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Uris, Leon
[This night is different...]
"This night is different because we celebrate the most important moment in the history of our people. On this night we celebrate their going forth in triumph from slavery to freedom."
GLC05508.248
9 October 1969
Vonnegut, Kurt (1922-2007)
to students of Marshall E. Bean
Vonnegut thanks the class for the Thanksgiving card and comments they sent him and explains that another "Mr. Bean" was the best teacher he had as a child. He includes a poem from one of his books about how the whole world is doing God's work. The...
GLC05508.250
23 December 1964
Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966)
to Mrs. White
Waugh writes to thank White for her compliments on the book, "Helena," on which Waugh worked hardest but is least popular. Waugh suggests reading her "Life of Ronald Knox," and congratulates White on her recent conversion to Catholicism. Waugh...
GLC05508.257.01
19 July 1865
Waugh writes to White thanking her for new pictures of the revised Catholic mass (after Vatican II, said in the vernacular language), and expresses her dislike of it. She graciously declines White's suggestion to write a book on the martyrs. She...
GLC05508.257.02
20 July 1865
to Lord Bishop
Waugh writes to an unknown bishop declining a proposal of his for writing a work (unknown topic). She discusses martyrs of the English Counter-Reformation.
GLC05508.257.03
7 December 1987
Lear, Norman (1922-)
to Atlee Kohl
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Lear's letter talks about things he would pack for his "spiritual journey": words of Jesus, memories of individuals he's loved in a Christian way, religious writings of George Bernard Shaw and Ralph Waldo...
GLC05508.287.01
1956
Kennedy, John F. (1917-1963)
Profiles in Courage
First edition, published by Harper & Brothers. Inscribed "To Sam Houston Allred - a distinguished bearer of a great Texas name -" and signed by Kennedy. Written during a period of convalescence, Senator Kennedy highlights the great courage and...
GLC02530.01
April 1980
Howard University Press
Catalog [Howard University (1980)]
One catalog from Howard University Press dated April 1980. Content consists of book reviews, forthcoming journals, sales information, policies and images of student life at Howard University.
GLC09640.089
1985
Langston Hughes Review
Langston Hughes Review [Volume IV, no. 2 (Fall 1985)]
One edition of "The Langston Hughes Review" published in Fall 1985. Volume IV, Number 2 contains articles related to Hughes's work in poetry and translation. Also includes an essay commemorating Henry Lee Moon, the former public relations director of...
GLC09640.108
1965
Massachusetts Review
Massachusetts Review [Autumn-Winter 1964-65]
One edition of The Massachusetts Review dated Autumn-Winter 1964-1965. Includes poetry and short stories by various authors. Woodcut print on the cover by Jacob Landau. Also inserted within the pages is a note, "With the compliments of Jules...
GLC09640.114
1960
Isaacs, Harold R. (1910-1986)
"Five Writers and Their African Ancestors"
One pamphlet entitled, "Five Writers and Their African Ancestors," by Harold R. Isaacs dated June 1960. Highlights the works of Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Lorraine Hansberry and their focus on Africa and African Americans.
GLC09640.287
July 1948
National Urban League
Negro Digest - July 1948
One issue of Negro Digest dated July 1948. Contains writing predominately by African American authors providing representation of the African American experience through essays about historical references and travelling abroad. This issue includes an...
GLC09640.212
7 November 1964
The New Republic
50: America Tomorrow, Create the Great Society
One anniversary issue of The New Republic dated November 7, 1964. Publication highlights essays related to women's right, environment, education, culture and racism. Includes illustrations by satirist Robert Osborn.
GLC09640.296
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