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Western Auto Hanford, California, store display experiment album, 1940

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Western Auto was an automotive parts and household goods variety store founded in Kansas City, Mo., in 1909 and continued in operation until 2003. The album consists of black-and-white photographs accompanied by written descriptions of merchandising activities at the store. The album documents an experiment conducted by the Hanford, Calif., Western Auto store in which store staff designed new fixtures and display cases to remodel the interior of the store and then to study changes to customer foot traffic patterns. It also includes a description of the process, suggestions on applicability to other stores, and the cost of the project. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Western Auto Hanford, California, store display experiment album, 1940 1.0 Linear Feet

Prosper Meniere document, Paris, 1836, Jan. 18

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Autograph document, signed. Attests that he attended a Madame Saussair for a rheumatic affection.
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Sarah Teidwell receipt, 1823

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Collection comprises a receipt for the support of Sarah Teidwell's "idiot child" for thirteen weeks in 1823 in Washington County.
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Receipt Folder 1

Sarah Teidwell receipt, 1823 0.1 Linear Feet (1 item)

Studio Girl Cosmetics Records, bulk circa 1950s-1970s

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Studio Girl Cosmetics Records include promotional materials related to the multi-level marketing and direct sales cosmetics company. Collection includes leaflets and a pamphlet with beauty tips as well as sales team recruitment materials. Also contains an LP record with the voice of company Chairman Harry Taylor.
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Records Folder 1

Studio Girl Cosmetics Records, bulk circa 1950s-1970s 0.1 Linear Feet

Recueils. Affaires Diverses du 18e Siècle, Particulièrement de Celles de Dauphiné, 1770-1790

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Manuscript volume includes thirty-two articles of varying lengths relating mostly to the political, economic, social, and ecclesiastical history of the French province of Dauphiné during the eighteenth century. No authors are given for any of the writings. The volume probably dates from the decade before the outbreak of the revolutions. Topics of the articles include: the boundary between Dauphiné and Sardinia; the government of Geneva in 1733; extracts from the registers of the Council of State about certain ecclesiastical matters; the boundaries of Dauphiné; methods of teaching at the University of Paris; population, emigration, and the Huguenots; the condition and productivity of Valence, Montélimar, Crest, and Die; commerce, silk and textile production; meat production; a history of fiefs; a petition from the nobles to the King, 1770; Princess Charlotte of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of the Russian Tsarevich Alexius Petrovich; affairs concerning the parliament of Dauphiné; and other matters.
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Recueils. Affaires Diverses du 18e Siècle, Particulièrement de Celles de Dauphiné, 1770-1790 0.2 Linear Feet 1 item

Rene Jules Dubos letter, New York City, to Dr. S. Elberg, Berkeley, California, 1948, July 1

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TLS relating to Elberg's contribution to the text, "Bacterial and mycotic infections of man."
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Rene Semelaigne papers, 1926, Dec. 2, Dec. 9, and Dec. 12

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ALS. Semelaigne and Henri Colin write about plans for the celebration of the centennial of the death of Philippe Pinel. Semelaigne was Pinel's grandnephew and head of the centennary committee.
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Rene Semelaigne papers, 1926, Dec. 2, Dec. 9, and Dec. 12 3 items

Reynell Coates document, Philadelphia, 1837, Aug. 24

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Holograph, signed and addressed to Joseph Couthouy. An extract from the minutes of a meeting of the members of the South Sea Surveying and Exploring Expedition. Conveys the resolution to empower Couthouy to secure books and instruments for the Expedition in the Boston area.
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Reynell Coates document, Philadelphia, 1837, Aug. 24 1 items

Ricardus Sharpe Kissam document, New York, 1800, Dec. 23

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Autograph document, signed. Receipt of payment by Judge Ogilvie to Kissam for medical attendance.
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