16 December 1942

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mamma

One envelope addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated December 16, 1942. Pertains to being transferred to a new barrack and a promotion.

GLC09954.061

17 December 1942

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mamma

One envelope addressed to Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated December 17, 1942. Pertains to daily life while stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

GLC09954.062

19 May 1943

Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daddy

One letter addressed to James Marion Benson from Eris B. Benson dated May 19, 1943. Relays that he will not be able to write for two weeks. Inquires about watermelons growing on the farm.

GLC09954.118

1946

Griffith, Ernest S., fl. 1946

Pamphlet

Title: Communism in Action A Documented Study and Analysis of Communism in Operation in the Soviet Union

One pamphlet entitled Communism in Action A Documented Study and Analysis of Communism in Operation in the Soviet Union published 1946. Includes fifteen chapters broken into two parts. Part one is entitled Economic, and part two is entitled Political and Social. The pamphlet is marked as 79th Congress 2nd Session, House document no. 754. Additionally there is a government printing office number included on the bottom of the cover that number is 593267-O.

GLC09897.01

21 February 1943

Los Angeles Times (Firm)

Newspaper clipping

Title: The War Week

One newspaper section entitled, "The War Week" dated February 21, 1943. Consists of articles detailing news of war fronts and the possibility of bombing Tokyo. Center of page is an illustration of Tokyo as a target. Reverse side contains articles related to students gardening; displacement of 2 million children in China by the Japanese military and other news.

GLC09619.026

12 April 1943

Los Angeles Times (Firm)

Newspaper clipping

Title: New Smash at Japs May End Lull in South Pacific Warfare

One newsmap entitled, "New Smash at Japs May End Lull in South Pacific Warfare" dated April 12, 1943. Consists of a map depicting possible offensive tatics of Allies against the Japanese army in the South Pacific. Reverse side contains articles related to attacks against the Nazi army; Rommel's control of his military; Peru expropriating any Axis-owned businesses; the death of French general, Marie-Joseph-Edouard Welvert; and other news. Also included is the Farmers Market Today column providing updates of businesses.

GLC09619.034

16 October 1897

The Freeman (Indianpolosi, Ind.) 1884-1927

Newspaper

Title: The Freeman [Volume 9, No. 32 (October 16, 1897)]

One issue of The Freeman printed in Indianapolis, Indiana dated October 16, 1897. Contains news related to Black communities in Indiana: the erection of a new church and community programs planned, advertisements, cartoons, book reviews, serials, farming, theater showings and other events.

GLC09971

7 October 1887

Calkins, Samuel J., fl. 1863-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Oscar Calkins

One letter addressed to Oscar Calkins from Samuel J. Calkins dated Pratt, Kansas, October 7, 1887.

GLC03766.39

May 21, 1888

Calkins, Samuel J., fl. 1863-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Oscar Calkins

One letter addressed to Oscar Calkins from Samuel J. Calkins dated Pratt, Pratt Co., Kansas, May 21, 1888.

GLC03766.44

circa 1865

Eveleth, George M., 1837-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emma Ellen Bullard Eveleth

One letter from George M. Eveleth to Emma Ellen Bullard Eveleth dated circa 1865.

GLC03857.64

circa 1860

Fred, fl. 1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mother

One letter from Franklin Bullard to Mother dated circa 1860

GLC03857.95

circa 1860

Fred, fl. 1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mother

One letter from Fred to mother dated

GLC03857.97

1854-1856

Johnson, Woodson (fl. 1820-1864)

Book

Title: Account Book

Johnson's ledger book from the 1850s, recording debts for various plantation items as well as household goods, sales of tobacco and brandy, and dozens of entries re hiring of negro slaves, expenses, recording labor usage, etc.

GLC09302.066

1946

unknown, fl. 1946

Photograph

Title: Kibbutz Buchenwald

One photograph dated 1946 of a general view of Kibbutz Buchenwald in Antwerp, Belgium. This was an agricultural training camp created following the Holocaust.

