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to Ken Brown

One typewritten letter to Ken Brown from Jesse Owens dated June 12, 1953. Thanks Brown for a previous letter. Letterhead is from the State Athletic Commission of Illinois. Refers to a flood where people may receive better housing due to the damage...

GLC09798.03

[Collection belonging to Jordan family, n.d., 1780-1909][Decimalized .01-.28]

Collection of 28 items belonging to Jordan family dated 1780-1909. Consists of various financial documents, personal correspondence and military discharge papers.

GLC09836

to Alex Haley

One letter addressed to Alex Haley from Burt Pines, Edward C. Farrell and Richard N. Grey of the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles, California. Pertains to an anti-discriminatory case, "Dennison v. Department of Water and Power" where...

GLC09837

Washington and His Generals

One engraving entitled, "Washington and His Generals," illustrated by Alexander Hay Ritchie. Depicts General George Washington meeting with other generals during the American Revolutionary War.

GLC09838

[Press photo of County Manager and Metro Employees Union Strikers]

One press photograph taken by John Walter dated September 6, 1965. Image portrays strikers meeting with the County Manager Porter Homer. Attached to the image is the newsclipping by Miller Davis. Details that "500 and trash collectors staged an...

GLC09839

[Photograph album of Puerto Rico in 1900s]

One photograph album consisting of cyanotypes, silver prints and printing-paper photos dated 1905 to 1908 related to Beekman Winthrop's governorship in Puerto Rico. Images depict the colonization by the American government; developing infrastructure...

GLC09840

[Collection of photographs of children emancipated from slavery, n.d., 1863]
[Decimalized .01-.04]

Collection of four cabinet cards printed by Culver Service photo studios. Images are of children emancipated from slavery or indentured servitude in New Orleans, Louisiana.

GLC09841

[Boys working in cotton mills in Lancaster, South Carolina]

One silver print taken by Lewis W. Hine dated 1908. Image consists of a group of boys posing for a photograph by cotton bales outside a cotton mill.

GLC09842

[Slave quarters in Brandon, Florida]

One photograph of slave quarters in Brandon, Florida. Image displays a man on a cattle-drawn wagon with bags of goods and the residence of enslaved people. Taken in 1865 and printed in 1890.

GLC09843

"Boycott Farah Pants, Viva La Huelga."

One yellow button with an illustration of a woman with her fist raised in the air and black text printed, "Boycott Farah Pants, Viva La Huelga."

GLC09844

[Picketers outside the Rhode Island Institute of Mental Health]

One wirephoto taken by the Associated Press dated November 12, 1974. Image displays workers holding signs that read "On Strike." State police are seen in the background. Wire transfer information relays that 3,500 state employees were striking...

GLC09845

Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States

Volume one of a series entitled, "Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States," published in 1853. Contains the results of a study commissioned by Congress to collect statistics on the...

GLC03679.01

Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States

Volume two of a series entitled, "Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States," published in 1854. Contains the results of a study commissioned by Congress to collect statistics on the...

GLC03679.02

Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States

Volume three of a series entitled, "Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States," published in 1854. Contains the results of a study commissioned by Congress to collect statistics on the...

GLC03679.03

Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States

Volume four of a series entitled, "Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States," published in 1854. Contains the results of a study commissioned by Congress to collect statistics on the...

GLC03679.04

Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States

Volume five of a series entitled, "Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States," published in 1855. Contains the results of a study commissioned by Congress to collect statistics on the...

GLC03679.05

Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States

Volume three of a series entitled, "Information respecting the history condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States," published in 1853. Contains the results of a study commissioned by Congress to collect statistics on the...

GLC03679.06

[Diary of Ronald A. Kennedy of the Vermont Infantry, November 9, 1862-August 13, 1863]

One diary dated November 9,1862-August 13,1863, is signed, written largely in pencil. Includes key battle material in the entry for 13 December, which most likely refers to the Battle of Fredericksburg. Also describes the Battle of Chancellorsville...

GLC03954.01

[Diary of Ronald A. Kennedy of the Vermont Infantry, September 17, 1863-December 30, 1863]

One diary dated September 17, 1863-December 30, 1863 belonging to Ronald A. Kennedy. Does not contain much battle content, but features lists and accounting information.

GLC03954.02

[Diary of Ronald A. Kennedy of the Vermont Infantry, 1865]

One diary dated 1865 belonging to Ronald A. Kenendy is unsigned, and mostly written in pencil. Does not contain much battle content, but features lists and accounting information.

GLC03954.03

[Donation receipt]

A receipt for a donation of a one pound note to the Bath Anti-Slavery Society. Accompanied by JB00002 and JB00003.

JB00001

Exercises marking the opening of the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters

This pamphlet is a transcript of the ceremony for the opening of the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters. This collection was founded by Carl Van Vechten and the ceremony took place at Sprague Memorial Hall.

