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Mary Gorham Paine (b. 1843) of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, was married to Eben W. Paine (1835-1904) of Brewster, Massachusetts, a merchant ship captain in the trade between Boston and Zanzibar. They had one son, Allan Thatcher Paine (b. 1882). The collection consists of a single diary kept by Mary Gorham Paine as she traveled twice by ship from Boston to islands near Madagascar. Forty-six manuscript pages provide both a day-by-day account of her trip aboard the Sarah Hobart to Nossi-Be (present day Nosy Be) from December 25, 1879 to May 4, 1880, and a three-page, mid-journey synopsis of the passage with her young son to Reunion Island, begun on December 13, 1883. As is made clear by the text, the intent of both voyages was to join her husband who was probably located in Zanzibar at the time. Newspaper clippings chiefly concerned with literary topics, news and issues relating to Africa, and obituaries for her husband and others are pasted into 18 pages following the narrative portion of the diary together with a photograph of a man and another of a baby, most likely her husband and son. The diary as a whole provides some insight into the life of a sea captain's wife and a description of long-distance ocean travel aboard a barque such as the Sarah Hobart.

ALS. Letters from family friend Benjamin Waterhouse, W. Hiller, and brother Jackson Prescott give news of family and friends, inquire after the health of her father, Oliver Prescott (1731-1804), and touch upon the question of household finances. There is also a letter from Oliver Prescott to John T. Little regarding the estate of a George Pierce, whose financial affairs involve Judge Jackson Prescott.

ALS. Informs addressee that she is obliged to decline both the topics and manner of correspondence suggested.

Mary Rudge was a peace activist and poet. Collection comprises an unpublished typescript Share the Seed: A Farmworkers Anthology, containing a compilation of voices of the Farmworkers Movement, edited by Mary Rudge, dated 1979. There are at least one hundred items, including narratives and interviews, poems, songs, documents, sketches, and photocopied photographs, focusing on farmworkers in California, as well as elsewhere in the United States. The text features corrections and emendations. Signed by Rudge at the end of her foreword to the volume. Velobound in brown vinyl covers. Several pages missed the binding and are thus laid in. Also laid in are several ephemeral pieces from the farmworkers movement.

ALS. Informs Miss Butler of a slight change in travel plans due to a headache suffered by Mrs. Cogswell and relays Mrs. Cogswell's instruction to write and let them know how "Catherine and the rest are."

Circular letter, signed, soliciting contributions for the proposed institution from all towns within the Commonwealth. This examplar is addressed to the town of Leicester and signed by Thomas H. Perkins, Daniel Sargent, Joseph May, Josiah Quincy, Tristram Barnard and Richard Sullivan.

2 letters (ALS), 1 holograph note, and 2 clippings. Includes a prescription "for Dewar Esqr." and a note to "Richard Reeves Esq."

Mathew Thompson, a farmer in Fleming County, Kentucky with relatives in Greenville, Virginia. Letter from Matthew Thomson in Fleming County, Kentucky, dated August 24, 1835, to a relative John S. Thomson in Greenville, Virginia. Thomson relays news of his Aunt Rebecca's death and the health of other family members, comments on his crops and prices, and advises young men to marry at age 21 and have male children immediately to assist with farm work.

ALS. Letters of recommendation for a M. Tinville and a M. Gatteaux. The second letter is addressed to the Comte de Rambuteau and is co-signed by M. Cordier and M. Lavoint.

Maude Brown attended Trinity College in Durham, NC from 1924-1926, before transferring to UNC-Chapel Hill. She remained active in Duke's campus life through 1928. The scrapbook includes clippings, photos and memorabilia related to social and academic life at Duke, the Y.W.C.A., May Day celebrations, and occasional trips. The scrapbook ranges in date from 1924-1937.

Calling card (ANS), inscribed to Dr. Robert H. Wilkins.

Typed document. Physician's record of Lambert's stay at the Centre Neurologique, Place de Rouen, for observation and treatment of nervous disorders.

2 ANS from Einhorn to Goldstein, 2 ALS from Anne Koerber to Goldstein. Letters relate to Goldstein's efforts to obtain biographical information regarding Einhorn, as well as copies of his written work.

Cosmetics company, founded in 1909 by Max Factor (1872?-1938), a Polish cosmetician. Collection contains materials that comprised the Max Factor Make-up Studio's campaign for "The New Art of Society Make-up." Includes two booklets with courtesy cards that enabled the holder to order free make-up samples appropriate for their complextion and features. A "Miss Thennis" likely used the courtesy cards, for there is a letter addressed to her regarding the products and their application, a completed make-up color harmony chart that may have accompanied the letter, as well as sample envelopes for rouge (unopened, containing a powder puff) and face powder. Also contains a product order form.

The creator of this album was a person of color identified only as "Maxiña" or in one instance, "Maxine," living in Cleveland, Ohio. The album contains 102 black-and-white gelatin silver and Polaroid photographs dating from the 1940s-1950s, documenting the social life of Maxiña, who appears to be African American and Hispanic or Latino, assigned a male gender at birth and presenting as female. There are over 50 images of gender non-conforming individuals, identified by first names only. There are also some photographs of her family members. Most images are captioned; some names and captions are in Spanish. Locations include unidentified LGBTQ bars and possibly Maxiña's apartment. Seven larger photographs of Maxiña dressed in fashionable female clothing, one with a man identified only as "Homer," were taken at the studio of William H. Jordan, an African American photographer in Cleveland. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University.

ALS. Sends copies of a lecture to a colleague in Baltimore.

ALS. Writes of his publications on public health and on cholera.

The Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann lithography company was active in New York under that name from 1874-1885. Pond's Extract was a homeopathic remedy first produced in 1846 by Theron T. Pond. The poster is a color lithograph, approximately 30x59 cm. Text reads: Pond's Extract sold only in bottles with buff wrappers--vegetable pain destroyer. Images show cherubs with laboratory equipment making the extract above an outdoor scene: a bridge over water, garden statue, frogs and an owl. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Mary "May" Morris was an English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor. Collection comprises letters, an article, a few photographs, and several drawings. There are 16 letters and notes, dated 1909-1931, addressed to "Ada," who was Ada Culmer, the companion/caregiver for May Morris' sister, Jenny. Fifteen of these items were written by May, with one by Jenny. Subjects range from personal matters to Kelmscott business, including May's editing of her father's collected works. Much of the content centers on mutual friends and relatives (with a focus on Jenny's ill health); several letters also mention foreign travel. The article, "Mrs. William Morris," The Athenaeum, 1914 Feb. 7, contains the author's memories of Jane Morris, following her death. There is an albumen photograph (4.25 x 5.75-inches) by Ernest Hall of Oxford, showing May Morris at work on one of her tapestries at Kelmscott, as well as a developing out paper copy by Haines of London of a 1905 Carter and Co. photograph (6 x 4.25-inches) of Jane, May, and Jenny Morris, with Ada Culmer. In addition, there is a reproduction of a photograph of Kelmscott manor. Includes three undated reproductions of portraits of female figures.