1917

Moore, George, 1852-1933

Pamphlet

Title: Confessions of a Young Man

One edition of "Confessions of a Young Man," by George Moore dated 1917. Novel delves into bohemian lifestyle of young artists in Paris.

GLC09640.118

September 1959

American Library Association

Newsletter

Title: Intellectual Freedom, Vol. 8, No. 3

One newsletter dated September 1959. Edited by Donald E. Strout from the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association. Mentions censorship and other racial insensitivities. Topics printed include an article regarding a librarian from Alabama, Emily Reed receiving criticism from Senator Eddins of the Segregationist Screening Committee for including Martin Luther King Jr.'s account "Stride Towards Freedom" in the library's collection; the various reasons behind the banning of "Lady Chatterly's Lover" due to ideas of self expression, obsenity, pornography and limiting it's…

GLC09641.02

March 1961

American Library Association

Newsletter

Title: Intellectual Freedom, Vol. 10, No. 1

One newsletter dated March 1961. Edited by Everett T. Moore from the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association. Mentions censorship and other racial insensitivities. Issues in this volume of the newsletter includes ALA's position regarding civil rights, a Supreme Court decision to ban the film "Don Juan," integration at the William R. McKenney Free Library in Petersburg, Virginia, an order by President John F. Kennedy to end mail confiscation among other topics.

GLC09641.03

October 1962

American Library Association

Newsletter

Title: Intellectual Freedom, Vol. XI, No. 3

One newsletter dated October 1962, edited by Leroy Charles Merritt as part of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association. Mentions censorship and other racial insensitivities. Issues in this volume of the newsletter includes a segregation in libraries, the circulation of Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer," ACLU's study of censored materials that are considered obscene, international titles censored among other topics.

GLC09641.05

1922-1924

Ruhl, Arthur, 1876-1935

Header Record

Title: [Documents related to American Relief Administration's work to aid Russian famine.][Decimalized .01-.40]

Collection of 40 items dated 1922-1924 related to Arthur Ruhl's administrative responsibilities to the Moscow office of the American Relief Administration. Consists of official and personal correspondence and financial documents pertaining to Ruhl's work in Russia following the famine of 1921. Content notes Ruhl's modes of transportation, donating his funds from expenses to the efforts, an attempt by an unnamed museum to attain a rare bird species, and details efforts by citizens in Russia to feed impoverished residents of Moscow.

GLC09761

1960

Isaacs, Harold R., 1910-1986

Pamphlet

Title: "Five Writers and Their African Ancestors"

One pamphlet entitled, "Five Writers and Their African Ancestors," by Harold R. Isaacs dated June 1960. Highlights the works of Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Lorraine Hansberry and their focus on Africa and African Americans.

GLC09640.287

1900

Header Record

Title: Five issues of The Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1900 [Decimalized .01-.05]

Five issues of The Atlantic Monthly from 1900. Issues from February, August, September, November and December.

GLC09887

1902

Atlantic Monthly Press

Header Record

Title: The Atlantic Monthly [January - December 1902][Decimalized .01-.12]

Collection of Atlantic Monthly dated 1902. Consists of 12 issues ranging from a variety of subjects pertaining to education, women's rights, international opinions, travel essays and short stories.

GLC09888

February 1900

The Atlantic Monthly (Boston, Mass.)

Magazine

Title: The Atlantic Monthly [Vol. 85 No. 508 (February 1900)]

One issue of the Atlantic Monthly dated February 1900. The Atlantic monthly is a literary journal that publishes assorted writings on a wide range of topics and authors. The articles included in this issue are; "The Library of Congress" by Herbert Putnam, "History" by James Ford Rhodes, "Autobiography of W.J. Stillman" part 2 by William James Stillman, "The School Days of An Indian Girl" by Zitkala-Sa, "Tribute" by Alice Brown, "The Loss of Personality" by Ethel Dench Puffer, "To Have and To Hold" by Mary Johnston, "The American College in the Twentieth Century" by Clement L. Smith, "…

GLC09887.01

August 1900

The Atlantic Monthly (Boston, Mass.)

Magazine

Title: The Atlantic Monthly [Vol. 86 No. 514 (August 1900)]

One issue of the Atlantic Monthly dated August 1900. The Atlantic monthly is a literary journal that publishes assorted writings on a wide range of topics and authors. The articles included in this issue are; "Political Education" by Arthur Twining Hadley, "The Foreigner" by Sarah Orne Jewett, "The Wild Gardens At Yosemite Park" by John Muir, "Night Hymns on Lake Nepigon" by Duncan Campbell Scott, "A Sea Change" by Alice Brown, "The Iownas" by Rollin Lynde Hartt, "A Difficult Case" by W.D. Howells, "Gramarye" by Harriet Prescott Spofford "The Price of Order" by Talcott Williams, "The Pathway…

GLC09887.02

September 1900

The Atlantic Monthly (Boston, Mass.)

Magazine

Title: The Atlantic Monthly [Vol. 86 No. 515 (September 1900)]

One issue of the Atlantic Monthly dated September 1900. The Atlantic monthly is a literary journal that publishes assorted writings on a wide range of topics and authors. The articles included in this issue are; "The American Boss" by Francis C. Lowell, "The Prodigal" by Mary Hallock Foote, "Russia's Interest in China" by Brooks Adams, "James Martineau" by Charles C. Everett, "Oklahoma" by Helen Churchill Candee, "The Ancient Feud Between Philosophy and Art" by Paul Elmer More, "For the Hand of Haleem" by Norman Duncan, "Autumn Song" by Virginia Woodward Cloud, "Gleanings from an Old Southern…

GLC09887.03

November 1900

The Atlantic Monthly (Boston, Mass.)

