Black and white photo of a man wearing glasses and a bowtie

lined paper journal with cursive writing and a sketch at the top with labels circa 1900

line paper with journal entry and cursive writing. the title of the journal entry is Neurology circa 1900

Brown cover of a notebook with the title writing book just above the image of a hand writing with a fountain pen.

Our #ArchivesHandwriting (complete with the *perfect* notebook cover ✍️) comes courtesy of Herman L. Kretschmer, a 1900 graduate of NU's Pharmacy School and 1904 graduate of the Medical School. He became a leading surgeon in Chicago and served as president of the American Medical Association

A handwritten page from a journal with clear, orderly handwriting.

A handwritten page from a journal with informal and scribble-like handwriting.

Can't ready your doctor's handwriting? How about these pages from Dr. Howard A. Kelly's 1872 copybook - featuring his script as a 14-year-old composition student (left) and later as an adult (right).
#ArchivesHashtagParty #ArchivesHandwriting

Page of DTR Kartabo station guest book of February 1916 showing signatures of William Beebe, Theodore Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt, and 6-8 others.

We’re glad to be joining the #ArchivesHashtagParty this month, looking at #ArchivesHandwriting. Here we see an early 1916 page from the guestbook of the Department of Tropical Research’s station in Kartabo, British Guiana.
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy - Senior Class Examination in Theory and Practice of Pharmacy, April 12, 1878

It's time for another #ArchivesHashtagParty! This month's theme is #ArchivesHandwriting, and today we're sharing one of our old tests. This a gorgeous handwritten copy of the Senior Class Examination in Theory and Practice of Pharmacy from April 12, 1878. Can you answer any of the questions? 📝

What did they do before email? Write notes of course! In the right note, Winston Churchill (red ink) asks "How many U-boats are supposed to be out working now?" and Private Secretary Jock Colville (black ink) replies "6...at sea and 2 in the French port of L'Orient"

📜1985.10.3 #ArchivesHandwriting

The theme for today’s #ArchivesHashtagParty is #ArchivesHandwriting. ✒️

The handwriting booth at Olvera Street, via @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social's Herman J. Schultheis Collection (tessa2.lapl.org/digital/coll...).

#OlveraStreet turns 95 this year as it opened on April 20, 1930.

Two of the oldest #ArchivesHandwriting documents in our collection were signed by James Ley, first Earl of Marlborough, in 1625 and 1627. The title became extinct after four Earls, until John Churchill, Winston Churchill's ancestor, was made Earl (and later Duke) in 1689.

📜1968.13

Fort Snelling, Aug to Sept 2nd 1864. Dear Wife and Children I am well and hope you are all the same. It is a month to day since I left home. It seems a long time although I have nothing to complain of and if I was a young single man, I think I could enjoy myself. I have heard nothing from home since I left and I am anxious to hear from you, and whether you have found the sheep or not. I don't think they used me exactly right in not allowing me to volunteer, but I shall not fret about it. I published another piece in the paper which will appear in the Weekly Pioneer and Democrat of the 3rd Sept.

Inspired by @kenoshamuseums.bsky.social, here's part of a Civil War letter written by Charles Marples. Handwriting is pretty similar to their Civil War letter.

We have a substantial collection of materials from Marples, who moved from MN to NE
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Handwritten manuscript of Diaetetica Sacra, written (in German) by one of the monks at Ephrata, on handmade paper

Handwritten manuscript of Diaetetica Sacra, written (in German) by one of the monks at Ephrata, on handmade paper

Spine of handwritten manuscript of Diaetetica Sacra, written by one of the monks at Ephrata, on handmade paper

Joining the #ArchivesHandwriting #ArchivesHashtagParty with this manuscript of Diaetetica Sacra, handwritten (in German) by one of the monks at Ephrata, on handmade paper made by themselves at their paper mill. Undoubtedly written before they had their printing press! In the Athenaeum collection!

Piece of note paper with JFK's handwritten notes that includes the words and phrases "State of the Union," "Communist control is not negotiable," "Social reform - land change," and "Trujillo."

Page from Kathleen Kennedy's diary with entries for the days June 5, 6, and 9, 1944.

Notes for JFK's civil rights speech by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and another person.

Letter dated July 8, 1957 to Senator John F. Kennedy criticizing him for his remarks about Algeria.

We’re kicking off our first #ArchivesHashtagParty on here, and boy do we have a lot of material for this month’s theme: #ArchivesHandwriting.

From JFK to his family to administration members to everyday citizens, the archives at the JFK Library is full of examples of all kinds of penmanship.

Flyer with illustration of Africa with eye in center, top half colored in green and bottom half colored in red.

This #handwritten #poster fills our #handwriting fix for #ArchivesHandwriting #ArchivesHashtagParty! African Students Association event from Apr 1967 promised movies, cultural displays, folk songs & dances 💚

Full poster: bit.ly/ou-ua-africa... #OHIOUniversityArchives #OHIOUniversity #ForeverOHIO

A glimpse of Myra Vaughn's beautiful handwriting, a schoolteacher from upstate New York during the Civil War era. #ArchivesHandwriting

Handwritten letter to Miss Callie Harding, Kearney, Neb. My dear cousin, I presume by this time you have given up all hopes of ever again hearing from me, but I pray you to excuse my negligence this time and promise you I will do better in the future.

Behind on your emails (I know I am)? You're in good company. Mae Strickland opens her 1891 letter to her cousin Callie Harding with: "I presume by this time you have given up all hopes of ever again hearing from me."
#Archives #ArchivesHandwriting #ArchivesHashtagParty #Nebraska

This letter, featuring cross-hatch writing, was sent to Mrs. Valentine O.B. Brown of West Randolph, VT, in 1838. It discusses the news and heath of family and friends, deaths, wishes for comfort and happiness, and activities such as walking in the garden and listening to birds. #ArchivesHandwriting

It's #ArchivesHandwriting for this month's theme of the #ArchivesHashtagParty. Today, archives around the country are sharing resources from their collections to celebrate the art of penmanship.

Anonymous poem next to a crepe paper owl perched on gold painted stick. Poem Transcription: "Oh the Owls, Oh the Owls, Just listen to them howl. They work on education Public health + legislation We work hard from morn till late at nite To make all bills so very tight. Bring on the Owls " " " "

This month's #ArchivesHashtagParty theme is #ArchivesHandwriting, and it's also #WomensHistoryMonth, so we wanted to highlight the OWLs! The VT Chapter of the Order of Women Legislators, est. 1936, encouraged election or appointment of women to public office and provided support among its members.

#TBT: 1951 postcard of Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills💚 The Ridgewood Savings Bank at 71st Ave (still standing!) is at center right. Postmarked March 9th, the back features #ArchivesHandwriting with a message for family.

#QPLarchives #Postcards #1950s #ForestHillsQueens #ArchivesHashtagParty