have been prepared for drawing but left unfilled (f. 69v-70v).

Dates: 1771-1772 C.E.; 1158 A.H.

Devotional book, 1777 C.E.; 1191 A.H.

 Item
Identifier: BV 48
Overview

Devotional book containing selections from the Qurʼān, other short prayers and illuminated panels and calligraphic drawings. Several pages of prayers in a different hand at the end with the last page inverted (f. 71v-76v). Some titles in Ottoman Turkish.

Dates: 1777 C.E.; 1191 A.H.

Devotional book, 1725-1825 C.E.; 1137-1241 A.H.

 Item
Identifier: BV 71
Overview

Devotional book containing selections from the Qurʼān, beginning with Sūrat Yūsuf and ending with a prayer. The entire text is written inside gilt pear-shapes with illuminated margins.

Dates: 1725-1825 C.E.; 1137-1241 A.H.