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Identifier | 18436454 |
Description | Began in 1919. Description based on: Vol. 23, no. 38 (Jan 8, 1942); Fremont County News Fishermans Breakfast started in 1955. |
Identifier | ART.NAM.AD1881 |
Description | Scrimshaw is a form of folk art practiced by whalemen in the 19th and early 20th centuries (West). The name comes from the British slang "scrimshanker," meaning one who wastes time (Dorsey). Whaling voyages often lasted four years or more and the work of whaling was dangerous. The men were unable to work at night and they often waited long periods between whale sightings. So to fill the hours and relieve the boredom, they played cards or checkers, and wrote in personal journals, while those with an artistic bent did woodcarving, sketching, knotwork - and make scrimshaw. The taking of the whale provided scrimshanders, as makers of scrimshaw were called, with plenty of material. Sperm whales provided teeth, all whales provided bone, bowhead and right whales provided baleen (a flexible, black material found in their mouths). Walrus tusks were decorated by those who ventured into Northern waters, and scrimshanders also engraved designs on exotic wood and shells. They used crude sailing needles or pocket knives whose blades had been specially filed and sharpened, and the rocking movement of the ship, as well as the skill of the artist, produced drawings of varying levels of detail and artistry. Candles black, soot, or tobacco juice was used to bring the engraved design into view. While some works were purely decorative, many items made from these materials were intended for practical uses. These include napkin rings, canes, knitting needles, pie crimpers, jagging wheels (for cutting pastry), bodkins (for embroidery), swifts (yarn winders), and tools of all sorts for shipboard use (Frank). This example, dated 1881, is made of whale bone. It shows how a sperm whale would be cut up. The engraving is of high quality, with firm, dark lines, The yellow tone of the bone is because its age. The scrimshander also carved wooden plugs to hide the hollow interior of the bone. Engraved in the bone is a title, "Outline of a Sperm Whale Showing the Manner Of Cutting In," the date, and the city "Newport R.I.," and perhaps the ships name; "Brig Steel Warrior". *** Dorsey, James. Scrimshaw, as American as Jazz. World & I 32, no. 12 (December 2017): 2. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip&db=f5h&AN=126711797&site=eds-live&scope=site. Frank, Stuart M. Curiously Carved. Magazine Antiques 180, no. 1 (January 2013): 194-203. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip&db=f5h&AN=84977607&site=eds-live&scope=site. West, Janet. "Scrimshaw." Grove Art Online. 2003; Accessed 9 Mar. 2021. https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000077190. |
Categories | Special Collections > History of Writing |
Identifier | BOK.ENG.AD1800s |
Description | The seventh of the thirteen volume collection of Shakespeare's works published by Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. in London ("The Handy-Volume"). The pocket-sized design reflects the influence that Shakespeare's works had on the collective conscience of England and the wider world. To have the bard's words accessible became desirable for the general public instead of them only being accessible to the upper class. Therefore, pocket-sized editions of Shakespeare began to gain in popularity. This book has an impressive hand-drawn illustration on the fore-edge of a woman in Classical era clothing which can be seen by gently bending the pages height-wise towards the back cover. The Handy-Volume Shakspeare. AbeBooks.com. Accessed October 27, 2020. https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30301049132. |
Creator | William Shakespeare |
Categories | Special Collections > History of Writing |
Identifier | BX8651 .C4747 1877 |
Description | Young, Brigham. Circular of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ the Latter-day Saints. Young, John W.; Wells, Daniel H.. Salt Lake City, July 11, 1877. 10pp. 8vo. Pamphlet. |
Creator | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Categories | Special Collections |
Identifier | FileMS0001-01 |
Description | Historical Scrapbook for the Rigby LDS Seminary, 1982-1984. Teachers and people noted include Brother and Sister Ringle, Brother Wilkes' class, Brother Lee's class, Brother Barnes' class. A notable inclusion is the two-page Rigby Seminary Annual History essay. Color photos (3x4) are also included. Images available in BYU-Idaho Special Collections & Archives |
