Postally Yours, or, You've Got Mail!

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The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.

Here's the program line-up for the SF Correspondence Co-op birthday party.

Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.


2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.

When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!



Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!

Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.

"The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op was founded by Red Letter Day/Jennie Hinchcliff in May 2011.  The Co-op's goal is to bring like-minded mail artists and letter writers together on a monthly basis. The Co-op strongly believes that mail art is for everyone, no matter what their age or skill set. Participants in Correspondence Co-op are encouraged to share mail art stories, techniques, and know-how, thereby contributing to the key ideals which keep the Eternal Network going and growing."--Mission Statement, San Francisco Correspondence Co-op

The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).



Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.

A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)

Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)

The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)

Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book

How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)

Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)

Red Letter Day [zine]

Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)

Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.




                                                   Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
                                                                  All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.

Lucy Peacock's Reward

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Title page of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836)

Book Arts & Special Collections is in the midst of cataloging its French language humor books, which form part of  the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor. Books that were formerly hidden are now discoverable in the library's online catalog, alerting readers to humorous 6th floor treasures en français. Sometimes, in addition to the book proper, a book holds an unexpected gift. For instance, this copy of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (shown above) opens with a lovely engraved document on the front paste-down: a nineteenth century reward of merit.

Reward of merit pasted into Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836)

Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of  merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.

This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES:  A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)

Detail of reward of merit from Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836)

Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit &  Humor, San Francisco Public Library 

Postally Yours, or, You've Got Mail!

To contact us Click HERE


The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.

Here's the program line-up for the SF Correspondence Co-op birthday party.

Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.


2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.

When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!



Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!

Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.

"The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op was founded by Red Letter Day/Jennie Hinchcliff in May 2011.  The Co-op's goal is to bring like-minded mail artists and letter writers together on a monthly basis. The Co-op strongly believes that mail art is for everyone, no matter what their age or skill set. Participants in Correspondence Co-op are encouraged to share mail art stories, techniques, and know-how, thereby contributing to the key ideals which keep the Eternal Network going and growing."--Mission Statement, San Francisco Correspondence Co-op

The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).



Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.

A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)

Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)

The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)

Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book

How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)

Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)

Red Letter Day [zine]

Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)

Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.




                                                   Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
                                                                  All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.

Lucy Peacock's Reward

To contact us Click HERE

Title page of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836)

Book Arts & Special Collections is in the midst of cataloging its French language humor books, which form part of  the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor. Books that were formerly hidden are now discoverable in the library's online catalog, alerting readers to humorous 6th floor treasures en français. Sometimes, in addition to the book proper, a book holds an unexpected gift. For instance, this copy of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (shown above) opens with a lovely engraved document on the front paste-down: a nineteenth century reward of merit.

Reward of merit pasted into Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836)

Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of  merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.

This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES:  A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)

Detail of reward of merit from Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836)

Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit &  Humor, San Francisco Public Library 

Online Indexes for Death Records, Cemeteries and Obituaries - Latest Additions

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The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory (USA) has been updated with links to the following items...

Arizona
 - Maricopa County: East Valley Tribune Obituary Search 1997 to present (from the Mesa Public Library)

California
 - California Death Index 1905-1939 at FamilySearch (browsable images arranged alphabetically by name)
 - Los Angeles County: Mt. Olive and Broadway Cemetery Burials (Whittier, CA); See: Online Los Angeles County Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries
 - Sacramento County Burial Grounds: Indigent Burials (large PDF file)
 - San Joaquin County Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991 (from FamilySearch) includes digitized images of the obituaries
 - San Mateo County: Holy Cross Cemetery Burials (Catholic Cemetery in Colma, CA)

Colorado
 - Adams County: Mount Nebo Memorial Park - Cemetery Burials (in Aurora, Colorado)

Florida
 - Palm Beach County Official Records Search 1968-recent (includes marriage licenses and some estate death certificates)

Georgia
 - Richmond County: Augusta Graveside Project (burials in city maintained cemeteries; work in progress)

