Typewritten note found in "Riding High: America in the Cold War," from the author, Carl Solberg (Columbia University), acknowledging Hannah Arendt's influence and requesting comments.
Panel 5 of Hyde Park Post Office Mural. From "Murals in the Hyde Park Post Office": "July 24, 1835. Dr. David Hosack and Miss Harriet Martineau drive a gig past Bard's Rock where the crew of a whaler roll casks of spring water to their ship. Dr....
Half of the holiday card sent in 1960 by the college. The left edge indicates where the card was torn, implying that it opened on the right edge with a greeting inside. All that remains is the front of the card at this time.
The front cover of Mary Isabella Forsyth's book titled "Beginnings of New York: Kingston the first state capital". There is a drawing of a vessel on a body of water.
""The History of Rockland County was originally published in 1884 as a history of Rockland from the Native Americans to the late 19th Century. The following excerpt is about the building of the Nyack Turnpike
"My Tippoo" plate. Features image of boy and dog with the following verse: "Then as he grew in strength and size. Who watched with eager whine my eyes. And seemed my every thought to prize. MY TIPPOO." Plate design features raised floral border...
"In every Man's Life we may need some lesson. What may be read in mine? ...Life is...A day's labor...on God's earth, under the sun and the stars with other laborers, where we may think and sing and rejoice as we work." - letterpress caption from...
Color photo postcard of Slabsides, taken from the back of the cabin. "SLABSIDES / NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK / BURROUGHS DRIVE / WEST PARK, NEW YORK 12493 / This cabin was built by the poet-naturalist John Burroughs in 1895 and used by him in the...
John Burroughs holding two woodchucks on the steps of the porch of his Woodchuck Lodge. "I call my place Woodchuck Lodge, as I tell my friends, because we are beleagured by these rodents" - letterpress caption from verso of postcard.
Colorized photo postcard of John Burroughs sitting on the steps of his cabin Slabsides. This postcard was mailed with a one cent stamp on March 21, 1909; it is post stamped March 22. The hand-written message reads: "Miss Elizabeth Russel;...
"The cabin near West park, New York, Built by the naturalist John Burroughs, A National Historic Landmark" - letterpress caption from verso of postcard.
"I was not born out of time, but in good time. The men I seemed to need most were nearly all my contemporaries." - letterpress caption from verso of postcard.
John Burroughs sitting in a rocking chair on a porch at Woodchuck Lodge. Hand crafted writing table is visible in background. "To sit on one's rustic porch...is to get a taste of the peace and comfort of the summer hills" - letterpress caption from...
