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Box 2

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

The Children’s Book of Poetry, by Henry T. Coates, Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1879

 Item — Container: Box 2, Item: 1
Collection Scope From the Collection:

The materials in this collection belonged to Virginia Fox’s grandmother, Ellen Scripps Booth. There are Ellen’s, (also called Nellie), childhood spelling and penmanship books, a sketchbook, showing that she shared her mother’s interest in botanical miniature painting (1874-1878). There are also books given to her by her father, James Edmund Scripps (1860-1879). The few pages of botanical notes, in Box 1, were stuck among the pages of Object Lessons in Botany.

Dates: 1879

Stories from Homer, by Alfred J. Church, NY: Harper, 1878

 Item — Container: Box 2, Item: 2
Collection Scope From the Collection:

The materials in this collection belonged to Virginia Fox’s grandmother, Ellen Scripps Booth. There are Ellen’s, (also called Nellie), childhood spelling and penmanship books, a sketchbook, showing that she shared her mother’s interest in botanical miniature painting (1874-1878). There are also books given to her by her father, James Edmund Scripps (1860-1879). The few pages of botanical notes, in Box 1, were stuck among the pages of Object Lessons in Botany.

Dates: 1878

Leaves and Flowers, or Object Lessons in Botany with a Flora, by Alphonso Wood, NY: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1860

 Item — Container: Box 2, Item: 3
Collection Scope From the Collection:

The materials in this collection belonged to Virginia Fox’s grandmother, Ellen Scripps Booth. There are Ellen’s, (also called Nellie), childhood spelling and penmanship books, a sketchbook, showing that she shared her mother’s interest in botanical miniature painting (1874-1878). There are also books given to her by her father, James Edmund Scripps (1860-1879). The few pages of botanical notes, in Box 1, were stuck among the pages of Object Lessons in Botany.

Dates: 1860