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This collection contains one item, a small book of daily devotional religious text with encouragement to Civil War soldiers. The book is inscribed by Sydney Wilder.

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This collection includes: one autograph letter signed on Merrymount Press stationery, dated December 26, 1917 and addressed to Mrs. Baldwin, inviting herself and Mr. Baldwin to visit the press; one newspaper clipping of an article by Carl Greenleaf Beede entitled, "The Offices of an Artist Printer" (undated); one calling card of Mr. Daniel Berkeley Updike, Brimmer Chambers, Brimmer Street; and one New Years greeting card for 1943 to "the friends of the Merrymount Press."

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Manuscript teaching contract dated March 26, 1858 made with Maria Rendleman, who agreed to teach at the Public School House of District No. 25 Rowan County, North Carolina, for the term of three months. Included are the names of five subscribers who agree to pay Miss Rendleman seventy-five cents per scholar per month. Miss Rendleman agreed to teach Orthography, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, History, Grammar and Geography.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes three letters to Jane Summerell, a faculty member in the Department of English at Woman's College (now UNCG) from 1926-1958. Two letters are from Mabel Loomis Todd, dated January 6, 1932 and May 16, 1932. Todd's letter of January 6 talks about her work on the Emily Dickinson poems; the May 16 letter is in response to a request from Summerell to lecture at Woman's College. The final letter is from Millicent Todd Bingham, dated October 22, 1932, telling Miss Summerell...

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The collection consists of two letters. The first, dated May 10, 1880, is written to "My Dear Doctor [Anderson]" and talks of the success of A Fool's Errand: "The ordinary trade edition will reach 100,000 this month, or at least soon after." The second, dated July 24, 1896, is written to the editor of "The Independent" regarding Albion's proposed article on Harriot Beecher Stowe's life and influence.

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The collection includes alumni cards and correspondence with Clara Booth Byrd. The correspondence touches on Brandt's experience teaching.

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The collection includes programs and promotional materials.