Cardboard fan from Chin Lee Chin's, New York City
- UTSC 006-2-5-58-13
- Item
- [1930s]
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Cardboard fan from Chin Lee Chin's, New York City
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Cardboard fan from Chungking Royal, Heampstead, Long Island
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Corona d'Italia = Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Item is a black t-shirt with white words in English and Blissymbolics printed on the fabric.
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one ceramic chalice with an orange glaze paint.
Ceramic Chinese food take out box
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Blue Chinese characters on the front. Box has a metal handle and lid.
Ceramic ornament of St. Francis of Assisi and wolf
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of a painted sculpture of St. Francis of Assisi with a wolf. He is wearing the brown garb of a Franciscan monk. He has his arms around the wolf, and the wolf is looking up at him. The bottom of the sculpture is covered in green felt and features a sticker with the letters "LBI".
Ceramic tile mosaic of [Virgin Mary?]
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one small mosaic made of ceramic tiles, most likely depicting the Virgin Mary. Much of the mosaic is blue.
Certification of Shirley McNaughton to the grade of Fellow in RESNA
Item is a RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America) certificate to Shirley McNaughton, signed by President and representative of Chair Protocol Committee.
Chan's Chinese Restaurant coin
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Paper coin from 2600 S. King Street, Hawaii.
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur = Knight of the Legion of Honour : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Frame with a thermometer and illustrations of two children in tradional dress. China Gardens was on Rivers Blvd.
Chinese food puzzle, 500 pieces
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
"Chinese Ice Cubes" ice cube tray
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Chin's and Chin Lee pocket mirror
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Mirror is clouded. Restaurant was located on Broadway, New York City.
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
By Ideal Toy Corporation.
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one small clay bird. The top of the bird is painted blue.
Clay cross with two hands crossing in the centre
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of a clay cross which depicts two hands crossing over the center of the cross. The verso of the cross has the large letters, "YMX".
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one clay bird whistle in the shape of a duck.
Clay oval ornament with painted flower by "Brian"
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one clay ornament, in the shape of an oval, featuring a painting of a flower. The ornament is by Brian [Last name unknown].
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one small clay sculpture, possibly made by a member of L'Arche Daybreak. The sculpture features Nouwen with his arms around a child, whose hand is reaching towards Nouwen's open mouth. The Nouwen figure has a blue-gray glaze paint for clothing, and has glasses carved on his face.
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of six clerical collars, all used by Henri Nouwen.
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Plastic wall clock with red Chinese lettering on the front. Tam Key was located at 202 Mott Street in New York City.
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Pair of new socks with Chinese menu printed on
Ollie's Noodle Shop and Grille hat
Vanessa's Dumplings, NYC, polo shirt
World Record Attempt Most Menus 2005 tshirt
Chinese menu printed pink tie
Chinese take out box printed tshirt
A Million Menus exhibit tshirt, 1991
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one set of coasters. The initials "H.N." are embossed on the coasters in gold ink.
Cocuswood Carte 1867 System flute : Rudall, Rose, Carte and Co., London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Rudall, Rose, Cart and Co. in London, with sterling-silver keywork and head lining. The flute was described as "An excellent design, in some ways technically superior to the Boehm." This flute has an extra trill key for C to C-sharp and G to G-sharp.
Cocuswood Pratten-system flute : [Boosey, London]
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, likely made by Boosey in London, with German-silver bands and keywork mounted on pillars. Pratten, a celebrated English flutist, developed this system in 1852, and in 1856 Boosey started to make Pratten flutes. This flute has a cylindrical bore with large holes all covered, and is fingered like the eight-keyed flute.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Commemoration of Her Majesty's Coronation : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one commemorative coin. The front of the coin features a raised profile of Pope Paul VI, and the Latin of his name: "Paulus VI. Pont. Max" The verso of the coin reads "Anno santo 1975. Roma" and a raise depiction of two saints and a doorway. Nouwen likely got this coin while he was in Rome.
Item is a poster for the Blissymbolics Communication Institute - Canada.
Congratulations on 25 Wonderful Years of Bliss in Sweden
Item is a Congratulations from Blissymbolics Communication International.
Conical Boehm-style flute in African blackwood : Couesnon, Paris
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Couesnon in Paris, with German-silver bands and keywork. Boehm's research led in 1832 to his conical flute, fully vented and with large holes. It is largely regarded as "the greatest landmark of all in the modern history of woodwind design." This is the 1832 flute with the addition of the Briccialdi thumb key.
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one small metal pendant. On the front is a crucifix, with engraved figures behind Jesus, and angels above His head. The verso lists the name "Assisi" and has an engraved phrase in Latin, likely a prayer.
Cylinder filled with take out chopsticks
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
"Tincture of bone comp." cylinder container from Beijing, China, used to store several pairs of restaurant chopsticks.
Deanna McInroy BlissApple Display
Item is a Blissymbol communication board used by Deanna McInroy, consisting of printed and hand-written symbols with translations.
Distinguished Lecturer Award to Shirley McNaughton
Item is an Everest and Jennings Distinguished Lecturer Award presented by RESNA to Shirley McNaughton, C.M., M.Ed..
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one stereo system. This was Henri Nouwen's Dolby System 4 speaker system and manual recording system. Sue Mosteller says that this is the player that Nouwen used to play all of his cassettes.
Easter Seals Distinguished Service Award to Shirley McNaughton
Item is an Easter Seals Distinguished Service Award presented to Shirley McNaughton.
Eight porcelain tableware items
Part of Harley J. Spiller collection
Purchased from Shanghai Museum gift shop, includes note about provenance from Harley Spiller. Dishes and spoons have price stickers with Chinese writing on them. Includes:
2 raised condiment bowls
2 small blue and white condiment bowls
1 blue and white soup spoon
3 soup spoons with painted flowers
Eight-key boxwood flute with ivory mounts : Thomas Prowse, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Thomas Prowse of London, with sterling-silver keys with salt-spoon style ends and decorative turning on the head-joint and ends. This is an early model Nicholson flute.
Eight-key boxwood flute with ivory mounts : William Henry Potter, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by William Henry Potter in London, with sterling-silver keys with pewter plug ends.
Eight-key cocuswood flute : Alexander Liddle, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Alexander Liddle in London, with German-silver bands and block-mounted keywork. This is a version of Carte's silver "Old Model," and brought the advantages of cylindrical bore to players of the old eight-key flute.
Eight-key cocuswood flute with wide sterling-silver bands : Rudall and Rose, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Rudall and Rose in London, with sterling-silver keys with salt-spoon style ends, except for the C and C-sharp keys, which have pewter plugs. The flute is of particular interest in having the 1832 patent head-joint.
Eight-key cocuswood flute with wide sterling-silver bands : Thomas Prowse, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Thomas Prowse in London. The flute has sterling-silver keys with salt-spoon style ends, mounted on blocks. It is a brilliant example of the large-holed flute developed by the great English flutist Charles Nicholson Jr. The historical importance of this model is that Theodore Boehm heard Nicholson playing it during a visit to England in 1831. The epoch-making Boehm flute universally used today was the result.
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one white cotton handkerchief with Nouwen's name and beach scene embroidery.
Part of Henri Nouwen fonds
Item consists of one engraved wooden box. The engraving is a pattern of squares with triangles.
Item is an E-Tran communication board used through eye-tracking.
Item is an acrylic glass E-Tran communication frame. Using eye-coding, it is intended to be read together with a Bliss board placed within the frame.