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[Appendix in "Outlines of Lessons in Botany"]

Description: Photographs of "Outlines of Lessons in Botany: For the use of Teachers, or Mothers Studying with their Children" held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Weaver Juvenile Collection. It is the first of two volumes to teach children about plants and their uses. The book is open to the appendix and is resting on a plastic book cradle with weighted strings holding the pages down.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Illustration in "Outlines of Lessons in Botany"]

Description: Photograph of "Outlines of Lessons in Botany: For the use of Teachers, or Mothers Studying with their Children" held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Weaver Juvenile Collection. It is the first of two volumes to teach children about plants and their uses. The book is open to a page with an illustrated germination cycle for the plants.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Outlines of Lessons in Botany open on book cradle]

Description: Photograph of "Outlines of Lessons in Botany: For the use of Teachers, or Mothers Studying with their Children" held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Weaver Juvenile Collection. It is the first of two volumes to teach children about plants and their uses. The book is open to pages with questions about beans and peas on one and an illustrated germination cycle for the plants on the other.
Date: October 3, 2014
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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[Carved wooden clock]

Description: Image of a wooden clock, stained a dark brown and carved to look like a bird house with leaves on each side and a bird at the top. The face of the clock is black with white tick marks and white circles for the numbers. The place where number six would be is instead replaced with a hole to the inside. At the bottom of the clock face is "Germany", presumably where it was made.
Date: 18XX
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri, translated by Louise Brooks. The front cover of the book is covered in a brown cloth and printed with black ink. A print of the branch of an evergreen tree with long thin needles spans across the front of the cover and over the spine. On both the cover and the spine, the only text is the title. On the interior of the cover is a bookplate printed in purple ink. On the bookplate is an illustration of a room looking out onto a lawn. In the room is a high ba… more
Date: 188X
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
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Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri and translated by Helen B. Dole. The cover of the book is made of a worn out brown fabric with a dark brown printing for the text and illustrations. Illustration on the cover is a laurel motif made of leaves and buds that surround the the names of the author, translator, and the title. At the top is the name of the series, Home and School Library and at the bottom is the name of the publisher. Inside the book accompanying the text are various black and wh… more
Date: 189X
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
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Heidi: A Story for Children and Those Who Love Children

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri and translated by Louise Brooks. The cover of the book is a light blue color with black ink. Starting at the top and reaching towards the middle of the cover is the branch of an evergreen tree with long thin needles. The illustration carries onto the spine of the book which also has the title and the name of the publisher. Also on the spine is a strip of paper with "GCW" on it for Gustine Courson Weaver. On the title page is faded text with the title, sub… more
Date: 188X
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Miniature Heidi book]

Description: Image of a miniature copy of the book "Heidi" written by Johanna Spyri, next to an American quarter dollar for scale. The book is slightly larger than the quarter. The cover of the book is dark blue with gold gilded title and circular patterns bordering on the edges of the front cover.
Date: unknown
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of woman and child]

Description: Photograph of a woman and a young child, the child is seated upon the lap of the woman with her hands held together. They are both smiling as their portrait is taken of them. The older woman's hair is braided and pulled up on her head.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photographs of the Spyri family]

Description: Photographs of the Spyri family. (L-R) First image label, J GANZ Phot. Zurich. Annt of Johannah Spyri Tanta Rageli. Second image label, Mother of Johannah Spyri Meta Heusser-An Author. Third image label, Johannah Spyri. Fourth image label, The small son of Madame Spyri who died young. Written on the fourth image reads, "Bernhard Spyri."
Date: unknown
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of Johanna Spyri]

Description: Portrait of the late Johanna Spyri. She is wearing a high collared shirt with frills under neath a coat. Around her neck is a cross necklace. Her hair is done up and wrapped around her head. Below the portrait is Spyri's signature.
Date: unknown
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Shirley Temple in Heidi

