Item 5: Catalog of Art, Books, and Maps For Sale (removed to Legal Box #1), 1956 September
Item — Box: 13, Folder: 5
Dates
- Created: 1956 September
Creator
- Argosy Book Stores Inc. (Organization)
Restricted Note:
Item 9: Princeton University Financial Report, 1958 October 3 [Restricted]: Contains confidential financial information related to Princeton University.
Item 10: Princeton University Financial Report, 1959 May 22 [Restricted]:Contains confidential financial information related to Princeton University.
Item 15: Wilkes College Financial Report, 1950 May 22 [Restricted]:Contains confidential financial information related to Wilkes College.
Item 16: Audit Report - Wilkes College, 1950 September 28 [Restricted]:Contains confidential financial information related to Wilkes College.
Item 17: Audit Report - Wilkes College, 1951 August 24 [Restricted]:Contains confidential financial information related to Wilkes College.
Item 19: Appraisal of Securities - Wilkes College, 1956 June 29-December 31 [Restricted]:Contains confidential financial information related to Wilkes College.
Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Catalog
Condition Note:
Fair. The pages are creased in the middle from prior folding and there are a few small holes on the edge from staples that are no longer attaching them.
Measurements:
14 x 8.5 in.
Description:
The material is 4 pages of the Argosy Book Stores catalog which lists art pieces, books, and maps of Pennsylvania for sale. The pages were likely part of a larger catalog as the first page is listed as being page 17. The categories of items listed include “Fine Painting on Wood Panel,” “Indian & Genealogical Material,”and “Maps of Pennsylvania.” The Pennsylvania map section has different subcategories including “Second Continental Map of Pa.,” “Fifth American Map of State,” “Remarkable Growth,” “Handsome Old Map,” “Revolutionary Details,” “First of Its Kind,” “The Great Tanner Map,” “Very Rare Map,” “Fourth European Map of State,” “Early Canal Projects,” “Early Railroads: Turnpike Roads,” “Early Railroad Projects,” “Famous Title,” and “Fine Early Map Showing Railroads.” In addition to maps of Pennsylvania, there are genealogical items and items related to Wyoming Native Americans from Wyoming, Pennsylvania. This includes prints, letters, biographies, poems, drawings, and collections of papers. Along the right column are the prices of each item or collection.
Location:
Pennsylvania, New York City
Annotations:
[There are notes, likely from an archivist, written along the sides in pen]
Prices of Penn[sylvani]a Early Maps Sept[ember] 1956 Keep.
Prices of Penn[sylvani]a Early Maps Keep
[There is also a note on the back page written in pencil]
Map catalogue Argosy Book Stores 1956 Sept[ember]
Creator
- Argosy Book Stores Inc. (Organization)
Source
- Woodside, John A., 1781-1852 (Person)
- Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844 (Person)
- Dalziel, Thomas, 1823-1906 (Person)
- Bidwell, Barnabus, 1763-1833 (Person)
- McRae, John C.; 1816-1892 (Person)
- Bartlett, William H., 1809-1854 (Person)
- Richardson, George K., active 1836-1891 (Person)
- Miner, Charles,1780-1865 (Person)
- Stone, William L., 1792-1844 (Person)
- Zinn Miller, George, 1842-1899 (Person)
- Zinn, George, Jr, 1883-1929 (Person)
- Scott, Joseph, active 1794-1811 (Person)
- Barker, William, 1770-1805 (Person)
- Lewis, Samuel, c. 1754-1822 (Person)
- Lafayette, Marquis, 1757-1832 (Person)
- Yeager, Joseph, 1792-1859 (Person)
- Jocelyn, Nathaniel, 1796-1881 (Person)
- Jocelyn, Simeon Smith, 1799-1879 (Person)
- Tanner, Henry S., 1786-1858 (Person)
- Boynton, George W., active 1830-1850 (Person)
- Burr, David H., active 1829–1850 (Person)
- Strong, Henry K., [Pos. 1798-1860] (Person)
- Desilver, Charles, active 1850-1862 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu