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This folder contains a letter by Ida B. Wells Barnett, dated August 5, 1919.

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.