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1 February 1863
Wright, Sereno A., fl. 1862-1863
to Mother and Sister
He heard a good sermon from the chaplain about a soldier who recently died. In other news he is on fatigue duty so he is spared inspection. His tent mate is sick.
GLC02751.20
15 March 1863
to D.L. Platts
He informs him that Newell has died. Sereno spoke to him on his deathbed where he said his sickness was a providence of god.
GLC02751.26
13 July 1863
to Mother
He talks of how honorable Serano was and how his life was taken much too soon. He will pray that god spares the life of her other son.
GLC02751.39
15 March 1867
For Emma (A Calling Card)
Other side reads: Remember thy creator?
GLC02751.49
1861-1877
Kyle, J.C., fl. 1860
I Invite You
Sermon published by American tract society. The author invites the reader to come to Christ.
GLC02172.87
Tomorrow--A Dialogue with Myself
Sermon published by American tract society. The author says one should put off repenting until tomorrow.
GLC02172.88
The Ten Commandments
Published by American tract society. Exodus 20 : 3--17.
GLC02172.89
Not Now
Published by American tract society. Now is the time to believe in God.
GLC02172.90
Only Try
Published by American tract society. Only try to serve God.
GLC02172.91
1975
Haven Memorial United Methodist Church
Sixty-Second Anniversary Church Booklet of Haven Memorial United Methodist Church.
One souvenir booklet printed by the Haven Memorial United Methodist Church commemorating their 62nd anniversary from 1931-1975. Item contains the church's history, messages from the bishop and minister, memoriams, photos of church members, messages...
GLC09641.08
One insert included with a booklet marking the 62nd anniversary of Haven Memorial United Methodist Church in Alexander City, Alabama. Features a highlight on Bro. W. M. Townsend, a layman and class leader of the congregation. Includes his history...
GLC09641.09
May 1965
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
[Request for donation from SCLC] [Decimalized .01-.03]
Four items related to the mailing list of Southern Christian Leadership Conference request for contributions. Includes correspondence and envelope from Martin Luther King Jr., regarding their efforts, list of fiscal facts pertaining to SCLC, and an...
GLC09641.21
1965 May
King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968
to "Dear Friend"
One circular letter to either subscribers or other type of recipients. Mentions the efforts of the SCLC pertaining to protests in Selma which President Johnson had recognized as a significant historical event. Calls for a contribution to fund...
GLC09641.21.01
4 November 1954
Gillespie, G.T. (Guy Tillman), 1924-2017
A Christian View on Segregation; Reprint of an Address By Rev. G. T. Gillespie, D. D.
One pamphlet of a printed address by Reverend G. T. Gillespie in 1954. The Synod of Mississippi of the Presbyterian Church published a statement that is in favor of segregation. The document details that segregation promotes progress, is natural, and...
GLC09641.27
1964
Williams Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church
Order of Worship
One church service program dated 1964 by the Williams Chapel A. M. E. Zion Church in Williamston, North Carolina, also includes an insert of a reminder of their mission. Includes the processional music, responses, scriptures, and community notices...
GLC09641.35
1960-1970
[Collection of press photographs related to demonstrations] [Decimalized .01-.11]
Collection of press photographs taken by Associated Press and United Press International dated 1960-1970. Consists of wirephotos and telephotos depicting civil rights protests. Protests in this collection took place across the United States with a...
GLC09717
1965
Various
[Press photographs related to the Selma to Montgomery marches, 1965] [Decimalized .01 - .21]
Collection of press photographs related to the Selma to Montgomery marches dated 1965. Consists of 21 wirephotos and telephotos taken by Associated Press and United Press International. Includes images of civil rights leaders C.T. Vivian and John...
GLC09734
1965-1968
[Collection of press photographs related to Martin Luther King Jr.] [Decimalized .01-.06]
Collection consists of six press photographs of Martin Luther King Jr., dated 1965 to 1968. Photographs are portraits of him, Coretta Scott King and wirephotos from notable events in Dr. King's activism. This includes photographs of the Selma to...
GLC09737
1968
[Collection of press photographs related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 1968][Decimalized .01-.82]
Collection of press photographs dated 1968. Images were printed by Associated Press and United Press International. Majority of images are related to riots that took place following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr in April 1968. One image...
