15 March 1864

Hurlbut, Stephen A., 1815-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown general

re: postponing decision pending further investigation.

GLC04813.04

22 April 1943

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond tells Estelle that the company has just received orders for the next move which will most probably be to East Texas. He also informs her that on Monday evening he had attended a seder.

GLC09120.217

3 June 1943

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond complains about having been served pork for all meals recently. He also describes a mock court-martial that took place the day before, in which he played the defendant.

GLC09120.234

22 June 1943

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond promises Estelle that "…no matter how [he] may be maimed [he's] to return…" He then describes his outfit with his new men - Jewish, Catholic, Protestant - mentioning that they care little for racial distinctions or inane political conversation, they just want to get their jobs done.

GLC09120.245

24 June 1943

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond tells Estelle that the superb bracelet has arrived, describing it as very "classy". Sidney then offers a prayer, including a plea to God to "[l]et [him] return, the same".

GLC09120.247

22 September 1943

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond wishes Estelle a "swell Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur".

GLC09120.273

12 December 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes carrying out a "shake-down" inspection - a process that results from a man claiming that some of his personal belongings have been stolen. Sidney responds to Estelle's claim that her uncle had encountered anti-Semitism in the army by observing that he has not experienced any throughout his time as a soldier.

GLC09120.151

1861-1877

Autograph note

Title: [visiting card of Rev. K. Mrs. Walter Roy Tourtellot]

GLC02750.326

22 November 1891

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling Florence"

re: can't go to church because of a blizzard, so is writing her, local news, importance of education, her holiday plans. Written at Fort Omaha

GLC05201.027

27 September 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond pops into a Catholic church while in town in order to take a break. He writes to Estelle that, "while seated there, alone, in the strange hush that only religion can bring about, the thought of death overcame me." He then describes looking into the Bible for some sort of inspiration, and tries to interpret the Biblical verse, "Deliver me from mine enemies, Protect me from them that persecute me."

GLC09120.109

24 October 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond informs Estelle that he has just received a demerit for having had dirty finger nails. He then describes to Estelle the experience of showering in the Army. Sidney tells Estelle that he has spent the morning listening to the Yiddish Shtunda, attempting to interpret the songs to his peers. He expresses frustration at how little these "fellows" from the Mid-West know about Jews

GLC09120.122

27 November 1890

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling little girl"

re: Hartsuff writes to Florence at boarding school and tells her about the preparations for war which began, without warning, on Sunday, 11/24 with a sudden call to arms. Hartsuff's unit, plus three artillery batteries have been put on standby near the reservation. Most of the trouble, in his opinion, can be traced to "a Messiah dance" [the Ghost Dance] that has taken root particularly among the Sioux. Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

GLC05201.012

29 April 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Discusses two of the men that Diamond has met on the military base, one of whom is a Divinity student. Diamond subsequently ponders over the moral implications of war.

GLC09120.003

circa 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Discusses the gardening task that he had carried out the day before. Also mentions a divinity student's frustration with the language employed in the army.

GLC09120.009

30 November 1863

White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Stating that a building burned by Union troops at Blue Sulphur housed Confederate troops and was not a place of worship, as had evidently been claimed.

GLC02414.244

25 November 1890

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling wife and baby"

re: description of the journey from Rushville, "where we left the RR", to the Pine River Agency. He also notes the general air of "stability & comfort" at the Agency - the prosperity of the farms, the "cheerful" disposition of the people, the number of schools and churches. Hartsuff also renews his acquaintance with "old Red Cloud" and other chiefs he has met before.

GLC05201.010

27 November 1890

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to unknown]

re: Hartsuff reports on various visit within the Pine Ridge reservation including a call on the Agency Doctor -- "a full-blooded Sioux, . . . a full graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard College, of course speaks English perfectly is bright & polished in his manner & deportment as any young man in polite society" - and the local Episcopal minister ("an educated half-breed") and his wife. Hartsuff also makes reference to a new "messiah religion" among the Sioux and Utes. Although he doesn't know what it is called, he is referring to the Ghost Dance religion. Written at the Pine Ridge…

GLC05201.011

February 7, 1950

Burke, Arleigh, fl. 1950

Typed letter signed

Title: to Rev. Cornelius Greenway

Responding to Greenway's request for a signed photograph (not included) and commenting that the only way to world peace is through "the establishment of a real Christian philosophy in our own country, as well as other countries of the world."

GLC05508.055

February 7, 1944

Graham, Martha, 1894-1991

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Kit

Graham discusses her feelings and perceptions about a party attended in Kit's honor and the way Kit has touched so many people. She also discusses her belief in "a Great Source," or living energy, from which one can draw strength and power.

GLC05508.114

February 26, 1982

Humphreys, Christmas, 1901-1983

Typed letter signed

Title: to Mr. Badan

Humphreys sends a list of Buddhist books for possible purchase. He also offers to autograph books.

GLC05508.140

February 27, 1987

Day, Doris, 1924-2019

Typed letter signed

Title: 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 God, but don't feel that I have to go to church to do that. I always try to live the Golden Rule, and that, to me, is religion." She asks Kohl's donation be given to the Doris Day Pet Foundation.

GLC05508.282

February 16, 1862

Williams, George M., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

He describes how he saluted to the (day) light in a prayer of gratitude for living to see another night and that his wife would be "watched tenderly" in his absence. He says he witnessed the impressive funeral of O.J. Wise, who was killed on Roanoke Island, points out that it did the dead man no good. He hopes that he will be able to arrange for her to visit, and asks her to write as soon as she is well enough. Transcript available.

GLC06582.04

February 26, 1891

Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F.B. Sanborn

Acknowledging that his father, John Brown, sometimes offered remarks from the audience at religious assemblies, but refuting accounts that his father ever preached. Also discusses his brothers Jason's attempt to sell Sanborn's biography of their father.

GLC08250

February 6, 1924

Sangster, Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth), 1894-1981

Typed letter signed

Title: to Henry W. Winslow

Sangster thanks Winslow for requesting a handwritten copy of her poem, "A Prayer," and is happy to oblige. She encloses a copy and apologizes for her handwriting.

GLC05508.224.01

February 6, 1924

Sangster, Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth), 1894-1981

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: A Prayer

Poem Sangster sent to Henry W. Winslow, handwritten on his notebook paper. Includes a newspaper version of "A Prayer" printed in the Christian Herald.

GLC05508.224.02