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A pen and ink and watercolor drawing of a mushroom by Orra White Hitchcock, which she has identified as "merulius cornucopioides".

A manuscript draft by Edward Hitchcock of the first five lectures included in his work "The Religion of Geology and its Connected Sciences." Hitchcock attempts to demonstrate the relationships between religion and geology while also discussing the…

A color painting of two sprigs of leaves by Orra White Hitchcock, executed in pastels. One of the sprigs may be sumac.

A painting of four birch leaves in autumnal colors by Orra White Hitchcock, possibly done in pastels. There are some pencil sketch marks on the image. The artwork is housed in a mat for conservation.

A plate printed from an illustration by Orra White Hitchcock showing part of Mount Holyoke and Mount Tom in Massachusetts, with the Connecticut River between them. The plate is plate 4 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of…

A color painting of an oak leaf by Orra White Hitchcock, possibly executed in pastels.

A five-stanza poem by Edward Hitchcock alluding to being summoned by God to death. Hitchcock has made edits to the text in pencil.

A woodcut print (possibly a proof) by Orra White Hitchcock depicting the rocking stone in Fall River, Massachusetts, with a man standing to the left of the stone. The piece is annotated "Fig. 68" but it was published as fig. 75 in Edward Hitchcock's…

A watercolor of a rose by Orra White Hitchcock, with her initials written at the bottom center of the page. The drawing shows one rose flower in bloom surrounded by leaves and three flower buds. The paper features an embossed border. The artwork is…

A plate printed from illustrations by Orra White Hitchcock depicting nineteen different fossils from the Eocene Tertiary. This is plate 19 in Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts."