The letters are regarding the Education of American Ex-servicemen at the Ballarat School of Mines and Industries as part of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 - Public Law 346, the "G.I. Bill of Rights". The G.I. Bill was created to help rehabilitate American servicemen and re-integrate them into civilian society, focusing on and encouraging the education and training of ex-servicemen. The Act offered the payment of tuition, books, supplies and subsistence. Five letters of correspondence between the Foreign Service of the United States of America Consul General Richard F. Boyce, and the Ballarat School of Mines and Industries heads of staff between 1947 and 1955. Attached are other documents regarding the 'G.I. Bill of Rights' itself, veterans information records, amendments made regarding the payment of book, supplies and equipment charges, and receipts and records specific to student Allan C. Pitzen. Letterhead of the Foreign Service of the United States of America. Signature of Richard F. Boyce at the end of each letter. Intials of R.M.R, and a date in the top right corner of each letter.correspondance, usa, united states of america, foreign service, melbourne, ballarat school of mines and industries, ballarat, veterans administration educational and training provisions, servicemen's adjustment act of 1944, world war two, f.e. ferguson

Dark green hardcover book with gold embossing. Book is a fictionalised account of the life of James A. Garfield, President of the United States of America. 351 pages.fictionAutobiography of James A. Garfield, President of the United States of America.james a. garfield, w.m. thayer, assassinations, presidents, united states of america, biographical fiction

COPPER COLOURED METAL BASE, 4 ARMS HOLD GLASS FLUE, WHICH BELLIES OUT THEN TAPER IN, TO FLANGE OUT AT TOP WITH A FLUTED RIM."MADE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"local history, lighting, kerosene, kerosene lamp

Meetings of the institute were held in Wilkes-Barre, Bethlehem, Troy, Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh and Boston.Red hard covered book. Contents include: * List of members * Geological Distribution of MIning Districts in the United States (R.W. Raymond) * The Relation between the Speed and Effectiveness of Stamps (R.W. Raymond) * Remarks on the Waste in Coal-Mining (R. P Rothwell) * An Eccentric Theodolite (Francis Vinton) * The Use ad Advantages of the Prop Srew-Jack (E. Gaijot) * The Manufacture of Iron and Steel Rails ( John B. Pearse) * The importance of Surveying in Geology (Benjamin Smith Lyman) * Use of Blast-Furnace Slag (T. Egleston) * The Geonostical History of Metals (T. Sterry Hunt) * The Mining and Metallurgical Laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Robert H. Richards) Stamped "Department of Mining University of Melbourne"american institute of mining engineers, mining engineering, prop screw jack, mining districts in the united states of america, waste inn coal mining, lehigh zinc company, lake superior copper districtblast furnace, rolling versus hammering ingots, indianablack coal, pig-iron, longwall system of mining, wickersham process, midlothian colliary, virginia, plummet lamp, diamond drills

Local HistoryOrnamental mantle (shelf) clock with carved dark wood surround. Roman numerals on clock face. Face and pendulum covered with glass door. Two winders in front face. "Man. Ansonia Co. New york - United States of America" on faceclock, ansonia, new york, pendulum, mantle, shelf