December 21, 1880

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1819-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ronald

Regarding proposed memorial and funeral. Written on Osborne black-bordered stationery.

GLC00496.094

December 26, 1880

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1819-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ronald

The letter is regarding funeral service and burial. Reminisces about deceased daughter and husband. Eulogizes Constance, recipient's mother. Written on black-bordered stationery

GLC00496.095

July 10, 1884

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1819-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ronald

Reply to letter of condolence for Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Expresses self-pity and adds an inspirational poem page 2. Sees this as a pilgrimage to inner strength. Written on Windsor Castle black-bordered stationery. Leopold, Queen Victoria's youngest son, died of hemophilia at the age of 30.

GLC00496.096

1878

Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary F. Stoughton

Custer congratulates Stoughton on the appointment of her husband, Edwin W. Stoughton, to U.S. Minister to Russia (served from 1878-1879). She wishes her well on her trip and asks to be remembered to their Russian friends, particularly Admiral Poisson. In a despondent tone, she notes that "My work absorbs most of my time and I am so fatigued by it I can sleep now. My cousins are living here with me so I am not utterly alone." Letter written on mourning stationery and signed "Libbie B. Custer." Libbie's husband, George Armstrong Custer, died at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.

GLC00785

28 November 1898

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Draft letter]

Discusses appointing a governor to Havana, Cuba. Written in pencil on Executive Mansion letterhead. Some words have been retouched by another hand.

GLC00970

5 September 1880-31 March 1882

Simpson, Edward, 1824-1888

Autograph manuscript

Title: Journal of Edward Simpson, Jr.

Lt. Simpson's personal journal on board the U.S.F.S Richmond in the South Pacific Ocean.

GLC05911.19.01

October 14, 1880-February 25, 1882

Simpson, Edward Jr., fl. 1880-1882

Manuscript

Title: Navigation note book

Lt. Simpson's navigational logbook aboard the U.S.F.S. Richmond in the South Pacific Ocean. Pages 156 - 180 are a series of question and answer exercises on the theory and practice of navigation. Page 181 contains a series of translation exercises from English into both Spanish and French.

GLC05911.19.02

September 17, 1894-January 19,1896

Simpson, Edward, 1824-1888

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Lieutenant Edward Simpson, Jr.'s personal journal of a voyage on the U.S.S. Concord and the U.S.F.S. Baltimore in the South Pacific].

Written aboard the U.S.S. Concord and the U.S.F.S. Baltimore. Particularly focused around Port Arthur, Japan. U.S.F.S. Baltimore containing 1) 9 October 1894 Nippon, Japan, "S. Ito, Commander-in-chief of H. I. Japanese M.'s United Squadron" "Official Report of the Naval Engagement which took place in the sea off Taikoshan . . . (Extract [and translation] from the report made by our commander-in-chief of the Fleet" and 2) 2 October 1894 Jiji Shimpo "The Real Condition of the Great Naval Battle in the Yellow Sea." Collateral material removed from volume: envelope addressed to Lieutenant…

GLC05911.20

1898

Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930

Photograph

Title: Col. Roosevelt and His "Rough Riders,"

Cavalcade, men on horseback. Roosevelt, in light clothing on a dark horse, is in the center of the image. Written at Camp Wikoff.

GLC06449.02

1898

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: Troop D of the "Rough Riders" as they went into Cuba.

A line of men standing at attention with bedrolls over their left shoulders and rifles at their right sides.

GLC06449.03

1898

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: Inspection - "Rough Riders"

A line of mounted men behind their commanders. Subjects are turned towards proper right at a slight front angle, so that the line crosses the picture on a diagonal from the left margin towards the horizon.

GLC06449.04

1898

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" in Camp

Five Riders lounge in the foreground, two lying on their sides, one on his back with his hat over his face, and two posing with their rifles. Two lines of men are arranged informally behind them, the first in seated and the second standing. Trees and tents fill the background.

GLC06449.05

1898

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: "Rough Riders" filling belts with Cartridges.