GLC09740
1945
Mission Inn International Shrine of the Birdmen
St. Francis Medal
One St. Francis Medal owned by Robert L. Stone. The medal was carried by Stone on all of his bombing missions during World War II. During training at March Field, Bob and a fellow cadet drove to the Mission Inn in Riverside, California there was an...
GLC09620.421
2 August 1963
Wetmore, Nellie Joe, 1904-1988
to Mr. H. D. Wetmore
One letter addressed to Davis Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated August 2, 1963. Describes he weather and attending a goin away party the previous evening for Bishop Palmer and his wife for a trip to India and Washington, D.C. Nellie is leaving...
GLC09573.01.27
1 July 1963
to Mr. H. D. Wetmore and Family
One letter addressed to David, Bets, Jack and Mike from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 1, 1963. Pertains to attending lectures through a Methodist church. Mentions that her roommate stays up late and that she would be travelling to Paris next.
GLC09573.01.03
July 1963
to Davis
One letter addressed to Davis from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 1963. Pertains to travelling in France; visiting with the American ambassadors; hotel conditions; and that she has film rolls for Bets which was coincidingly lost with the stolen...
GLC09573.01.09
14 July 1963
One letter addressed to Bets, Davis, Jack and Mike Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated Jersualem, July 14, 1963. She confirms receiving letters and a package upon her arrival. Nellie talks about her money situation with her family, her reluctance...
GLC09573.01.12
15 July 1963
to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Neumiller and Mike
One postcard addressed to Bets, Davis, Jack and Mike dated Jersualem, July 15, 1963. The front of the postcard depicts people fishing in Lebanon. On the reverse Nellie from the post office waiting for the customs agent to release the medicine Davis...
GLC09573.01.13
18 July 1963
One letter addressed to Davis Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 18, 1963, She is visiting a girl's vocational school 15 miles outside of Athens, but will be staying in the city with her church group and attending lectures again. She wants to...
GLC09573.01.14
19 July 1963
One postcard addressed to Davis Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated Haifa, July 19, 1963. Front of the postcard is of the Garden of Gethesmane by the city wall of Jerusalem. Reverse side contains a message where she thanks Davis for the letters...
GLC09573.01.15
21 July 1963
One postcard addressed to Davis Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated Galilee, July 21, 1963. Front of the postcard depicts the waterfront of Haifa. She attended church services at a Christian site by the sea. She again comments how beautiful the...
GLC09573.01.16
One letter addressed to Bets, Davis, Jack and Mike from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 21, 1963. Notes that she is writing from Galilee. She writes that she is lonely and anxious to come home in a month from the date. Nellie describes having church...
GLC09573.01.17
One telegraph addressed to David Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore. The telegraph confirms for Nellie that Rod is "in for transfer," which means they can visit. She is very happy about this news. The weather has been raining since she arrived. Nellie...
GLC09573.01.18
23 July 1963
One letter addressed to Davis Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 23, 1963. Writes that she visited with Mary's parents and went to Mary's Greek relatives' home. She says the reunion was touching. She travels to the Ionian and Corinthian Sea...
GLC09573.01.19
26 July 1963
One letter addressed to Davis Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 26, 1963. Writes she has $130 left to spend, might have to use her American Express, and hopes Rod will lend her $100 cash. Her upcoming conferences include meeting with...
GLC09573.01.20
28 July 1963
One letter addressed to David Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 28, 1963. Opening of letter contains a Bible passage, a quote from Karl Barth, a quote from Bishop Palmer, and a quote from John Bailey. She expresses optimism about her and...
GLC09573.01.22
June 1917-1918
Starkey, Teddy, fl. 1917-1918
Mrs. Rosa Starkey
One letter from Teddy Starkey to Rosa Starkey dated June circa 1917-1918. He reports on the quarantine that he has been under. It was lifted the day before and the men were allowed to leave after getting their mouths, noses, and throats sprayed twice...
GLC09602
1965-1976
[Letters belonging to William E. Johnson, 1965-1976] [Decimalized .01-.39]
Collection of personal correspondence belonging to William E. Johnson dated 1965-1976. Consists of 40 letters received primarily by his wife, Roseann Goodford related to the Vietnam War while aboard the USS Rogers. Includes topics related to war...
