7 February 1862

New York Tribune

Newspaper

Title: New York Daily Tribune [ Vol. 21, no. 6,504 (February 7, 1862)]

One issue of New York Daily Tribune newspaper dated February 7, 1862. Contains news on Civil War battles and current events. Of particular note is an article on the fourth page stating, "The President in respiting the slaver Gordon for two weeks, notified him that the grace is extended only that he may have time to prepare himself for the fate which his crimes have merited, and that no further mercy is to be hoped for."

GLC09771

22 June 1877

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Printed letter signed

Title: from Rutherford B. Hayes

One blank form letter from Rutherford B. Hayes dated June 22, 1877. Relates to a rule where civil servants cannot influence the political scope or elections, but are not prevented from expressing their views to the public as long as it does not interfere with their work.

GLC09772

circa 1919

Map

Title: The Map Proves It [Women's suffrage map]

One map entitled "The Map Proves it" published circa 1919. This map illustrates the United States with different shading and colorizations of each state. The patterns and colors illustrate the status of the states in regards to women's s…

GLC09773

1952

Harvey Publications Inc.

Comic book

Title: Your Vote is Vital!

One color comic entitled "Your Vote is Vital," published by Harvey Publications and illustrated by Al Avison dated 1952. This comic outlines how to vote, register, pick a candidate and offers a voters quiz on the back cover. Throughout the comic "Uncle Sam" explains to a citizen why and how to vote; explaining how every vote counts and shows how different the numbers would have been in the "Lazy Voters" had voted in the 1948 election. Once he has convinced the citizen to vote he explains that for the vote to really matter you should research the candidates and make an informed decision. While…

GLC09774

7 May 1807

Ritchie, William, fl. 1779-1815

Document signed

Title: [Certificate of manumission signed by Frederick County clerk, William Ritchie]

One certificate from William Ritchie dated Frederick County Court, May 7, 1807 addressed to the State of Maryland. Grants freedom to a formerly enslaved woman Jenny Maynard. States that this was drafted by Henry Maynard who granted her manumission per a supplemental act. Also describes Maynard's physical characteristics. Document was drafted and signed by Frederick County Court clerk, William Ritchie.

GLC09775

4 January 1937

Jones, Eugene Kinckle, 1885-1954

Printed document

Title: The Negro Working Population and National Recovery

A memorandum entitled, "The Negro Working Population and National Recovery," by the National Urban League for Social Service Among Negroes dated January 4, 1937. The item was prepared and submitted to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to review how African Americans were not being successfully included in the New Deal. The league was concerned by low pay, job availability, reduced to the least desirable positions, prejudice by white employers, and civil rights not abided by public officials. Also provides suggestion to allow African Americans to be given higher wages.

GLC09776

1920

Consumers' League of Eastern Pennsylvania

Pamphlet

Title: Colored Women as Industrial Workers in Philadelphia

One pamphlet entitled, "Colored Women as Industrial Workers in Philadelphia," dated approximately in 1920. Pertains to completing a study on a low number of African American women employed before World War I outside of domestic service. Provides tables and data for weekly wages, list of industries, education completed, ages of women interviewed. Includes maps of ward divisions in Philadelphia

GLC09777

1956-1995

Header Record

Title: [Portrait photographs of Rosa Parks] [Decimalized .01-.07]

Collection of seven photographs of activist, Rosa Parks dates range from 1956-1955. Includes Parks speaking at events in the 1990s, press photographs of Parks aboard a bus on Montgomery, Alabam in 1956 prior to her arrest, and Parks in the sheriff's office where D.H. Lackey took her fingerprints.

GLC09778

1919-1969

Various

Header Record

Title: [Photographs, ephemera and magazines dated 1919-1969][Decimalized .01-.14]

Collection of 14 items dated 1919-1969. Consists of photographs, cover images of Life magazines, tin advertisements and signs. Subjects pertain to Cream of Wheat, segregation in public spaces and covers from Life magazine featuring police brutality and civil rights movement figures.

GLC09779

1865

Various

Header Record

Title: [Items related to Jefferson Davis's capture][Decimalized .01-.04]

Collection of four items dated 1865 related to Jefferson Davis's capture. Davis is depicted wearing his wife's dress at the moment of the arrest. Frequent characters in the depictions are Union soldiers, Capitol Hill, and his wife, Varina Davis. Commentary on the engravings also exemplify the newspaper's sentiments of Davis's capture as the Confederacy's failure.

GLC09780

1873-1877

Shofner, James Clayton, 1853-1926

Book

Title: West Point Account Book

An account book for J. C. Shofner a cadet of West Point dated September 1, 1873 to June 14 1877. This account book records his commissary purchases including books, equipment, supplies, Christmas gifts, and more. There are also rules in regard to the account books pasted in the front of the book.

