South Dakota State University Archives: Maxine Mair Charity book collection

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
& Hilton M. Briggs Library Special Collections

Maxine Mair Charity book collection

COLLECTION SUMMARY

Title: Maxine Mair Charity book collection

Dates: 1900, 1918-1919, 1921, 1925, 1927-1929, 1931-1964, 1969-1938, 1940, 1945

Creator: Maxine Mair Charity

Physical description: 1 linear foot—1 container

Collection number: BA 1

Language: Collection material in English.

Repository: South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Abstract: Collection is composed of textbooks on music, psychology, social studies, European and American history, economics, sociology, English literature, education, and books of poetry and prose.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: This collection was donated to the Archives in September 2007 by Candace Charity and her husband Keith Whitaker of Boise Idaho.

Also included with this donation and added to the library circulation collection:

Braley, Berton, “The world’s one thousand best poems…,” New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1929. [PN6101.B7w v. 1-10]

Teter, George E. ed., “One hundred narrative poems,” Chicago, Scott, Foresman and Company, 1918. [PR1195.N2 T4 1918]

Nielson, William Allan, ed., “Shakespere’s A midsummer night’s dream,” Chicago, Scott, Foresman and Company, 1919. [PR2827.A2 N4 1919]

“American scientist,” New Haven, Conn., etc., Sigma Xi, etc., 1963-1974. [505 Am3] volumes already held by the library were offered to other institutions to fill out their collections.

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research.

It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003)

Preferred Citation: [identification of item]. Maxine Mair Charity book collection, BA 1, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D.

Processing Information: Crystal J. Gamradt processed this collection on 14 March 2008.

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the subject guide. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

Names:

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
Irving, Washington.

Subjects:

Adjustment (Psychology)
Economics.
Education, Vocational.
English literature.
English literature.
Europe—History—20^th century.
Europe—Politics and government—20^th century.
Insanity.
Music—History and criticism.
Poetry.
Personality.
Psychology, Pathological.
Psychology.
Social psychology.
Social sciences—Study and teaching.
Sociology.
United States—History—20^th century.
United States—History—Colonial period.
World politics.
World War, 1914-1918.

BACKGROUND NOTE

Maxine Mair Charity was the daughter of Minnie Dull and Charles Mair who were students at South Dakota State College between 1905-1909.

SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE

This collection is composed of textbooks on music, psychology, social studies, European and American history, economics, sociology, English literature, education, and books of poetry and prose.

ARRANGEMENT of the PAPERS

This collection of books is arranged alphabetically by author.

Box 1.

Bye, Raymond, T.
“Principles of Economics”
New York, F.S. Crofts & Co., 1936 3^rd ed.
508 p., diagrs., 23.5 cm.
Hardcover, good condition. Inscribed by Maxine Mair.
Chitwood, Oliver Perry
“A history of colonial America,”
New York, London, Harper & Brothers, 1931.
xiii p., 811 p. illus (maps) 22 cm.
Hardcover, good condition, some binding cracks on interior front cover. Inscribed by Miss Mair.
Cooke, James Francis
“Young Folks’ Picture History of Music”
Philadelphia, Theodore Presser Company, 1925.
82 pp. + 6 pp. blank music notation sheets, Included “cut out” picture pasted in.
Hardcover, cloth backed, illustrated paper over boards, good condition, pen marking on interior sheets. Inscribed by Onalee Mair.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
“Emerson’s Poems”
New York, Hurst & Company, undated.
164 p. 15 cm.
Hardcover, fair condition, loose pages, text block starting to separate from covers, soiled. Cover is silver embossed with pink and green flower print paper. Inscription inside front cover by Miss Hartry.
Gates, Arthur I.
“Elementary psychology,”
New York, The Macmillan Company, 1928, rev. ed.
xvii, 612 p. illus. 21 cm.
Hardcover, good condition. End cap pages soiled, some pencil marking. Inscribed by Onalee Mair.
Hart, Bernard
“The psychology of insanity,”
New York: Macmillan; Cambridge (Eng.), University Press, 1934, 4^th ed.
xi, 191 p., 17 cm.
Good condition, some underlined passages. Inscribed by Ruth Kirker and Maxine Mair.
Irving, Washington
“Stratford Upon Avon from the Sketch Book of Washington Irving. With notes and original illustrations, Edited by Richard Savage and Salt Brassington.”
Stratford Upon Avon: printed by Edward Fox at the Shakespeare Quiney Press, 1900.
144 p., numerous plates & sketches, 15 cm.
Hardcover, excellent condition, brown cloth backed boards ¼ style, hand-cut leaves. Inscriptions on interior back cover.
Lee, Edwin A.
“Objectives and Problems of Vocational Education”
New York and London, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. 1938, 2^nd ed.
476 p., folded diagrs., 23.5 cm.
Hardcover, good condition, some pencil notes in margins. Inscribed by unknown.
Newcomer, Alphonso Gerald, Howard Judson Hall, and Alice Ebba Andrews
“Twelve centuries of English poetry and prose.”
Chicago, Scott, Foresman & Co., 1928.
941 p. illus. 24 cm.
Hardcover, good condition, some library damage and pencil marks on interior front cover.
Pratt, Waldo Selden
“The history of music; a handbook and guide for students,”
New York, G. Schirmer, inc. Rev. ed. 1927.
734 p. including front., illus. ill maps (1 double) 22 cm.
Hardcover, poor condition: loose covers. Inscribed by Onalee Mair.
Reuter, Edward Byron and Clyde William Hart.
“Introduction to sociology”
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1933, 1^st ed. 3^rd impression.
548 p. 24cm.
Hardcover, good condition, some underlines passages. Inscribed by Maxine Mair.
Rogers, Lester B., Fay Adams, and Walker Brown.
“Story of Nations”
Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1945.
814 p., maps (some colored), illus. 24 cm.
Hardcover, good condition, Inscribed by Onalee Mair.
Snyder, Franklyn Bliss and Robert Grant Martin, eds.
“A book of English literature”
New York, The Macmillan company, 1932, 3^rd ed.
Vol. 1, From Beowulf to William Blake.
831 p. (fold. Maps), 25 cm.
Hardcover, good condition.
Swain, Joseph Ward
“Beginning the twentieth century: a history of Europe from 1870 to the present,”
New York, W.W. Norton & Co. Inc. Rev. ed. 1938.
xv, 772 p. double front., maps (part double) 24.5 cm.
Hardcover, good condition. Inscribed by Ruth E. Jacobson.
Wesley, Edgar Bruce
“Teaching the social studies; theory and practice,”
New York, Boster [etc.] D.C. Heath and Company, 1937.
xvii, 635 p. diagrs. 21 cm.
Hardcover, good condition, some pencil notes in margins. Inscribed by Onalee Mair.
Woodworth, Robert S.
“Psychology: a study of mental life,”
New York, NY, Henry Holt and Co. Inc. 1921.
580 p., illus., 20 cm.
Hardcover, good condition. Inscribed by Tom Wilder.
Young, Kimball
“Personality and problems of Adjustment,”
New York, F.S. Crofts & Co., 1940.
x, 868 o. illus., diagrs. 24 cm.
Hardcover, good condition. Inscribed by Helen C. Bacon.

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