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Stauffer, David M. (1845-1913)
[Sample of Old English typefaces]
One undated scrap of paper which is a sample of Old English typefaces.
GLC07713.02.03
8 September 1883
Receipt from S.H. Zahm & Co.
One receipt from S.H. Zahm & Co., to D.M. Stauffer dated Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 8, 1883. Item being charged cannot be identified because handwriting is illegible.
GLC07713.02.04
June 1954
NAACP
"Facts About...The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
One typewritten report entitled, "Facts About...The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" dated June 1954. Report published on behalf of the NAACP stating the organization's mission, goals, history, accomplishments shedding a...
GLC09640.338
1781-1864
Various
The James Basker and Angela Vallot Family Archive
A collection of material related to abolition in the United States as well as in England. Contains engravings and newspapers.
GLC09791
July 1936
Crossroad
The Journal of Negro Education [Volume V, No. 3 (July 1936)]
Two copies of of The Journal of Negro Education dated July 1936. Focus of this volume is the reorganization of education for African Americans in the United States.
GLC09640.097
1970s
Unknown
No Rights for Racists! Stop Shockley Now!
One printed flyer entitled, "No Rights for Racists! Stop Shockley Now" dated approximately 1970s. Item is related to a demonstration against William Shockley, who believed black people were genetically inferior. Also questions the meaning of free...
GLC09893.01
5 December 1941
Weymann, Covert, (fl. 1941)
Military pass for Private Robert A. Washington
GLC09829.01
10 December 1941
Grace, (fl. 1941)
to Robert A. Washington
GLC09829.02
4 May 1942
Quayle, Earl W. (fl. 1942)
GLC09829.03
5 June 1942
Emmell, Edward, (fl. 1941-1942)
GLC09829.04
Hopkins, O., (fl. 1941-1942)
GLC09829.05
Gomy, J. C., (fl. 1941-1942)
GLC09829.06
19 June 1942
Franklin, J. A., (fl. 1941-1942)
GLC09829.07
29 June 1942
GLC09829.08
5 July 1942
Ayrie, (fl. 1941-1942)
GLC09829.09
9 July 1942
Jones, Esther, (fl. 1941-1942)
GLC09829.10
11 July 1942
Emmells, Edward, (fl. 1941-1942)
GLC09829.11
17 July 1942
GLC09829.12
Lee, James R., (fl. 1942)
GLC09829.13
30 August 1942
Haith, James, Mrs., (fl. 1942)
GLC09829.14
24 September 1944
Thompson, H.A., (fl. 1942)
GLC09829.15
15 January 1945
Marshall, Winston L., (fl. 1945)
GLC09829.16
3 October 1945
Lowry Field Seperation Center
Lowry Field Seperation Center Personal Affairs Counseling and Classification Seperation Counseling Check List
GLC09829.17
28 November 1945
Special Orders No. 274 Extract
GLC09829.18
circa May 1912
Rosselle, F.A., (fl. 1912)
Safe From The Overflow-Far
One postcard entitled Safe From The Overflow-Far dated circa May 1912. Features five African American children sitting on the crown of a levee, with sandbags stacked to their right. Adults are visible in the background, along with two horses, a...
GLC09940.03
1 March 1860
Hazlett, Albert (1837-1860)
to Anne Brown Adams
One letter from Albert Hazlett to Anne Brown Adams dated March 1, 1860. Thanking her for her letter to him in "his prison home." Discussing his fate and death and visits from the "ladies" and "gentlemen."
GLC03007.56.01
6 March 1898
Thompson, Ruth Brown (1829-1904)
to Norman Ross
One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Norman Ross dated March 6, 1898. Discusses the death of his father and their relationship. Acknowledges that they are strangers but, due to her closeness to his father, feels that they in fact know each other...
GLC03007.56.02
15 November 1892
to Alexander Milton Ross
One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated November 15, 1892. Discussing family news and their correspondence, a visit from a mutual friend and money he had sent her previously.
GLC03007.56.04.01
19 April 1879
Brown, John Jr. (1821-1895)
One letter from John Brown Jr. to Alexander Milton Ross dated April 19, 1879. Discussing books on the population of the world, the emigration of African Americans and a paper he is writing.
GLC03007.56.05
28 January 1895
One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated January 28, 1895. Discussing his health and thanking him for the help he has given them over the years. Discusses mutual acquaintances and a friend's bad marriage and possible visits...
