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10 February 1926

Glass, Josephine, fl. 1924-1926

Receipt

Title: Nye County, Nevada poll tax receipt for Satero Leo Gonzales

One poll tax reciept for Satero Leo Gonzales of Nye County Nevada dated February 10, 1926. The tax for 3 dollars was collected by the Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada, and signed by Linda Giebest, County Auditor, W.H. Thomas County Assessor, and counter signed by Josephine Glass County Clerk.

GLC09924.03

circa 1906

Whittier, Helen A., fl. 1906

Postcard

Title: to Mrs. Edmund L. Killey

One postcard from Massachusetts State Federation Of Women's Clubs to Mrs. Edmund L. Killey dated circa 1906. The postcard is entitled: To the Club Women of Massachusetts: Shall We Not Help Our California Sisters in Dire Distress? It was sent regarding the San Francisco earthquake that took place in 1906. It asks members to send money for aid and relief work being done in San Francisco.

GLC09942

circa 1919

National Women Suffrage Association

Broadside

Title: About Voting: Who gave the MEN their right to Vote and when?

One broadside entitled About Voting: Who gave the MEN their right to Vote and when? dated circa 1919. The broadside outlines who can vote and why woman should have the right to vote.

GLC09948

8 October 1907

K., B.A., fl. 1907

Postcard

Title: to Lydia Piefer

One postcard to Lydia Piefer from B.A.K. dated October 8, 1907. Features a pair of pants hanging on a drying line next to the line reads, "Who's Going To Wear The Pants?"

GLC09943

circa 1915

Nye, Albert E., fl. 1915

Photograph

Title: [School children and teacher in classroom]

One photograph taken by Albert E. Nye dated circa 1915. Features a classroom with students at their desks with books open.

GLC09955

1925

Stephenson, Sam C., fl. 1924-1925;

Booklet

Title: South Dakota Eighth Grade Examination Question Book

One booklet entitled "South Dakota Eighth Grade Examination Question Book" compiled by Sam C. Stephenson dated 1925. A book that comprises a complete list of questions issued for the Eighth Grade Examinations by the State Superintendents of Public instruction of South Dakota from 1922 to the publishing in 1925. The booklet is intended to be a study and review guide for teachers and students preparing to pass the tests. The information is broken into 20 sections that are listed below: Our Flag Better Citizenship Choice Selections National, State and County Governments County…

GLC10119

April 11, 1914

The Colored Alabamian Co.

Newspaper

Title: The Colored Alabamian [vol 8. No. 7 (April 11, 1914)]

One issue of the newspaper "The Colored Alabamian." Volume VIII. Number 7. dated April 11, 1914 . Published in Montgomery, Alabama by the Colored Alabamian Co. The Colored Alabamian was published weekly in Montgomery from 1907 to 1916. This issue has news of the first annual debate between students at Selma University and Tuskegee Institute as well as an article about educator John C. Leftwich upsetting African Americans in Cleveland by endorsing segregation in a talk at a white church. There are also over 50 advertisements from Black-owned business and notice of a revival at the Dexter…

GLC10120

August 13, 1910

The Colored Alabamian Co.

Newspaper

Title: The Colored Alabamian

One issue of the newspaper "The Colored Alabamian." Volume IV. Number 25. dated August 13, 1910. Published in Montgomery, Alabama by the Colored Alabamian Co. This issue has a report from S.R.W. Smith, the dean of Selma University's literary department, reporting on positive changes for African Americans in politics in Knoxville, Tennessee. There's also mention of a short-lived, little known African American periodical for which OCLC locates no copies: James E. McCall's “The Colored Servant Girl.”

GLC10121

1917

New York State Woman Suffrage Party

Pamphlet

Title: What President Wilson Says

One pamphlet entitled What President Wilson Says by the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, dated 1917. This is a promotional for New York's successful 1917 referendum on woman's suffrage. Its focus was on President Wilson's statements in support of suffrage, including text from a letter he wrote to Carrie Chapman Catt. Its back page reads, “Stand by Our President and make our own glorious country a Democracy--'for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Government.'”

GLC10124

1920

Commission on Interracial Cooperation

Pamphlet

Title: An Appeal To The Christian People of the South

One pamphlet entitled An Appeal To The Christian People of the South dated 1920. This is an early publication by a group known as the Commission on Interracial Cooperation (“CIC”). According to the Georgia Encyclopedia online, the CIC was made up of mostly white church leaders and was founded in Atlanta in 1919 to “to oppose lynching, mob violence, and peonage and to educate white southerners concerning the worst aspects of racial abuse.” This report derived from the group's meeting in Blue Ridge, North Carolina in August, 1920. The booklet contains a two page report on how the CIC came about…

GLC10125

1924

Stephenson, Sam C., fl. 1924-1925;

Booklet

Title: Stephenson's Iowa State Eighth Grade Examination Question Book

One booklet entitled "Stephenson's Iowa State Eighth Grade Examination Question Book" compiled by Sam C. Stephenson dated 1925. A book that comprises a complete list of questions issued for the Eighth Grade Examinations by the State Superintendents of Public instruction of Iowa from 1918 to the publishing in 1924. The booklet is intended to be a study and review guide for teachers and students preparing to pass the tests. The information is broken into 16 sections that are listed below: Our Flag Better Citizenship Choice Selections National, State and County Officers Regulations and…

GLC10130

July 16, 1912

Lewisburg Tribune

Newspaper clipping

Title: Lewisburg Tribune (July 16, 1912)

One page of the Lewisburg Tribune Dated July 16, 1912.

GLC03135.13.098

Circa 1912

Boy's Life

Title: These Splendid Premium Give-Aways

One advertisment offering a premium gift if you get a subscription to boy's Life Magazine. Gifts offered are a fountain pen, a "Hi-Flyer" a water pistol, a chain pocket knife, a "Bullet knife" and a baseball glove

GLC03135.13.099

September 11, 1907

Brown, Wendell J.K., fl. 1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mother

GLC04546.025

October 25, 1901

Brown, W. T. Kendall, fl. 1901

Envelope

Title: to Mrs. S.W.K. Brown

GLC04546.026

December 18, 1901

Brown, W. T. Kendall, fl. 1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Letter fragment]

GLC04546.027

January 23, 1901

Brown, W. T. Kendall, fl. 1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mother

GLC04546.028

August 8, 1902

Roller, G., fl. 1902

Typed document signed

Title: to W.T.K. Brown

GLC04546.029.01

August 27, 1902