JB00005

Oroonoko advertisement

This item is a mounted broadside advertisement for the play Oroonoko; or the Royal slave at the Theatre Royal. It lists the actors in each part for the February 20, 1818 show. It also notes that after Oroonoko the Forest of Bondy; or the Dog of...

JB00006

to unknown

A letter from Sir Herbert Croft to a unknown recipient asking on behalf of a friend, Mr Schomberg, for introductions to Mr Neeker, and Mr Broussonet. Schomberg would be taking a long vacation in France and was very interested in the "politics of the...

JB00007

At the General Assembly of the Governor and company of the state of Rhode Island and Providence-Plantations.

A record of votes and resolutions of the General Assembly. One interesting subject is a trial of Quaco a enslaved person who went before the assembly for his freedom. Quaco was enslaved by Mr. Honeyman of Newport who was deceased. A British officer...

JB00008

Negro Education

A pamphlet of statistics concerning the money spent on African American education in 1835. The document shows in detail the appropriation of the sum of 20,000 pounds towards the erection of school houses in the colonies and settlements to which the...

JB00009

to Reverend Mr. Jones

A letter from William Wilberforce to Reverend Mr. Jones. Wilberforce asks Jones to leave the publications he brought with his friend Mr. Pringle as he is travelling about a lot and has too much baggage already. He also mentions that Jones had asked...

JB00011

Abramo Lincoln [In Italian]

A Italian language biography of Abraham Lincoln printed in Firenze in 1868.

JB00012

to Gerard Hopkins

A letter from Max Beerbohm to Gerard Hopkins thanking Hopkins for a "drawing of Christ Church and the neighboring demolitions."

JB00013

Columbian Almanac for the year 1831

A printing of the Colombian Almanac for the year 1831. This copy is missing a cover. The Almanac features a page of information for each month as well as the schedule for Pennsylvania courts. It also features the poem by Selleck Osborn "The Faithful...

JB00018

"1914" Five Sonnets

A compilation of five sonnets published by Robert Brooke in 1915, the sonnets are titled I. Peace, II. Safety III. The Dead, IV. He Dead, V. The Soldier.

JB00019

The Territory of Oregon Vs. Peter Smith

A bill of indictment for a court case, The Territory of Oregon Vs. Peter Smith. The case is that Peter Smith sold liquor to Thomas Floyd on a Sunday at Sucker Creek on October 19, 1856.

JB00020

Anti Slavery Monthly Reporter [Vol. 3. No. 13, (June 1830)]

The Anti-Slavery Monthly Report for June of 1830 included the proceedings of a general meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society on May 15th.

JB00021

to William Stodhart

A bill of sale for a enslaved girl, purchased for 45 pounds

JB00022

to John Young Esquire

Wilberforce sends a quick note to his friend regarding a mutual friend of theirs William Hill. Hill had taken a trip to Bath and in his absence made arrangements for all mail and parcels he received to be kept for him at a shop in the area...

JB00023

to John Young Esquire

This letter from William Wilberforce to John Young concerns a friend of Young's who wishes to visit someone at his home in Africa. Wilberforce cautions that if this unnamed person wants to travel there he must be careful and get as close as possible...

JB00024

to Major General Wool

A letter from Mary Brown Davis to Major General Wool regarding helping "contraband" or escaped enslaved people who have taken refuge in Fort Monroe. Davis outlines her history and where she lived before Chicago. She mentions having been born in...

JB00025

to the Sheriff of Chatham

A printed and autograph document from the State of North Carolina to the Sheriff of Chatham ordering that the sheriff set a sale of 4 enslaved men. The sale is to repay a debt owed to Murdock McKenzie & Co by William Thompson. The amount to be raised...

JB00028

Mandate of Payment

A mandate of payment for M. Boutin for the work of his slave Sam. Sam worked on the public chain gang for twenty one days at the rate of twenty five cents a day. The payment from the city to M. Boutin is for "Five Piastres Twenty-Five Cents". The...

JB00029

Vote For The Woman Suffrage

A stamp for women suffrage, it features a map of the United States with color coded states. The states in yellow are equal suffrage, the states in black is male suffrage. Along the bottom of the stamp is the statement "Amendment in November!"

JB00031

[Manumission document]

A manumission notice that Barthelemy Campanel plans to emancipate Hanna a enslaved woman of about 60 years of age. The notice states that if anyone has an objection to this manumission they are to file the objection with the Parish Court within 40...

JB00034

At a Public Meeting of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Manufacturers, and Inhabitants of Kendal, held at the Town-Hall, January 23, 1792

JB00036

An Account of all Slaves, or Captured Negroes, for whom Bounties have been paid...

JB00038

to unknown

JB00039

to The Earl of Balcarres

JB00040

[Muster Roll 30th New York Volunteers]

JB00041

to Mrs. L.E.A. Sanford

JB00042

[Engraving of Sidney Sussex College and Frances Sidney Countess of Sussex]

JB00043

The Nation is Weeping

A poem with a detailed lithograph of the Lincoln Funeral procession passing New York City Hall.

