February 1949

Leaflet Missal Co. (Minnesota)

Booklet

Title: Mass of Quinquagesima Sunday

One leaflet entitled, "Mass of Quinquagesima Sunday," printed by the Leaflet Missal dated February 1949. Item prints the entirety of the Mass of Quinquagesima Sunday. Includes descriptions of prayers and rituals designed to help the reader follow the Mass more accurately.

GLC09818.02

December 1950

Leaflet Missal Co. (Minnesota)

Booklet

Title: Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent

One leaflet entitled, "Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent," printed by The Leaflet Missal dated December 1950. Item printed the entirety of the Mass of the Second Sunday of Advent. Includes descriptions of prayers and rituals designed to help the reader follow the Mass more accurately.

GLC09818.03

1950-1953

United States Department of Defense

Letter

Title: [Message to the families of U.S. soldiers reported missing in Korea]

One letter to the families of U.S. personnel reported missing in action in Korea from the Department of Defense dated 1950-1953. Message warns families about individuals who attempt to "turn the grief and sorrow of families to their own uses" by promising information about persons missing in action in exchange for money. Families are urged to notify the F.B.I. about communication they receive regarding missing relatives.

GLC09818.04

1 May 1953

Keller, Carl O., 1916-1981

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Johnnie Keller

One letter to Johnnie Keller from PFC Carl Keller, dated May 1, 1953. Carl says that he has received the last three letters Johnnie sent. He is enjoying the spring weather and passing the time by playing ball games. He asks about Bailey and Paul and how they are doing in the Army. Comments that he is anxious to get home. He also mentions his desire to buy a new car when he returns.

GLC09818.05

1948

unknown, fl. 1948

Document

Title: Sample Ballot

One sample ballot dated 1948. Item printed the names of presidential candidates for the 1948 election. Also includes names of congressional candidates and constitutional amendments in Maryland.

GLC09881

5 September 1947

unknown, fl. 1947

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of residents and nurses in Galesburg, Illinois]

One photograph dated September 5, 1947 of nurses and residents in Galesburg, Illinois. Pictured are nurses and residents of Galesburg eating ice cream and cookies. On reverse side is a typed note lists the names of a few volunteers for the Gray Lady corps.

GLC09823.05

3 September 1947

Wilkinson, fl. 1947

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Patricia Brown, Staff Assistant at the Red Cross]

One photograph dated September 3, 1947 of Patricia Brown, a staff assistant for the Red Cross. Typed notes on reverse side provide background information on Brown's job responsibilities, education and extracurricular activities.

GLC09823.06

December 1947

Myers, fl. 1947

Photograph

Title: Teamwork in Tuskegee

One photograph dated December 1947 taken by Myers from the American Red Cross. Image is of a group of teenage girls from Tuskegee Institute High School writing Christmas cards for patients at the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital. Typed notes on the reverse side profiles the local chapter of Tuskegee volunteers as well as identifies the students in the image. Names included are Mary Carolyn Derbigny, Mrs. M.G. Young, Jeanne Johnson, Dona Cooper, Doris Stokes, Marjorie Holland, Rosemary Howell and Barbara Williams.

GLC09823.07

December 1947

Myers, fl. 1947

Photograph

Title: Teamwork in Tuskegee

One photograph dated December 1947 taken by Myers from the American Red Cross. Image is of a group of teenage girls wrapping Christmas presents for patients at the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital. Typed note on reverse side profiles the local chapter of volunteers in Tuskegee, AL and identifies those photographed. Names included are Mrs. M.G. Young, Barbara Polk, Gwendolyn Humbles, Doris Naggles, and Eula Mae Patrick.

GLC09823.08

December 1947

Myers, fl. 1947

Photograph

Title: Teamwork in Tuskegee

One photograph dated December 1947 taken by Myers from the American Red Cross. Image is of three female volunteers of the Circle Service Club wrapping Christmas packages for patients at a hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Typed notes on the reverse side describes the veteran reintegration program made possible through the efforts of hospital volunteers and the Veterans Administration of Tuskegee. Names included the women in the image; Mrs. I.K. Campfield, Edith W. Washington, and Mrs. T.M. Campbell.

GLC09823.09

12 March 1948

unknown, fl. 1948

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of seven nurses enrolled into the American Red Cross]

One photograph dated March 12, 1948 of seven nurses enrolled in the American Red Cross training program. On the reverse side is a typed note pertaining to the enrollment process in New York and identifies those photographed. Names included are Hazel Craig, Sister Mary Angela, Sister M. Rose Xavier, Ellen E. Huggins, H. Lowella Carter, Mary Wilder and Martha Erskine

GLC09823.10

June 1948

unknown, fl. 1948

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of three children playing at Red Cross recreation center]

One photograph dated March 12, 1948 of three children playing at the Red Cross recreation center. Typed note on reverse side details the services provided at the recreation center following a flood in Vanport, Oregon. The shelter was located in Red Cross Swan's Island. [similar image to GLC09823.14]

GLC09823.13

June 1948

unknown, fl. 1948

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of three children playing at Red Cross recreation center]

One photograph dated March 12, 1948 of three children playing at the Red Cross recreation center. Typed note on reverse side details the services provided at the recreation center following a flood in Vanport, Oregon. The shelter was located in Red Cross Swan's Island. [similar image to GLC09823.13]

GLC09823.14

May 1948

unknown, fl. 1948

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Red Cross nutritionist teaching a group of children and women]

One photograph dated May 1948 of a Red Cross nutrition session in Washington, D.C. Image is of a group of children, a teacher, a parent and a Red Cross nutritionist. Typed note on the reverse side describes the services provided by the nutritionists. [see similar image GLC09823.12]