In the foreground, five men sit or kneel on the ground with cartridge belts. Another kneeling pair occupies the middle ground, right. The background shows a building, a group of horses, and a standing figure.

GLC06449.06

1898

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: Troop H - Captain Curry - "Rough Riders"

A crowd of standing men and horses, seen mostly in profile. A trumpeter, a pale horse and the man leading the horse fill the foreground.

GLC06449.07

1898

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: Chaplain Brown of the "Rough Riders" preaching to the Regiment.

The men sit on the ground amidst scrubby, semi-tropical plants. The picture is shot as though from the congregation, so that the preacher and officers stand in the background.

GLC06449.08

1898

Keystone View Company

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" leaving Tampa, Fla., U. S. A. for Santiago.

A ship crowded with "Rough Riders" seen from a slight distance. A flag flies from its prow. In the foreground, a man is hitching (or unhitching) a boat from a pier. Note: This picture is a probable variant of no. 10: the same shot, taken from a greater distance.

GLC06449.09

1898

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: The Yucatan carrying the Famous Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" to Cuba.

A boat shown in 3/4 orientation. The Rough Riders cover the deck, the boat roofs and the rigging.

GLC06449.10

1898

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: Col. Theodore Roosevelt of the "Rough Riders" - after his return from Cuba.

Roosevelt astride a horse with his left hand in his pocket, 3/4 front facing sitter's proper right.

GLC06449.11

1899

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: General view of the field and Hill taken by the "Rough Riders," San Juan, Cuba.

Six mounted men and three men on foot stand in front of a long, low hill. A road or trail behind the men runs towards the distant hilltop.

GLC06449.12

1899

Strohmeyer & Wyman

Photograph

Title: Scene of the great Battle - the Hill, from below - San Juan, Cuba.

Four riders in a landscape of rough vegetation and scrubby trees. Two, immediately visible on dark horses, form a line from the left front to right midground of the picture. Two more, paler and harder to see, form an opposing diagonal.

GLC06449.13

1905-1908

Winthrop, Beekman, 1874-1940

Photograph album

Title: [Photograph album of Puerto Rico in 1900s]

One photograph album consisting of cyanotypes, silver prints and printing-paper photos dated 1905 to 1908 related to Beekman Winthrop's governorship in Puerto Rico. Images depict the colonization by the American government; developing infrastructure; construction of railroads, buildings, and roads. Portraits include those of Taino people, Puerto Ricans and American engineers, land surveyors and ranchers. Photographs within the album note locations within the island. Exact names of towns have not been determined. There are a variety of images of nature. Condition of photographs vary.

GLC09840

1927-1928

Moore, Dave, fl. 1927-1928

Photograph album

Title: [Photograph album belonging to Dave Moore, n.d., 1927-1928]

One photograph album dated approximately 1927-1928 belonging to U.S. Marine Dave Moore. Consists of 76 pages of 255 photographs and marginalia. Images are from Moore's time while being stationed in Nicaragua, Guam, and China. Majority of photographs are of the military stations, the Marine Corps band, and tourist sites.

GLC09859

1846

Phelps, Humphrey, 1799-1875

Map

Title: Phelp's Ornamental Map of the United States and Mexico

One hand-colored map dated approximatley 1846 printed by Humphrey Phelps. Contains the territory boundary lines for states in the Midwest, Southwest and expanding West. Also includes portraits of George Washington, Hernan Cortes, Montezuma. Phelps describes Aztec people and the temple in Teotihuacan with a brief history on the colonization of Mexico by the Spanish and summary of the Mexican-American War up to that point.

GLC09863

21 June 1898

Lewis, Calvin, fl. 1865-1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: To George Tillotson

Lists the items Tillotson will need if their unit is called up for service in the Spanish American War. Calvin Lewis was Captain of the 114th New York National Guard.

GLC04558.188

5 July 1898

Lewis, Calvin, fl. 1865-1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: To George Tillotson

The 114th Regiment has not been called up, however, Tillotson can enlist in Syracuse when a battalion is recruited.

GLC04558.189