This volume tells reports on George Beach's journey to the Far East and Pacific with second spouse Mary Beach. The volume also includes a cumulative statistical account of his travels from 1903 to 1975 on land, sea, and in the air. The first forty-six pages discuss the trip from January 24 through March 6, 1975 in places such as Tahiti, New Zealand, Austalia, Hong Kong and Bali. Beach makes general obersvations on this trip from the perspective of having flown about one million miles in a quarter century, or about 40,000 miles per year and the log for this trip is at the end of the section on this voyage. The pages from 47 to 59 include cumulative lists of statistics, etc. on Beach's travels: Trip Mileage (land miles), Lifetime Log 1924 -1975 (of visits to continenys/islandss),Lifetime Country Visitation (in addition to all fifty states), Crossing the equator dates and Crossing the international dateline dates, International and foreign local airlines used, 1946-75, Transatlantic surface crossings (dates, ships, and fates of the ships after his travel on them), and an encompassing Vacation Chronology from 1903 to1975.
10 items -- newspaper clippings, journal clippings, organization statement, and copy of Illinois horticultural statues
One print in a simple stiff paper gray folder, 10" by 6.25," folded in thirds, with a window in the third section, folded under the first third. In the window is the print, a study of roman capitals Middleton "later used used" for "hand engraved boxwood bookplates." The block had been engraved in 1953, and though some proofs were made, no edition was printed prior to this one for a Caxton Club keepsake. (Taken from the colophon, on the back, the verso of the middle section of the folder.) The print is initialed in pencil in large fine capitals, centered under the print. in smaller pencil are the date "1985" immediately under the print block on the right and "56/275" in the same size and position on the left. The folder was printed at the Turtle Press of Chicago printer Bruce Beck.
This is an 8.5" by 11" mimeographed and spiral-bound volume of 33 pages, with stiff gray paper boards from and back, imprinted on the front in red, and with a smal bird image or logo by then adopted by Mr. Beach. The narrative of this trip appears on the pages 1 through p. 29 and it is important to note that the places visited included Anarctica, Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Pages 30 through 33 give summary accounts or a log of trips with the number of visits to continents or regions from 1924 to 1973 (p. 30), "lifetime Country Visitation" in addition to all 50 states (p. 31), airplane refueling stops (p. 32), and other data points like crossing the Equator and the International Date Line.
8 scripts of plays and poems: "The Young Marrieds" -- written by Laflin, Louis E., Jr., with annotations; "Men's Fashion Show - Armand Chateau" -- no author listed, with annotations "Our Presidents, God Bless Thee" -- no author listedl, with annotations "Kown Your Own Sesquicentennial" -- by Laflin, Louis E., Jr., with annotations "The Poets" -- written by Laflin, Louis E., Jr. "Today - 1975" -- produced by Laflin, Louis E., Jr. "Urbs in Horto" (2 copies) - no author listed, with annotations
This folder holds a complete rough draft for the consideration of several publishers of Col. Seitz's personal story titled "From Pearl Harbor to the Elbe." He describes his war experiences from the time of December 7, 1941 to April 25, 1945. The text is 121 pages long (as seen in the contents section) and does have hand written notes by the author. A shorter introduction (see Folder 1) by Edward Apree also prefaces the main text.
This folder holds a handful of scrapbook pages that contain clippings on subjects like the marriage of Jane Fortune and Joseph E. Nolan, Roosevelt's New Deal Plan and its financial and legal effect, and the Federal Securities Act.
Associated items in the box include most notably Middleton's innovative make-ready for printing this block, a build-up of layers of carefully cut layers to force the print page into the grooves of the engraved wood. There is also correspondence with the former owner, Everett Sentman of Lake Forest, and a 1944 holiday card with an engraving from a block of Bewick's printed by Middleton. The bulk of the box's contents though consists of fifty prints by Middleton of the "Crane Hawking"/"Heron taking an eel" vignette and fifty folders for them.
Note: All the letters in this folder are photocopies. The originals lay in different folders within the collection. Also the letter transcriptions are thorough in capturing the original handwritten wprds, but occasionally the transctipts contain gaps to show when the transcripters were uncertain of a word or meaning in the letter.