Search Results: Education from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Handwritten. Fair. 4to - over 9¾. 1918. ORIGINAL, HANDWRITTEN NYC BOARD of ED. 'TEACHER'S RECORD of ATTENDANCE & PROGRESS of PUPILS'-- 4th graders in public school in NYC, 1918 -- Days Present/ Effort/ Proficiency/ Days Absent/ Times Late/ Deportment/ Promoted/ Books Returned. PS 30 was a primary school in Red Hook, Brooklyn-- located at Conover & Wolcott Streets, about 4 blocks from the waterfront docks in a working-class neighborhood. Teacher Helen O'Hara kept a daily attendance book and jotted 'progress' notes for each of her 4th graders, the kids of Red Hook in 1918-- Louis Vivian. Jane Castagliola. Harry Ninberg. Violet Holzkamf. Mary McGregor. Concetta Alfonso. John Pendergast. .

Scrapbook. Very Good. Hardcover. 1931-1936 --Handwritten 'Commonplace Book/Journal'-- Yvonne O. Miller of Schenectedy, NY shows plenty of spark during the Great Depression. Her journal is a brightly collaged mash-up of torn ticket stubs and handwritten annotations. (94) pages of (175+) annotated items-- neatly assembled in chronological order-- movie ticket and football game stubs, menus, prints, all sorts of memorabilia. Yvonne Miller added a line or two about most items in the journal, and her take on people, places, and events. Album is in (3) sections-- the journal (approx. 65 pp), prints (approx. 15 pp) and care & feeding of babies (approx. 14 pp). 1931-1936 'Commonplace Book' -- is in very good condition - 12.5" x 16"..

Scrapbook. Very Good. No Binding. Oak Grove Campus, Flint, Michigan --Helen Brown's 1949 Tree Herbarium School Project with (64) specimens-- Signed "Helen Brown Lab D", on front pastedown. This herbarium was thoughtfully produced-- 22 pages of neatly hand-written 'characteristics', + an index to the specimens. Each page has a single specimen mounted on one side only with cellophane tape. She records each specimen with its scientific name, common name, and a bottom page number. One specimen is labeled "Oak Grove Campus / Flint / Oct. 1949," thus locating this collection in time and place. The cellophane tape is mostly unobtrusive, but some of the evergreen specimens are heavily taped down. Two evergreen specimens lack some needles. The album is housed in a custom-made box, and is intentionally disbound for simpler handling. Overall, in excellent condition..

Scrapbook. Very Good. Hardcover. ART HISTORY NOTEBOOK, late 19th - early 20th century. Unknown maker. VINTAGE 2-RINGED BINDER [patented Nov. 8,1892 by 'University Covers']-- 10"x 8", 200+pp. Clear and legible, the cursive handwritten notes for survey class on classical art & architecture. Tipped-in photos: Greek art and mosaics/ followers & contemporaries of Giotto/ Sienese, Florentine, Tuscan, Venetian, Lombard, Ferrarese, 'eclectic', Bolognese Schools of Art/ Gothic art/ Early & High Renaissance etc. 1890s NOTEBOOK is nice looking-- paper leaves are clean and bright, the book opens easily, overall good condition. Half-leather boards have been repaired; covers lightly soiled and rubbed. Domestic s&h $15..