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Usage Photocopies.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains the remains of a reused booklet “Methods of St[udy?], Agassiz?”, that includes thirteen (13) ink drawings either on loose used lined paper, or on the flyleaves, by Cadette Everett Fitch. Subjects illustrated are primarily insects and nature themes. From the notes on the back of the sketches, these appear to have been originally part of a nature notebook of Everett's, which continues to house them. The image on the first flyleaf is inscribed “Mrs. Geo. C. Fitch, Oct....
Dates: 1875-1889

Originals. Please use the photocopies above instead of the originals, to protect the important historical items.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Note: A red buckram notebook, with a white label “Methods of [Study?] .. Agassiz?” contains the Old Collection number F7:A9.2 on the front fly leaf. Most of the pages have been cut from the notebook. Perhaps this was done by Cadette Fitch herself when she reused the notebook and paper for sketches. Or, perhaps this was done at some later date. In 1999, 13 images in total were found here. Three are still on the pages that are part of the notebook, Items [1] and [2] on the front two flyleaf...
Dates: 1875-1889

Usage Photocopies

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Illustration pages:[1] Cover ill. “A Few Idle Days”.[2][3] [8] [Settlement with bridge] or [Mills, trestle & river folk] [11] [Plaster factory] or [Plaster bed][12] [13] [Bridge supports(?)][15] [Bridge][16] [Person in boat, person standing on bank at end of boat] [18] [Grandville resort(?)][19][20][21][Woman w parasol, seated on bank...
Dates: 1875-1889

Photographs of selected sketches from "A Few Idle Days," 1889.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains the remains of a reused booklet “Methods of St[udy?], Agassiz?”, that includes thirteen (13) ink drawings either on loose used lined paper, or on the flyleaves, by Cadette Everett Fitch. Subjects illustrated are primarily insects and nature themes. From the notes on the back of the sketches, these appear to have been originally part of a nature notebook of Everett's, which continues to house them. The image on the first flyleaf is inscribed “Mrs. Geo. C. Fitch, Oct....
Dates: 1875-1889