Illinois
 - DeKalb County Online Genealogy Search; for birth certificates (75 years or older), marriage licenses (50 years or older), death certificates (20 years or older) and naturalization certificates (100 years or older)
 - McDonough County Probate Case Files Index 1833-1925
 - Sangamon County Probate Case Files Index 1821-1906 (update: more years added)
 - Will County: Plainfield Cemetery Ledger and Plainfield Enterprise Obituary Index

Iowa
 - State Historical Society of Iowa Death Indexes c.1917-c.1933 (PDF files for some Iowa counties; coverage varies by county)
 - Louisa County Cemeteries

Kentucky
 - Jessamine County: Maple Grove Cemetery Burials (in Nicholasville, KY)
 - Meade County Cemetery Inscriptions

Massachusetts
 - Bristol County: Fall River Herald News Obituary Index 1951-2010 (some years missing; Excel files)
 - Suffolk County: Boston Globe and Herald Obituary Database 1953-2010 (indexes full length obituaries only, no death notices) update: more years added

Michigan
 - Menominee County: Riverside Cemetery Burials (in Menominee, Michigan)
 - Oakland County: Farmington Library Obituaries Index 1890-1999 (also indexes some marriages and cemetery burials)
 - Wayne County Death Records Indexes 1934-1953 (excluding the City of Detroit); See: Online Detroit and Wayne County Death Records and Indexes

Minnesota
 - Norman County Death Index 1871-1981 (also has other genealogy indexes)
 - Sherburne County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries, deaths 1870-1923, cemetery burials and more)

Missouri
 - Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1961 (update: year 1961 added)
 - Jackson County: City of Lee's Summit Cemetery Map (includes burial search; requires Flash)
 - St. Louis: Bellefontaine Cemetery Association Map (includes burial search; requires Flash)
 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index (covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1969, and 1992-2011) update: year 2011 added
 - for the above 2, see: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

New Hampshire
 - Sullivan County: A Survey of Springfield, New Hampshire's Small Cemeteries and Single Graves

New Mexico
 - New Mexico: County Death Records 1907-1952, for Sandoval, Socorro, and Valencia Counties (browsable images; coverage varies by county) from FamilySearch

New Jersey
 - New Jersey Death Records Index, June 1878-June 1888 (update: more months added)

Ohio
 - Montgomery County: Calvary Cemetery Burials (Catholic Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio)

Pennsylvania
 - Pennsylvania Death Records Indexes 1906-1961 (PDF files; you must search each year separately; for some years surnames are listed by Soundex code)
 - Blair County Death Records Indexes (from the Blair County Genealogical Society)
 - Delaware County Archives (includes indexes for births, marriages, deaths, wills, veteran's graves and other items)
 - Westmoreland County: Baltzer Meyer Historical Society Index of Obituaries (for Greensburg, Pennsylvania)

Tennessee
 - Montgomery County Archives Search (includes indexes for obituaries, early wills or probates, marriages, and other items)

Texas
- Dallas Area Cemeteries (from the Dallas Genealogical Society)

Utah
- Utah Death Certificates 1904-1961 (update: years 1959-1961 added; 1961 is not yet indexed)

Virginia
 - Winchester Evening Star Obituary Index 1896-1912 (from the Handley Regional Library) also has a link for Mount Hebron Cemetery Burials
 - Winchester Evening Star Obituaries, 1899-1909 (digitized images from FamilySearch)

Washington
 - South King County Genealogical Society Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries, cemeteries, marriages and births)

Wisconsin
 - Eau Claire Historical Search; including Obituary and Cemetery Indexes (also has a database for Barron County birth, marriage and death notices)

Wyoming
 - Sweetwater County: Burial Index for Riverview Cemetery in Green River, Wyoming

See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Rhode Island Dem

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Kalligraphia Spotlight: Georgianna Greenwood

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On Saturday, June 23 at 2 pm, Georgianna Greenwood will present: Italic Calligraphy

Georgianna Greenwood is a graduate of Reed College (1960) where she studied calligraphy with Lloyd Reynolds. She has taught and lectured internationally on calligraphy and letterforms and she is a founding member of the Friends of Calligraphy. Her work is in the Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and can be viewed in the Book Arts & Special Collections Center on the 6th floor of the Main Library.

