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1900/11/10
Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
to Sam Houston re: information to be used in biography of Gov. John Letcher
Written in blue ink. (Water damage.)
GLC07346
7 November 1901
Anthony, Susan B., 1820-1906
A signed and dated one page statement of the current state of her work for equal rights for women
Anthony states: "The one purpose of my life has been the establishment of perfect equality of rights for women...civil and political-industrial and educational."
GLC07337
1915/11/08
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to Henry A. W. Wood re: a speech by President Wilson
GLC07756
July 30, 1912
to The State and County Chairmen of the National Progressive Party
One letter from Theodore Roosevelt to The State and County Chairmen of the National Progressive Party date July 30, 1912. The letter is regarding woman's suffrage, with many handwritten corrections and notations.
GLC07818
1910
Lincoln Said Women Should Vote
Washington woman suffrage poster, featuring Abraham Lincoln's quote, "I go for all sharing the priviledges of government who assist in bearing its burdens, by no means excluding women."
GLC09103
July 1918
Committee on Public Information, 1917–1919
"At the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt."
Chaplain Francis P. Duffy conducts a service at the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, near Chamery, France. Lt. Roosevelt's plane was brought down back of the German lines, July 14, 1918. The American advance brought the spot within American lines a...
GLC07002.90
January 1924
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
14th annual report NAACP for the year 1923
Contains a list of NAACP officers for 1924, including President Moorfield Storey. An introductory letter from Storey asks for financial support from readers of the pamphlet. Foreword states that the NAACP "is striving; it is striving to vindicate...
GLC06135.02
January 1930
20th annual report of the NAACP for the year 1929
Contains a list of NAACP officers for 1929. Foreword states "Uncompromising insistence upon full participation by the Negro in all phases of life is coming more and more to be the attitude of thinking and intelligent white and colored people."...
GLC06135.05
1920 ca.
[John Moore and granddaughter Mary Md. Moore]
Twentieth century paper print of Mary M. Moore and William H. Ford [sic?] seated on porch steps, the little girl barefoot. Purple stamp on verso "[illegible] B. Moore" (illegible due to abrasion).
GLC04196.07
1915 circa
Woman Suffrage Party of the City of New York
Women in the home
Argues that a woman's place may be in the home, but that she can perform these domestic duties much better if allowed the vote, since she will have greater control outside events that influence her housekeeping, such as public health and clean food....
GLC08964
1915/06/23
to Oscar King Davis
"I am pretty well disgusted with our government ... in a democracy like ours people will always do well or ill largely in proportion to their leadership. If Lincoln had acted after the firing on Fort Sumter in the way that Wilson did about the...
GLC08003
13 July 1902
Fox, James D., fl. 1902
[Clerical copy of the resolutions sent to President Theodore Roosevelt concerning to the Friar Lands].
Also with the clerical signatures of John Sullivan, John Vance, Thomas P. Cullen, and William Brennan. Protests the banishment from the Philippines of the friars now doing God's work there. Notes that a copy of the resolutions was mailed to...
GLC01625.07
1894
Democratic Party (Ga.)
Colored Voters Read
One broadside entitled, "Colored Voters Read," dated 1894 printed by Georgia's Democratic Party. Asks the question, "What Evidence have the Negroes of this State that Schools will be provided for their Children in case the Third Party gets into...
GLC09000
1900/02/08
Tucker, Ada M., fl. 1862-1865
Cleveland Leader.
Newspaper clipping containing obituary of Alva [sic] M. Tucker.
GLC07642.18
22 June 1901
Jackson, Giles B., 1853-1924
to R. C. Burrow
Seeks information for the Negro Business League's attempt to document African-Americans who meet Virginia's voting requirements. Explains that "The Negro Business League of Va. is endeavoring to...assist the constitutional convention in deriving at...
GLC08907
10 January 1900
Garrison, William Lloyd, Jr., 1838-1909
to Mr. C.D. Blackhall
Garrison Jr., the son of the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, thanks Blackhall for the copy of Reverend L. M. Powers discourse, "The Spiritual Needs of the Universalist Church." Offers a different title for the piece, "A plan for the Church...
GLC07483.08
[Photograph of Neta Snook with airplane]
Image of Neta Snook as a young woman in flight clothing.
GLC07243.006.03
[Photographs of Neta Snook and others]
The photographs are mounted on a black photo album page on both sides. The recto has five photographs containing images of Neta Snook with her dog Cam, Snook's Canuck airplane, and possibly employees of Goodyear field in Ames, Iowa. The verso of...
GLC07243.006.04
[Photographs of Neta Snook and unknown man]
Image of Neta Snook holding a bouquet of sunflowers accompanied by an unknown man.
GLC07243.006.05
1927
Mother Curtiss
A black and white photocopy of a photograph containing an image of Neta Snook and an unknown man. Title from verso.
GLC07243.006.06
1907-1931
[Funeral announcement cards]
Contains three funeral announcement cards. The first announces the death of John L. Lay (1864-1931) and lists the date and location of services. The second lists the death and funeral details for Sarah E. Banes (1839-1907), and the third announces...
GLC01013.33
6 May 1903
Johnston, Witter H., fl. 1861-1864
[Deed]
Partially printed deed. Land agreement between W.H. Johnston and n and Mary Sorenson. He is giving up land in Iowa.
GLC02167.56
22 February 1919
Barton, James Harley, fl. 1919
to Mrs. Barton
Writes to his mother that it is an army holiday for George Washington's birthday but the weather is terrible. Reflects on his one year anniversary of deployment in Germany and describes his first days in that country. Tells Mrs. Barton to stop...
GLC07810.003
1 March 1919
Cartagua, G. Battista, fl. 1919
to the Captain of Company H, 309th, Infantry, 78th Division
Requests leave for her son, Antonio Cartagua, so she may see him for the first time in eight years. Offers to search for him herself.
GLC07810.007
28 October 1918
Chisholm, George A., fl. 1918
to Alice
Writes to his friend about his lack of mail since he arrived in France and that the weather has been overcast since he left the states. Describes the warm welcome the soldiers received upon landing in England. Tells Alice that the American girls...
GLC07810.008
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