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Items with subject 'Spirituality'
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Diary of Mister Lovering
by Lovering, Mister (1868 – 1876)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This diary was written sporadically between 1868 and 1876 by Mister Lovering, a farmer and preacher who lived in various places throughout eastern Pennsylvania including Luzerne County, Berks County, and Franklin County. Lovering initially used the diary to record paint recipes, but then used the rest of the pages to write personal and private entries. His wife accused him of being an adulterer with the family servant, Emma Reefs, as well as other "harlots" in town, which affected Lovering for a lengthy period of time. Also included with the diary is a deed for a cemetery plot in Aulenback Cemetery for his wife's family, the Printzs of Reading, Pennsylvania.
Diary of Unknown Minister
by Unknown (1873)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This diary was written in 1873 by an unknown minister. It depicts the minister's day to day life along with his thoughts and sermon notes.
Diary of Viola McKinney
by McKinney, Viola (1937)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
The Diary of Viola McKinney was written in 1937 and documents the farm life in Ellenburg, New York. Although most of McKinney's days were spent baking, cooking, cleaning, and sewing, McKinney participated in community affairs through the church. McKinney was unmarried and lived with her mother.
Dorcas Club Ledger (West Virginia)
by Dorcas Club (1900 – 1904)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This ledger was created by a Dorcas Club in West Virginia and provides records of the organization's activities, which include its dues, expenses, and member names.
Ebony Classics Christmas Cards
by Ebony Classics (circa 1950s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 11 Christmas cards were created by Ebony Classics around the 1950s. The images depict African Americans in religious imagery and holiday scenes.
Elizabeth Wolfe Collection
by Unknown (1911 – 1925)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains tickets from the John Wesley M. E. Church young men's contest on May 13, 1911, March 22, 1923 and November 26, 1925. Additionally, there are tickets from the 62nd anniversary of the Negro's Emancipation on Armistice Day at the Wicomico Fair Grounds on November 11, 1925.
Father Mathew's Total Abstinence Society Ledger (Norristown, Pennsylvania)
by Doran, Lawrence (1872 – 1912)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Recorded by Lawrence Doran of Norristown, Pennsylvania, this ledger documents the members of the Father Mathew's Total Abstinence Society from 1872 to 1912. From 1879 to 1912, Doran also maintained a longhand journal that primarily discussed his finances and construction business.
General Store Ledger (Shutesbury, Massachusetts)
by Noble, Roderick (1797 – 1844)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Roderick Noble's General Store Ledger documents the Shutesbury, Massachusetts business from 1797 to 1811. These records include information about Noble's purchases and employees, as well as other overhead costs. Noble seems to also document his business or transactions in Norfolk. The pages in the second half of the ledger have been pasted over with clippings from various publications. These clippings range from political and religious texts to poetry and stories; the additions were made at a later date, primarily from 1836 to 1844.
Hell Bank Notes
by Unknown (Undated)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These Chinese joss paper Hell Bank Notes were created to be burnt as offerings at funerals and grave sites. The fake currency includes a variety of Chinese figures, artwork, and symbols.
J. Douglas Deal papers
by Unknown (1663 – 1982)
1 carton, 1 oversize folder (2.25 linear feet)
The J. Douglas Deal papers document the extensive research done by Deal while writing his dissertation Race and Class in Colonial Virginia: Indians, Englishmen, and Africans on the Eastern Shore during the Seventeenth Century from 1970-1982 at the University of Rochester. Materials within the collection are comprised of photocopies of documents dating from 1663-1866. Photocopied materials include seventeenth-century Accomack County tithables, articles from the William and Mary Quarterly, and genealogical information regarding families from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Handwritten notes and tithable charts created by Deal are also within the collection.
Japanese Prints and Books
by Empire of Japan (circa 1881 – 1945)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
This collection consists of various Japanese prints and books that primarily date during the Second World War, but include items from 1881 and the early twentieth century. Included is one picture album containing 60 lithographs that depict war caricatures from the Second World War, a woodblock print picture postcard set from shortly after the Second World War that depicts the United States' occupation of Japan, a circa 1907 palmistry, physiognomy, and divination guidebook with illustrations, a world heritage shrines and temples of Nikko picture map from the 1920s, a set of three encyclopedias that document ancient Japanese history from 1881, and 15 prints that depict Japanese propaganda art.
Journal of Spirit Manifestations
by Benson, Wilmer (1852 – 1854)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Wilmer Benson's Journal of Spirit Manifestations documents the phenomenological occurences of the Booneville, Missouri photographer from 1852 to 1854. Writings in this journal were not only recorded by Benson, but purportedly the spirits that visited him. Most of Benson's encounters were with his 12 year old daughter, Jane; he relates experiences with alphabet answering by the spirits, levitation of a table and unscrewing of the table top, and visits from family and non-family members. The transcribed journal is attached.