1864

Paxson, Charles, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: Learning is wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca, and Rosa

Subtitled "Wilson, Charles, Rebecca and Rosa. Slaves from New Orleans." Shows an older black man reading with three fair-skinned slave children. No. 6. Published by Charles Paxson, NY. Trimmed. (Other cartes in this series appear in the Brady album of cartes de visite, GLC04609.)

GLC08475

10 February 1864

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

Printed document

Title: General orders no. 2

Orders several schools for military instruction to be established. Outlines the officers and purposes of the different schools.

GLC08603

June 22, 1949

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed letter signed

Title: to Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.

Written in reply to Pennsylvania Congressman McConnell's request that he give his views on education legislation (the federal "grants-in aid") before the Committee on Education and Labor. Former President Hoover asserts his strong personal interest in education and argues the proposed bill is ineffective and a waste of federal money. Suggests an alternate bill.

GLC00200

18 May 1832

King, William R., 1786-1853

Pamphlet

Title: In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1832. Mr. King made the following report:

22d Congress, 1st Session, document no. 145. Unfavorable report on the proposal to use proceeds from sales of public lands for education, internal improvements, and "the colonization of free negroes upon the western coast of Africa."

GLC00267.048

February 17, 1842

Hall, Anna M., fl. 1842

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dear Madam

Anna M. Hall thanks an unnamed woman author for sending her book on female education. Hall feels there is currently no system of education in England, and the ideas the author espouses are much needed by the women of England. She thinks the author is wrong to elevate drawing over music, as music has given Hall much solace. Written on her Old Brompton letterhead. Possibly written near Alexandria, Virginia.

GLC00496.162

05 July 1825

Williams, W.A., fl. 1852

Autograph manuscript

Title: W. A. Williams his cyphering book; commenced July the 5th 1825, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cumberland County.

Includes sections on basic arithmetic functions, as well as addition and subtraction of federal money, and weights and measures of commodities (e.g. land, cloth, wine, etc.).

GLC00496.441

1863

Moore, Marinda Branson, 1829-1864

Book

Title: The Geographical Reader for the Dixie Children

Published by Branson, Farrar & Co. A Confederate textbook of American geography that was written because the author "having found most of the juvenile books too complex for young minds, has for some time intended making an effort to simplify the science of Geography." Consists of 26 lessons, each about one or two columns in length. The first 10 are on the technical terms of geography and the last 16 are on specific places. Each Confederate state, as well as the border states of Missouri and Kentucky, has its own lesson, while no northern states are discussed. Includes 6 full page maps.…

GLC00566

1752

Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Caroli Carroll, Liber Anno 1752

Title is printed by hand on mauve colored wrapper, "Caroli Carroll, Liber Anno 1752." Latin school exercise book. Contains rhetoric and poetry exercises in Latin. Signed "Charles Carroll" twice on the last page.

GLC00600

October 22, 1856

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jeremiah S. Black

Stanton compliments Black on the address on religious liberty that he gave before the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College. He argues with some points of the essay concerning the judgment of history on William Penn, Oliver Cromwell, and St. Francis Xavier. He asks in his postscript, "Who is it that believes in Maria Monk?" (a fictitious woman created by anti-Catholic propagandists). Date from docket. At the time of this letter Black was a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He became Attorney General of the United States under James Buchanan, and in that position moved Stanton…

GLC00605

circa 1771-1806

Manuscript document

Title: [Memorandum]

List of items, including books on geography, grammar, electricity, Pilgrim's Progress, copy books, Aesop's fables, and others.

GLC02437.08262

February 24, 1863

Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

Augustus warns Miller about the promotion process in the military. He urges Miller to make sure that he will be better qualified than other officers, for even if some were of lower rank, they could still be promoted over his head. To this end, he suggests that Miller take to his books, and study military tactics. On the reverse of the letter, Augustus notes: "Alie had as well go to study too, if he ever expects to be anything but a private." Written in the Georgia State House of Representatives.

GLC02691.11.037

26 May 1943

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe describes his first aid lesson.

GLC09414.0710

31 March 1945

Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Moe writes that after classes, he went over to Madame Laguire's for a French lesson. He says he is ashamed he knows as little as he does. He is glad Sylvia introduced the girls to Armenian food.

