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Collection includes notebooks, publications and writings, correspondence, Chinese language study materials, and ephemera created and collected by Arthur Hummel between 1905 and 1975. Most of the materials focus on Hummel's professional life and his work with Chinese materials. However, there is some biographical materials, including a diary and a interview transcript outlining Hummel's life and works.

Scope and Contents Materials include Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, a manuscript written by Abraham Orchard in 1780 in Bath, England. In the preface Orchard reflects on his experiences with sin, repentence, religion, and God. The rest of the manuscript contains poetry, prose, songs, and prayers about marriage, daily life, children, nature, and religion. Only part of the book is filled up and there is a note written by someone else stating when Orchard died. There is no cover on the book, the binding is...

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Carbon copy of a typewritten essays with a handwritten diagram. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain. Raleigh comments on the nature of Jesus Christ and on various books of the Bible.

Scope and Contents Stereoscope and stereo views taken by Underwood & Underwood that depict mainly scenes from Palestine. Many of the images are landscapes of biblical or other historical sites. Many photographs contain images of landscapes and local people, most of which are mentioned specifically in the Bible. Several photographs provide images of local people and actors dressed in contemporary and historical costumes in order to reenact Biblical stories. Stereo views accompanied by an...

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Materials include photographs, articles, programs, pamphlets, and other items concerning Christianity, particularly Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, history. Materials collected or created by William J. Curtis and Annette Wegner Curtis. Dated approximately 1833 to 2008.