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[Photograph negative of a plane]

One photograph negative of a plane dated circa 1942. Features a plane in a field, possibly crashed.

GLC10047.02.602

English Defenders of American Freedoms 1774-1778 Six Pamphlets Attacking British Policy

One book entitled English Defenders of American Freedoms 1774-1778 by Paul Hubert Smith published in 1972. Include 6 different articles concerning British response tie British policy concerning the American revolution.

GLC01784.03

The Toy Shop: a Romantic Story of Lincoln the Man

One book entitled The Toy Shop: a Romantic Story of Lincoln the Man by Margarita Spalding Gerry dated 1908. Contains two signitures, Don Krick, and H.F. Mc Colgan.

GLC02793.119.02

to Maxine Harris Jones

One page of a letter from Alfred Jones most likely to his wife Maxine Harris Jones dated circa 1861-1865. The last page of a letter.

GLC03135.13.095

[Provenance of medal]

One document by B.H. Collins dated 1897. It acts as a piece of provenance and a receipt of purchase of the medal in GLC07622.01. It notes that Collins purchased the medal from Col. W.H. Crook for one hundred dollars. It also notes that Crook worked...

GLC07622.02

To Mrs. William Whiting

One letter by B.H. Collins to Mrs. William Whiting dated February 19, 1897. A acknowledgement of payment sent for the bronze Lincoln medal. Also offers some other things that Collins has available for purchase along with prices.

GLC07622.03

[Note about pins]

One note dated 1863-1865 by Oscar Calkins. Note states that the Masonic pin, formerly attached, was his fathers and it got him out of Libby Prison by a rebel Masonic officer. Instead of bring in the prison he was sent to Richmond to get a job.

GLC03766.46.01

Stephen Griffing His Ancestry and Descendants

One book entitled Stephen Griffing His Ancestry and Descendants dated 191.

GLC01450.623.03

The story of the twenty-first regiment, Connecticut volunteer infantry, during the Civil War

From the Press of the Stewart Printing Co. Inside front cover signed by "Mr. & Mrs B. M. Dgindul," Written because "The survivors of the Twenty-First Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, proud of their record and achievements during three...

GLC02744.400

Revised United State Army Regulations of 1861 with an Appendix

One book entitled Revised United State Army Regulations of 1861 with an Appendix dated 1863.

GLC02750.479

Revised United State Army Regulations of 1861 with an Appendix

One book entitled Revised United State Army Regulations of 1861 with an Appendix dated 1863.

GLC02750.480

R. B. Hayes

One engraving of Rutherford B. Hayes. Engraving accompanied the pardon of Samuel Cooper, signed by Hayes (GLC00043.23.02).

GLC00043.23.02

Daily true delta.

Amongst the typical foreign and local news and advertisements, the front page of this paper contains two very interesting secession-related items. A women in Charleston Owned the table used for signing the Declaration of Independence of the United...

GLC05960.01.02.02

John Dewey Presents The Living Thoughts on Jefferson

One Book entitled John Dewey Presents The Living Thoughts on Jefferson by John Dewey dated 1941.

GLC10138

[You Fight & Die But Can't Drink at 18]

One pin that reads You Fight & Die But Can't Drink at 18 circa 1970. The pin is neon green and is meant to protest for lowering the legal drinking age.

GLC10139.01

To Allison Kraft

One letter from David Shneidman to Allison Kraft dated August 11, 2023. Shneidman compliments the Inside the Vault program run by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and wants to donate this pin. (GLC10139.01) He is making the donation...

GLC10139.02

Down With Jeff Davis's 1861 Rebellion: Home Guards! To Arms! To Arms!

One poster entitled Down With Jeff Davis's 1861 Rebellion: Home Guards! To Arms! To Arms! dated May 27, 1862

GLC08285

Asociacion Civil De Colonias

One organizational map entitled Asociacion Civil De Colonias dated May 1961. Outlines departments and the hierarchy of the association.

GLC05723.04.01

[Section of Mexico]

One map detailing a section of Mexico dated May 1961. Map originally included in a bound copy of report created by the Mexican government in response to Kennedy's Alliance for Progress program, which sought to improve government and civil society in...

GLC05723.04.02

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 9, no. 419 (January 7, 1865)]

GLC00623.05

The Army Under Pope

One book entitled The Army Under Pope by John C. Ropes published 1881

GLC06762.106

[Frederick W. Simonds?]

One cased image possibly of Frank Simmonds dated circa 1861-1919.

GLC03523.45.02.02

[Frederick W. Simonds?]

One cased image possibly of Frank Simmonds, or a family member dated circa 1861-1919.

GLC03523.45.02.03

[Frederick W. Simonds?]

One cased image possibly of Frank Simmonds, or a family member dated circa 1861-1919. The case itself is embossed with a profile of George Washington circled by the text" First in War First in Peace, & First in the Hearts of His Countrymen."

GLC03523.45.02.04

[Reciept for clothing draws]

One document listing three men and amounts of money. There is an explanation that the money was for clothing written on the lower half of the document.

GLC05911.07.02