24 March 1929

United States Government Printing Office

Pamphlet

Title: Inauguration Ceremonies Program

One copy of Inauguration Ceremonies Program from the inauguration of President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis, dated March 24, 1929. Item contains procedures and regulations, in this order: Platform Tickets, Entrance to the Senate Wing of the Capitol, Cards of Admission, Entrance to the Senate Galleries, Entrance to the Floor of the Senate Chamber, Proceedings in the Senate Chamber, The Procession to the Inaugural Platform, Proceedings on the Inaugural Platform, and Regulations for the Senate Wing. Front of program has a stamped Presidential Seal. Back of pamphlet features a…

GLC09705.02

24 March 1929

Committee on Arrangements

Pamphlet

Title: [Invitation to the inauguration of President Herbert Hoover]

One invitation to the inauguration of President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis, dated March 24, 1929. Document has a printing of the Presidential Seal and also lists the members of the Committee on Arrangements.

GLC09705.03

20 January 1981

Presidential Inaugural Committee

Document

Title: [Invitation to the inaugural ball of President Ronald Reagan]

One invitation to the Inaugural Ball of President Ronald Reagan, dated January 20, 1981. Invitation is on the behalf of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush, and the Presidential Inaugural Committee 1981. Document is embossed with a gold inaugural seal.

GLC09705.04

20 January 1981

Presidential Inaugural Committee

Document

Title: [Invitation to the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan]

One invitation to the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush on behalf of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, dated January 20, 1981. Also lists the names of the Committee Co-Chairmen, Robert K. Gray and Charles Z. Wick. Document is embossed with a gold inaugural seal.

GLC09705.05

20 January 1989

Committee for the American Bicentennial Presidential Inaugural

Document

Title: [Invitation to the inauguration of President George H. W. Bush]

One invitation to the inauguration of President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle on behalf of the Committee for the American Bicentennial Presidential Inaugural, dated January 20, 1989. Document is embossed with a gold inaugural seal.

GLC09705.06

1853

G. P. Putnam and Co.

Book

Title: Homes Of American Authors: Comprising Anecdotical, Personal And Descriptive Sketches, By Various Writers.

One book published by G. P. Putnam and Co. dated 1853. Book contains illustrations of authors' residencies from original drawings. Features the homes of John James Audubon, James K. Paulding, Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, George Bacnroft, Richard Henry Dana, Wiliam H. Prescott, Miss C. M. Sedgewick, James Fenimore Cooper, Edward Everett, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Gilmore Simms, Henry W. Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Daniel Webster, John Pendleton Kennedy, and James Russell Lowell. Envelope adhered to the inside of the back cover contains a smaller envelope with a letter…

GLC09690.01

19 June 1877

Longfellow, Henry W., 1807-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: Letter to Mr. W. H. Sutherland

One letter from Henry Longfellow to W. H. Sutherland, dated June 19, 1877. Longfellow informs Sutherland that the pseudonym "Joshua Coffin" was mistakenly ascribed to him in the "Homes Of American Authors" book. Longfellow says that Joshua Coffin was "a man of flesh and blood" who wrote the book a "History of Newbury."

GLC09690.02

1903

Haskell, W.L., fl. 1903

Poster

Title: Onward

One poster entitled "Onward" by W.L. Haskell dated 1903. Features portraits of Paul Laurence Dunbar, W.E.B. Du Bois, Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, Hightower Theodore Kealing, and Wilford Horace Smith along the top. On the lower half of the poster there are larger portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington. The poster also features images of the house where Lincoln was born, the Tuskegee Institute, Frederick Douglass learning to read, and the house where Booker T. Washington was born. There is also a woman waving a flag and holding a sign that reads, "Truth…

GLC09736.01

20 January 1993

Presidential Inaugural Committee

Document

Title: [Invitation to the inauguration of President William "Bill" Clinton]

One invitation to the inauguration of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, Jr. on behalf of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, dated January 20, 1993. Document is embossed with a gold inaugural seal.

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20 January 2001

Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

Document

Title: [Ticket to the inauguration of President George W. Bush]

One ticket to the inauguration of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney dated January 20, 2001. Sent on behalf of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Document also lists members of the committee and provides logistical information about location and hours of admittance for ticket-holders. Back of the document has a map of the United States Capitol showing the locations of gates and guest sections for ticket-holders.

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1903

Haskell, W.L., fl. 1903

Poster

Title: Onward

One poster entitled "Onward" by W.L.Haskell dated 1903. Features portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington. The poster also features images of the house where Lincoln was born, the Tuskegee institute, Frederick Douglass learning to read, and the house where Booker T. Washington was born. There is also a woman waving a flag and holding a sign that reads, "Truth and Justice Shall Not Fail Work and Wisdom Shall Prevail." Along the bottom of the poster are short biographies of the three men and a description of the Tuskegee Institute.

GLC09736.02

20 January 2001

Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

Document

Title: [Invitation to the inauguration of President George W. Bush]

One invitation to the inauguration of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, dated January 20, 2001. Sent on behalf of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Document also lists members of the committee. Program contains two pages with signed black and white portraits of George Bush and Dick Cheney.

