13 March 1865

Fenton, Reuben Eaton, 1819-1885

Document signed

Title: [New York State militia commission for John B. Stonehouse]

Commision appointing John B. Stonehouse a colonel in the one hundred eighty-seventh New York State militia. Also signed by Bentley as Act. Asst. Adjutant General.

GLC00368.02

circa 1861-1863

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Brady's Incidents of the War. 17th Regiment New York Volunteers Colonel Henry Seymour Lansing. Butterfield's Brigade. Fitz John Porter. Division Pauls Hill. Vol.

One undated photograph entitled, "Brady's Incidents of the War," taken by Mathew B. Brady. Captures New York's 17th Regiment standing in dress parade formation and holding rifle-muskets raised upward at their sides.

GLC00243

10 November 1812

Autograph document signed

Title: [Enlistment for two years' military service, signed by four men]

This document is a signed pledge by four men to voluntarily serve in the military for two years. During this two year period, each man pledges to serve "actual duty" for at least twelve months.

GLC02669.030

27 November 1812 - 4 June 1813

Autograph document signed

Title: [Enlistment for two years' military service, signed by seven men]

This document is a signed pledge by seven men to voluntarily serve in the military corps for two years. During this two year period, each man pledges to serve "actual duty" for at least twelve months. There is a section in the lower right quadrant resulting in some text loss.

GLC02669.031

1 July 1813 to19 August 1813

Autograph document signed

Title: [Statement of account for Jacob Bailey]

A statement of account for Jacob Bailey's military service from July 1, 1813 to August 19, 1813.

GLC02669.065

1 July 1813 to 19 August 1813

Autograph document signed

Title: [Statement of account for Jacob Bailey]

A statement of account for Jacob Bailey's military service from July 1, 1813 to August 19, 1813. This document is a copy of GLC0269.65.

GLC02669.066

1943

United States. Department of Agriculture

Poster

Title: Be a Victory Farm Volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps : see your principal

Government Printing Office # O-517942. The main part of the poster is a large black-and white photograph of the faces of a smiling teenage girl and boy. The lower part of the poster is a green-tinted photograph of young volunteers harvesting potatoes. A farmer on a mule- or horse-drawn farm machine can be seen in the background. The sky in the background is colored blue.

GLC09520.02

1918

Coffin, William Haskell, 1878-1941

Poster

Title: "Help Us Help Our Boys."

One lithograph printed during World War I. Depicts a smiling woman in a YMCA uniform pushing a poster on a wooden exterior that reads, "Help Us Help Our Boys." Below the woman is the text, "United War Work Campaign, Nov. 11th to 18th, $170,500,000."

GLC09813

circa 1925-1941

unknown, fl. 1925-1941

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of the East Arlington Volunteer Fire Company]

One undated photograph of the East Arlington Volunteer Fire Company. Image is of 13 African American volunteers posed with a fire truck.

GLC09725

December 1947

Myers, fl. 1947

Photograph

Title: Teamwork in Tuskegee

One photograph dated December 1947 taken by Myers from the American Red Cross. Image is of a group of teenage girls from Tuskegee Institute High School writing Christmas cards for patients at the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital. Typed notes on the reverse side profiles the local chapter of Tuskegee volunteers as well as identifies the students in the image. Names included are Mary Carolyn Derbigny, Mrs. M.G. Young, Jeanne Johnson, Dona Cooper, Doris Stokes, Marjorie Holland, Rosemary Howell and Barbara Williams.

GLC09823.07

December 1947

Myers, fl. 1947

Photograph

Title: Teamwork in Tuskegee

One photograph dated December 1947 taken by Myers from the American Red Cross. Image is of a group of teenage girls wrapping Christmas presents for patients at the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital. Typed note on reverse side profiles the local chapter of volunteers in Tuskegee, AL and identifies those photographed. Names included are Mrs. M.G. Young, Barbara Polk, Gwendolyn Humbles, Doris Naggles, and Eula Mae Patrick.

GLC09823.08

December 1947

Myers, fl. 1947

Photograph

Title: Teamwork in Tuskegee

One photograph dated December 1947 taken by Myers from the American Red Cross. Image is of three female volunteers of the Circle Service Club wrapping Christmas packages for patients at a hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Typed notes on the reverse side describes the veteran reintegration program made possible through the efforts of hospital volunteers and the Veterans Administration of Tuskegee. Names included the women in the image; Mrs. I.K. Campfield, Edith W. Washington, and Mrs. T.M. Campbell.

GLC09823.09

12 March 1948

unknown, fl. 1948

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of seven nurses enrolled into the American Red Cross]

One photograph dated March 12, 1948 of seven nurses enrolled in the American Red Cross training program. On the reverse side is a typed note pertaining to the enrollment process in New York and identifies those photographed. Names included are Hazel Craig, Sister Mary Angela, Sister M. Rose Xavier, Ellen E. Huggins, H. Lowella Carter, Mary Wilder and Martha Erskine

GLC09823.10

May 1948

unknown, fl. 1948

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Red Cross nutritionist teaching a group of children and women]

One photograph dated May 1948 of a Red Cross nutrition session in Washington, D.C. Image is of a group of children, a teacher, a parent and a Red Cross nutritionist. Typed note on the reverse side describes the services provided by the nutritionists. [see similar image GLC09823.12]

GLC09823.11

May 1948

unknown, fl. 1948

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Red Cross nutritionist teaching a group of children and women]

One photograph dated May 1948 of a Red Cross nutrition session in Washington, D.C. Image displays a group of children, a teacher, a parent and a Red Cross nutritionist. Typed note on the reverse side describes the services provided by the nutritionists. [see similar image GLC09823.11]

GLC09823.12

1 May 1863

Sleeper, Gilman E., 1830-?

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to 1st Sergeant in Company C of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment]

Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons as 1st Sergeant in Company C of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment. Printed document signed by Gilman E. Sleeper as lieutenant colonel of the regiment and Harvey F. Wiggin as lieutenant and acting adjutant. Docket on verso.

GLC03953.14

circa 1945-1950

Tomaso, Rico, 1898-1985

Poster

Title: You Can Help Through American Junior Red Cross

One undated lithograph entitled, "You Can Help Through American Junior Red Cross." Item number is Poster #603. Depicts students gesturing to a globe with writing supplies. Printed for promoting donations to the National Children's Fund.

GLC09823.15

February 16, 1946

The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL)

Newspaper clipping

Title: The Chicago Defender [February 16, 1946]

One page from The Chicago Defender's supplement, The Defender Junior, dated February 16, 1946. Articles on page 17 are dedicated to children's interest; education, clubs and highlighting children in the neighborhood. Reverse side on page 18 highlights Black women who have volunteered to the Red Cross as nurses abroad and locally.

GLC09823.16