GLC09823.11

May 1948

unknown, fl. 1948

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Red Cross nutritionist teaching a group of children and women]

One photograph dated May 1948 of a Red Cross nutrition session in Washington, D.C. Image displays a group of children, a teacher, a parent and a Red Cross nutritionist. Typed note on the reverse side describes the services provided by the nutritionists. [see similar image GLC09823.11]

GLC09823.12

circa October 1945

Goldberg, Mildred, 1923-2008

Typed manuscript

Title: Personal recollections of Mildred Goldberg, secretary to the theoretical group, SAM Laboratories, The Manhattan Project; 1943-1946

Goldberg, a secretary working in the Substitute or Special Alloy Metals (S.A.M.) Laboratory at Columbia University, recalls the people and events that were part of her work experience. Mentions various scientists and other colleagues at the laboratory, including Drs. Richard Present, Francis Bonner, Andre J. De Bethune, Howard Levi and William Nierenberg. Worked under Drs. John Ray Dunning and Irving Kaplan at what Goldberg calls "the Nash building" (a previous automobile showroom on 137th St. and Broadway in New York City). Notes that the entire enterprise was supervised by Dr. Harold…

GLC03152.01

circa August 1945

Kaplan, Irving, 1912-1997

Typed manuscript

Title: Preliminary statement of the Association of Manhattan District Scientists

Typed by Mildred Goldberg, who was working as a secretary for the Substitute or Special Alloy Metals (S.A.M.) Laboratory at Columbia University. Goldberg notes that this manuscript was created "two or three days" after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan (GLC03152.01). Outlines the scientists' responsibility due to their "awareness of the possibilities of energy... it is particularly important for us to indicate the grave danger that lies ahead and the catastrophic results that may eventually follow a wrong decision by the leaders of our government." Discusses problems…

GLC03152.02

circa August 1945

Kaplan, Irving, 1912-1997

Manuscript document

Title: [Draft of the preliminary statement of the Association of Manhattan District Scientists]

Handwritten draft of GLC03152.02. Contains several inserted typed paragraphs. The remainder of the declaration is written in pencil.

GLC03152.03

circa August 1945

Kaplan, Irving, 1912-1997

Manuscript document

Title: Preliminary statement on legislation referring to the future development of atomic energy

Apparently issued by the Association of Manhattan District Scientists in conjunction with GLC03152.03. The Association states, "It has been established beyond doubt that the atomic bomb, because of its tremendous destructive power and the improbability of finding a defense against it, constitutes a grave hazard to the advance of civilization." Urges the United States government to openly declare its intentions in the development of atomic energy. Argues there should be international control of the military aspects of the bomb. Asserts that new legislation is necessary to dictate the study…

GLC03152.04

1 November 1945

Bonner, Francis T., fl. 1942-1946

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Newsletter for the Association of Manhattan Project scientists in the New York City area]

Written by Bonner, a Manhattan Project scientist and present-day professor emeritus of chemistry at the State University of New York. He writes as Secretary of the Executive Committee. Introductory note on first page indicates that the association hopes to recruit new members. In the following pages, the Association urges members to write to their Congressmen, asking that the May-Johnson bill "be reported back to the Committee on Military Affairs, and that extensive public hearings be held on all atomic energy legislation" (the May-Johnson bill, proposing governmental and military control…

GLC03152.05

circa 1 November 1945

Bonner, Francis T., fl. 1942-1946

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bonner's notes related to a recent meeting of the Association of Manhattan Project scientists in the New York City area]

Written by Bonner, a Manhattan Project scientist and present-day professor emeritus of chemistry at the State University of New York. At the time this note was written, Bonner was Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Association of Manhattan Project Scientists. Begins with a struck note to Dr. Rosenberg, possibly Lawson Rosenberg, who worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico. The note states: "This is it. Please touch up whatever is necessary, add anything you feel essential. Last [paragraph] is corny- please write another one." Initialed by Bonner, perhaps in…

GLC03152.06

January 31, 1945

Dunning, John Ray, 1907-?

Typed letter

Title: [To staff members of Columbia University, S.A.M. Laboratories, Division 1]

Dunning, a physicist working on the Manhattan Project, tenders his resignation as Director of Division I (at the Nash building, where Columbia University's Substitute or Special Alloy Metals Laboratory was located). Writes, "The work to which we are all giving our best efforts has progressed a great distance since the early days of 1939 and 1940. The loyal cooperation, the brilliant ideas and the sound practical realism which have been welded together in this work have been virtually unparalleled. A miracle of development and production has been wrought." Marked "restricted" with a red…

GLC03152.07

circa 1945

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of scientists involved with the Manhattan Project]

Depicts Drs. Irving Kaplan, Francis Bonner, Ernest O. Lawrence, and [Robert] Harrison together looking at an open volume on the table before them.

GLC03152.09

29 March 1952

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Typed letter signed

Title: to Victor Emanuel

As NATO Supreme Commander, affirms idea of a spiritual awakening in the US: "One part of your letter that impresses me very much is your realization that there must be a definite appeal to the spiritual if we in the United States and what is left of the free world are really interested in getting back on a sane,sound, and enduring basis.

GLC08345

February 16, 1946

The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL)

Newspaper clipping

Title: The Chicago Defender [February 16, 1946]

One page from The Chicago Defender's supplement, The Defender Junior, dated February 16, 1946. Articles on page 17 are dedicated to children's interest; education, clubs and highlighting children in the neighborhood. Reverse side on page 18 highlights Black women who have volunteered to the Red Cross as nurses abroad and locally.

GLC09823.16