Be sure to check out Kalligraphia 13 - an exhibition of modern calligraphy by members of the Friends of Calligraphy, a non-profit Bay Area organization. Kalligraphia 13 will be on view in the Skylight Gallery on the 6th floor of the Main Library through August 26.

Postally Yours, or, You've Got Mail!

To contact us Click HERE


The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.

Here's the program line-up for the SF Correspondence Co-op birthday party.

Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.


2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.

When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!



Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!

Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.

"The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op was founded by Red Letter Day/Jennie Hinchcliff in May 2011.  The Co-op's goal is to bring like-minded mail artists and letter writers together on a monthly basis. The Co-op strongly believes that mail art is for everyone, no matter what their age or skill set. Participants in Correspondence Co-op are encouraged to share mail art stories, techniques, and know-how, thereby contributing to the key ideals which keep the Eternal Network going and growing."--Mission Statement, San Francisco Correspondence Co-op

The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).



Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.

A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)

Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)

The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)

Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book

How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)

Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)

Red Letter Day [zine]

Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)

Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.




                                                   Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
                                                                  All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.

Postally Yours, or, You've Got Mail!

To contact us Click HERE


The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.

Here's the program line-up for the SF Correspondence Co-op birthday party.

Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.


2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.

When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!



Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!

Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.

"The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op was founded by Red Letter Day/Jennie Hinchcliff in May 2011.  The Co-op's goal is to bring like-minded mail artists and letter writers together on a monthly basis. The Co-op strongly believes that mail art is for everyone, no matter what their age or skill set. Participants in Correspondence Co-op are encouraged to share mail art stories, techniques, and know-how, thereby contributing to the key ideals which keep the Eternal Network going and growing."--Mission Statement, San Francisco Correspondence Co-op

The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).



Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.

A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)

Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)

The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)

Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book

How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)

Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)

Red Letter Day [zine]

Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)

Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.




                                                   Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
                                                                  All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.

Postally Yours, or, You've Got Mail!

To contact us Click HERE


The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.

Here's the program line-up for the SF Correspondence Co-op birthday party.

Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.


2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.

When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!



Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!

Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.

"The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op was founded by Red Letter Day/Jennie Hinchcliff in May 2011.  The Co-op's goal is to bring like-minded mail artists and letter writers together on a monthly basis. The Co-op strongly believes that mail art is for everyone, no matter what their age or skill set. Participants in Correspondence Co-op are encouraged to share mail art stories, techniques, and know-how, thereby contributing to the key ideals which keep the Eternal Network going and growing."--Mission Statement, San Francisco Correspondence Co-op

The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).



Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.

A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)

Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)

The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)

Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book

How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)

Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)

Red Letter Day [zine]

Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)

Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.




                                                   Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
                                                                  All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.

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Postally Yours, or, You've Got Mail!

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The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.

Here's the program line-up for the SF Correspondence Co-op birthday party.

Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.


2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.

When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!



Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!

Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.

"The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op was founded by Red Letter Day/Jennie Hinchcliff in May 2011.  The Co-op's goal is to bring like-minded mail artists and letter writers together on a monthly basis. The Co-op strongly believes that mail art is for everyone, no matter what their age or skill set. Participants in Correspondence Co-op are encouraged to share mail art stories, techniques, and know-how, thereby contributing to the key ideals which keep the Eternal Network going and growing."--Mission Statement, San Francisco Correspondence Co-op

The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).



Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.

A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)

Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)

The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)

Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book

How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)

Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)

Red Letter Day [zine]

Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)

Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.




                                                   Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
                                                                  All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.

