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Two pages from a scrapbook of clippings of short articles by Celestia R. Colby written between 1853 and 1857. The articles on these pages are titled "A Wholesome Moral Influence At Home," "Patience," and "Cultivator Circle--Girls' Wages--Ohio…

Two pages from a scrapbook of clippings of short articles by Celestia R. Colby written between 1853 and 1857. The articles on these pages are titled "'I Have No Time To Read,'" "Letter From The West," and "Rainy Days." They are pasted over household…

In this undated and unfinished manuscript essay, Celestia R. Colby begins to explain what rights she and other 19th century women seek in American society.

Transcript:

Written For The Mayflower

Some Things We Want
By Mrs Celestia R.…

Short essay by Celestia Colby in which she recounts an incident in the life of her young daughter J. Rose Colby. The poem they reference is Locksley Hall by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Transcript: Little Rose was busily engaged to night watching the…

Five-page manuscript essay by Illinois State University Department of Literature faculty member Dr. J. Rose Colby titled "Through Literature to Life," written on November 22, 1935.

An article titled "Some Often Forgotten Aspects of the Relation of Women to the Industrial World" by Illinois State University Department of Literature faculty member Dr. J. Rose Colby excerpted from the February 4, 1908 issue of the ISU student…

Article by Illinois State University Department of Literature faculty member Dr. J. Rose Colby titled "The Girl and the Library," published in vol. 2, no. 1 of The Educational Bi-Monthly on October 1, 1907.

The first page of an essay in both manuscript and typescript form by Illinois State University Department of Literature faculty member Dr. J. Rose Colby titled "Training Teachers of Appreciation."

Selected pages from a lecture by Rachel Crothers titled "Construction of a Play" published in the 1928 anthology The Art of Playwriting: Lectures Delivered at the University of Pennsylvania on the Mask and Wig Foundation.

Signed typed manuscript copy of a speech given by Rachel Crothers at the White House upon receipt of a Chi Omega National Achievement Award in April 1939. The ceremony was attended by Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt.