[Pencil doodles on the back of an envelope: two shapes resembling ice skates and mathematical notations]

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Title: [Pencil doodles on the back of an envelope: two shapes resembling ice skates and mathematical notations]
Date: [18]88 December 10
Notes: G[eorge] W. P. Atkinson ALS to Pearce [Atkinson], December 10, [18]88. Chicago, Il. From a collection of papers containing correspondence between Atkinson and his parents, written primarily in the 1890s. The majority of the letters date from his time at Lehigh University and early engineering career with the Union Pacific Railway. These letters include descriptions of his college life and later railroad work in the mountains of Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.
Names and Subjects: Doodles.; Envelopes (Stationery); Skates.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Doodles.; Envelopes.; Line drawings.; Pencil drawings.
Collection Title: Pearce Atkinson papers
Collection Creator: Atkinson, George W.P. and Atkinson, Pearce, 1868-1896.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 6958
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-11-30 12:49:45

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Record: 6958
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