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12 February 1945
Schwartz, Warren Harold. (1914-1992)
to Darling
One letter addressed to Naomi Hurwitz from Warren Schwartz dated February 12, 1945. Describes the toll that the war has taken on him.
GLC09662.657
27 March 1863
Tracy, Frank J. (fl. 1863-)
to Ann
He likes to picture her reading by the stove. He tells her to ahve courage because he thinks he should be home in six or seven weeks.
GLC03047.03
1975
Haven Memorial United Methodist Church
Sixty-Second Anniversary Church Booklet of Haven Memorial United Methodist Church.
One insert included with a booklet marking the 62nd anniversary of Haven Memorial United Methodist Church in Alexander City, Alabama. Features a highlight on Bro. W. M. Townsend, a layman and class leader of the congregation. Includes his history...
GLC09641.09
May 1965
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
[Request for donation from SCLC] [Decimalized .01-.03]
Four items related to the mailing list of Southern Christian Leadership Conference request for contributions. Includes correspondence and envelope from Martin Luther King Jr., regarding their efforts, list of fiscal facts pertaining to SCLC, and an...
GLC09641.21
King, Martin Luther Jr.
to "Dear Friend"
One circular letter to either subscribers or other type of recipients. Mentions the efforts of the SCLC pertaining to protests in Selma which President Johnson had recognized as a significant historical event. Calls for a contribution to fund...
GLC09641.21.01
1952-1964
[Collection of wire photographs, 1952-1963] [Decimalized .01 - .88]
76 wire photos with 8 larger wire photos, many with International News Photos handstamps and/or typed dated descriptions affixed on verso. Most dated 1952-1963.
GLC09677
1960-1970
[Collection of press photographs related to demonstrations] [Decimalized .01-.11]
Collection of press photographs taken by Associated Press and United Press International dated 1960-1970. Consists of wirephotos and telephotos depicting civil rights protests. Protests in this collection took place across the United States with a...
GLC09717
1965
Various
[Press photographs related to the Selma to Montgomery marches, 1965] [Decimalized .01 - .21]
Collection of press photographs related to the Selma to Montgomery marches dated 1965. Consists of 21 wirephotos and telephotos taken by Associated Press and United Press International. Includes images of civil rights leaders C.T. Vivian and John...
GLC09734
1965-1968
[Collection of press photographs related to Martin Luther King Jr.] [Decimalized .01-.06]
Collection consists of six press photographs of Martin Luther King Jr., dated 1965 to 1968. Photographs are portraits of him, Coretta Scott King and wirephotos from notable events in Dr. King's activism. This includes photographs of the Selma to...
GLC09737
1895 - 1898
Manchester, Marietta
[Three letters from an American missionary woman in China during the Boxer Rebellion] [Decimalized .01-.04]
Three letters from Marietta Manchester to her family while traveling in Japan and China on a missionary trip. According to a note that accompanies these letters she was killed during the Boxer Rebellion. There are descriptions of Japanese houses, and...
GLC09585
11 September 1895
Manchester, Marietta (fl. 1895-1896)
To Mother and Father
This letter written on Japanese scroll paper is concerning Manchester's travels. She mentions seeing the Aleutian Islands after many days at sea, and says a few days later they started to see the coast of Japan. She mentions many volcanos and says...
GLC09585.01
12 September 1895
To Wallace and Clara
This letter written on Japanese scroll paper is concerning Manchester's travels. In this letter Manchester writes about her journey to Japan and along the coast. She mentions seeing whales and porpoise. She mentions the native's lack of clothing, and...
GLC09585.02
6-7 March 1896
To Father
This letter written on Japanese scroll paper is concerning Manchester's new post in China. She writes that she is on her way to her house in Chang Shan in Cheh Kiang Province in the south eastern part of China. She thought it would take two weeks but...
GLC09585.03
circa 1901
unkown
[Note]
A short note that accompanied GLC09585.01-.03. The note states "Letters written home by Aunt Marrietta Manchester killed by Chinese at Boxer Rebellion at China. Saxton Manchester's sister."