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20 January 2001

Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

Document

Title: Guidelines for Inauguration Ceremonies

One printed guideline for the inauguration ceremonies of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, dated January 20, 2001. Front of the document is a colored map of the National Mall depicting the locations of gates and guest sections for ticket holders. Back of the document lists a number of ceremony guidelines regarding parking, public access points to the Captiol, and travel information.

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20 January 2009

Presidential Inaugural Committee

Document

Title: [Invitation to the inauguration of President Barack Obama]

One invitation to the inauguration of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on behalf of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, dated January 20, 2009. Document is embossed with a gold inaugural seal.

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20 January 1953

Inaugural Committee, fl. 1953

Pamphlet

Title: Official Program of the Inaugural Ceremonies

One official program for the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon, dated January 20, 1953. Contents include information about the 1953 inaugural ceremonies, ball, parade, and inaugural committee. Also includes portraits and biographical sketches of Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Herbert Hoover, Mamie Eisenhower, and Patricia Nixon as well as "The Picture Story of Dwight D. Eisenhower." Pages titled "Your Nation's Capital" provide images and brief descriptions of historic sites in Washington, D.C. Program has…

GLC09705.12

1973

1973 Inaugural Committee

Book

Title: The Inaugural Book 1973

One book entitled, "The Inaugural Book of 1973" dated in 1973. Published by the 1973 Inaugural Committee in honor of the inauguration of President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew. Contains chapters on the official messages and program of the inauguration pertaining to President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. Most pages feature numerous color photographs from Nixon's first term as President with accompanying quotes from campaign speeches, his First Inaugural Address, and other addresses and remarks to the nation. Adhered to the inside of the book's front cover and first…

GLC09705.13

1960

Northern Minnesota Novelties

Postcard

Title: Indian Symbols and their meanings

One postcard of Native American symbols published by Northern Minnesota Novelties dated 1960. Features various pictographs and their meanings. The pictographs are listed on an illustration of stretched hide. Some included pictographs are a large mountain meaning abundance, a rattlesnake jaw meaning strength, and a cactus flower meaning courtship. In the upper left corner of the image is a caricature of a Native American. The rear of the postcard is blank and features an explanation of the front reading, "The earliest writings of the American Indians were those of signs and symbols. These…

GLC09767.01

1965

Boy Scouts of America

Book

Title: Boy Scout Handbook

One book entitled "Boy Scout Handbook A Handbook of Training for Citizenship Through Scouting" by the Boy Scouts of America dated 1965. This is the fourth printing. Includes five sections of material for different classes of Boy Scout. Includes many illustrations of survival training and medical care as well as sections on animals, plants, navigating by using stars and creating maps. It also contains information on how to be a good citizen including the history and care of the American flag, and how to become a voting citizen.

GLC09767.02

21 October 1967

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Overhead View of Antiwar Rally

One wirephoto entitled, "Overhead View of Antiwar Rally," released by the Associated Press dated October 21, 1967. Depicts a crowd of demonstrators gathered around the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial. Protests took place to oppose the Vietnam War. The Washington Monument and the Capitol building are pictured in the background.

GLC09795.01

1966

Feiffer, Jules Ralph, 1929-

Book

Title: Feiffer On Civil Rights

One book entitled "Feiffer On Civil Rights" by the Jules Ralph Feiffer dated 1966. Book features a collection of political cartoons concerning Civil Rights and segregation. There is a foreword by Bayard Rustin explaining the collection of cartoons and highlighting the themes of racism, police brutality, and stereotypes within the cartoons.

GLC09767.03

16 April 1966

Gessert, Sherman A., Jr., fl. 1966

Photograph

Title: Make Love, Not War

One photograph entitled "Make Love, Not War," taken by Sherman A. Gessert, Jr., dated April 16, 1966. Shows antiwar protestors carrying signs reading "Make Love, Not War," "Slay Away With LBJ," and "Kill for Peace." Protestors marched alongside a parade sponsored by the Allied Veterans Council of Milwaukee County in support of the war. Saluting sailors and a marching band are visible in the background.

GLC09795.02

15 April 1967

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Up in Flames

One wirephoto entitled, "Up in Flames," released by the Associated Press dated April 15, 1967. Depicts a burning American flag held by antiwar demonstrators in Central Park.

GLC09795.03

7 March 1966

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [American Marines in South Vietnam]

One photo released by the United Press International dated March 7, 1966. Depicts American Marines participating kneeling by a puddle in South Vietnam. On the reverse side is a newspaper clipping that states they were resting before staging an operation against the Vietcong.

GLC09795.04

27 January 1969

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: A Swamp Movement Toward the Enemy

One wirephoto entitled, "A Swamp Movement Toward the Enemy," taken by the Associated Press dated January 27, 1969. Depicts South Vietnamese Special Forces troops moving through a swamp. Wire transfer information states that the troops and advisors were walking through a swamp in the Mekong Delta on a mission to destroy enemy bunkers.

GLC09795.05

3 June 1970

United Press International

Photograph

Title: San Francisco

One telephoto entitled "San Francisco" taken by the United Press International dated June 3, 1970. Shows an aerial view of Alcatraz Island's southern end, where five buildings were damaged by a fire on June 2. The caption notes that a spokesman for the Government Services Administration blamed the indigenous groups occupying the island for causing the fire.

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