20 December 1879

Rosenbaum, C., fl. 1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Rosenbaum is writing to ask once again for Senator Bruce's recommendation for a position in the Post office in Meridian Mississippi. This item is related to GLC 09400.113, and GLC09400.114. Which are both concerning the appointment of Rosenbaum to the Meridian Post Office.

GLC09400.119

Circ July 1879

Autograph document

Title: [Powers - Hill Collections]

The title of the document is taken from the docket which named it the Power Hill collections. The document is a listing of amounts of money, and what has been paid, as well as estimated remaining amounts.

GLC09400.120

Circ 1870-1890

Autograph document

Title: [Morton Eulogy List]

The title is derived from the docket on the back of the document which states "Sent Morton eulogy to these parties" the document itself is a list of 27 names.

GLC09400.121

14 April 1876

Sullivan, Matt, fl. 1876

Autograph letter

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

This is what seems to be the first page of a letter from Sullivan to Senator Bruce concerning a note that Sullivan received after a 6 page letter was sent to the Senator. The page ends in the middle of a sentence and there is no second page with it. The docket gives the letter this description "Highly indigent"

GLC09400.122

1971

Black Panther Party

Header Record

Title: Black Panther newspaper collection [decimalized]

This collection consist of seven issues of The Black Panther newspaper for 1971. It also contains four other items; One pamphlet entitled Social Action by Huber F. Klemme, One Time Magazine Special Issue for April 6, 1970, One pamphlet entitled All Power to the People: The Story of the Black Panther Party by Terry Cannon, and one pamphlet entitled Interpol: Its Function in the World in the International Criminal published by the Black Panther Party.

GLC09416

06 April 1970

Donovan, Hedley, fl. 1970

Magazine

Title: Time Magazine Special Issue. [Vol. 95, no. 14 (April 6, 1970)]

One issue of Time Magazine dated April 6, 1970.

GLC09416.09

1970

Cannon, Terry, fl. 1970

Pamphlet

Title: All Power to the People: The Story of the Black Panther Party

One pamplet by Terry Cannon entitled All Power to the People: The Story of the Black Panther Party dated 1970.

GLC09416.10

1970

Black Panther Party

Pamphlet

Title: Interpol: Its Function in the World in the International Criminal

One pamphlet by The Black Panther Party entitled Interpol: Its Function in the World in the International Criminal dated 1970.

GLC09416.11

circa December 1836

Lyons, James, fl. 1836

Autograph document

Title: [Request for enslaved people]

One document possibly written by James Lyons. As executor of the will of William Moseley, requests the people whom he currently has enslaved should be transported back to William Moseley's daughter by Christmas.

GLC01447.05

January 23, 1838

Winslow, Philip B., fl. 1838

Autograph document signed

Title: In Hanover County Court, January 23rd 1838

One orders dated January 23, 1838 from the Hanover County Court to the sherriff. The order lists the names of freedmen who were not able to pay their taxes: [Cussis] Austin, Milton Rook, John Redd, Peter Page, Frank Harris, Moses Harrison, Jordan Mills, Isaac Brown, Ben Harris, Jack Crenshaw, Charles Clarke, John Green, Lewis Scott, Jeremiah Thompson, William Moss, Edmund, George White, Archibald White, Joe Wilson, Bob Williams Evans, Ben Evans, and Scott. It details that that they must all work until they make ninety cents each. Stipulates that they cannot be carried out of the county and…

GLC01447.06

19 June 1879

Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander Milton Ross

Brown Jr. writes from Put-in-Bay Island located on South Bass Island (Lake Erie), Ohio. He mentions he will personally be traveling to Kansas and possibly Colorado to examine the land for the purpose of "settlement by Colored people of limited means; making the [inserted: results] of my observations known to the public through Newspapers friendly to their cause." Says he will be returning "by way of the Northern Pacific route from Bismark [sic] Dakota to St. Paul and Duluth," and plans on examining the land with the same purpose in mind. Sends a copy of his article "address before the…

GLC03007.56.11

30 November 1859

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Webb

GLC08360.04

17 November 1809

Eldridge, Simon, fl. 1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for payment of wages]

Received $7.60 for payment of "my Blak [sic] boy's wage..." Possibly Eldridge's African American slave or servant.

GLC09028.12

January 1851

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for bail money paid]

John Knight was arrested by E. Rugg on 26 October 1850. The unknown creator (possibly Watson Freeman) paid bail and "got him away from the mob."

GLC09028.35

9 July 1942

Jones, Esther, fl. 1941-1942

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert A. Washington

GLC09829.10

February 16, 1946

The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL)

Newspaper clipping

Title: The Chicago Defender [February 16, 1946]

One page from The Chicago Defender's supplement, The Defender Junior, dated February 16, 1946. Articles on page 17 are dedicated to children's interest; education, clubs and highlighting children in the neighborhood. Reverse side on page 18 highlights Black women who have volunteered to the Red Cross as nurses abroad and locally.

GLC09823.16

11 July 1942

Emmell, Edward, fl. 1941-1942

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert A. Washington

GLC09829.11

17 July 1942

Autograph letter

Title: to Robert A. Washington

GLC09829.12

17 July 1942

Lee, James R., fl. 1942

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert A. Washington

GLC09829.13

30 August 1942

Haith, James, Mrs., fl. 1942

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert A. Washington

GLC09829.14

24 September 1944

Thompson, H.A., fl. 1942

Typed letter signed

Title: to Robert A. Washington

GLC09829.15

January 15, 1945

Marshall, Winston L., fl. 1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert A. Washington

Written in Camp Livingston

GLC09829.16

3 October 1945

Lowry Field Seperation Center

Printed document

Title: Lowry Field Seperation Center Personal Affairs Counseling and Classification Seperation Counseling Check List

GLC09829.17

28 November 1945

Lowry Field Seperation Center

Printed document

Title: Special Orders No. 274 Extract

GLC09829.18

5 December 1941

Weymann, Covert, fl. 1941

Typed document signed

Title: Military pass for Private Robert A. Washington

GLC09829.01