Handwritten Glimpses of Civil War Era San Francisco

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One of our archivists here at the San Francisco History Center has just finishedcataloging a diary of Edward L. G. Steele, a Civil War-era commission merchant's clerk who later became President of both the Oceanic Steamship Company and AmericanSugar Refinery. We invite you to come up to the 6th floor to read it, perhaps as part of your Summer Reading Program. The diary, which opens Nov. 1, 1863, when Steele is 21, gives the reader a candid view of the social, personal, and workaday life of a young man before he becomes a tycoon.

Steele first landed in San Francisco November 4, 1861, after a voyage from New York in the ship Contest (this voyage is documented in an earlier diary, a transcription of which is also available here in the San Francisco History Center while the original is out for repair). Two years later, when the diary pictured here opens, Steele is in the thick of his leisure and office life. Here's the first page:

Entry from Edward L.G. Steele Diary, SF MSS 22/2

As the diary progresses, Steele muses about romantic relationships, various girlfriends (Miss Sue Hazeltine, and Miss Icy Turner, to name two), and several rejected marriage proposals.  He plays violin, billiards, and vingt-un, goes drinking, and attends public dances, parties, and "Bunker Hill Balls." He drills with the City Guard, Co. B, a state militia unit, and occasionally comments on their meetings, parades, and other activities. He socializes with his landlords, Charles R. Story and wife Caroline Bayley Story, and her brother George Bayley.

 On April 1, 1864, Steele moves from the Story's home to Anna Key Turner's boarding house at 933 Sacramento Street, which one source calls the most fashionable boarding-house in San Francisco. Here it is highlighted in a detail from  "Vue de San-Francisco"/Vista de San-Francisco," circa 1860, by lithographer Isador Laurent Deroy:

View taken from the site of the Fairmont Hotel, facing east down Sacramento Street

 Steele describes his duties working under Samuel C. Hort for commission merchant and insurance agents C. Adolphe Low and Company in San Francisco. (A ‘commission merchant’ buys and sells goods on behalf of someone else, for a commission.) He notes various business transactions, including buying and selling tea from China and Japan and working on auction sales of tea with George A. Low. He mentions dealings with importers, getting vessels entered at the Customs House, and  sales of essential oils, cochineal, rags, sugar, indigo, and other goods. "Steamer day" crops up often in his entries. The bark Clara R. Sutil, needing repairs, arrives early on December 1863; its cargo is auctioned on Dec. 16, 1863 and consists of coffee, sago, tapioca, and pepper.

The ironclad monitor Comanche, 1864. AAD-8466. San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection.

Steele also notes some significant events, including the sinking of the ship Aquila and the monitor Comanche on November 14, 1863 and subsequent attempts to raise the Aquila; the death of Thomas Starr King on March 4, 1864; and the 1865 San Francisco earthquake.

E.L.G. Steele, San Francisco Chronicle, July 21, 1894 p. 5

If you're interested in reading more about E.L.G. Steele, use your library card to search for him in the San Francisco Chronicle Historical Database, available from the SFPL Articles and Databases webpage. Apparently, he wished to be neither cremated nor buried, and his obituary discusses how this conundrum was resolved. For more details about the diary, you can find a short guide on the Online Archive of California.

Images of diary, lithograph, and photograph are courtesy of the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Millvina Dean, Last Survivor of the Titanic, Dies

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Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic sinking, died on May 31 at age 97. She was nine weeks old when her family boarded the Titanic in 1912. Her mother and brother also survived the sinking. Her father died in the tragedy. You can read more here: Millvina Dean, last remaining survivor of the Titanic, dies aged 97


The above image is a portion of the Carpathia passenger list showing the three surviving members of the Dean family, siblings Bertram and Elizabeth (two-month-old Eliza) and their mother Georgette (Ettie). The Carpathia rescued 705 of the Titanic's survivors and brought them to New York on April 18, 1912. See: Partial List of Survivors of the Titanic who were taken aboard the Carpathia at the U.S. National Archives website.

James Cameron, director of the popular film, Titanic, along with two of the film's stars, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, donated money to help pay Millvina Dean's nursing home costs in her last days.

