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February 13, 1949
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
to Peggy Fabian
Writes to a young lady his "hope that you grow up a staunch American woman - and a lady." Written on personal stationary.
GLC00793
February 25, 1972
Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993
to Lewis L. Strauss and Alice H. Strauss
Also signed "RN" by Richard Nixon. Sends a postcard picturing the Monument to the People's Heroes with greetings from Peking, China. Written during the Richard Nixon-Zhou Enlai talks on the first ever presidential visit to China.
GLC00162.27
18 September 1961
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
[Signature of Truman and his wife Bess]
Signatures and date are contained on a small card. A typed line underneath the signatures states "Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman."
GLC00477.02
1958
King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968
Stride toward freedom: the Montgomery story
Published by Harper & Brothers. Inscribed to Miss Charlotte Rosenbaum, a supporter, on the first flyleaf. Inscription states "In appreciation for your genuine humanitarian concern, and your great financial and moral support in the struggle to...
GLC03025
1962/04/20
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
to Emily Davis Chamberlain re: thanks for her letter of support, happy birthday
Signed as President on White House stationery, with a handwritten postscript "yours was almost the nicest letter we have received since being in the W.H."
GLC02793.102
1969/01/16
Johnson, Lyndon B., 1908-1973
to Dorothy Nichols re: thanks for her support and looking forward to retirement
Signed as President on White House stationery.
GLC02793.106
1976/08/10
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
to Ruth K. Stroh re: thanking her for support, her research on genealogy
GLC02793.113
1977/09/20
Carter, James E., 1924-?
to Sarah McClendon re: her "superb questions" at press conferences
Written as President on White House stationery.
GLC02793.114
1981/04/06
Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004
Postcard of thanks to nurse at hospital
Written as President to a nurse at George Washington University Hospital
GLC02793.115
1982/02/01
to Patti Davis re: thanking her for birthday gift, weather
Written as President on White House stationery to his daughter. Date inferred from content.
GLC02793.116
1959/11/14 ca.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
to Delores Moaney re: birthday greetings to her
Signed as President either in 1959 or 1960. With Moaney (Eisenhower's valet) TNS 10/14/1985 stating this was the only handwritten letter she received from Ike.
GLC02793.098
1967/07/07
to Juanita Roberts re: her health and wishing her well
Written as President on White House stationery. Signed "LBJ" Written on White House stationary.
GLC02793.104
6 December [1951?]
Needham, Mary, 1883-?
Letter by Henry Needham's widow
Needham, a journalist for Collier's was killed in a plane crash while covering WWI.
GLC03663.05
16 July 1963
Pardon of Otelia Pendergast re: convicted of violation of section 265
GLC03590
18 February 1969
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1926-2022
Pardon for Brian L. Butcher convicted of uninsured use of motor vehicle
GLC03934
March 1948
Coles, Howard Wilson, 1903-1996
Frederick Douglass monthly. [Vol. 1, no.1 (March 1948)]
Published by Voice Publishing Co. Contains reprint of Douglass's "Men of Color, to Arms" from the 2 March 1863 printing: "This is our golden opportunity. Let us accept it and forever wipe out the dark reproaches unsparingly hurled against us by our...
GLC05822
circa 1987-1989
Leigh, Janet, fl. 1987-1989
to Atlee Kohl
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Leigh discusses the influence religion has had on her and her belief in God. As she matured, a structure to house her God, labels, and denominations became unnecessary because, she believes, the Supreme Being...
GLC05508.276
3 November 1988
Cartland, Barbara, 1902-2000
Response to a solicitation by Kohl. Cartland sends a poetic prayer about eternal life.
GLC05508.279
27 February 1987
Day, Doris, 1924-2019
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Although at first reluctant to include her religious views in the Woodland Historical Document Collection, Day writes: "My religion is what I feel inside, and my own personal contact with my maker. I talk to...
GLC05508.282
3 October 1988
De Havilland, Olivia, 1916-2020
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Olivia de Havilland writes that she cannot adequately describe her religious views at this time because her life is too demanding to afford her the necessary time for reflection. She does add, however, that...