Magazine

Title: The Atlantic Monthly [Vol. 86 No. 517 (November 1900)]

One issue of the Atlantic Monthly dated November 1900. The Atlantic monthly is a literary journal that publishes assorted writings on a wide range of topics and authors. The articles included in this issue are; "A defense of American Parties" by William Garrott Brown, "The Tory Lover" by Sarah Orne Jeweet, " The Future of Russia" by Edmund Noble, "The Gentian by Grace Richardson, "Edward Fitzgerald" by Bradford Torrey, "Penelope's Irish Experiences" by Kate Douglas Wiggin, "The Struggle for Water in the West" by William E. Smythe, "The Gentle Reader" by Samuel McChord Crothers, "A Letter to…

GLC09887.04

December 1900

The Atlantic Monthly (Boston, Mass.)

Magazine

Title: The Atlantic Monthly [Vol. 86 No. 518 (December 1900)]

One issue of the Atlantic Monthly dated December 1900. The Atlantic monthly is a literary journal that publishes assorted writings on a wide range of topics and authors. The articles included in this issue are; "Verses" by James Russell Lowell, "The Story of a New England Town" by John Fiske, "War as a Moral Medicine" by Goldwin Smith, "The Tory Lover" by Sarah Orne Jewett, "The Dominance of the Crowd" by Gerald Stanley Lee, "The Bird of Passage: An Ode to Instrumental Music" by Owen Wister, "Washington: The City of Leisure" by A. Maurice Low, "The Mist" by John B. Tabb, "Penelope's Irish…

GLC09887.05

27 March 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1111 (March 27, 1750)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. News of a book burning in Vienna due to the unfavorable portrayal of Bohemian history and the empress queen herself. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Discussion of the Pennsylvania lottery and announcement of prize amounts. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.137

May 21, 1779

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Henry Knox recaps a letter he recently sent to William, in which he urged William to sail directly to Amsterdam instead of stopping in France. He mentions letters of introduction he previously sent for William's voyage to Europe, noting he will also ask the Baron von Steuben for introductory letters. He requests William to send a list of the persons to whom Baron Johann De Kalb's letters of introduction were addressed. Relates that the Winslow sisters will travel to Boston within a fortnight. Comments on the recovery of Lucy, his wife, from a recent illness. He instructs William to ship his…

GLC02437.00763

1863

Pittsburgh Subsistence Committee, fl. 1863

Pamphlet

Title: The Soldier's Return.

Miniature pamphlet containing poem "The Nine Months Man." Published: Johnstons Print.

GLC02739.093

1863

Smith, E. Delafield (Edward Delafield), 1826-1878

Pamphlet

Title: Brief Appeals for the Loyal Cause

Published by John W. Amerman. Includes two addresses given in New York City, resolutions and a poem. The first address, given at Union Square, was delivered at a war meeting which was called by various committees in response to an appeal of President Lincoln for additional military forces. The second address was delivered at Madison Square on April 20, 1863 under the patronage of the Union Leagues. The resolutions included in the pamphlet were presented at the Cooper Institute at the request of the Committee of Arrangements. Smith, also a poet, includes his poem entitled "The Continent is…

GLC01265.14

6 March 1849

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Quotation for Mrs. Isaac Toucey]

Quotation of 17th century English writer Nicholas Breton, titled Truth, and dated 1616, copied out and signed by Madison. Inscribed "For Mrs. Toucey." "Truth is the glory of Time, and the daughter of Eternity; a title of the highest grace, and a note of divine nature . . . "

GLC02231.01

circa March 1850

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870

Header Record

Title: [Two items from William Gilmore Simms] [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC00496.224

9 August 1836

Fry, William, 1777-1855

Newspaper

Title: The national gazette literary register. [Vol. 16, no. 4883 (August 9, 1836)]

Signed at top, General Wm. H. Harrison. Many items have been marked with an X. Originally in the sentiment book of Mary S. Harrison, GLC07732.02.

GLC07732.07

1770-1802

Header Record

Title: [Collection of two Bromfield family books] [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC01450.030

1861-1865

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Header Record

Title: Letter and photograph

One letter and one photograph of William Cullen Bryant sent to F.W. Barrell Esq

GLC05508.053

1780-1820 circa

Savage, Gideon, 1751-1833

Manuscript

Title: [Proverb and song sheet of Gideon Savage]

First side of sheet has a list of proverbs, each written about 5 or 6 times. "A great number does not always argue strength," "peace of mind being secured, we may smile at misfortune," etc. The back of the sheet has the lyrics to a popular ballad entitled, "Auld Robin Grey." Savage's name is written at top of first page. This document was originally housed in Gideon Savage's wooden chest (GLC01450.013.02) with others decimalized in GLC01450.013. Not dated. Date range inferred from other documents and Savage's life dates.

GLC01450.013.13

circa 1820

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832

Header Record

Title: Collection of 2 items regarding Sir Walter Scott [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC00496.083

1906

Cabeen, Francis von Albade, fl. 1906

Book

Title: The Colonel and the Quaker or the Return of the Forefathers

Fictional story of a colonel and a Quaker who return from colonial times to view the world as it was in the early 1900s. The colonel is Alexander Anderson and the book mentions his French and Indian War and Revolutionary War commissions (GLC01450.007.01 and .02). Cabeen was a descendant of Anderson. Published by Goodman's Sons & Co.

GLC01450.007.04