{"product_id":"1881-usa-illustrated-map-cover-chautauqua-ny-sunday-school","title":"1880 USA illustrated map cover Chautauqua NY Sunday School","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(66, 38, 140);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e“Map Showing the Location of Chautauqua Lake S. S. Assembly Grounds”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eis an 1880 miniature map printed on an envelope for the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly Grounds. It was produced specifically for the 1880 Chautauqua season, which was part of the early Chautauqua adult‑education movement. Mailed in 1881.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis evolved into \u003cem\u003e Chautauqua Movement, a national effort to foster lifelong learning, religious education,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"d_ei\"\u003e and cultural enrichment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eMailed to _ Farrell in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e Kingston, then redirected to 1000 Islands Park. \u003c\/span\u003eTwo postmarks on front  C\u003cstrong\u003eHAUTAUQUE AUG 25 --  NY\u003c\/strong\u003e' and \u003cstrong\u003eKINGSTON AU 17 81 CANADA\u003c\/strong\u003e'., smudged one on back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eTwo items inside envelope:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003ePamphlet Thousand Island Sunday School  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(92, 43, 177);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREPORT OF CLASSES Thousand Island S.S. Parliament July 21- Aug 1 1881\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eBetween the 1870s and 1890s, Thousand Island Park (TIP) hosted large Methodist educational gatherings modeled after the original \u003cstrong\u003eChautauqua Assembly\u003c\/strong\u003e at Chautauqua Lake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eList of graduating members of Children's Class and Normal Class. Note that there are two Farrell family  members in the Normal Class.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eLetter from Philadelphia to Brother Farrell 1929\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eBrother Farrell entitled to 2nd prize, chromolithograph of Palestine, useful for Bible Study.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eRipped where opened on left. Someone has decorated with with hand-drawn horse heads.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is an 1881 envelope with a miniature map issued for the 1881 season of the Chautauqua Meetings - adult education camps held annually on the shores of Lake Chautauqua, New York. Chautauqua Movement The Chautauqua Institution is a unique educational community located in Chautauqua, New York, renowned for its commitment to the arts, education, religion, and recreation. Founded in 1874, it originally served as a training camp for Sunday school teachers, but evolved into a cultural hub, offering lectures, performances, and classes across diverse disciplines. Its picturesque grounds on the shores of Chautauqua Lake come alive each summer as thousands gather for a season of intellectual exploration, artistic expression, and spiritual reflection, all within the framework of lifelong learning and shared experiences. The success of the initial 'camp' evolved into the Chautauqua Movement, a national effort to foster lifelong learning, religious education,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"d_ei\"\u003e and cultural enrichment. The movement saw the establishment of numerous branch 'Chautauquas' across the nation, often in tent assemblies open-air auditoriums. These gatherings aimed to provide rural communities with intellectual and cultural experiences akin to those available in urban centers. The movement, although less popular than in its heyday, remains alive and annual summer meetings on the original grounds are much anticipated. Publication History and Census \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"d_ei\"\u003eThis map envelope was printed by William Phelps Northrup, later of the Matthews Northrup firm of Buffalo. This is among the earliest work that can be assigned to Northrup. Likely, given his location in nearby Buffalo, Northrup was a Chautauquan. 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