February 21, 1963

Stugis, Anthony J., 1945-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norm Dykya

One letter dated February 21, 1963, addressed to Norm Dujka. Details the journey from Camp Peddleton to Hawaii aboard a ship. Was seasick during the trip. Trainees are required to complete strength tests and swim a mile out and back with Jack the Ripper, a local shark. Has attempted to contact a mutual friend, Nancy Zeomeks but she wouldn't reply to his letters. Excited that there is a club that serves alcohol to 18 year olds. Describes military life in Hawaii composed of hiking, building rope bridges and using rubber boats.

GLC09751.05

30 July 1963

Stugis, Anthony J., 1945-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norm Dujkya

One letter dated July 30, 1963 from Tony. Nancy Zeomeks won't respond to his letters. Requests that his [playing] cards be returned to him. Details the distance that the weapons he trains with can fire at. Claims that he would have killed a black boy back in United States. Uses racist slur.

GLC09751.06

15 September 1963

Stugis, Anthony J., 1945-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norm Dykya

One letter dated September 15, 1963 to Norm Dujka from Tony. Inquires why Dujka hasn't responded to his letters. Mentions that he has broken bones in two places; his collar bone and "some other bone I don't no what they call it." Tells Dujka to mention it to Nancy Zeomeks or her brother who would eventually tell her he assumes. Asks Dujka for her photo.

GLC09751.07

17 February 1963

Czerwonka, George, fl. 1963-1968

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norm Dykya

One letter dated February 17, 1963 from George Czerwonka. Asks about different friends back home. Details his trip to Seattle and Tacoma where training involves very little besides sitting in a fox hole.

GLC09751.04

7 October 1963

Stugis, Anthony J., 1945-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Head" Dujka

One letter dated October 7, 1963 from Tony. Is recuperating from his injury. Still no word from Nancy after three letters."She's probably mad because I threw the beer bottle at her house that one night." Asks for her picture. He has bronchial pneumonia with a temperature of 104 degrees. Describes hospital building 310 as a "separate building where they keep all the nuts."

GLC09751.09

8 December 1963

Czerwonka, George, fl. 1963-1968

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norm Dykya

One letter dated Sunday, December 8 from Tony. Asks that he or someone with a car could pick him up from O'Hare Airport on December 13th since he will be flying home. Lists six arrival and departure times that he may be travelling on.

GLC09751.13

6 January 1964

Stugis, Anthony J., 1945-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norm Dykya

One letter dated Monday, January 6 from Tony. Describes his time in Los Angeles, California. Has fire watch duty at Camp Pendleton from noon to 4 p.m. Comments on the beauty of girls in California.

GLC09751.14

February 16, 1964

Czerwonka, George, fl. 1963-1968

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norm Dykya

One letter dated February 16, 1964 from George. Hopes to be one of the soldiers selected to ride in the front of a chopper into Vietnam. Talks about how much he'd like to fire a maching gun from the helicopter and that the next letter Dujka receives from him may be from Vietnam.

GLC09751.15

January 16, 1965

Czerwonka, George, fl. 1963-1968

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norm Dykya

One letter dated January 16, 1965 from Tony. Requests the address of Kitty Paul. Says he might be home in May and that he was having fun "wrecking jeeps." Expresses best wishes to Dujka's parents and siblings. Finishes letter describing tough waves when he rides on a rubber boat.

GLC09751.16

1 March 1965

Stugis, Anthony J., 1945-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norm Dykya

One letter dated March 1, 1965 from Tony. Says to never get stationed in Hawaii because it's not as fun as civilian life where he can drink cocktails for $1.50 or a beer for 75 cents. Still hasn't heard from Nancy Zeomeks. Asks if Dujka could find out where she goes to school. His infantry is packed and ready to go to Okinawa and Vietnam.

GLC09751.17

2 May 1965

Stugis, Anthony J., 1945-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Norm Dykya

One letter dated May 2, 1965 from Tony. At the time of the letter they were 4 days out from Okinawa and will be stationed at sea for manouever training. It's expected that on May 5 they will land 50 miles from Da Nang Air Base. "When you get this letter we will be there already and I hope still in one piece. We have no idea of how long we will be in Viet Nam. I don't really care how long we're there just so I get to see Chicago again."

GLC09751.18

1876

Various

Header Record

Title: Collection of eight items relating to the election of 1876 [Decimalized .01-.08]

A collection of eight items related to electoral voting in Florida during in 1876 presidential election. The main concern was who was entitled to vote as electors, and the procedure for appointing the citizens as electors.

GLC09769

February 22, 1862

New York Herald, 1835-1924

Newspaper

Title: The New York Herald [No. 9295 (February 22, 1862)]

One issue of The New York Herald newspaper dated February 22, 1862. Contains news on Civil War battles and current events. Of particular interest is a map of Fort Donelson and the areas surrounding. There are also mentions of the anniversary of President Washington's Birthday, and the text of the proclamation given by President Lincoln to celebrate Washington's birth. (see GLC06038) An article on the fourth page laments the death of Willie Lincoln. On the last page of the newspaper there is an article concerning Nathaniel Gordon's accused crime of international slave trade and his execution.