For information on Titanic passenger records see the New York section at... What Passenger Lists are Online?

For more on Titanic survivors see the Titanic category on the right side.

Online Indexes for Obituaries and Death Records - Latest Additions

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The Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records Directory has been updated with links to the following items...

California
- San Diego Public Library's Digital Library - Includes Obituaries Indexes (indexes obituaries and death notices in the San Diego Union, 1868-1915; and the San Diego Herald, 1851-1860)

Colorado
- Denver Death Index 1870-1909 (update: years 1906-1909 added)
- Larimer County Genealogical Society - Online Databases (includes indexed scanned obituaries 1980s-1990s)
- Mesa County Cemetery Records
- Weld County: City of Evans Cemetery Burials

Georgia
- Clarke County: Oconee Hill Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions (Athens)
- Richmond County: African American Funeral Programs from the East Central Georgia Regional Library (mostly from the Augusta, Georgia area)

Illinois
- Cook County: The Roll of Honor, Containing the Names of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of All the Wars of Our Country Who Are Buried in the Cemeteries of Cook County (scanned searchable book from 1922)
- Cook County: Burr Oak Cemetery Headstones Photo Database (near Alsip, Illinois) not yet complete
- See: Online Chicago & Cook County, Illinois Death Records & Indexes

- La Salle County Genealogy Guild Record Search (includes indexes for some obituaries, probate records and others)

Indiana
- Shelby County Genealogy Indexes - Cemeteries, Obituaries & More

Louisiana
- Louisiana Death Index 1850-1875, 1894-1954 from FamilySearch Labs
- Orleans Parish: Louisiana Biography and New Orleans Obituary Index 1804-1972 (includes "selected biographical references")

Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Death Records 1906-1915 from FamilySearch Labs (will eventually cover 1841-1915; includes scanned images of the death registers and certificates)
- Middlesex County: St. Patrick Cemetery Burials (Lowell, Massachusetts)
- Worcester County: Town of Rutland Death Records to the end of the year 1849 (also includes birth and marriage records)

Michigan
- Michigan Death Records Collection 1897-1920 (update: now 99% complete)
- Arenac County Historical Society Obituaries Indexes (also includes other genealogy indexes)
- Arenac County Cemetery Inscriptions Index
- Jackson County Death Indexes 1886-1899 and 1900-1901 (list of names only, no dates)
- Monroe County: Monroe Commercial Obituary Index 1870-1873 and 1877-1879
- Van Buren County GenWeb Site (includes a death index 1935-1945 and some cemetery burials)

Minnesota
- Hubbard County Cemeteries (includes Greenwood Cemetery, largest cemetery in Park Rapids, MN)

Mississippi
- Clarke County Genealogy Indexes (includes indexes for obituaries, cemeteries, death records and more)

Missouri (St. Louis)
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index (update: more years added; includes 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1964, and 1992-2008)
- St. Louis County Probate Court - Closed Estates Index, circa 1876-July 11, 2004 (does not include St. Louis City)
- Westliche Post Obituaries Index 1880-1887 - St. Louis German Language Newspaper (update: more years added)
- See: Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

New Hampshire
- Carroll County: Conway Death Records 1887-2003 & Cemeteries of Conway, Albany & Eaton, NH (update: more years added to death index; cemeteries added)
- Hillsborough County: Cemetery Records of Hillsborough, NH (includes 19 Municipal Cemeteries and Gravesites)

North Carolina
- Onslow County Death Index 1982-2008 (also has indexes for births 1976-recent, marriages 1962-recent, and more)

North Dakota
- Fargo Forum Obituaries Database, 1892-1909 & Nov. 1982-1995 (update: more years added)

Ohio
- Erie County: Oakland Cemetery Burials (Sandusky, Ohio)
- Lucas County: Mt. Carmel Cemetery Index (in Toledo, OH) surnames only
- Summit County: Akron Beacon Journal Obituaries Index 1937-2008 (update: several years added)
- Wood County Sentinel Obituaries Index 1867-1876 (newspaper from Bowling Green, Ohio)

