| | 9 | Author: | Brillon de Jouy, Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt, 1744-1824 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Musical compositions, late 18th century
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1775-1800 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains a number of musical compositions by Madame Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Juoy, a prominent Parisian salon hostess and musician. Her most famous composition, Le Marche des Insurgents, which was inspired by the American victory at Saratoga, is included in this collection. Many of these compositions are handwritten and appear to be from the eighteenth century, although it is unclear when they were written and who wrote them.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.781.508.B762 | | | | Extent: | 26 item(s) | | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Women's History | | | | Genre: | Foreign Language | Literature | Miscellaneous | | | | Subjects: | Marches. | Music - France - 18th century | Sonatas. | Songs, French. | |
| 11 | Author: | Various authors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection, 1668-1983
| | | | Dates: | 1668-1983 | | | | Abstract: | J. Stephen Catlett wrote of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection that "there is no other way to describe these manuscript letters, essays, and other papers that are contained presently in 49 boxes." Catlett then listed a random assortment of names of authors found in the collection. Each individual item was catalogued in the card catalogue, but his data has now been put online. Rather than try to replicate that data, this entry will focus on some of the main themes of the collection and some of the most notable documents.
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| | | | Call #: | Mss.Ms.Coll.200 | | | | Extent: | 25 Linear Feet | | | | Topics: | Beyond Early America | Colonial Politics | Early National Politics | Natural history | | | | Genre: | General Correspondence | Miscellaneous | Scientific Correspondence | | | | Subjects: | Anishinaabe | Arctic Indians | Autopsy. | Cayuga Indians | Cytology. | Egyptians | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Genetics. | History of science and technology. | History, Ancient. | Inuit -- Canada | Iroquois Indians | Isleta Indians | Micmac language | Mohawk Indians | Morgan, Thomas Hunt | Mythology, Egyptian. | Ojibwa Indians | Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore | Ojibwa language | Ojibwe people | Oneida Indians | Onondaga Indians | Ottawa language | Penobscot Indians | Physics -- History. | Sacco-Vanzetti case | Scientific apparatus and instruments. | Seneca Indians | Southwest Indians | Tuscarora Indians | Tyrrhenians | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) | Women -- Education | World War, 1939-1945 | |
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