Description: Softcover Heidi book based off of the 1937 film adaptation of Heidi by Johanna Spyri, starring Shirley Temple. The cover of the book is a black and white photograph of Shirley Temple sitting in a dirndl with her hands held on her lap. Of to the side is a red and white sticker.
Date: 193X
Creator: 20th Century Fox
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Three versions of Heidi by Johanna Spyri]

Description: A compilation of three works, the cover of a play adaptation of Spyri's Heidi written by Ethel Hale Freeman, an image of the title page of a copy of Heidi published by Ginn and Company, and a final copy of Heidi showcasing an illustration in the book. The first image, the play, is of a photocopy the cover of the playbook attached to the cover of a bound hardback book. The second image is over the cover page of a copy of Heidi written by Johanna Spyri and published by Ginn and Company. In the ce… more
Date: 19XX
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Young Swiss Boy]

Description: Postcard that has an illustration of a young boy pictured in front of the Alps, wearing traditional Swiss clothing and holding an armful of flowers in his right arm and a cane in his left. Handwritten text below the image says "Bermese costume."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Young Swiss Girl]

Description: Postcard that has an illustration of a young girl pictured in front of the Alps, wearing traditional Swiss clothing, including a hat at the back of her head with a wide lace edging, and cradling an armful of flowers in her right arm. Handwritten text below the image says "Bermese costume."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Companion Library edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. This book is a dual book with the other side being the book Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge. The cover of the book has a full sized illustration of Heidi standing in a field with her grandfather, petting a goat. The field is full of grass and flowers and is bordered by a fence where beyond is a log cabin. In the background are more fields and mountains. On the spine of the book has the titles of both books on each side and in the center has … more
Date: 1963
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
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Heidi

Description: Whitman Classics (1955) edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri with illustrations by Janet Smalley. The front cover has an illustration of Heidi standing barefoot on a patch of grass and flowers wearing a dirndl laced at the front. In her apron she is holding a batch of picked flowers. Tied around her hair is a floral patterned scarf. On the left is a goat kid looking at her flowers. In the background of the cover is a pink bas with white flowers, possibly edelweiss. At the top of the cover is a dar… more
Date: 1955
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
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Heidi: Child of the Mountains

Description: Adapted and abridged version of Heidi written by Johanna Spyri and illustrated by Steffie Lerch. The front cover is an illustration of Heidi standing in a grassy field dotted with flowers. In one hand she is holding a small bouquet of flowers in one hand behind her back with her other hand held over her eyes. At the back of the field is is a brown house. Behind the house is the sun on the horizon next to some mountains. The title page has the title of the book, the author's and illustrator's na… more
Date: 1950
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two room wooden dollhouse with furniture]

Description: Image of a two room dollhouse made of wood. The room on the left has white walls and blue furniture to match that of a kitchen or dining room. All of the furniture in the room is painted blue with accents in other colors. In the room is a China cabinet, chest, dining table with two chairs and a bench, and a fireplace. On two of the walls are windows with blue striped curtains. The room on the right has light green walls and red furniture with white and yellow details. The furniture in the room … more
Date: 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two room wooden dollhouse with furniture, the blue room]

Description: Image of a kitchen or dining room in a two room dollhouse. The walls of the room are painted a cream color and the furniture is painted a bright blue color. The furniture in the room includes a chest, a dining table, two chairs, an L shaped bench, a straight bench, a green fireplace, and a a set of cabinets with open shelves. On the walls lining the L bench are two windows with blue and white striped curtains. In the adjacent corner is a chimney painted green with a bench in front of it. Next … more
Date: 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two room wooden dollhouse with furniture, the red room]

Description: Image of the red and green room from a two room wooden dollhouse from 1947. The walls of the room are painted a light green and the floors are left bare and untreated. In the room are miniature sets of furniture including a wardrobe, vanity, chair, cradle with pillow, and a four poster bed with a mattress. All of the furniture is painted red with white and yellow decorations painted overtop. On the edges of the rooms, where the fourth wall is missing, a pieces of wood decorated with yellow, red… more
Date: 1947
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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