Box 14

Scope and Contents The collection consists of 4 sets of homemade magazines: designed, handwritten, and illustrated by 3 different groups of British children in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. “The Boy’s Treasure” (1891-5) and “The Three Half-Moons” (1888-9) were created by N.A. de Cobain of Swinefleet, Goole in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. They take the form of various popular “Boy’s Own” publications of the era – cartoons, jokes, and serialized adventure stories, all charmingly illustrated....