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Contains 2 Results:

Folder 4

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Pages from the Past leaf books were sold as six different collections with three different releases (18 total sets were sold in editions of varying numbers) between 1964-1966. These were all compiled and sold by the Washington DC-based dealer, Alfred W. Stites of Foliophiles, Inc., who had dismembered original printings and manuscripts specifically for the purpose of selling them in these "portfolio sets", as he referred to them. Western Michigan University Libraries is one of a number of...
Dates: 2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE

Egyptian Scarab

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents

Egyptian Scarab, ca. 1000 BCE with hieroglyphics. The piece of clay shows the hieroglyphs of the bottom of this Scarab. These were used as the signatures of ancient Egyptians.

Dates: 2500 BCE-1894 CE; Other: Majority of material found in Bulk 1500-1800 CE