GLC09414.1368

1861-1877

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: Memorial

The Farmers Club of the American Institute of New York requests Congress to consider an amendment of forestry laws. Specifically they seek provisions to save national domain forests from needless waste, to create new forests and literature on forests, making the subject of tree culture an educational branch of study, and requiring the planting of trees for the use of public lands.

GLC00687.155

May 16, 1892

Cravath, Erastus Milo, 1833-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George May Powell

He thanks him for his comments on the work at Fisk. He sends condolences on the death of his brother. They are now building a Fisk Memorial Library. The author was one of the founders of Fisk University, an early African-American school of higher learning.

GLC00687.266

January 23, 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia read over the Selective Service policies during lunch. She says the Board tries to get all the information they can about a potential recruit, such as school, health, family and employment records. She recounts the interview process for selectees. Recounts problems with her sister Mad's divorce in Florida.

GLC09414.0135

30 June 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia sends Moe $10. Says her sister Mad had gone to a Red Cross Training and that her husband, Sammy, wants to reconcile, Mad does not. A new investigator with whom she went to Brooklyn College was transferred to her office, and was on a date with someone from Fort Lewis. She describes the date and asks Moe if he knows him.

GLC09414.0068

1947-1989

Various

Header Record

Title: [Group of 41 pieces, including small broadsides, flyers, pamphlets, booklets about Civil Rights topics, 1963-1989] [Decimalized .01-.36]

Collection consisting of 41 items dated 1947 to 1989 related to Civil Rights era. Items include circular letters, donation envelopes, pamphlets, a 33 rpm record, and other materials. A small portion from the collection contain items from organizations advocating for Civil Rights such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Southern Regional Council. Bulk of items belong to groups opposing Civil Rights. Documents highlight legal battles in Southern states related to police brutality against African-Americans, responses to the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of 1963, anti-…

GLC09641

1980-1996

Header Record

Title: [Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead collection] [Decimalized .01- .28]

Twenty nine letters to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead from other Congressmen, President Ronald Reagan and photographs of Washington officials.

GLC09613.01

6 October 1994

Johnson, Sam, 1930-?

Typed letter signed

Title: To Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

A thank you letter from Sam Johnson the House representative for Texas's third district, to Moorhead for his support for the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act. This act "contains strong language protecting the constitutional rights of all schoolchildren to voluntarily pray." This letter is on Johnson's House of Representative stationery.

GLC09613.01.19

1970

Bleicher, Kevin, fl. 1970

Photograph

Title: [Negative strips of prints belonging to Kevin Bleicher]

Collection of 84 negative strips belonging to Kevin Bleicher. These negatives include images from GLC09650.001-.288 pertaining to protests at Ohio State University and anti-war demonstrations at Washington D.C.

GLC09650.289

1976-1994

Milk, Harvey, 1930-1978

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Harvey Milk political materials][Decimalized .01-.14]

Collection of 14 items dated 1976 to 1994 related to poltician Harvey Milk. Consists of materials related to his campaign while running for offices of supervisor and assemblyman in San Francisco. Items contains slogans and campaign platforms. Also in the collection are printed materials created follwing his and George Moscone's assassination such as a book of poetry and pamphlet on the ruling against Dan White.

GLC09871

1976

Hill, Robert B., 1938

Pamphlet

Title: Toward a New Bill of Rights

One pamphlet entitled, "Toward a New Bill of Rights," dated 1976. Item is a summary of the 66th National Urban League Conference that lists sessions related to health, family life, government representation, voting, and concerns on policy.

GLC09640.200

1978

Anderson, Bernard E., fl. 1978

Pamphlet

Title: The State of Black America 1978

One pamphlet entitled, "The State of Black America 1978," dated 1978. Item is a report on the economic status of black families, education, housing, welfare, politics, as well as appendices of data collected on racial discrimination.

GLC09640.202

1979

Anderson, Bernard E., fl. 1978

Pamphlet

Title: Mobilizing for the Challenges of the 80s

One pamphlet entitled, "Mobilizing for the Challenges of the 80s," dated 1979. Item is a summary of the sessions that took place at the 69th annual National Urban League Conference: quality of life, black-owned businesses, education, work, housing, and health.

GLC09640.203