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Katherine Gillette Osborne Collection
D.Mss.0976  
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Series 1:  Scrapbooks 1908-1943

Box 1, Volume 1

Holiday cards 1929 - 1943

Physical Description: 1 volume (56 pages); 32 cm x 23.5 cm.

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Holiday cards from Joseph Reynolds Jr., William Francis, and J. Henry Rohnstock (1929 - 1933), from Joseph and Bertha Reynolds (1934 - 1941), and from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson (1925 - 1943). The cards all appear to be have been custom-printed for the family using ink-engravings, and the ones from the Johnson family feature creative depictions of the family that highlight certain special events (such as moving to a new home, the birth of a new child, etc.) within the image. Also for the Johnson family, towards the mid to late forties, the cards switch to appearing more like advertisments of the family's year in review. It is likely that Joseph Reynolds Jr. and Josep of Bertha and Joseph Reynolds are the same man, since the cards with Bertha's name on them begin appearing not only on the same page but within subsequent years of the Joseph Reynolds Jr. ones.
Box 1, Volume 2

Travels through India and Afghanistan 1926

Physical Description: 1 volume (64 pages); 31 cm x 26.5 cm.

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Photographs of men and women in India and Afghanistan, photographs of journey through Khyber Pass and at border between India and Afghanistan, news clippings about "The North West Frontier" and the Khyber Pass, map of the journey through "The North West Frontier" (India and Afghanistan) (1926). Majority of the photographs appear to be of individuals Mrs. Osborne met on her travels in Peshawar. Some of the news articles are dated from 1-2 years after Mrs. Osborne's journey through India and Afghanistan, and are about the areas she traveled through. Although this scrapbook contains few letters and programs, they are largely correspondence related to events in Peshawar, like a hospital visit. Despite there being no exact dates on many of the photographs, it is likely to assume that, since those with information are dated 1926, that is the year in which the collected content occurred.
Box 2, Volume 1

Travels through India and Pakistan 1925 - 1934

Physical Description: 1 volume (76 pages); 35.75 cm x 25.5 cm.

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Personal photographs of individuals met in India, personal correspondence, small watercolor, RSVPs and invitations to dinner events in India with British government officials, calling card collection, and long list of signatures, presumably from people met on travels. Extensive travel log (1925 - 1930). Most of the locations represented in this scrapbook are in India, Iraq, and Pakistan; however, choice sketches and images are also included from Italy and Paris, France, as well as New York and Boston. Other types of content in this scrapbook are signatures across many of the pages, likely from individuals Mrs. Osborne met on her travels, although exact origins are unclear.
Box 2, Volume 2

Travels through Switzerland and Hudson Bay 1908 - 1934

Physical Description: 1 volume (75 pages); 39.5 cm x 28.5 cm.

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Loose leaf atlas with handwritten addition of all travels, routes taken, and dates of journey for travels in Switzerland (1910 - 1932). Map of Labrador and Newfoundland with images from said travels, including Hudson Bay trading station, St. Anthony, and Laura Young (relation unknown) with artwork made in style of indigenous community in Hudson Bay. Brochure for Art Week Boston (April 9 - 14, 1934) as well as a lecture on domestic arts (spoons, utensils, etc.). Programs from Miss. Sacker's school (1931), and International Federation of University Women (April 10, 1931). Only one letter is in this scrapbook, written from Charles Moore to a Mr. Moore of unknown first name. There is also a newspaper clipping with biographical information on Mrs. Osborne, specifically, her relation to Miss. Sacker's school.
 

Series 2:  Religious texts undated

Box 3, Volume 1

Manuscript 1

Physical Description: 1 volume (660 pages); 18.5 cm x 11.5 cm.

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Non-English language religious manuscript with color illustrations and illuminated passages. Binding incredibly fragile.
Box 3, Volume 2

Manuscript 2

Physical Description: 1 volume (718 pages); 14.5 cm x 9.5 cm.

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Non-English language religious manuscript with color illustrations and illuminated passages. Binding incredibly fragile.