GLC09956.01

1946

unknown, fl. 1946

Photograph

Title: Gehringshof

One photograph dated 1946 of a former training center, Gehringshof. The center was a facility for Jewish emigrants from Palestine through the 1920s-1940s.

GLC09956.02

11 September 1776

Moncada, Fernando de Rivera y, fl. 1775-1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)

Discusses food shortages and insufficient supplies.

GLC06287.04

16 September 1776

Moncada, Fernando de Rivera y, fl. 1775-1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)

Discusses distribution of domestic animals among the missions.

GLC06287.05

23 September 1776

Moncada, Fernando de Rivera y, fl. 1775-1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)

Insufficient horses and mules and the potential violence of Indians makes reliable mail service difficult.

GLC06287.07

26 December 1774

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Mercer

Written by Washington a month after the adjournment of the first Continental Congress to Mercer as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Informs Mercer of the cost of purchases made for him in Frederick, Maryland including £29 for a slave named Kate. Says the whole of Mercer's purchase was for £2385.14.2. Has heard nothing from Colonel Payton on the Loudoun County land for which Mercer was charged. Washington is involved in a disputed land deal through Mercer for Gray & Adams land, and he writes that it appears that the land in question is 56 acres short of the 1224 he was going to…

GLC06335

November 1750-December 1750

Sadelmayer, Jacobo, fl. 1747-1751

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Relacion de la entrada (in Spanish)].

Detailed account of exploration, including discussions of the evaluation of Indian tribes' prospects for conversion, the desire to obtain horses, and the reputation of Father Kino.

GLC06290

February 12, 1819

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tench Coxe

Notes the receipt of the printed addition to Coxe's memoir on cotton and agrees with his ideas. Discusses the nation's agricultural prospects for cotton, grain, and tobacco, in regard to rival markets ("Britain seems intent on supplanting our cotton staple in her market") and political conditions in Europe. Indicates that he will ask Thomas Jefferson to review Coxe's article.

GLC06325

24 March 1864

Preston, John Smith, 1809-1881

Broadside

Title: [Circular no. 12, a blank application for exemption from service in the Confederate Army]

Unsigned. Application issued by the command of Preston, Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription. Offers exemption from conscription for "agriculturalists" or "overseers," binding them to deliver meat and sell surplus crops at fixed prices to Confederate army agents.

GLC05987.42

circa 1915

Carver, George Washington, 1864-1943

Broadside

Title: The sweet potato as a flour substitute

Carver, a celebrated agricultural chemist at the Tuskegee Institute, offers advice and recipes regarding conservation of the year's unusually large sweet potato crop. Provides recipes for using sweet potatoes to make flour, bread, and biscuits.

GLC06172

7 March 1862

Bondurant & Elliot

Newspaper

Title: Daily Richmond whig. [Vol. 67, no. 56 (March 7, 1862)]

Page 1 and 2 have an image of the Viriginia state seal. Piece of 19th century paper adhered to the front page has the name "W. H. DeWitt." List of the acts passed by the Confederate Congress on front page. Page 2 has several columns of news from the Congress. Article on Confederate foreign relations which states "Negro slave labor, then, may safely be assumed to be essential to the successful production of cotton in the Confederate States. If the negro were withdrawn, or his status materially changed, the crop would soon dwindle into insignficance-for none but the negro can do the work, and…

GLC05959.78

12 September 1819

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Major Dana

Former President Madison answers an inquiry regarding employment prospects in Virginia: "The motives you assign for your letter, among which is a sense of duty to your parents, are entitled to respect. But I cannot encourage you to seek a fulfilment of them in this quarter. The modes of husbandry here are very different from those to which you are accustomed; and the labour is generally preformed by negroes whom a stranger would not advantageously superintend. I can only wish you therefore a better prospect of success elsewhere." Madison possibly writes from Montpelier, his Virginia…

GLC05910