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1925/08/14
Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)
to John Coolidge re: visiting his father with the family and advice
Written as President to his son, who was a Corporal.
GLC02793.076
1 January 1918 - 29 April 1919
Osborn, Ella Jane (fl. 1918-1919)
[Diary of World War I army nurse Ella Jane Osborn] [word processed inventory available]
Ella Jane Osborn, originally from Wainscott, Long Island, New York, departed as an Army Nurse in January of 1918 and spent the majority of her assignment stationed near Toul and Nancy, in the Lorraine region of northeastern France, near the German...
GLC06570
1900
Pickett, Lasalle C., 1848-1931
Pickett and his Men
Second edition, with an introduction by James Longstreet. An inscribed copy to General Ell Torrance and his wife: "For General and Mrs. Ell Torrance with love and regards from the author, Lasalle Corbell Pickett. Think of the men who held these...
GLC08401
1900 ca.
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
Photograph of Roosevelt [temp record]
GLC07002#92
28 June 1919
Treaty of peace between the allied and associated powers [Versailles]
Uncut. With fold-out maps. Signed on cover by Evan C. Mac Veagh. Contains Treaty of Versaille and League of Nations Covenant.
GLC08532
Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944
The life of Lincoln [3 vols.]
GLC08580.02
1917
Norwood, T.M., 1830-1913
A true vindication of the South
GLC08581.10
20 April 1906
Mack, Silas W., fl. 1906
to Clara W. Mack
Writes to his mother in Canada describing the San Francisco earthquake. Says half of the chimneys at the Hotel Del Monte crumbled and damaged the roof. One chimney crashed through a newlywed's room and killed both the bride and groom. Reports...
GLC08697
1926
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Whither bound?
Inscribed to his son James Roosevelt and dated June 1926. Signed twice, once in the presentation note on the free front endpaper and once on the titlepage. A lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni Memorial Foundation, 18 May 1926. Published by...
GLC01101
1902-1903
MacKay, Clarence H., 1874-1938
[The laying and completion of the Pacific cable]
Two volume scrapbook covering the completion of the Pacific cable linking North America to Hawaii, Australia, and the South Pacific. Includes cablegrams charting progress of the cable and sending congratulations from officials in places along the...
GLC01020
March 6, 1918
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
to Harvey D. Gibson
Wilson informs Gibson that he has selected him to serve on the National War Finance Committee. Indicates that the Red Cross was about to "appeal to the American people for additional funds to carry on its work" during World War I. Written on...
GLC00972
May 1918
[Two items relating to Woodrow Wilson] [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC00971
July 26, 1924
Mitchell, William E., 1879-1936
to Lester D. Gardner
Signed as Brigadier General, Air Service, Assistant Chief of Air Service. Advises that he will come to New York as soon as possible but that he has to have his tonsils out. Remarks that the Air Force "has almost ceased to exist ... " Believes that...
GLC00950
1 April 1906
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to Quentin Roosevelt with accompanying photograph. [Decimalized .01- .02]
Writes to his son regarding family matters and missing his children. Written on White House letterhead with corrections in Roosevelt's hand. Accompanying family photograph of Theodore Roosevelt and two sons.
GLC01410.01
1906-1910
[Collection of letters to his sons] [decimalized]
GLC01410
1 October 1907
to Quentin Roosevelt [Decimalized .01- .02]
Writes to his son describing the aspects of his journey a child might find interesting. Includes two sketches drawn by Roosevelt during his trip down the Mississippi River. Written on U.S. Steamer Mississippi letterhead. Accompanying photograph of...
GLC01410.02
3 October 1907
to Quentin Roosevelt. With accompanying photograph. [Decimalized .01- .02]
Writes to his son about sights on the Mississippi River. Mentions getting caught in the rain in St. Louis. With two illustrations by Roosevelt, including a self-caricature. Written on U.S. Steamer Mississippi letterhead. Accompanying photograph
GLC01410.03
October 6, 1907
to Quentin Roosevelt
Writes to his son about a dog washed ashore and raised by the children of John Parker (his camp commander). Illustrated by Roosevelt. Encloses a picture on a possum (not included). Written on White House letterhead.
GLC01410.04
October 13, 1907
Writes to his son about camp life in Louisiana. Typed on White House letterhead with typed initials "T.R." at end. Contains large pencil scribble on recto of second conjugate leaf.
GLC01410.05
August 16, 1910
to Archibald B. Roosevelt
Writes to his son in care of Captain Seth Bullock in Deadwood, South Dakota regarding family matters and his dislike of speaking tours because of the demands on his time. Discusses his horse. Writes on The Outlook letterhead.
GLC01410.06
6 December 1927
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Message of the President... to the two Houses of Congress...
State of the Union address, signed by Coolidge at the conclusion.
GLC01132
25 July 1900
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
[Last verse of the Battle Hymn of the Republic]
Beginning "In the Beauty of the lillies...."
GLC01266.01
20 April 1908
to Victor Howard Metcalf
Writes as President to Secretary of Navy Metcalf regarding a meeting designed to take stock of America's natural resources. Also invited were the justices of the Supreme Court, both houses of Congress, and his cabinet. Includes a stamp of receipt...
GLC01619
6 March 1920
[Sentence commutation for Charles Manfri, convicted of selling heroin in New Jersey 19 December 1918, and sentenced to four years imprisonment]
Charles Manfri, alias Charles Mansfield, was convicted of violating the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey and sentenced to four years in the State penitentiary in Baltimore, Maryland. Wilson commuted his sentence to...