GLC05508.283
2 December 1988
Neal, Patricia, 1926-?
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Neal includes an excerpt from her 1988 autobiography, "As I am," written at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, a Benedictine monastery, where she made "sense of all the tragedies in her life" and renewed her faith in...
GLC05508.288
1946
Graham, Lorenzo, 1902-1989
How God Fix Jonah
Published by Reynal & Hitchcock. Illustrated with prints from wood engravings by Letterio Calapai, an American painter, muralist, and printmaker. Signed by Graham on the dedication page; dedicated to Graham's sister Shirley Graham Du Bois, an...
GLC06121
30 September 1962
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Fight for freedom: the story of the NAACP
Published by W. W. Norton & Company. Signed on the front flyleaf by Hughes, who inscribed the copy to Raymond Johnson. Signed and inscribed 30 September 1962 on the inner back cover by Evangeline Upshur Truman in Little Rock, Arkansas. Foreword...
GLC06123
1946 ca.
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
Reproduction of painting, inscribed by Beatrice A. Patton to the Stockdales
Inscribed by Patton's wife, Beatrice Ayer Patton, to the Stockdales, with a short note to them both on the verso.
GLC06760.28
1955/06/22
Pardon of David Frank King, convicted of failing to submit for a medical exam
GLC07032
1974
Southern, Neta Snook, 1896-1991
I Taught Amelia to fly
First edition, published by Vantage Press. Signed copy. Southern's story of her days as an aviation pioneer and teacher of Amelia Earhart.
GLC07243.005
2 November 1955
Marshall, Catherine, 1914-1983
to James Jones
Marshall responds to Jones about what her novel, "A Man Called Peter," has meant to him. Marshall is thankful that since her husband's death, God has given her work (i.e. writing) that she loves doing and which helps others.
GLC05508.177
circa 1958
Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, fl. 1958
[God wants a different thing from each of us...]
Kennedy writes a sentiment: "God wants a different thing from each of us, laborious or easy, conspicuous or quite private, but something which only we can do and for which we were created."
GLC05508.156
14 February 1992
King, Bernice, 1963-?
[Lord have mercy on us for...]
Quotation from Dr. Bernice King's speech celebrating the birthday of her father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She asks the Lord's forgiveness for celebrating when so many people are without jobs or health care.
GLC05508.159
2 June 1971
Kuhlman, Kathryn, 1907-1976
to Mrs. Hassell
Kuhlman quotes Nahum 1:7, offers a healing prayer, and urges Hassell to have faith that the Lord will cure her cancer.
GLC05508.164
15 January 1978
Love, Bessie, 1898-1986
to Alan Brock
Love thanks Brock for a Christmas card and the piece about his mother. She offers condolence, and suggests reading Christian Science literature as a means to heal his grief.
GLC05508.171
24 October 1950
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
to Mary Cushman
Writing from his office in the General Headquarters, United Nations Command, MacArthur, as commander-in-chief of the United Nations Command, offers condolence on the death of Mary Cushman's son in the Korean War. He praises devotion to duty and...
GLC05508.173
29 March 1967
Mansfield, Jayne, 1933-1967
to Mrs. Nice
Mansfield thanks Nice for her concern for Zoltan, Mansfield's son. She also writes: "I have always had a great belief in my fellow man, but I am now fully assured that the heavens above have succeeded in creating a beautiful earth upon which to live...
GLC05508.175
9 November 1958
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
to Miss O'Brien
Roosevelt writes a letter to O'Brien and encloses a copy of her favorite prayer. The prayer implores God to place a restlessness in our hearts that will cause us to strive for "far-off goals," engage in tasks so difficult that they require Divine...
GLC05508.217
1929-1945
Waters, Ethel, ?
to Walter Schneider
Waters details her recent illness and hospital stay and gives thanks for the many letters of encouragement from her fans. She also discusses making Christian music. A handwritten inscription discussing her new album and personal replies to fan mail...
