Browse Items (2941 total)
Sort by:
Letter Sylvia Shaw sent her mother from China
Howard Van Doren Shaw and Sylvia traveled to China in 1917. Frances stayed home to take care of then three-year-old FTS (Bill) [Frances Theodora Shaw]. In the letter, Sylvia discussed the marriage proposal she received in China and the reasons did…
Hand written poem whose first line reads "Miss Isabella Arabella Clarabella Sweet"
Recitation learned by Sarah Shaw as a child, written in Sylvia's handwriting
Original program for "The Heir of Manville Grange "
A Peripatetic Play in Four Acts and Six Scenes
Program for the first play in the Theatre
It was for the production of "The Garden Drama." Characters and cast are listed
Dollhouse kept in the Ragdale attic [now kept in the top of the barn house]
The children's rocking horse, also in the photograph, is at the Martha's Vineyard house.]
Donnelley Library -- Detail of main floor catalog area following 1983 renovation
This black and white image of the part of the library's catalog area shows its state after the 1983 renovation, with the card catalog cabinet still in place (extreme left in photo), the original 1965 catalog work table, the new computer terminal work…
Donnelley Library -- Language laboratory and viewing room on the lower level, following 1983 renovation
The Donnelley Library, after it opened in 1965, was adapted and re-adapted to changing technology and media in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. This lower level room (south side) was set up as a language laboratory in the 1980s, adjacent to a media…
Donnelley Library -- Main floor index reference area, original state (1965)
Shown here is the print index area of the 1965-opened Donnelley Library, main level. The volumes' dates suggest that this is a publicity photo from the opening of the library. "The Donnelley Library was designed by Perkins & Will to be balanced,…
Donnelley Library -- Second floor bookshelves, arrangement
This black and white image apparently shows the original 1965 state or configuration of the second floor stack area, likely east side main hallway to a restroom, with students. The en panels on the stacks are walnut.
Donnelley Library (without the Tennis Courts)
Donnelley Library (1964, 1965) from the southeast. Carnegie Hall can be seen in the background to the right of the library. The space between the photographer and the library now (2012) includes parking and the Mohr Student Center.
"The…
"The…