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circa 1941-1945

Envelope

Title: [Envelope with notation]

One undated envelope. Does not contain an address.

GLC10001.005

circa 1941-1945

Envelope

Title: [Envelope with notation]

One undated envelope. Belongs to stationery for Camp Wallace, Texas.

GLC10001.006

1946-1950

Header Record

Title: [Donna Doniak collection, 1946-1950][Decimalized .01.01-.03.19]

Collection of 144 items dated 1946-1950 belonging to Donna Doniak.

GLC10079

1942-1945

Header Record

Title: [Collection of V-mails belonging to John B. Scott][Decimalized .01-.82]

Collection of 82 v-mails addressed to Ellis Scott from John B. Scott dated 1942-1945.

GLC10080

June 22, 1873

New York Times (New York, N.Y.)

Newspaper

Title: The New York Times

One printing of The New-York Times dated June 22, 1873. Contains articles related to international and local news. News is related to various crimes committed across the country; the arrest of Susan B. Anthony for illegally voting; the Grand Prix in France; yellow fever in Brooklyn; a Black woman who passed around water on a train of overheated passengers.

GLC10081

October 12, 1911

The Evening Tribune

Newspaper

Title: The Evening Tribune (October 12, 1911)

One printing of The Evening Tribune dated October 12, 1911. Contains articles related to local, country-wide and international news. News articles pertain to women's suffrage, the 1911 Revolution in China, the opening of the Panama canal, Mexico's elections, baseball, and the celebration of Columbus Day.

GLC10082

September 22, 1928

Literary digest (New York, N.Y.)

Magazine

Title: The Literary Digest [Vol. 98, No. 12 (September 22, 1928)]

One printing of The Literary Digest dated September 22, 1928. Front cover contains an image of 'Dry Land Harvest' painted by J. Leo Fairbanks. Image is of farmers plowing hay. Headline on cover reads, "First Returns in Mammoth Presidential Poll of 19,000,000 Voters." Contains various articles, poems, essays related to daily life, elections, immigration, international affairs, literature, religion, finances, transportation and miscellaneous.

GLC10083

1906

U.S. Standard Voting Machine Co.

Pamphlet

Title: How to Vote on the U.S. Standard Voting Machine

One pamphlet entitled, "How to Vote on the U.S. Standard Voting Machine Co.," dated 1906. Provides a visual overview with instructions on how to vote. Lists three types of tickets: straight ticket, split ticket, and multi-candidate.

GLC10084

1910

Cargill Co.

Postcard

Title: "Equal suffrage is neither more nor less than simple justice."

One postcard with the text that reads, "Equal suffrage is neither more nor less than simple justice." Printed by Cargill Co. Pertains to women's suffrage.

GLC10085

1910

Cargill Co.

Postcard

Title: [Postcard related to women's suffrage]

One postcard with the text, "The framers of the Constitution of the United States, foreseeing the social and political conditions that would confront the nation did not restrict the right ofo Suffrage to Man." Printed by Cargill Co.

GLC10086

January 6, 1944

Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975

Autograph letter signed