My Encyclopedia:
Pictures of the book & inserts*Supplemental material for Issue #7: Author Highlight: Ruth Reichl
Documented here are newspaper and magazine clippings (spanning at least 19 years between 1934 and 1953) which were carefully filed in my volume of:
The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Eleventh Edition, vol. XIII, University of Cambridge University Press, 1910.
This edition features a brown suede cover with embossed gold lettering and gilt edged pages
Inside cover with three different labels, all stating:
“Presented by: Ruth Moody”
Two labels also include “Ricks College Library”
The pages are thin and very fine—partially translucent, but strong and smooth
Newspaper article “When is a Hawk Not a Bad Hawk?” and accompanying photo, filed under “Hawk”
Full color magazine print of Helen of Troy portrait, filed under “Helen”
Newspaper clipping of a painting titled “Woman in Black” (1906) by Robert Henri, filed under “Henry”
*The title of the painting and the artist were meticulously cut out and pasted on the clipping
Full page magazine article “The Queen was in the Parlor” recounting stories and rhymes about Henry VIII, filed under “Henry VIII”
*The bottom right hand corner indicates that this was from the June 1953 edition of Hometown magazine
The article below, “Who Moves Next?” is exceptionally interesting. When I showed it to my husband, his reaction was, “Well, that’s creepy.”
“What do you mean, ‘creepy’?” I demanded.
“Well, that these men were alive then and their pictures were in the newspaper,” he said. Oh, yeah…I was so excited about finding a date on this article, but I could also consider the actual content I’m holding in my hands!
This article was filed under “Hess” in the encyclopedia. Published in 1941, the article outlines ranking “Hitler intimates,” one of which is Rudolph Hess. The handwritten notes indicate 2 personality types: “Type 1: abnormal introvert” and “Type 2: abnormal extrovert” and expanded definitions for each. The men pictured have been labeled as one or the other–except for Hitler, whose portrait sits at the center of the swastika collage.
Creepy, indeed.
A newspaper article titled “A New Head at Hollins” about Hollins College, a college for southern girls, filed under “Holly”
The back of the Hollins article gives us the full newspaper reference: New York Times, Sunday, February 18, 1934
(And check out those real estate prices!)
Four clippings referencing American artist Winslow Homer, filed under “Homer, Winslow”
Full color printing of “The Gulf Stream” by Winslow Homer
Left article: Newspaper printing of Winslow Homer’s woodcutting “Making Havelocks for those Volunteers” which the article references to Harper’s weekly June, 1861
Under the illustration, it reads “Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 1942”
An article titled “Winslow Homer’s Civil War Illustrations” is hand-pasted to the illustration and discusses the history and art of woodcutting.
Upper Right: Newspaper clipping of Louise Homer’s portrait (the signature appears to be part of the newspaper printing)
Lower Right: Newspaper printing of “The School Girl” by Winslow Homer (the hand written year, 1946, appears to reference the date of the article, not the painting, as the artist died in 1910)
Two portraits of Mrs. Hoover, one with the hand-pasted caption “Mrs. Hoover on the Eve of the Hoover Inaugural” and one picture of former president Herbert Hoover, all filed under “Hoorn”
Full color portrait—the hand-pasted caption reads “Admiral Horne” and is filed under “Horne”
Two clippings of pictures of horses, filed under “Horse”
End of Thirteenth Volume
Printed by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, on “Britannica India Paper” Manufactured by D. Warren & Company, Boston, Mass.
This page is supplemental material for “Read, Think, Share: Repeat!”
Issue #7: Author Highlight: Ruth Reichl