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1846 June 20, Saratoga, to Dear Brother
Title:
1846 June 20, to Dear Brother
Date:
1846-06-20
Collection:
Cope Evans Family Papers
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's mother while Waring was in Russia as a relief worker. Discusses the local agricultural conditions and details the crops planted. Also discusses the natural beauty of the area. Reflects on her decision to stay in Russia several months longer than planned.
Date:
1922-06-25
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring report
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring report
Description:
Report on the food relief effort in Russia by Field Director Beulah Hurley Waring. Accompanied by a note saying "On resuming work in Sorochinskaya in May after a flair in typhus and two weeks exile thereafter in Moscow." See mc1225_02_01_55 for a typed version of this letter. Describes her trip to Moscow. Reports on the number of relief workers, feeding statistics, transportation of food, agricultural conditions, fall and winter feeding plans, medical efforts against epidemic diseases, and improvements wrought by relief efforts. Comments that the government's plan to employ the locals may be stymied by lack of materials for them to work with. Discusses a nearby area in the Bashkir Republic that been severely affected by the famine. Reflects on her time working in Russia and plans to return home soon.
Date:
1922-07-15
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Description:
Table of agricultural information for the Russian villages in the district. The back bears a brief note from Beulah Hurley Waring, who was in Russia as a relief worker.
Date:
1922-01
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring anecdotes
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring anecdotes
Description:
Brief anecdotes from her time in Russia as a relief worker: a boot used as a stove bellows, a dispute of the New York Times's characterization of Russian policemen, a parable of American seeds in Russian gardens (parable of the sower comparison), and an account of a harvest in the famine lands.
Date:
1922-07-19
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Friends International Service American Unit report
Title:
Friends International Service American Unit report
Description:
Report on the food relief effort in Russia by Field Director Beulah Hurley Waring. See mc1225_02_01_30 for a handwritten version of this letter. Describes her trip to Moscow. Reports on the number of relief workers, feeding statistics, transportation of food, agricultural conditions, fall and winter feeding plans, medical efforts against epidemic diseases, and improvements wrought by relief efforts. Comments that the government's plan to employ the locals may be stymied by lack of materials for them to work with. Discusses a nearby area in the Bashkir Republic that been severely affected by the famine. Reflects on her time working in Russia and plans to return home soon.
Date:
1922-07-15
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Russian Reconstruction Farms, Inc. report
Title:
Russian Reconstruction Farms, Inc. report
Description:
Report by Russian Reconstruction Farms, Inc. on the agricultural aid and developments in Russia, and the need for more modern farming machinery.
Date:
1925-09-01
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Jacob W. Smith's Hardware Store
Title:
Jacob W. Smith's Hardware Store
Description:
Advertisement for Jacob W. Smith's Hardware Store. This is the only card in the collection for this business.
Date:
1800 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s Original London Genuine Tea Warehouses
Title:
F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s Original London Genuine Tea Warehouses
Description:
Advertisement for F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s Original London Genuine Tea Warehouses. This is one of two cards in the collection for this business. Illustration of the three storefronts.
Date:
1802 - 1830
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Goùter la Chicorée du Grand ' Hotel, c'est l'adopter
Title:
Goùter la Chicorée du Grand ' Hotel, c'est l'adopter
Description:
Advertisement for Goùter la Chicorée du Grand ' Hotel, c'est l'adopter. One of a series of cards for this product from the collection. This illustration depicts a mother and child in a field of wheat.
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Italie (Ch. Neuhaus)
Title:
Italie (Ch. Neuhaus)
Description:
Advertisement for Italie (Ch. Neuhaus). One of a series of cards for this company from the collection. The illustration depicts farmers transporting their product by ox-drawn wagon. There is an Italian stamp in upper left corner and the caption "Dis-moi ton remède pour grossir? Très simple! Je mange du chocolat Neuhaus."
Date:
1857 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Kendall Mfg. Co. Soapine
Title:
Kendall Mfg. Co. Soapine
Description:
Advertisement for Kendall Mfg. Co. Soapine. This is one of twenty-six custom-made cards for Soapine in the collection, one of four cards for the product not designed by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. For more information on this series, see Cheadle, Dave. SOAPINE DID IT! Englewood, CO: 2000 (16-17).
Date:
1878 - 1890
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
JE LE TIENS!..
Title:
JE LE TIENS!..
Description:
Trade card with illustration of a boy holding a duck. Among numerous cards in the collection without advertising copy. Most are likely to be Belgian. One of a series of six cards depicting a story of a boy who tries to capture a duck, with disastrous results. Businesses during this period would have been able to choose from among similar pre-printed examples.
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
SAUVONS-NOUS!
Title:
SAUVONS-NOUS!
Description:
Trade card with illustration of a boy running while holding a duck. Among numerous cards in the collection without advertising copy. Most are likely to be Belgian. One of a series of six cards depicting a story of a boy who tries to capture a duck, with disastrous results. Businesses during this period would have been able to choose from among similar pre-printed examples.
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
AIE!..
Title:
AIE!..
Description:
Trade card with illustration of a boy who has fallen down with a duck beside him. Among numerous cards in the collection without advertising copy. Most are likely to be Belgian. One of a series of six cards depicting a story of a boy who tries to capture a duck, with disastrous results. Businesses during this period would have been able to choose from among similar pre-printed examples.
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Untitled trade card
Title:
Untitled trade card
Description:
Trade card with illustration of a fairy holding a bundle of straw. Among numerous cards in the collection without advertising copy. Many also feature images of women. This card is titled "August, and so is apparently one of a series depicting the months of the year. Businesses during this period would have been able to choose from among similar pre-printed examples.
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
SI TU ÉTAIS ALLÉ À L'ÉCOLE
Title:
SI TU ÉTAIS ALLÉ À L'ÉCOLE
Description:
Trade card with illustration of a boy being scolded by a woman while a duck walks away with his hat. Among numerous cards in the collection without advertising copy. Most are likely to be Belgian. One of a series of six cards depicting a story of a boy who tries to capture a duck, with disastrous results. Businesses during this period would have been able to choose from among similar pre-printed examples.
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
PETITS!..PETITS!..
Title:
PETITS!..PETITS!..
Description:
Trade card with illustration of a boy feeding ducks. Among numerous cards in the collection without advertising copy. Most are likely to be Belgian. One of a series of six cards depicting a story of a boy who tries to capture a duck, with disastrous results. Businesses during this period would have been able to choose from among similar pre-printed examples.
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
ET TON CHAPEAU?
Title:
ET TON CHAPEAU?
Description:
Trade card with illustration of a boy who is repacking his basket after falling down and spilling its contents. A duck walks away with his hat. Among numerous cards in the collection without advertising copy. Most are likely to be Belgian. One of a series of six cards depicting a story of a boy who tries to capture a duck, with disastrous results. Businesses during this period would have been able to choose from among similar pre-printed examples.
Date:
1880 - 1910
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Lansdowne Park Hotel
Title:
Lansdowne Park Hotel
Description:
Advertisement for Lansdowne Park Hotel. This is the only card in the collection for this business. The card is dated based on other cards in the collection by the same printer. Card with illustration of street scene in front of the hotel.
Date:
1880 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection

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