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This work is a highly realistic, detailed portrait of a woman sitting on a sofa. It is in black and white. The woman is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak, and her arm rests on the right side of the sofa. The background is dark, but...
This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available...
Portrait of a young woman wearing a pink hat and dress. In ornate gilt frame. Plate on front reads "Tete De Femme Jean Honore Fragonard 1732-1806." Alternative title of the painting may have been "A Vestal Virgin."
Scope and Content: Family histories for the Muse, Core, and Anderson families, dated 1769-1957. Materials include correspondence between family members, letters to Grace Core over family lineage, newspaper articles, and...
This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available...
This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available...
Print by Francisco Goya called Duendecitos (Hobgoblins) from the series "Los Caprichos." Plate #49. Three goblins drinking in a jail cell. One has a very large hand. and Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Spanish artist.
A love letter from John Crowe to Esther Alexander. He discusses the nature of human beings as social creatures and the need to refine the faculties of our nature that we can improve to better ourselves and those around us. and...
This is a finding aid, which provides information about the contents of an archival collection. The presence of a finding aid on this website does not mean that items from the collection have been digitized or are available...
A letter to Esther Alexander from John Crowe over the death of Esther's mother. God's hand in death and his lack of pleasure in bestowing death are mentioned. Crowe also discusses the place of reason in regulating our passions....
Scope and Content: Petition to the United States Congress from George Shannon of Jefferson County, Indiana, dated November 1812. Shannon describes the threats and dangers of living on the frontier in the Indiana Territory,...
Letter to Esther Alexander from John Crowe over his commitment to his studies and balancing them with his desire to be with Esther. Crowe also mentions his commitment to God and Jesus. In his letter he compares the development...
A letter from John Finley Crowe to Esther Alexander over his travels, education, and well-being. Crowe mentions returning to Lexington from a trip to Virginia. As far as education, Crowe talks about finishing up his Bachelor of...
Crowe spends the letter parsing out the role of social roles in society and the norms that people ignore in the comfort of close friends. Additionally, Crowe talks about the pain he experiences apart from Esther. Along the same...
A damaged letter that misses the author and the recipient's name. It seems likely that it is a letter of recommendation for Crowe to continue his education at Princeton. There is a handwritten note not from the time period...
A letter of introduction for Esther Crowe when she transitioned from her church in Bellevue, Illinois to her church in Lexington, Kentucky. Written by church Elder Jesse Walker, 29 November 1813. and The Crowe Family Papers...
A letter written by John Finley Crowe, dated 9 May 1814, for Esther Alexander over his journey so far to Philadelphia. At the time of this letter Crowe stayed in Chillicothe Ohio in order to let himself and his horse...
A letter from John Finley Crowe, dated 15 may 1814, to his wife Esther Crowe over his journey to Philadelphia. Crowe talks about exchanging horses twice so that he can still journey onward. In the letter Crowe expresss the hope...
Letter From John Finley Crowe, dated 24 May 1814, to his wife Esther Alexander Crowe over his first few days in Philadelphia. One of the first places Crowe talks about visiting is a poor house which he claims is well taken care...