circa 1830

Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830

Engraving Signed

Title: Engraving of Benjamin West

One engraving of Benjamin West dated circa 1830. Standing portrait of West based on a painting by Thomas Lawrence.

GLC08878.0833

circa 1830

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Benjamin West

One engraving of Benjamin West dated circa 1830. Bust portrait of West.

GLC08878.0834

circa 1830

Thomson, J., fl. 1830

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Benjamin West

One engraving of Benjamin West dated circa 1830. Bust portrait of West based on a drawing by J. Thomson.

GLC08878.0835

circa 1830

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Benjamin West

One engraving of Benjamin West dated circa 1830. Bust portrait of West.

GLC08878.0836

1943-1952

Dyer, Robert E., 1925-2018

Header Record

Title: Collection of Robert E. Dyer, WWII Army Air Force letters [Decimalized .001-.459]

One collection of letters both to and from Robert E. Dyer. Letters are primarily sent to John Elmer and Lula Dyer Robert's parents. Another main correspondent is Robert's girlfriend Joan Pietry, who sent him letters frequently. The letters date from 1943-1952. The collection also contains seventeen photographs and two fountain pens.

GLC09996

circa 1820

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Carl Maria von Weber

One engraving of Carl Maria von Weber dated circa 1820. Bust portrait of Weber.

GLC08878.0815

July 26, 1990

Crossing Cards, fl. 1990

Postcard

Title: Postcard of Tennessee Williams

One blank postcard of Tennessee Williams dated circa 1990. Seated portrait of Williams.

GLC08878.0907

circa 1890

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Eliza Winstanley

One engraving of Eliza Winstanley dated circa 1890. Full portrait of Winstanley in costume portraying Mrs. Quickly from the play the Merry Wives of Windsor.

GLC08878.0925

circa 1800

Engraving Signed

Title: Engraving of Mary Wolsington

One engraving of Mary Wolsington dated circa 1800. Standing portrait of Wolsington.

GLC08878.0951

circa 1950

Walker, S., fl. 1900

Engraving Signed

Title: Engraving of Fernando Wood

One engraving of Fernando Wood dated circa 1950. Bust portrait of Wood.

GLC08878.0954

circa 1950

Walker, S., fl. 1900

Engraving Signed

Title: Engraving of Fernando Wood

One engraving of Fernando Wood dated circa 1950. Bust portrait of Wood.

GLC08878.0955

July 1961

Chicago, Negro digest

Booklet

Title: Negro Digest [Volume X, No. 9 (July 1961)]

One issue of the Negro Digest dated July 1961. Contains articles related to desegregation, entertainment, property value related to African Americans purchasing homes, testimonial of a former Black employee of the White House, discussion of Afro-Latinidad in Puerto Rico, poetry and other writings. Highlights an article on singer, Mahalia Jackson.

GLC09973.01

1903

Pamphlet

Title: Portraits of the Civil War Period "A partial list"

"Photographs for the most part from Life Negatives by M.B. Brady. Now in the possession of F. H. Meserve 265 Edgecomb Avenue New York City." This pamphlet is an itemized list of images from the Civil War period, owned at the time of printing by F.H. Meserve and available to the public in the form of reproductions. The images are itemized alphabetically in the following categories: Statesmen and Prominent Persons, Etc.; Union Officers; Union Naval Officers; Confederate Officers; Authors, Artists, Journalists.; Clergymen; Actors.; Actresses.; War Cartoons.; Cartoons by Nast.; Barnum's…

GLC05111.01.1383

1859

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887

Print

Title: Lord Stirling at the Battle of Long Island

This hand colored steel engraving is printed by Virtue, Emmins and Co. of New York. Original painting by Alonzo Chappel, engraving by W. Ridgeway. Rich color probably not contemporary. Mounted on acidic card stock. Overall measure is 27.6 x 30.1 cm.

GLC06195

1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Header Record

Title: Archive of designs, drawings, studies, and sketches for entrance to NYSE, statues, memorials, correspondence, etc. [decimalized: .001-.370, .210b]

This archive consists mostly of drawings and sketches, although there is some typescript and manuscript material as well. For the fine art items, most were previously mounted and bound into scrapbooks. Most of the scrapbooks have been dismounted and disbound by Christie's so that now the items are individual, housed in folders which are in turn housed 3 archival clamshell boxes. Arrangement: The fine art items come first; they are arranged in order of priority as determined by Christie's. Following the fine art items are the typescript and manuscript materials, as well as some fine art…