GLC09585.04
28 October 1943
Unknown
to Mrs. Williams
A condolence letter from the Chaplain at Hampton Institute. He expresses his admiration for LeRoi, including LeRoi's playing of the Church Tower chimes. The signature is illegible.
GLC09587.034
circa 1943
[Eulogy for LeRoi Williams by his Family]
Eulogy for LeRoi Williams, attributed to his family. It lists LeRoi's accomplishments at both the Hampton Institute and the Tuskegee Army Air Force School, including his playing of chimes and his devotion to his family, country, and God. It ends with...
GLC09587.063
15 October 1975
Williams, Cordelia Shelton (1889-1978)
to Children
Cordelia Williams writes to her children that the weather has been very nice but everyone is talking a lot about robberies and petty crime. She writes of the death of "Mrs. Taliaferro" and says that "Mr Taliaferro" is very upset but only time and...
GLC09587.324
5 November 1975
Cordelia Williams writes to her children that she is sorry about their research problems but that "these setbacks of every description go with living." She asks whether their President has "made a good move or a bad one?" She writes that she sees...
GLC09587.327
25 February 1976
Letter from Cordelia Williams. She remarks that the weather has been great and tells anecdotes about making afghans. She also reports that Mrs. Danderidge's husband is sick and tells a disturbing story that Mable Dupree's son was found in his sister...
GLC09587.338
June 1917-1918
Starkey, Teddy (fl. 1917-1918)
Mrs. Rosa Starkey
One letter from Teddy Starkey to Rosa Starkey dated June circa 1917-1918. He reports on the quarantine that he has been under. It was lifted the day before and the men were allowed to leave after getting their mouths, noses, and throats sprayed twice...
GLC09602
1965-1976
[Letters belonging to William E. Johnson, 1965-1976] [Decimalized .01-.39]
Collection of personal correspondence belonging to William E. Johnson dated 1965-1976. Consists of 40 letters received primarily by his wife, Roseann Goodford related to the Vietnam War while aboard the USS Rogers. Includes topics related to war...
GLC09606
25 January 1976
Johnson, William E. (fl. 1965-1976)
to Roseann
One letter addressed to Roseann from William E. Johnson dated January 25, 1976. Bill is watching a hockey game as he writes to Roseann. He writes about going to Mass with his mother and Norm in the morning and then to visit his Aunt Minnie. Aunt...
GLC09606.26
8 February 1976
One letter addressed to Roseann from William E. Johnson dated February 8, 1976. Bill writes that he left late from his visit to Bernie's, causing him to miss his train. Today he attended Mass with his mother, Norm, Kathye and John and then went to...
GLC09606.37
1937-1963
[World War II letters of Leonard Eugene Graeff of Harrisburg Pennsylvania] [Decimalized .001-.601]
672 items, primarily letters from and to Leonard Eugene Graeff. Many of the letters are between him and his parents Raymond James Graeff and Susan Prowell Graeff. The items date from 1937 to 1963 with the bulk of the material from 1942-1945. The...
GLC09611
1968
Hughes, Jim, fl. 1968;
[Collection belonging to Jim Hughes, 82nd Airborne, 1968 [Decimalized .01-.05]
Collection of letters belonging to Jim Hughes dated 1968. Consists of five letters during Hughes time in the 82nd Airborne. Letters are written to his mother, Wilma Primer Hughes and pertains to life on the base, activities, financial matters and...
GLC09615
15 April 1968
Hughes, Jim (fl. 1968)
to Wilma Hughes Primer
One letter addressed to Wilma Primer Hughes from Jim Hughes dated April 15, 1968. Wishes her a Happy Easter and complains of the lack of Catholic chaplains and the inability to go to church. He mentions a number of friends and family noting that men...
GLC09615.05
27 September 1942
Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)
to Estelle Spero
Diamond pops into a Catholic church while in town in order to take a break. He writes to Estelle that, "while seated there, alone, in the strange hush that only religion can bring about, the thought of death overcame me." He then describes looking...