GLC09770

7 February 1862

New York Tribune

Newspaper

Title: New York Daily Tribune [ Vol. 21, no. 6,504 (February 7, 1862)]

One issue of New York Daily Tribune newspaper dated February 7, 1862. Contains news on Civil War battles and current events. Of particular note is an article on the fourth page stating, "The President in respiting the slaver Gordon for two weeks, notified him that the grace is extended only that he may have time to prepare himself for the fate which his crimes have merited, and that no further mercy is to be hoped for."

GLC09771

22 June 1877

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Printed letter signed

Title: from Rutherford B. Hayes

One blank form letter from Rutherford B. Hayes dated June 22, 1877. Relates to a rule where civil servants cannot influence the political scope or elections, but are not prevented from expressing their views to the public as long as it does not interfere with their work.

GLC09772

circa 1919

Map

Title: The Map Proves It [Women's suffrage map]

One map entitled "The Map Proves it" published circa 1919. This map illustrates the United States with different shading and colorizations of each state. The patterns and colors illustrate the status of the states in regards to women's suffrage. White states had full women's suffrage. Shaded states had partial women's suffrage. Dotted states had presidential, partial county and state women's suffrage. Black states have no women's suffrage. There are also colored stickers on some of the states with dates. A few states have been updated with shading or black underneath a white paper cut to fit…

GLC09773

1952

Harvey Publications Inc.

Comic book

Title: Your Vote is Vital!

One color comic entitled "Your Vote is Vital," published by Harvey Publications and illustrated by Al Avison dated 1952. This comic outlines how to vote, register, pick a candidate and offers a voters quiz on the back cover. Throughout the comic "Uncle Sam" explains to a citizen why and how to vote; explaining how every vote counts and shows how different the numbers would have been in the "Lazy Voters" had voted in the 1948 election. Once he has convinced the citizen to vote he explains that for the vote to really matter you should research the candidates and make an informed decision. While…

GLC09774

7 May 1807

Ritchie, William, fl. 1779-1815

Document signed

Title: [Certificate of manumission signed by Frederick County clerk, William Ritchie]

One certificate from William Ritchie dated Frederick County Court, May 7, 1807 addressed to the State of Maryland. Grants freedom to a formerly enslaved woman Jenny Maynard. States that this was drafted by Henry Maynard who granted her manumission per a supplemental act. Also describes Maynard's physical characteristics. Document was drafted and signed by Frederick County Court clerk, William Ritchie.

GLC09775

4 January 1937

Jones, Eugene Kinckle, 1885-1954

Printed document

Title: The Negro Working Population and National Recovery

A memorandum entitled, "The Negro Working Population and National Recovery," by the National Urban League for Social Service Among Negroes dated January 4, 1937. The item was prepared and submitted to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to review how African Americans were not being successfully included in the New Deal. The league was concerned by low pay, job availability, reduced to the least desirable positions, prejudice by white employers, and civil rights not abided by public officials. Also provides suggestion to allow African Americans to be given higher wages.

GLC09776

1920

Consumers' League of Eastern Pennsylvania

Pamphlet

Title: Colored Women as Industrial Workers in Philadelphia

One pamphlet entitled, "Colored Women as Industrial Workers in Philadelphia," dated approximately in 1920. Pertains to completing a study on a low number of African American women employed before World War I outside of domestic service. Provides tables and data for weekly wages, list of industries, education completed, ages of women interviewed. Includes maps of ward divisions in Philadelphia

GLC09777

1956-1995

Header Record

Title: [Portrait photographs of Rosa Parks] [Decimalized .01-.07]

Collection of seven photographs of activist, Rosa Parks dates range from 1956-1955. Includes Parks speaking at events in the 1990s, press photographs of Parks aboard a bus on Montgomery, Alabam in 1956 prior to her arrest, and Parks in the sheriff's office where D.H. Lackey took her fingerprints.

GLC09778

1919-1969

Various

Header Record

Title: [Photographs, ephemera and magazines dated 1919-1969][Decimalized .01-.14]

Collection of 14 items dated 1919-1969. Consists of photographs, cover images of Life magazines, tin advertisements and signs. Subjects pertain to Cream of Wheat, segregation in public spaces and covers from Life magazine featuring police brutality and civil rights movement figures.

GLC09779

1865

Various

Header Record

Title: [Items related to Jefferson Davis's capture][Decimalized .01-.04]

Collection of four items dated 1865 related to Jefferson Davis's capture. Davis is depicted wearing his wife's dress at the moment of the arrest. Frequent characters in the depictions are Union soldiers, Capitol Hill, and his wife, Varina Davis. Commentary on the engravings also exemplify the newspaper's sentiments of Davis's capture as the Confederacy's failure.

GLC09780

1873-1877

Shofner, James Clayton, 1853-1926

Book

Title: West Point Account Book

An account book for J. C. Shofner a cadet of West Point dated September 1, 1873 to June 14 1877. This account book records his commissary purchases including books, equipment, supplies, Christmas gifts, and more. There are also rules in regard to the account books pasted in the front of the book.

GLC09781

1925

Green, Sharpless D., fl. 1922-1927

Book

Title: Letters from Famous People

One book entitled, "Letters from Famous People" by Sharpless Dobson Green, published in 1925. This book is a collection of letters solicited by Green. He wrote to people eminent in their professional fields for advice he could share with his students at the Senior High School of Trenton, New Jersey. He then published these letters in this book after gaining permission from their authors. Of the 324 letters, some notable names are; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, W.E.B. Dubois, and Harry Houdini.

GLC09782