GLC09606
25 January 1976
Johnson, William E., fl. 1965-1976
to Roseann
One letter addressed to Roseann from William E. Johnson dated January 25, 1976. Bill is watching a hockey game as he writes to Roseann. He writes about going to Mass with his mother and Norm in the morning and then to visit his Aunt Minnie. Aunt...
GLC09606.26
1937-1963
[World War II letters of Leonard Eugene Graeff of Harrisburg Pennsylvania] [Decimalized .001-.602]
672 items, primarily letters from and to Leonard Eugene Graeff. Many of the letters are between him and his parents Raymond James Graeff and Susan Prowell Graeff. The items date from 1937 to 1963 with the bulk of the material from 1942-1945. The...
GLC09611
Hughes, Jim, fl. 1968
[Collection belonging to Jim Hughes, 82nd Airborne, 1968 [Decimalized .01-.05]
Collection of letters belonging to Jim Hughes dated 1968. Consists of five letters during Hughes time in the 82nd Airborne. Letters are written to his mother, Wilma Primer Hughes and pertains to life on the base, activities, financial matters and...
GLC09615
15 April 1968
to Wilma Hughes Primer
One letter addressed to Wilma Primer Hughes from Jim Hughes dated April 15, 1968. Wishes her a Happy Easter and complains of the lack of Catholic chaplains and the inability to go to church. He mentions a number of friends and family noting that men...
GLC09615.05
1969-1970
DiChristina, Richard J., 1949-2016
[Collection of letters belonging to Richard DiChristina, 1969-1970] [Decimalized .01-.24]
Collection of letters exchanged between Joyce Robinson and Richard DiChristina dated 1969-1970. Consists of 38 letters pertaining to their engagement, DiChristina's enlistment and life for Robinson in the states. DiChristina was a Private E1 in the...
GLC09626
13 June 1986
Stanton, David Michael, 1940-2014
To Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead
A thank you letter from David Michael Stanton house representative of West Virginia's third district, to Moorhead for a speech that Moorhead gave at a prayer message. He thanks him and feels that his message really reached some people at the...
GLC09613.01.07
6 October 1994
Johnson, Sam, 1930-?
A thank you letter from Sam Johnson the House representative for Texas's third district, to Moorhead for his support for the Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act. This act "contains strong language protecting the constitutional...
GLC09613.01.19
1918-1920
[Scrapbook belonging to synagogues in New York and Georgia, 1918-1920]
One scrapbook of 46 bulletins belonging to three synagogues dated 1918-1920. Flyers were printed by the Synagogue of Flushing, New York; the Free Synagogue of Washington Heights, New York; and Congregation B'nai Israel of Athens, Georgia. Contains...
GLC09675
1951
Bowman Gum Company
Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 31. Case of Cardinal Mindzenty
One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "31. Case of Cardinal Mindzenty" depicting Joseph Mindzenty seated at a bench in court. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative that mentions a Catholic cardinal, Joseph Mindzenty, who was put on...
GLC09627.31
1952-1963
[Collection of wire photographs, 1952-1963] [Decimalized .01 - .88]
76 wire photos with 8 larger wire photos, many with International News Photos handstamps and/or typed dated descriptions affixed on verso. Most dated 1952-1963.
GLC09677
1980-1996
[Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead collection] [Decimalized .01- .28]
Twenty nine letters to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead from other Congressmen, President Ronald Reagan and photographs of Washington officials.
GLC09613.01
6 October 1979
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-?
Exchange of Remarks Between the President and His Holiness Pope John Paul II
A printing of the conversation and speeches given when Pope John Paul II visited President Jimmy Carter in 1979. There is a print of the White House on the top of the page.
GLC09613.01.01.02
[President Carter and Pope John Paul II]
A photograph of Pope John Paul II and President Carter waving.
GLC09613.01.01.03
1947-1989
[Group of 41 pieces, including small broadsides, flyers, pamphlets, booklets about Civil Rights topics, 1963-1989] [Decimalized .01-.36]
Collection consisting of 41 items dated 1947 to 1989 related to Civil Rights era. Items include circular letters, donation envelopes, pamphlets, a 33 rpm record, and other materials. A small portion from the collection contain items from...
GLC09641
8 February 1976
One letter addressed to Roseann from William E. Johnson dated February 8, 1976. Bill writes that he left late from his visit to Bernie's, causing him to miss his train. Today he attended Mass with his mother, Norm, Kathye and John and then went to...
GLC09606.37
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