GLC09120.109
24 October 1942
Diamond, Sidney, (1922-1945)
Diamond informs Estelle that he has just received a demerit for having had dirty finger nails. He then describes to Estelle the experience of showering in the Army. Sidney tells Estelle that he has spent the morning listening to the Yiddish Shtunda...
GLC09120.122
12 December 1942
Letter in which Diamond portrays himself as a "Don Quixote".
GLC09120.149
Diamond describes carrying out a "shake-down" inspection - a process that results from a man claiming that some of his personal belongings have been stolen. Sidney responds to Estelle's claim that her uncle had encountered anti-Semitism in the army...
GLC09120.151
15 January 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that he is "attempting to learn the basics of Spanish".
GLC09120.174
17 January 1943
Diamond describes watching a group of cavalry officers warming up for a fox-hunt. He also discusses his Spanish class.
GLC09120.177
22 April 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that the company has just received orders for the next move which will most probably be to East Texas. He also informs her that on Monday evening he had attended a seder.
GLC09120.217
3 June 1943
Diamond complains about having been served pork for all meals recently. He also describes a mock court-martial that took place the day before, in which he played the defendant.
GLC09120.234
22 June 1943
Diamond promises Estelle that "…no matter how [he] may be maimed [he's] to return…" He then describes his outfit with his new men - Jewish, Catholic, Protestant - mentioning that they care little for racial distinctions or inane political...
GLC09120.245
24 June 1943
Diamond tells Estelle that the superb bracelet has arrived, describing it as very "classy". Sidney then offers a prayer, including a plea to God to "[l]et [him] return, the same".
GLC09120.247
June 1943
Diamond describes the "hot, sweltering horror" of the climate in the Tropics". He outlines the books that he has read on the voyage, giving Estelle short reviews of each.
GLC09120.253
22 September 1943
Diamond wishes Estelle a "swell Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur".
GLC09120.273
30 November 1943
Diamond discusses what he has been reading, and describes what he imagines Estelle to now look like.
GLC09120.301
3 December 1943
Diamond discusses a book that he had recently read entitled "The Story of Damon and Pythias," relating it to his and Estelle's relationship.
GLC09120.303
7 February 1944
Diamond describes the telephone operator, Kallor, as a Jewish dress cutter from New York who is in Sidney's father's union.
GLC09120.344
13 February 1944
Diamond asks Estelle to send him a book once a month to entertain him.
GLC09120.351
9 March 1944
Diamond thanks Estelle for the New Yorker that she had subscribed to for him, and then proceeds to "rampage through the 'mag'
GLC09120.372
6 April 1944
Diamond writes that he has heard that Passover is the following day, but that his "holidays are celebrated by destroying the enemy." Sidney describes firing on some "Japs".
GLC09120.386
11 April 1944
Diamond writes on his birthday that he feels "one hundred years older." He recommends that she reads "The Robe" by Lloyd C. Douglas.
GLC09120.389
21 April 1944
Diamond tells Estelle that he spent Passover participating in a push. He discusses the horrifying effect of encountering great masses of dead bodies.
GLC09120.397
24 April 1944
Diamond reports that the rainy season has begun once more. He writes that he has finished reading Voltaire's "Candide".
GLC09120.400
26 April 1944
Diamond discusses the trials of being so far from one's sweetheart. He recounts the story of his former sergeant, who had been engaged, but whose ex-fiancee is now using the bedroom set that he had purchased with her new husband. He mentions that...
GLC09120.403
5 May 1944
Diamond writes that some day he hopes to visit New Zealand or Australia. He comments that he has read part 2 of "France et La Vieux".
GLC09120.407
27 May 1944
Diamond responds to a number of Estelle's letters. Regarding "that hotel deal," he writes that he regrets not having had "those few moments free from fears of curious eyes, of parental scrutiny, - just to be alone -." He informs Estelle that once...
GLC09120.420
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