GLC09781

1925

Green, Sharpless D., fl. 1922-1927

Book

Title: Letters from Famous People

One book entitled, "Letters from Famous People" by Sharpless Dobson Green, published in 1925. This book is a collection of letters solicited by Green. He wrote to people eminent in their professional fields for advice he could share with his students at the Senior High School of Trenton, New Jersey. He then published these letters in this book after gaining permission from their authors. Of the 324 letters, some notable names are; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, W.E.B. Dubois, and Harry Houdini.

GLC09782

1960

Journal of Negro Education

Pamphlet

Title: Journal of Negro Education [Spring 1960]

One pamphlet entitled, "The Journal of Negro Education, Spring 1960." Includes articles pertaining to education; desegregation of classrooms, Booker T. Washington's relationship with the NAACP, John Dewey's philosophy, courses in African-American colleges and trends in education.

GLC09640.103.01

1960

Pamphlet

Title: The Way It Is

One brochure entitled, "The Way It Is..." from the University Settlement Summer Appeal. Images on brochures display the city life for children and one of a child being comforted by an adult at the summer camp.

GLC09640.103.02

1960

Pamphlet

Title: The Way It Is

One brochure for University Settlement Summer program with a metered envelope.

GLC09640.103.03

17 June 1970

Bungard, Herbert, fl. 1970

Pamphlet

Title: [University Settlement donation request]

One letter dated June 17, 1970 from Herbert Bungard, Chairman of the Summer Program requesting donations. Writes about children playing "face dreary days" in the summer living in the city.

GLC09640.103.04

1948

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, Annual Report for 1948

One pamphlet entitled, "The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, NAACP Annual Report for 1948." Topics covered are government branches, housing, education, suffrage, transportation, legal criminal cases, issues, political action, public relations, lynchings in 1948, financial expenses, veteran affairs and the church.

GLC09640.124.01

1948

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, Annual Report for 1948

One pamphlet entitled, "The Fortieth Year in the Crusade for Civil Rights, NAACP Annual Report for 1948." Topics covered are government branches, housing, education, suffrage, transportation, legal criminal cases, issues, political action, public relations, lynchings in 1948, financial expenses, veteran affairs and the church.

GLC09640.124.02

February 1949

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Look at the Filibuster

One pamphlet entitled, "Look at the Filibuster," dated 1949. Pertains to the restrictions of filibustering, amendments and other issues related to Rule XXII adopted by the Senate in March 1917.

GLC09640.125

June 1950

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: American Rights for American Citizens, Annual NAACP Report Forty-First Year

One pamphlet entitled "American Rights for American Citizens, Annual NAACP Report Forty-First Year," dated 1950. Highlights an award given to Ralph J. Bunche; current conditions of housing; relationship between the NAACP, the church, and the armed services; the 40th annual convention; lynchings in 1949; and finances.

GLC09640.126

1922-1927

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Header Record

Title: [Letters belonging to Sharpless D. Green dated 1922-1927] [Decimalized .01 - .03]

A collection of three letters dated 1922-1927 addressed to Sharpless Dobson Green from Franklin D. Roosevelt. Materials are related to correspondence between the president and educator on the matters of education and politics.

GLC09783

20 June 1950

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: "NAACP: A Record of Leadership"

One pamphlet entitled "NAACP: A Record of Leadership," dated June 20, 1950. Highlights the program scheduling for the 41st Annual NAACP Convention. Details meeting times, and mass schedules at the Union Methodist Church for the week.

GLC09640.128

June 1951

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Civil Rights at Mid-Century, NAACP Annual Report, Forty-second Year, 1950

One pamphlet entitled, "Civil Rights at Mid-Century, NAACP Annual Report, Forty-second Year, 1950," dated 1951. Highlights the 1950 Supreme Court ruling on "separate but equal," which made impacts on cases on segregation in education, discrimination in an insurance company, youth group participation, published literature, and posters.

GLC09640.129

June 1954

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: 90 Years + 10 = Freedom, NAACP Annual Report

One pamphlet entitled "90 Years + 10 = Freedom, NAACP Annual Report," dated June 1954. Highlights Channing H. Tobias, the new boardmember of NAACP; annual convention highlights; public school segregation and the plans to move forward with how abolish it; membership costs and enrollment; field staff; youth participation; the "Trenton Six" ; labor programs; religion; United Nations; and finances.

GLC09640.131

June 1955

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Year of the Great Decision, NAACP Annual Report, 1954

One pamphlet entitled, "Year of the Great Decision, NAACP Annual Report, 1954," dated June 1955. Reflects on the decision to retract "separate but equal" in public education; implementation of the decision on a state by state level; other levels of integration breached in other public spaces; political action; unions; and finances.

GLC09640.133.01