Creator | Rigby Seminary Council |
Date | 1984-01-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0001-02 |
Description | Annual history of the Rigby LDS Seminary |
Creator | Rigby Seminary Council |
Date | 1983-01-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0001-03 |
Description | Letter from Janet Frank to a Rigby Bishop, January 3, 1983 |
Creator | Rigby Seminary Council |
Date | 1983-01-03 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0001-04 |
Description | Graduation Exercises of the Rigby Seminary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Creator | Rigby Seminary Council |
Date | 1983-05-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0001-05 |
Description | Rigby High School Graduating Class of 1984 announcement for Kathleen May Rogers |
Creator | Rigby Seminary Council |
Date | 1984-01-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0001-06 |
Description | Handwritten dance royalty |
Creator | Rigby Seminary Council |
Date | 1983-01-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0001-07 |
Description | News Clippings about Rigby Baseball |
Creator | Rigby Seminary Council |
Date | 1983-01-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0002 |
Description | 'Dozens of Cousins' as Written by Ourselves--Descendants of Albert Zollinger, Sr. (1849) & Verena Elliker Ruegg. compiled by Guy C. Meyers and Katherine Meyers. 30 pages on 8.5x11 paper, Zollinger Family Record essay, 3 pages. Family group sheets with biographical data and short family history essays. Written June 9, 1968. |
Creator | Meyers, Guy C. |
Meyers, Katherine Z. | |
Date | 1968-01-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0003 |
Description | Albert Zollinger Jr. & Marie Graf Family Book of Remembrance (by their children). 116 pages on 8.5x11 paper. Printed December 1952. Contains biographical essays, family groups sheets, and black and white photo copies of photos. |
Creator | Meyers, Katherine Z. |
Date | 1952-01-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0004 |
Description | Family group sheets and pedigree charts of the Gruwell Family. Histories of Gruwell families that include Illinois and Iowa settling, Mormon conversion/persecutions, travelling through the Utah Territory, early settling of Marsh Valley, Idaho, one individual used to own the land where Ricks College stands, and settling of Colonia Diaz in the Mormon Colonies of Mexico. 120 pages on 8.5x17 pages. |
Creator | Bake, Nila Gruwell |
Bake, Blaine R. | |
Date | 1964-01-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0005 |
Description | Minutes of the People's Railroad Committee, Rexburg, ID, 1899. Photocopies of original. "Peoples Railroad Committee" chaired by Thomas E. Ricks. Includes documentation of efforts to get financial and popular support for a railroad from the Snake River to the North Fork of the Teton River, including a Depot site in Rexburg. Also included is a map of Rexburg, ca. 1903, that depicts the railroad, depot site, and some land ownership (including that of Jacob Spori). |
Creator | Peoples Railroad Committee |
Date | 1899-01-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0006 |
Description | Booklet published by the Daughter of Utah Pioneers titled. "Preserving Pioneer Relics." From a larger work, "An Enduring Legacy," pages 373-412. |
Creator | Daughters of Utah Pioneers |
Date | 1984-05-01 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0007-01 |
Description | Postcard sent to Arthur Porter featuring Empress Elisabeth of Austria, 1898 |
Creator | Porter, Jr., Arthur |
Date | 1898-10-22 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0007-02 |
Description | Postcard sent to Arthur Porter in Geneva featuring cyclists and train, 1898 |
Creator | Porter, Jr., Arthur |
Date | 1898-11-21 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0007-03 |
Description | Postcard sent to Arthur Porter in Geneva featuring dogs pulling a cart, 1899 |
Creator | Porter, Jr., Arthur |
Date | 1899-02-13 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |
Identifier | FileMS0007-04 |
Description | Postcard sent to Arthur Porter in Neuchatel featuring sailboats on a lake, 1899 |
Creator | Porter, Jr., Arthur |
Date | 1898-04-13 |
Categories | Manuscripts > File MS |