GLC03007.56.07
16 November 1896
One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated November 16, 1896. Discusses her father and the help Alexander has given them and his future visit. Includes pressed leaves.
GLC03007.56.08.01
11 March 1879
One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated March 11, 1879. Thanks him for his book "Reflections and Experiences of an Abolitionist" and praises him for living a life of self-sacrifice.
GLC03007.56.15
3 April 1878
Brown, Owen (1824-1889)
One letter from Owen Brown to Alexander Milton Ross dated April 3, 1878. Discusses mutual acquaintances, Ross' book and the struggle for abolition.
GLC03007.56.16
1 December 1892
Rust, Horatio (fl. 1892)
One letter from Horatio Rust to Alexander Milton Ross dated December 1, 1892. Concerns John Brown.
GLC03007.56.17
31 December 1877
Bill, George B. (fl. 1877)
to Alexander Milton Thompson
One letter from George B. Bill to Alexander Milton Thompson dated December 31, 1877. Letter written to John Brown's "Secretary of the Treasury" under his promised government.
GLC03007.56.20
[Letter and flower to Alexander Ross] [Decimilized .01-.02]
One letter and a pressed flower from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross.
GLC03007.56.04
[Letter and pressed flower to Alexander Milton Ross] [Decimilized .01-.02]
One letter and a pressed flower from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated November 16, 1896.
GLC03007.56.08
3 July 1861
Mitchell, Wallace (fl.1861-1867)
to Floretia Mitchell
One letter addressed to Floretia Mitchell from Wallace Mitchell dated July 3, 1861. Pertains to being discharged soon. Also included is a rough sketch of a woman by "a Va artist" and a financial document paid by Samuel Andrews to the Sheriff of...
GLC08334.17
1796
Petition from "Phebe" to Judges of Frederick County Court
One undated petition filed with Frederick County Court on behalf of an enslaved woman named Phebe. She stated that slaveowner, Daniel Dorsey, freed her. A clerk, H.R. Warfield, summarized the judgement, stating that Phebe is the property of Deborah...
GLC09819
5 May 1948
Hill, Oliver W. (1907-2007)
Take Heed! Pay Attention!!
One flyer entitled, "Take Heed Pay Attention!!" distributed by members of various committees from Richmond, Virginia, dated May 5, 1948. Related to encouraging veterans and voters turning 21 years old to vote for Oliver W. Hill, an African-American...
GLC09822
12 June 1953
to Ken Brown
One typewritten letter to Ken Brown from Jesse Owens dated June 12, 1953. Thanks Brown for a previous letter. Letterhead is from the State Athletic Commission of Illinois. Refers to a flood where people may receive better housing due to the damage...
GLC09798.03
18 March 1864
Allison, Eben (fl. 1861-1865)
Eben Allison to his brother
Describes his horse being hit by a bullet during a charge.
GLC03523.24.088
2 January 1865
Eben Allison to brother Clarke
Describes black and white dead lying together and burying corpses.
GLC03523.24.111
18 April 1912
Keeping Water Out of Rosedale 4-18-12
One postcard entitled Keeping Water Out of Rosedale dated April 18 1912. Features a group of African American men in prison uniforms setting up sandbags in a muddy field. They are overseen by another man in civilian clothing.
GLC09940.01
16 May 1912
Refugees Near Beulah 5-16-12
One postcard entitled Refugees Near Beulah dated May 16, 1912. Features the living conditions of those displaced by the flood. A group of African Americans, four men and two women, sit on crates and trunks in front of a makeshift shelter.
GLC09940.02
13 May 1944
Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962)
to Addie Frizielle
In this letter from 1944 Mrs. Roosevelt responded to one of her critics, Addie Frizielle, who worried about the desegregation of restrooms and forced social interaction between the races in the government's movement toward racial equality in some...
GLC09544.01
1943
Dorie Miller photographs and pinback [Decimalized .01-.05]
GLC09934
1912
1912 Lower Mississippi Flood photo postcards [Decimalized .01-.03]
Three postcards by F.A Rosselle dated 1912. Feature the effects of the Mississippi Flood of 1912, efforts to contain the rising waters, and refugees from the flooding. A late snowfall coupled with heavy spring rain gave way to devastating flooding...
GLC09940
1863
Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never... [recruitment broadside]
One broadside entitled Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never. dated 1863. Dramatic oversize recruitment broadside appealing to free African-Americans to enlist for three years. The broadside asks "Are freemen less brave than slaves[?]" Subscribed in...
GLC10021
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