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George Simmons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-GSC
Abstract George Simmons, Sr. was a British citizen who moved to China in the 1890s and helped to build the Peking-Mukden Railroad (PMR) in Northern China. He left China briefly during the Boxer Rebellion at the turn of the century, but returned to help complete the railroad. After the railway was completed, he stayed on and trained and supervised the locomotive engineers and railway staff. The collection contains three sterling silver pieces given to Simmons in appreciation for his work on the...
Dates: 1906-1927

Sipe Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC-SPE
Abstract

The materials are the personal and professional family papers of Norman Jonathan Sipe, his wife Isabel Sipe (née Deines), and their son Gregory F. Sipe. The materials include identification papers, correspondence, photographs, and journals. Topics include personal family history, the United States Army, the Vietnam War, and architecture teachings.

Dates: 1907-1987

L. E. Sissman and Charles Kaplan Correspondence Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-LES
Abstract

The collection consists of three letters exchanged between L.E. Sissman and Professor Charles Kaplan in the English Department of California State University, Northridge after he reviewed Sissman's "War Requiem."

Dates: 1969-1970

S.L. Mitchell General Store Account Book

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-SLM
Abstract

The S.L. Mitchell Account Book is that of Mr. Mitchell's General Store of Jonesville, New York from 1850-1851. Entries include customer name, items, and quantites sold.

Dates: 1850-1851

Stanley S. Slotkin Printed Book Leaves Collection

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Identifier: SC-SSB
Abstract Stanley S. Slotkin was a successful Los Angeles businessman who owned the medical and party supply rental company Abbey Rents. He was also an avid collector of antique bibles and other rare books, amassing hundreds of thousands of books which he also regularly donated to various museums, universities and libraries across the United States. In the 1960s, Slotkin began to donate individual leaves from books to institutions rather than whole works, as he felt intact books were too often locked...
Dates: 1495-1876

Small Family Nanking University Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OCH-SFN
Abstract

The Small Family Nanking University Collection consists of a family history, a map of Nanking, copied correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials on Nanking University, Lex's career as an architect, and the Nanking Incident, compiled by Jaqueline Schurman, the Smalls' granddaughter.

Dates: 1907-2004; Majority of material found within 1907-1928

Grace Smith Theatre Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SC-STS
Abstract

Scrapbook of theatre impressions and criticisms with programs of plays, operas, and musicals performed in Boston, Paris, Rome, and London at the end of the 19th century.

Dates: 1894-1896

Millie Moser Smith Papers

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Identifier: URB-MAMS
Abstract

Millie Moser Smith devoted much of her time to social causes, especially those involving farm workers, which she came into contact with through her church membership. The collection consists of articles, booklets, correspondence, ephemera, fliers, journals, membership directories, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, posters, reports, and videocassettes from the National Farm Workers Ministry and related groups that worked on behalf of farm workers.

Dates: 1971-2003

Wilfred Cantwell Smith Papers

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Identifier: SC-WCS
Abstract

Professor Wilfred Cantwell Smith was the foremost Canadian scholar on Islam and comparative religion. He founded the Institute for Islamic Studies at McGill University in Montreal in 1951, helped establish the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard, and the Department of Comparative Religion at Dalhousie University.

Dates: 1940-1999

Society for the Second Self (Tri-Ess) Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC-SSS
Abstract

Tri-Ess is a non-profit educational, social, and support group for heterosexual cross-dressers, their partners or spouses, and their families. The collection contains the records of Tri-Ess and its chapters since its inception in 1973 through 2006. It includes correspondence, directories, corporate documents, flyers, ephemera, newsletters, and photographs. There is considerable documentation on the initial organization of Tri-Ess and numerous publications about cross-dressing.

Dates: 1973-2006

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