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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts, 1656-1995

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Practical Arts, 1700-1994 (continued)
Printed matter, 1927, 1938-1946, 1968, 1975, undated
Tees, Ambler, 1917, 1938, undated
Accounts and receipts, 1853, 1859-1864, 1878
Amateur Photographic Exchange Club
Background and reference material, undated
Letters and documents, 1861-1864, 1872, undated
Correspondence, 1819, 1860-1866, 1872-1877, 1915
BOX 14 Daguerreotype
Background and reference material, 1933-1934, 1939, 1946, 1968, undated
Broadsides and printed matter, 1846-1852, undated
Miscellany, 1856-1877, 1898, 1928-1934, undated
Photographers
Booth, James C., 1847, 1855, 1862-1874, 1880-1892, undated
Draper, John W.
Background and reference material, 1934-1939, undated
Letters and printed matter, 1837, 1853
Gutekunst, F., 1865, 1899, undated
Sartain, John, undated
Stereoscope, 1855-1865, 1871, undated
Textiles
(24)
Background and reference material
Correspondence, 1952-1962, 1972-1974, 1989, undated
Just New from the Mills, Museum of American Textile History, North Andover, Mass., 1987
Miscellany, 1927, 1934, 1961, 1986-1994, undated
Notes, undated
Accounts and receipts, 1767, 1773, 1780-1785, 1810-1815, 1833-1835, 1845, 1860-1862, 1868, 1876-1879, undated
Correspondence, 1820, 1831-1849, 1875, 1890
Doll's dress, undated
Engravings and illustrations, 1828, undated
Miscellany, 1818, 1832, 1848, 1859, 1868, 1894-1896, undated
BOX 15 Samples and pattern books, 1832, circa 1847, undated
(3 folders)
Transportation
(23)
Canals, 1808-1809
Carriages, saddlery, and wagons, 1781-1782, 1790-1794, 1831, 1860-1864, 1870, 1883-1888, undated
Railroads
Background and reference material, undated
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, 1877
Business records, 1829, 1835-1846, 1855, 1862
Correspondence, 1830-1835, 1841-1869
Engravings, photographs, and other illustrations, 1891-1899, undated
Financial and legal documents
Bond and stock certificates, 1841, 1854-1859, 1866-1873, 1883, 1889-1903, 1929, undated See also Oversize
Miscellaneous, 1844, 1852, 1858-1861, 1867-1870, 1878, 1917, undated
Receipts, 1841-1873, 1880, 1898, 1916
Vouchers, 1840-1842, 1862-1866, undated
"Main Line"
Background and reference material, undated
Canceled covers and envelopes, 1834, 1860-1861, 1874-1901, undated
BOX 16 Correspondence, 1839, 1846-1850, 1879-1885, 1911
Miscellany, undated
Miscellany, 1860-1863, 1882-1889, undated
Passes and tickets, 1837-1850, 1862-1866, 1885-1888, 1896, 1902, undated
Posters, 1855, undated See Oversize
Printed matter, 1853, 1860-1864, 1872, 1878-1884, 1902, undated See also Oversize
Rates and schedules, 1851-1853, 1860-1863, 1870, 1882-1895, 1903, 1920, undated See also Oversize
BOX 16-18 Entertainment, 1802-1991
Correspondence, legal documents, accounts and receipts, prints and photographs, illustrated and printed ephemera and other printed matter, background and reference material, and miscellaneous items documenting various amusements and pastimes such as circuses and sideshows, expositions and fairs, sports, and theater.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, topic, or type of material.
BOX 16 Carriers' addresses
(30)
Background and reference material, 1942, 1972, 1984, undated
Printed matter, 1856, 1870, 1876
Cartoons, background and reference material, 1991
(35)
Christmas, undated
(31)
Circuses, sideshows, and natural wonders
(33)
Advertising handbills, broadsides, and posters, 1824, 1835, 1860, undated
Barnum, Phineas Taylor, 1881
Magic, background and reference material, 1949
Miscellany, 1835
Ringling Brothers, circa 1905
Expositions and fairs
Miscellaneous, 1875-1881, 1899-1903, 1915
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1892-1893
Sports
(32)
Background and reference material, 1948, 1954-1959, 1981, undated
Archery
Correspondence, 1839-1840, 1862, 1877
Receipts, 1851, 1889
United Bowmen of Philadelphia
Archer's Manual, 1830
BOX 17 Constitution and regulations, 1836, 1844
History of the United Bowmen of Philadelphia, printed copy, 1888
Miscellany, 1839, 1852, 1870, undated
Automobiles, 1904
Baseball, 1884-1889, undated
Bicycling
Legal papers, 1898, 1942, undated
Miscellany, 1881, 1891-1898, undated
Boxing, 1851
Football, 1852
Foxhunting, 1849
Gymnastics, swimming, and physical culture
Miscellany, 1833, 1860-1864, 1896, undated
Printed matter, 1849, 1868, 1880, 1887-1888
Horseback riding, 1839, 1847, 1854-1864, 1899, undated
Hunting and fishing
Miscellany, 1871, 1882, undated
Sportsmen's clubs
Miscellaneous, 1860, 1871, 1895
State in Schuylkill, 1891, 1947, undated
Ice skating, 1857, 1864, 1884, 1895, undated
Miscellaneous, 1858, 1876-1881, 1911, undated
Printed matter, 1878, undated
Tennis
Background and reference material, 1936, 1953, undated
Miscellany, 1880-1885, undated
Thanksgiving proclamations, 1848, 1863-1865
(36)
Theater
(34)
Background and reference material, 1945, undated
Accounts and receipts, 1802, 1828-1833
BOX 18 Broadsides, posters, and printed matter, 1855-1864, 1895, 1921, undated See also Oversize
Correspondence
Ford, John T., undated
Forrest, Edwin, 1839
Miscellaneous, 1855, undated
Engravings and illustrations, 1828, undated
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