Printed & Manuscript Americana

April 6, 2018|Ferry Foster|Printed & Manuscript Americana

Dream vs. Reality in the Civil War

Personal correspondence and manuscript material are always a highlight in our auctions of Printed & Manuscript Americana. On April 12, we’ll be offering a selection letters from Thomas Belknap, a clerk…

September 26, 2017 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

Diary of a Syrian-American Woman, 1908

On a trip to her homeland, a young Syrian-American woman named Mary Arbeely kept a diary recording her attempts to connect with her ancestors while feeling deeply homesick. The diary,…

September 25, 2017 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

A Nineteenth-Century Honolulu Gossip Rag

The book arrived in Honolulu by ship from San Francisco on New Year’s Day, 1863, and soon caused a stir throughout the city. It begins by revealing the author’s intent…

April 24, 2017 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

The Cherokee Messenger

The complete set of The Cherokee Messenger, Oklahoma’s earliest periodical, will be coming to auction in our Printed & Manuscript Americana sale on April 27. Only one other complete set…

March 31, 2017 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript African Americana

On Thursday, March 30, our annual auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana exceeded $1M for the first time in the department’s 20+ year history. The success was largely due to…

From a pair of issues of the Saturday Globe with color cartoons on the immigration issue, Utica, NY, 27 August 1904.

June 16, 2016 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

Early 20th-Century Cartoons With Familiar Political Content

Normally an editorial cartoon from the early 20th century would not make the threshold for a Swann auction, but we found this pair from the Saturday Globe too timely to…

February 3, 2016 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

The Arctic Collection of Ray Edinger

Our upcoming Printed & Manuscript Americana auction features materials from The Arctic Collection of Ray Edinger. Mr. Edinger wrote the piece below, outlining his collection from its inception. Lot…

February 2, 2016 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

A Tale of Captivity and Daring Escape: Jeanette DeCamp Sweet and the Dakota War of 1862

In August of 1862 Jeanette DeCamp Sweet, a young mother who had settled in Minnesota the year before with her husband, was taken prisoner during the Dakota War, also known…

January 29, 2016 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

Art & Intrigue: A Work By Revolutionary War Spy John André

Everyone loves a good spy thriller, and in the case of British Army officer Major John André, it seems everyone loved a spy. Our upcoming auction of Printed & Manuscript…

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