GLC01622
14 July 1902
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
[Copy of a telegram from Secretary of War Root to William Howard Taft]
Thanks him for the succesful result of his negotiations with the Vatican about the Friar Lands in the Phillipines. Explains the position of the United States government toward these lands. He is to represent this position to the Phillipine...
GLC01625.03
9 May 1902
Instructions of the Secretary of War to Governor William H. Taft in the matter of the purchase of the Friar Lands in the Philippines.
Because Congress has not yet acted on recommendations of the commission in regards to the Friar Lands of the Philippines and Taft cannot delay his return there, the President authorizes Taft to travel to Rome to determine which authorities of the...
GLC01625.04
2 October 1904
Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
to Gaston
Colonel Mosby, the former Confederate leader, describes a cordial meeting with President Theodore Roosevelt, the loss of his hat, boots, overcoat and cape in 1864, when captured by the 13th New York Cavalry, and the return of his hat. Discusses his...
GLC01653
1917-1919
Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951
[Letters to his mother, including Pershing and Armistice]
Six ALS and 2 TLS to his mother. This collection supplements the materials in GLC 2679.
GLC01601
21 July 1902
to James D. Fox
Thanks him for his letter and writes, "I have received your letter in reference to the friars; and as it evidently proceeds from an entire misunderstanding of the facts, I take pleasure in reciting them to you." Fox was a member of the Holy Name...
GLC01625.01
5 August 1902
Fox, James D., fl. 1902
to Theodore Roosevelt
Thanks him for his letter and for clarifying for him the situation with the friars and their lands in the Philippines and the position of the United States government. Regrets the fact that the government of the United States has allowed the Friar...
GLC01625.02
4 February 1926
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
[Analysis of the Lincoln-Douglas debates]
One typed document created by William H. Taft dated February 4, 1926. Pertains to the debate of slavery between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Two lines inserted in Taft's hand on page 14 and numerous other corrections. Signed and dated by...
GLC01488
May 1912
[Sample ballot card for the 1912 Republican National Convention]
Printed by Allied Printing. Inscribed "to little Miss Mabel" and signed by Roosevelt. The pro-Roosevelt campaign document explains how William H. Taft's managers "denied you the right to vote your preference for president" and instructs how to...
GLC01487
January 29, 1919
Creel, George, 1876-1953
Official U.S. Bulletin. [Vol. 3, no.524 (January 29, 1919)]
Newspaper published daily by order of the president by the United States Committee of Public Information. Contains the text of the eighteenth amendment, which established the prohibition of alcohol. Accompanied by a statement by acting Secretary of...
GLC01668
1917-1918
[Presidential proclamations and executive orders]
Proclamations dealing with war with Germany, emergency powers, and armistices.
GLC08540
1909, 1950
Meserve, Frederick H., 1865-1962
Federick Hill Meserve booklets of Photographs of Lincoln and contemporaries
32 photographs in two publishing dummies. One is a publishing dummy for "Life and Portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Some of his Contemporaries" (for the Quill Club 2/12/1909), a publishing dummy in black wrappers, containing 20 photographs (adhered)...
GLC08548
20 November 1922
Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977
With cordial regards, Charles E. Hughes
Copyright imprint on image. Signed and dated Nox. 20, 1922.
GLC08571
1919
Pershing, John J., 1860-1948
Final report of Gen. John J. Pershing
Pershing's report on the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. Printed by U.S. G.P.O. Inscribed to Governor "W. L. Harding" [sic].
GLC08612
1907
Noyes, Charles P., 1842-1921
Noyes-Gilman ancestry.
Title continues "Being a series of sketches, with a chart of the ancestors of Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, his wife." Published in St. Paul, Minnesota by Gilliss Press (New York). Inscription on flyleaf reads "This Book is one of...
GLC02150.56.01
Noyes, LaVerne W., fl. 1849-1900
Descendants of Reverend William Noyes
Direct line to LaVerne W. Noyes and Frances Adelia Noyes-Giffen. Allied families of Stanton, Sanford, Thompson, Holdredge, Saunders, Jessup, Rundle, Lockwood, Lord, Coddington, Fellows, Berry, Clarke, Studwell, and Ferris.
GLC02150.56.03
29 March 1922
Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
to Edna Sheldon Blair
President Harding rejects Blair for appointment as a civil service commissioner, "in view of the fact that there is one woman serving on the Board already I have not thought it preferable to consider a woman applicant for the vacancy." Concludes that...
GLC02008
1927
Gold liberty coin
Coin ca. 32 mm diameter. Collateral to FDR gold order
GLC01983.03
15 January 1909
to Ernest R. Ackerman
President-elect Taft agrees with New York Congressman Ackerman that Lincoln's face ought to be put on coins and stamps, but he cannot aid this process until after his inauguration. Written on personal stationery from Augusta, Georgia.
GLC01995
1914
Address of W.G. Harding, Before Railway Business Association
Draft of a speech in which Harding reflects on the history of the railroad and his personal connection with it. He extols its benefits and its role in developing modern life, and argues the importance of maintaining it to the United States. He does...
GLC01968
29 March 1901
Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906
[Check written to George C. Boldt]
Check from the Mechanics' National Bank written for $118.17. Contains canceled 2 cent stamp. Includes a stamp on verso instructing "Pay to the order of the Astor National Bank, N. Y. Geo. C. Boldt, (The Waldorf-Astoria)." Contains an Astor...
GLC02063.08
n.d.
Unknown
Letters to cousin
GLC03135.13.082
6 January 1890
Wells, Nancy E. (fl. 1855 - 1906)
Tax document
GLC03131.15.52
18 December 1905
GLC03131.15.53
13 December 1907
GLC03131.15.55
14 December 1909
GLC03131.15.56
1912
Receipt of payment
GLC03131.15.69
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