GLC06343

1845-1849

Porterfield, George A., 1822-1919

Diary

Title: Mexican War and post-war diary

Part one, crudely bound, includes vignettes about people Porterfield encountered, a pen and ink sketch of Rancho Buena Vista, and a rudimentary genealogy. Part two, unbound, begins in April 1848 and records his travels and activities after the war ends. Mentions being in love with Miss Ybarra and is saddened to leave. By September 1849 he has become the editor of the Gazette in Martinsburg and is studying to become a lawyer. He is relieved his wife, possibly Miss Ybarra, is enjoying living in the United States. Part three consists of a receipt, a list of deceased relatives, a note…

GLC06299

circa 1865

Lawson, George C., fl. 1865

Broadside

Title: Sherman's campaign through the Carolinas.

Printed song written by Lawson, who served in Co. C, 46 Illinois volunteers.

GLC06074

20 September 1926

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941

Typed document signed

Title: National Monument Mount Rushmore Black Hills South Dakota: Report addressed to the Harney Peak Memorial Association

Detailed carbon copy report signed by the sculptor and engineer of Mount Rushmore. Covers everything involved in creating the Mount Rushmore carvings including among other information, the location, the presidents chosen, the time needed, the granite, and the cost (estimated at $460,000). Inscribed on the titlepage to R. L. Bronson, Esq. and dated 20 September 1926. Also signed on the second to last page. With green paper covers. Carving on Mount Rushmore began in 1927.

GLC06031

circa 1870

Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Incomplete essay on religious tolerance on verso of letter fragments from Edmonia Lewis and Samuel J. May]

Contains an incomplete essay (pages five, six, and seven) discussing religious tolerance written by Child, an author, scholar, and abolitionist. Child discusses religious tolerance, stating "People who are educated under one system of religion can never perhaps quite realize how another faith appears to those who have grown up under its influence; but sincere efforts to do this are among the most hopeful signs of the times." Discusses books of different religions and differentiation between religious symbolism and language. In pencil below her signature, Child invites the recipient to…

GLC06114

1946

Graham, Lorenzo, 1902-1989

Book signed

Title: How God Fix Jonah

Published by Reynal & Hitchcock. Illustrated with prints from wood engravings by Letterio Calapai, an American painter, muralist, and printmaker. Signed by Graham on the dedication page; dedicated to Graham's sister Shirley Graham Du Bois, an African American author, playwright, composer, and wife of sociologist and civil rights leader W. E. B. Du Bois. Contains a foreword by W. E. B. Du Bois, who states "These modern bits of poetry rescued from passing oblivion remind us of what Africa has thought and done in the long past .. Africa gave the toil that made America and underlay the…

GLC06121

1857

J.O.E., fl. 1857

Painting

Title: Attention South!! Abolish slavery.

Abolitionist folk art depicting a Black man as weeping and chained and shackled, surrounded by green curtains with yellow tassels. At top left are the words "Attention South!!" with the word "Abolish" at left and "Slavery" at right, signed in block letters at bottom "J.O.E. 1857 N.Y." All lettering is in red. Painted on laid paper that has been mounted to a sheet of marbled paper.

GLC06140

2 December 1859

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862

Broadside

Title: Martyrdom of John Brown

Program created by Thoreau for the funeral service for John Brown to be held in the Concord Town Hall on December 2nd. Event will include "Reading of pertinent passages. Selections from Brown's last words. Service for the death of a martyr." Also contains a "Dirge" in Brown's honor, written by Sanborn to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" The first verse states "To-day beside Potomac's wave, Beneath Virginia's Sky, They slay the man who loved the slave, and dared for him to die." Concord was the home to many of Brown's most famous and ardent supporters. The dirge is misdated 30 December at…

GLC05925.02

1803

Murray, John Jr., fl. 1803

Pamphlet

Title: [To the Citizens of the United States of America].

Agreed upon at a meeting of Quakers on March 1, 1803 in New York City and issued by the clerk to the meeting, John Murray, Jr. The pamphlet attacks alcohol consumption, taverns, theatres, horse racing, cockfighting, and duels. Printed by Isaac Collins and Son.

GLC05943

1866

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Print

Title: Abraham Lincoln entering Richmond, April 3, 1865

Engraving by J. C. Buttre from a drawing by L. Hollis. Published by B.B. Russell & Co., Boston. Shows Lincoln with his son Tad on a visit to Richmond. African American men, women, and children are rejoicing around him.

GLC05866

circa 1860

Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

Broadside

Title: The minstrel boy

Sheet music, including music and lyrics for two verses of the song "The Minstrel Boy." Printed in Baltimore for J. Carr.

GLC05874