{"value"=>"<p>This series spans Amy Oppenheim's adult life. The Art Notebooks (1896-1898, 8 volumes) give the earliest indication of her interests in fine arts. This interest probably developed during her school year visits to museums, readings and lectures. The notebooks are full of biographical writings on various European and American artists. They are also written in pencil and pen and vary in size. The Art Scrapbooks (1897-1898, 2 volumes) complement the Art Notebooks with an assortment of magazine and newspaper clippings illustrating artists or artists work. She annotated some of these scrapbooks. A Loose-leaf binder (1916-1918, 1 volume) reflects her broader interests. This binder contains a sampling of Oppenheim's interests in municipal government, United States defense during World War I and women issues. The Daybooks (1923-1954, 25 volumes) represents most of the writings. Thirty-one years of Mrs. Oppenheim's social life and interests are represented in volumes of careful annotations of day-to-day activities. In addition, invitations and newspaper clippings are scattered throughout the daybooks. (Special care should be taken with the loose material that the original order is not lost.)</p> <p>There is another group of notebooks besides the Art Notebooks. The title is self-explanatory. The notebooks are \"Notebooks that have lists of books ready by Amy Oppenheim\" (1895-1950, 7 volumes). An assortment of Poetry Notebooks (1933-35, 2 volumes), Miscellaneous scrapbook (1917-1946, 1 volume), Guest Book (loose pages) and Miscellaneous Notebooks (5 volumes) complete this section.</p> <p>The Memorabilia represents an assortment of loosely organized material in scrapbook style. Some of this material is autobiographical such as Oppenheim's wedding announcement, articles on relatives and tintypes (see: Series X. Photographs). The remainder of this material focuses on some the organization that Mrs. Oppenheim was interested or participated in such as the Society of Women Geographers, Board of Education for the City of New York, and the Soldiers & Sailors Club. The remaining material in this section is an assortment of papers by Mrs. Oppenheim and others. The Notes organized by subject reflect the same themes found through out the collection on such topics as the following: Art, The New York World's Fair 1939-1940, School Art League, Theodore Roosevelt Association and Home, and World War II.</p>"}