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to Harry Paisley

Wanamaker forwards a famous, out-of-print engraving to Paisley to cement their association in the work of the State Sunday School Association. Wanamaker writes: "The Sunday School work offers the best opportunity of usefulness that I know."

GLC05508.254

to Henry H. Bemrose

Williams, writing as President of the Young Men's Christian Association, urges Bemrose to use his influence to help secure a rejection of a bill in the House of Commons that will open picture galleries and museums on the Sabbath.

GLC05508.266

to Atlee Kohl

Arnaz responds to Kohl's solicitation letter. Arnaz discusses his struggles to deal with fear and anxiety, which initially led him to believe "personal gain eases personal pain." He later discovered the real gains in life are spiritual, and that...

GLC05508.274

to Atlee Kohl

A response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Bellamy writes of his belief in a "force" behind creation. He doesn't necessarily call this force God, but he does worship it.

GLC05508.275

to Atlee Kohl

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Leigh discusses the influence religion has had on her and her belief in God. As she matured, a structure to house her God, labels, and denominations became unnecessary because, she believes, the Supreme Being...

GLC05508.276

to Atlee Kohl

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Cummings writes that one can accomplish anything by acting with all their heart. This can be achieved by focusing on God rather than the seeming impossibility of the task at hand. One just has to believe they...

GLC05508.281

to Atlee Kohl

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Although at first reluctant to include her religious views in the Woodland Historical Document Collection, Day writes: "My religion is what I feel inside, and my own personal contact with my maker. I talk to...

GLC05508.282

to Atlee Kohl

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Olivia de Havilland writes that she cannot adequately describe her religious views at this time because her life is too demanding to afford her the necessary time for reflection. She does add, however, that...

GLC05508.283

to Atlee Kohl

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. DeLuise writes of the things that strengthen his belief in God: his children growing, his mother baking Easter bread, his wife at work and play, rain on the garden, and warming sunshine. He emphasizes the...

GLC05508.284.01

[Photograph of Dom Deluise]

Photograph included with response to Kohl's solicitation letter (GLC05508.248.01). Signed "To Robert."

GLC05508.284.02

to Atlee Kohl

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Lear's letter talks about things he would pack for his "spiritual journey": words of Jesus, memories of individuals he's loved in a Christian way, religious writings of George Bernard Shaw and Ralph Waldo...

GLC05508.287.01

[Photograph of Norman Lear]

Photograph accompanying letter to Kohl (GLC05508.287.01). Autographed "For Leo Sylvor[,] With affection and respect".

GLC05508.287.02

to Atlee Kohl

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Neal includes an excerpt from her 1988 autobiography, "As I am," written at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, a Benedictine monastery, where she made "sense of all the tragedies in her life" and renewed her faith in...

GLC05508.288

to Atlee Kohl

Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Windom quotes Alfred Lord Tennyson: " 'What is it all but a trouble of ants in the gleam of a million million suns?' Sums it up neatly for me"

GLC05508.292

Pencil sketches related to the Mississippi River near Vicksburg [Decimalized .01-.03]

Includes three pencil sketches, one created by Evelyn Kelsey aboard a Mississippi steamer. Accompanied by the original backing for each sketch. Backing consists of newspaper articles attached to Civil War military documents including lists of...

GLC05555

[Sketch of ammunition]

Possibly created by Evelyn Kelsey, who completed an accompanying sketch aboard a steamer on the Mississippi River. Depicts ammunition, the chamber into which it is loaded, and a rod for proper loading. Contains a description of each item and a...

GLC05555.01

[Sketch of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg]

Depicts the Mississippi River near Vicksburg. Illustrates the position of Vicksburg and several ships. Handwritten caption states "Our Union Mortar and gun boats below Vicksburg. Sketched by Evelyn Kelsey, while on board of one of the Mississippi...

GLC05555.02

Juila Ward Howe

GLC05603.02.21

W. Ferguson

Written in blue ink on recto: "Ferguson was stage the night Lincoln was shot"

GLC05603.02.46

J. Barnes

Note written in pencil on recto: "Night Lincoln was killed "Our American Cousin," Ford's Theater."

GLC05603.02.54

Up a Tree

Colonel Bull and the Yankee 'Coon. Reproduced from Punch.

GLC05603.02.86

The American Difficulty

Reproduced from Punch.

GLC05603.02.87

Lincoln's Two Difficulties

Reproduced from Punch.

GLC05603.02.88

The Overdue Bill

Reproduced from Punch.

GLC05603.02.89

Brutus and Caesar

Reproduced from Punch.

GLC05603.02.90