Copybooks
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Christian Ries Schreiner collection
Collection — Folder S1114
Identifier: S1114
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a copybook from Christian Ries Schreiner in Germany ranging from 1881 to 1882. The volume is written mostly in German, but the last page has some lines in English regarding a fictitious farewell between a father and son when the boy left for college.
Dates:
1881-1882
Copybooks collection
Collection — Folder S1503
Identifier: S1503
Scope and Contents
This collection includes copybooks from Kittie Thompson, Lillie Thompson, Lovina Dawson Thompson, Ezekiel Shoemake and Jennie F. Dobbins ranging from 1803 to 1889, with one date unknown regarding Spencerian and other methods of penmanship.
Dates:
1806-1893, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Copybooks collection
Frances Marvel Gnass collection
Collection
Identifier: L042
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items from Frances Marvel Gnass’s family, including Joseph Brown’s ciphering book of mathematical operations and business accounting practices (1840-1843); a promissory note for payment to Isaac Brown (1857), and a page of accounting notations of the Brown family (1869-1877); Edith Walker’s autograph book (1888-1893); and a full-page from the Crawfordsville Journal and Review that lists soldiers buried in Montgomery County, Indiana by...
Dates:
1840-2008
George Keith papers
Collection
Identifier: S0761
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters and a copy book from George W. Keith and Jenny Beck in Boston and Indiana ranging from 1871 to 1872 regarding family matters.
Dates:
1871/05/10 - 1871/11/15
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George Keith papers
Goolsbury Rogers copybook
Collection — Folder S1808
Identifier: S1808
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of a copybook owned by Goolsbury Rogers containing entries ranging from 1837 to 1878 and 1971. The bulk of the copybook contains rules, applications and examples of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and instructions on how to use these arithmetic operations to solve a variety of problems, such as how to figure "Federal" money and English money and how to determine various weights and measures. The book was used by other family members...
Dates:
1837-1860, 1971-circa 1980
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Goolsbury Rogers copybook
Henry Carney papers
Collection — Folder S225
Identifier: S0225
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopied, autographed copybook from Henry Carney ranging from 1830 to 1836 regarding arithmetic and advertisements from Jeffersonville and Madison, Indiana newspapers in 1829.
Dates:
1829-1836
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henry Carney papers
Lorenzo Dow Frost and Samuel Sweet ciphering books
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2120
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two ciphering books used to practice mathematical operations, such as addition, subtraction, reductions, federal money, dry measure, and decimals. The first book has entries ranging from 1826 to 1828 and belonged to Lorenzo Dow Frost. There are a few other names that have been added to the book, including Samuel Sweet. There are a few loose papers that were inserted into the volume and these include two pages regarding a St. Valentine's Day poem from 1860. The back of...
Dates:
1826-1860
Pleasant Carney papers
Collection — Folder S226
Identifier: S0226
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of an autographed, signed copybook from Pleasant Carney ranging from 1813 to 1820 regarding arithmetic and family matters.
Dates:
1815-1820
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pleasant Carney papers
William Alexander collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0015
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items related to the life of William Alexander ranging from 1856 to 1876, including two copybooks, the preface to his scrapbook, newspaper clippings of poems, and recipes for cough syrup, liniment, flux, etc.
Dates:
1856-1876
