[1]p., The handy manual

This week finds a number of historical items of interest available including the 1918 Sinn Fein Manifesto on the Irish vote in the historic General Election; the first issue of the Olive Branch – a rare newspaper from the Historical Society of Montgomery County published in Doylestown and Norristown; two non-fiction popular culture titles, and a few other tidbits!

Dime Novel and Popular Literature

Non-Fiction

The Handy Manual
[http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:449131]

Joe Miller’s Joke Book
[http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:447895]

Periodicals

Front cover, Chicago Ledger, v. XLIV, no. 24, June 10, 1916

Chicago Ledger (1 issue added)
[http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:447809]

Wellspring for Young People (3 issues added)
[http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:447485]
[http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:447495]
[http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:447505]

Historical Society of Montgomery County

[1] p., Olive Branch, v. VIII, no. 412, May 14, 1850

Olive Branch (collection created, 1 issue added)
[http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:449224]

Joseph McGarrity Collection

Books

General Election : Manifesto to the Irish people
[http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:448847]

Newspapers

The Waterford Chronicle (collection created, 4 issues added)
[http://digital.library.villanova.edu/Collection/vudl:449016]