Kenneth Spencer Research Library Archival Collections

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Commonplace book, or a volume created to compile knowledge, kept by Robert Courthope Sims of Essex, England.

Overview Christopher Yancy (C.Y.) Thomas was an industrialist who worked very closely with Kenneth and Helen Spencer. He also served one term in the Kansas State Senate from 1969-1972. This collection includes speeches, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, programs, diaries, scrapbooks, awards, and articles relating to Thomas' time with the Spencer Chemical Company and the Kansas State Senate, as well as materials related to family history and other charities and interests throughout...

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Book of philosophy. Regulae quaedam de ratione disputandi; Praeludia in universam Aristotilis logicum; Comentarii in Isagogem Porphyrii; and commentaries or annotamenta on Aristotle's Categoriae, De interpretatione, Priora analytica, Posteriora analytica [incomplete], Topica, Sophistici elenchi.

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Homilies of Saint Joannes Chrysostomus (approximately 349-407), patriarch and archbishop of Constantinople and one of the most prolific authors in the early Christian church. Volume also includes a work by St. Basil the Great (or Basil of Caesarea, 329 or 330-379 CE), another early Christian theologian who supported the Nicene Creed, on leaves 496-549.

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This collection consists of John Finley Crowe's financial accounts and handwritten lectures. Includes professional (founding, fundraising, and administration of Hanover Academy, Shelbyville: of Shelbyville Female Academy; and of Bible Society) accounts, intermingled with his private accounts. The lectures focus on political economy and Greek antiquity. There are miscellaneous other items included, incluing a wedding register.

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This collection consists of family papers, correspondence, bound books, and various other material of the Sotheby family of Pocklington, Yorkshire, England