JB00044

to James Basker

JB00046

to James Basker

Accompanies JB00048

JB00047

Amazing Grace American Melody

JB00048

University of Michigan Summer Session, 1936

JB00050

Abraham Lincoln Sa Naissance, Sa Vie, Sa Mort

JB00051

Report of the Committee on Volunteering

JB00049

Abramo Lincoln [In Italian]

JB00052

The Pennsylvania Abolition Society & The Pennsylvania Black

JB00053

The Lincoln Lyrics

JB00054

An Act to amend and continue, for a limited Time, several Acts of Parliament for regulating the shipping and carrying of Slaves in British Vessels from the Coast of Africa

JB00055

An Act for better regulating the Manner of carrying Slaves in British Vessels, from the Coast of Africa

JB00056

An Act to prohibit for Two Years after the Conclusion of the present session of Parliament, any Ships to clear out from any Port of Great Britain, for the coast of Africa...

for the Purpose of taking on board Negroes, unless such Ships shall have been previously employed in the African Trade, or contracted for, for that purpose.

JB00057

An Address delivered before the New-York Historical Society On It's Sixtieth Anniversary

JB00058

An Address delivered at the Celebration by the New York Historical Society, May 20, 1863 of the Two Hundredth Birth Day of Dr. William Bradford

JB00059

A Memorial of Rev. Thomas De Witt, D.D.

JB00060

Catalogue of the Books, Tracts, Newspapers, Maps, Charts Views, Portraits, and Manuscripts, in the Library of the New-York Historical Society

JB00061

The Barbarism of Slavery

JB00062

An Address delivered before the New-York Historical Society On It's Sixtieth Anniversary

JB00063

Proceedings of the New York Historical Society

JB00064

New York Historical Society Semi-Centennial Celebration

JB00065

New York Historical Society. Proceedings at the Dedication of the Library

JB00066

The Charter and By-Laws of the New York Historical Society Revised January, 1858.

JB00068

Discourse Delivered Before The New-York Historical Society at Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1812

JB00069

An Anniversary Discourse, Delivered Before The New York Historical Society

JB00070

Proceedings of the New-York Historical Society, on the Announcement of the Death of William Hickling Prescott, February, MDCCLIX.

JB00071

War and Emancipation A Thanksgiving Sermon, Preached in the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn N.Y. On Thursday, November 21, 1861.

JB00072

Am I Not A Man And A Brother?

Commemorative edition

JB00073

Am I Not A Man And A Brother?

Commemorative edition

JB00074

Am I Not a Man Am I Not A Brother

JB00075

Am I not a Woman & A Sister

JB00076

Am I Not A Woman & A Sister

JB00077

We Are Brethren

JB00078

Charter, Laws, and Catalogue of Books, of the Library Company of Philadelphia

JB00082

The Treaty of Paris 1783; Its Origin and Significance

JB00084

The American Treaty of Independence: the Definitive Peace Treaty of Paris, 1783

JB00085

Forging a Nation Documents from America's Founding

JB00086

Life: The Search for a Black Past

JB00089

This Week

JB00097

Yank The Army Weekly: British Edition [(December 26, 1943)]

JB00108

Poor Wills Almanac, For The Year 1841: Being First After Leap Year

JB00112

Our Chronicle of 26. A Satirical Poem

JB00118

A Discourse Delivered At Plymouth December 22, 1809, at the Celebration of the 188th Anniversay of the Landing of our Forefathers in That Place.

JB00119

Report of the Arguments of the Attorney of the Commonwealth, at the Trials of Abner Kneeland

JB00120

The Sailor's Magazine, And Naval Journal [Vol. 8 No. 6 (February 1836)]

JB00121

Address of the New-York Young Men's Anti-Slavery Society, to Their Fellow-Citizens.

JB00122

History And Evidence of the Passage of Abraham Lincoln from Harrisburg, PA., to Washington, D.C. on the 22d and 23d of February, 1861

JB00123

The Dying Negro, A Poem.

JB00126

Alvara Obviando ao impio, e deshumano abuso, com que no reino do Algarve

JB00127

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) and the Federal City He Loved

One pamphlet entitled, "John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) and the Federal City He Loved," dated 1963. Printed as a tribute after Kennedy's assassination. Contains photographs of him, his family and his life in Washington D.C.

GLC09640.280

One Hundred Years After the Birth of Herbert Hoover: The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace in 1975

One copy of "One Hundred Years After the Birth of Herbert Hoover: The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace in 1975," dated 1975. Contains a biography of Herbert Hoover; plans for his centennial; features essays by research fellows who...

GLC09640.295

River Ice Surrounds Falls

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated January 15, 1960. Shows a frozen Niagara Falls, an observation tower, and Rainbow Bridge. The embedded press release states that the view is looking out from the falls toward Prospect Point.

GLC09677.51