Some account of a paper call'd the Telltale, begun in colledge Sept 1721

The small leather-bound volume holds two sections, a manuscript student periodical, and written tête-bêche, an exchange on smallpox inoculation followed by notes on the rules and activities of a Harvard College student club. The volume begins with thirteen numbered manuscript issues, written in one hand, of the Tell-Tale running from September 9, 1721 to November 1, 1721. Prefaced, "This paper was entitl'd the Telltale or Criticisms on the Conversation & Beheavour of Scholars to promote right reasoning & good manner," the work is modeled after literary periodicals of the time, including the "Spectator," and is considered the oldest student publication at Harvard. The periodical appears to have circulated in manuscript form. The content varies in format and includes letters between Telltale and correspondents, short essays, and advertisements. Topics discussed include conversation, detraction, and flattery. While not specifically about Harvard it does provide some information about the College including evidence of various student activities and organizations at Harvard in the 1720s. The entry explaining the rules of the Telltale Club is heavily faded and nearly illegible. The Telltale records multiple dreams, which are populated by various characters, such as “beautiful” Kate, two “learned Physicians” debating inoculation, “four Fellows” “pushing and shoving one another,” and a “person of a very Dark & swarthy complexion in a Slovenly Dress with 7 patches & 5 sparks on his Face.”

An incomplete unidentified work on inheritance : manuscript, undated

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه الاعانة فصل اعلم ان الناظم لم يتعرض. :Incipit

Mother with child at work (day care)

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Television actor Linda Lavin (far left) at "Women at Work" conference

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Television actor Linda Lavin at "Women at Work" conference

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Woman with her baby at work

Inscription: Verso: mother takes baby to work, Lee Morgan and infant, New York.

United Nations interpreter at work

Inscription: Verso: Jeanette Morrison, simultaneous interpreter, United Nations

Subway conductor at work

Inscription: Verso: Barbara Hand, subway conductor, New York.

Sculptor Marsha Farely at work

Inscription: Verso: Marsha Farley, sculptor, at work in her New York studio.

Attorney and paralegal at work in a law office

Inscription: Verso: Florence Fanbaum, left, paralegal, hands work to Catherine Raymond, lawyer, at right. New York.

Chef at work

Inscription: Verso: Felicia Nestor, chef, East-West Restaurant, New York

Carpenter at work

Inscription: Verso: Susan Carpenter, Carpenter, New York.

Air traffic controllers at work

Inscription: Verso: Gail Bassam (left) and Margaret Bellamy (right), air traffic controllers, Teterboro Airport, New Jersey.

Weather forecaster at work

Inscription: Verso: Laura Cole, weather forecaster, at radar scope, U.S. weather service.

Woman subway conductor at work

Inscription: Verso: Barbara Hand, subway conductor, New York.