GLC05508.256
1989
Bailey, Pearl, 1918-1990
Between You and Me [inscribed to Lena Horne]
Inscribed to singer Lena Horne on the title page: "My darling, beautiful sister -- Keep a firm, loose arm -- and know that God is ever present -- You are His -- nothing is more important[.] I love you[.] Sister Pearl --"
GLC05508.026
circa 1975
Boles, Tiffany, fl. 1975
to unknown
Boles writes: "I cannot sign the enclosed pin-up of me because it is not me anymore. I have become a Christian and do not enjoy that image of me carried on." Written in blue felt tip pen.
GLC05508.041
28 August 1957
Jai-Shek, Chiang, 1897-2003
to Mrs. C. L. McDaniel
She was glad to learn her article "The Power of Prayer," published in Reader's Digest, inspired McDaniel and the members of her church. The article is a condensation of her book "The Sure Victory." She mentions that Dr. Norman Vincent Peale...
GLC05508.067
12 October 1945
to Mamie D. Eisenhower
States that he is just back from Berlin and Prague. Discusses some family and friends. Writes that politicians are trying to get him to accept a job in Washington or with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to whom he...
GLC05266
1948/07/08
Dewey, Thomas Edmund, 1902-1971
to Mary M. McBride re: thanks for letter, radio
On stationery as governor.
GLC05264.06
16 November 1993
Atkins, Susan, 1948-2009
to Kregg Sanders
Atkins writes to Sanders from prison while serving time for her part in the Tate-LaBianca murders committed while a member of the Manson family. She discusses making a birthday present for her sister-in-law, her typewriter, a new sewing project, and...
GLC05508.024.01
1977
Child of Satan, Child of God
Paperback copy of Atkins' book and book plate.
GLC05508.024.04
June 1982
Neely, Charles, fl. 1970-1980
[Canuck/Curtiss hybrid airplane diagrams]
The diagrams depict the Canuck plane Nook operated between 1919 and 1922. Diagrams include specific characteristics of the plane such as performance, size, and original colors.
GLC07243.008
1949/06/28
Shearer, Daphane, fl. 1949
to Mrs. Florence Hilldring
From Newsreel Association of Great Britain and Ireland, sending a Silver Fruit bowl to Mrs. Hilldring as a gift in appreciation of the usage of Hilldring's film of the sinking of the Princess Astrid.
GLC06196.009
1949/06/29
Reebach, L., fl. 1949
to Mrs. Florence Hilldring.
International News Photographs thanking Mrs. J. Hilldring for the usage of her film of the sinking of the Princess Astrid.
GLC06196.010
1955/04/12
Hilldring, John H., 1895-1974
To: Mr. Hiram S. Gans.
Sending a reservation for the tickets for the dinner and asking if Mrs. Hilldring can have a seat at one of the floor tables rather than being seated at the speaker's table.
GLC06196.064
1955/04/14
Gans, Hiram S., fl. 1954-1955
To: John H. Hilldring.
Responding to Hilldring's letter and informing Hilldring that he does not have to make reservations for the dinner since he and his wife are the guests of honor. Gans says he can arrange for Mrs. Hilldring to sit at the floor table with Mrs. Gans...
GLC06196.066
11 August 1975
Mata, Maureen, fl. 1975
to Mr. Luetge
Maureen Mata, at Pat Boone's office, writes a cover letter for items sent to Luetge: "As requested, we enclose the three pages taken from Pat Boone's book A NEW SONG autographed."
GLC05508.043.01
22 September 1972
Joy, Leatrice, 1894-1985
Joy discusses death and grieving. She writes that we must act as the person who died would have liked us to behave. On the verso she writes: Death does not extinguish the light--it puts out the candle, for the dawn has come."
GLC05508.152.01
circa 1971
Joy writes Brock a belated thank you note for decorated shells he gave her. She passes on a few sentiments she recently heard and enjoyed. She writes on stationary of the Christian Science Publishing Society, with Hymn 346 by John Marriott from the...
GLC05508.152.02
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