Oregon
- Benton County Genealogical Society Newspaper Project - names published in Benton County newspapers 1865-1925 (work in progress) includes some deaths
- Marion County: Burials in Pioneer Cemeteries
- Multnomah County: Historic Pioneer Cemeteries - Burial Search

Pennsylvania
- Dauphin County: Harrisburg Newspaper Index - Marriages & Deaths from 4 Newspapers, 1799-1827

Tennessee
- Blount County Death Records Database (includes more than 42,000 entries from Blount County newspapers and funeral home records)
- Davidson County: Death Notices in Nashville Newspapers 1855-1907 (not complete)

Texas
- Gillespie County: Fredericksburg Genealogical Society Indexes (includes cemetery burials index and obituaries index 1980-2004)

Virginia
- African American Cemeteries in Albemarle and Amherst Counties - Burial Search

Washington
- Benton County: Tri-City Herald Obituaries Index 2000-March 2009
- Thurston County: Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery Burials (in Tumwater, Washington)

General Obituaries
Added to the general obituaries webpage...
- Necrology Index of Obituary Listings for Congregational Clergy and Missionaries
- Evangelical Messenger Obituary Index 1900-1912

See: Online Searchable Death Records Indexes and Obituaries

Recently Added Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes

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Links to the items listed below were recently added to: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes or its supplementary state webpages.

Alabama
- Madison County Marriage License Index 1809-Feb 1973 (update: more years added)

Delaware
- Delaware State Birth Records, 1861-1908 from FamilySearch Labs (not yet complete)

Georgia
- Morgan County Marriage Records Searchable Database

Hawaii
- Hawaii State Archives Genealogy Indexes (includes some marriage indexes)

Illinois
- Cook County and Chicago: Historical Cook County Vital Records - Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
- Cook County Marriages 1900-1920: Index and Images of Marriage Licenses and Returns (from FamilySearch Labs)
- Cook County Birth Certificates 1878-1922 (not yet complete) (from FamilySearch Labs)
- Cook County Birth Registers 1871-1915 (not yet complete) (from FamilySearch Labs)

Indiana
- Indiana Marriage Records Index 1811-1959 from FamilySearch Labs; presently includes Adams, Blackford, Decatur, Franklin, Henry, Huntington, Owen, Rush, and Sullivan counties (coverage may vary by county)
- Montgomery County Marriage Records Index (includes PDF images of the records)
- Shelby County Birth and Marriage Indexes
See: Online Indiana Vital Records Indexes for Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Kansas
- Kansas Marriage Index, 1854-1861 (not complete)

Louisiana
- Orleans Parish Birth Records Index -- for births over 100 years ago
- Orleans Parish Marriage Records Index -- for marriages over 50 years ago

Maryland
- Washington County Marriages Index 1861-1949, 1950-2007

Michigan
- Michigan Birth Records 1867-1902 and Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 at FamilySearch Labs
- Clinton County Genealogy Records Indexes -- includes newspaper indexes for births to 1900, marriages 1863-1940

Nebraska
- Sarpy County Marriage License Search 1987-present

New Jersey
- Monmouth County Marriage Index 1790-1890

New York
- New York City Birth Records Index 1901-1907
- Nassau County Marriage Index 1908-1936
See: New York Vital Records Indexes & Genealogy Records on the Internet

Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Marriage Indexes 1885-1951 from FamilySearch Labs
- Westmoreland County Marriage License Search 1885-present

South Carolina
- Greenville County Marriage License Index

Tennessee
- Hamilton County Marriage License Index Search (includes Chattanooga) presently covers 1857-1919 and 1985-2008

Texas
- Colorado County Marriage Records Index 1837-1886
- El Paso County Marriage Records Search 1963-current (also has birth & death records searches)
- Liberty County Birth, Marriage and Death Index
See: Online Texas Vital Records Indexes

See: Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes