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This journal is about the everyday experiences of Harris and she talks about love, death, and her time at Framingham Normal School over a two-year period from 1852-1854. She writes down prayers within this journal. She skips around a lot some entries are months apart and she will fill us in on what she was doing or how she spent her time, or how her Holiday season went, some entries go from October, and then she would write til after Christmas. She writes from hardcover to hardcover even when she runs out of pages the whole book is used.
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Contains reflections on sermons; trips; and thoughts on poetry and books.
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Portrait medal of man in three-fourths view, with hooded eyes and mustache, wearing coat and tie with inscriptions as above. This medal cast is complete on both front and back.
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Volume 1 consists of discussions Harris wrote regarding classroom subjects; events of Lexington Normal School and a lengthy description of "County Education Convention" which was held at the Baptist Meeting House. She also wrote about and mentioned the names of her classmates and works of poetry, curriculum, lectures and her friends at the time.
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Wooden trunk with wood and metal ribs and corners. There were leather handles on either side and a large lock on the front. There are additional leather straps. Inside is a floral pattern in a diagonal checkered pattern.
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Wooden easel broken down into its many pieces. On the rest in permanent marker is written 'Meta Fuller'. On at least two legs are stickers.
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Metal box with ornate mosaic decorations, including a woman in profile on the lid. Underneath the woman is the word "Whitmans Salmongundi". Inside the box are paper packets filled with powder.
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Two mallets, made of wood, with large heads. .7 is a lighter wood and .8 is a darker medium brown wood.
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Large brush with a long wooden handle and wide, but short, bristles.
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Metal caliper. Small sized with flat arms.
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Two tools with a wooden shaft and at each end looped pieces of wide, flat metal.
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Two scrapers. .1 is made of bone and has one wide end with grooves. .2 is made of wood and has slightly curved ends.
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Wooden tool with a long wide central pole and a skinny wooden bar at the top perpendicular to the centrail pole. One one end of the central pole is a metal eye screwed into the top. Has a paper number 109 tapped to the bottom.
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Ceramic sculpture of a man with muscles and attachments showing. In a contrapposto pose. One arm is reaching outwards, but is missing.
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Rectangular cardboard box with a flap for a lid. Box is stamped with "De Sta Co Products" in a red diamond in a globe like oval. Inside are clipped bits of metal.
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Short, square cardboard box. Ends are coming apart. Lid is nestled under the bottom. Inside are various wires.
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Wooden lazy susan. Rounded top is resting on a wood box, which rests on small four feet and another wooden square platform. Most likely hand made, or local made, as cuts seem quite rough and not industrially done.
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Bench made of pine wood.
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Wooden easel with a flat top for creating small sculptures. Mostly made by 2x4s. Top is connected to a round wooden bar which allows the top to spin. Appears either home made or made by a local, not industrial.
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