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Hirsh, John C. (1942-2023)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1942 - 2023-12-06

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Cérémonial de prise d'habit et de profession religieuse a l'usage des religieuses de la Congrégation de N. Dame, rue de Sèvres

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: BC-2023-174
Scope and Contents

Bound manuscript of 50 pages, written in ink on wove paper, ruled in pencil. Contains the ceremonies for the reception of the habit and the profession of vows in the Congrégation de Notre Dame, as well as burial rites. Musical notation on four-line staff.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: probably between 1800 and 1900

Compendium of antiphons and prayers: manuscript

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: BC-2022-173
Scope and Contents

Bound manuscript of 54 pages comprising a collection of antiphons and prayers. The compiler has not been identified. The first section includes the incipits of antiphons listed in order of feast days, with mensural notation in red and black. The second section includes a selection of Eucharistic prayers. Primarily written in a humanist miniscule book hand, interspersed with paratexts in two or more cursive hands.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: between 1700-1799

George Anthony Denison letter to the editor of The daily news

 Collection — Shared_box 4421: Series I; Series II; Series III; Series I; Series V
Identifier: BC-2023-177
Scope and Contents

Two-page letter written in black ink on single sheet of unlined blue paper, in which George Anthony Denison expounds on the meaning of "tractarian" i.e., the Oxford Movement.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: Publication: 1851 October 1

Sally Fairchild diary, 1911-1914: manuscript

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: BC-2022-172
Scope and Contents Written in a commercially-produced blank book of 184 pages, of which the last 54 are blank, this diary recounts the travels of Sally Fairchild in China, Japan, and the Philippines from 1911 to 1914. Fairchild describes excursions to temples and mountains, and life among the families of staff of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands. The final entry of 1914 August 12 describes Fairchild's shock at the outbreak of war. Most entries are illustrated by tipped-in gelatin silver print...
Restrictions on Access

Fragile; access limited to digital version.

Dates: 1911 January 18-1914 August 12

Hetty Gillison diary and commonplace book

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: BC-2023-173
Scope and Contents

Commonplace book and diary of Hetty (Holme) Gillison Lincoln. Includes notes on the deaths of loved ones, pious reflections of her Baptist faith, transcriptions of poetry and letters, newspaper clippings, and pressed dried plants. Inserted are two loose sheets of orignal poetry, and a lithographed botanical illustration.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1829 - 1863

Joseph Woods commonplace book

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: BC-2023-172
Scope and Contents Unnumbered title leaf followed by 312 numbered pages, including some blanks and irregularities in pagination. Evidence of excised pages at front, after the blank following the first page 13, preceding the second page 13, and following pages16, 54, 84, 122, 154, 178, 215, 223, 233, and 247. Contains transcriptions and translations from Horace, original poems, thoughts on the births and deaths of family members, and an account of the London anti-Catholic riots of 1780, known as the Gordon...
Restrictions on Access

Open for research.

Dates: 1771-1809