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1960-1969
Mary Harris
A photograph of a young African American woman. She wears a long pearl necklace and stares seriously at the camera. On the reverse, "Mary Harris" is written. It is printed on postcard paper.
GLC09587.405
1960-1961
Sissman Studio
A photograph of a young African American woman. She wears a long pearl necklace, glasses, a white lace dress, and stares seriously at the camera. On the reverse, "Mary Harris" is written. It is printed on postcard paper.
GLC09587.406
Mrs. Sue Fity and Aunt Lucy
A photograph of two African American women standing in front of the steps to a house. The one on the left wears a pearl necklace and earrings, holding a cane. The one on the right wears a patterned dress and holds a book. On the reverse, "Mrs. Sue...
GLC09587.407
1929-1939
[Photograph of a young woman]
A photograph of a young African American girl. The photo is taken from slightly below and she looks off-camera to the left with a serious expression. On the reverse, "Jena" is handwritten.
GLC09587.408
[Photograph of two women]
A photograph of two African American women. They are standing with their arms around each other in the backyard of a house in front of a globe on a post. The one on the left is older with graying hair. The one on the right is younger, with short dark...
GLC09587.409
10 May 2002
Photograph of Sylvia Weiner
Photograph of a ceremony where Sylvia Weiner is made senior citizen of the year. Sylvia is standing with Bruce Nyman and another man
GLC09414.1658
August 2005
A photograph of Sylvia Wiener in a wheelchair
GLC09414.1667
2002-2008
A photograph of Sylvia Wiener in a wheelchair in front of the Cove House hotel
GLC09414.1668
Photograph of View
View from the window of a hotel room possibly Cove House
GLC09414.1669
A photograph of Sylvia Wiener in a wheelchair in front of the Cove House hotel waiving to the camera
GLC09414.1670
Photograph Inside the hotel room.
View of the inside of a hotel room possibly Cove House
GLC09414.1671
Photograph of a flower.
A photograph of a flower
GLC09414.1672
Photograph of the living room in the suite.
View from the inside of a hotel room possibly Cove House, Sylvia sits in the doorway in a wheelchair facing out.
GLC09414.1673
Photograph of young girl with brown hair.
Photograph of a unidentified young brown haired girl holding a cup
GLC09414.1674
Photograph of Sylvia Weiner in a wheelchair outside
GLC09414.1675
1894-1985
Joy, Leatrice, 1894-1985
[Photograph of Leatrice Joy]
A photograph of Leatrice Joy. On the photograph written in pen is the message: "To Dick Gratefully Yours Leatrice Joy."
GLC05508.152.02.01
1963-1978
Wetmore, Roderick, fl. 1963-1977
[Letters belonging to the Wetmore family, 1963-1978][Decimalized .01.01-.02.323]
Collection of letters belonging to the Wetmore family dated 1963-1978. The collection is split between two sets correspondence. The first (GLC09753.01) is sent from Nellie Joe Wetmore to her husband, H. Davis Wetmore and other family members dated...
GLC09573
1975
Haven Memorial United Methodist Church
Sixty-Second Anniversary Church Booklet of Haven Memorial United Methodist Church.
One souvenir booklet printed by the Haven Memorial United Methodist Church commemorating their 62nd anniversary from 1931-1975. Item contains the church's history, messages from the bishop and minister, memoriams, photos of church members, messages...
GLC09641.08
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
30 March 1965
Minute Women of the U.S.A.
March on Montgomery -- The Untold Story
One circular letter dated March 30, 1965 regarding the March on Montgomery. Contains a speech by Alabama Senator Dickinson recounting events during the march that he believed was obscene and lewd. Dickinson claims that "an all-night session of...
GLC09641.16
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
1965 May
King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968
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
4 November 1954
Gillespie, G.T. (Guy Tillman), 1924-2017
A Christian View on Segregation; Reprint of an Address By Rev. G. T. Gillespie, D. D.
One pamphlet of a printed address by Reverend G. T. Gillespie in 1954. The Synod of Mississippi of the Presbyterian Church published a statement that is in favor of segregation. The document details that segregation promotes progress, is natural, and...
GLC09641.27
1964
Williams Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church
Order of Worship
One church service program dated 1964 by the Williams Chapel A. M. E. Zion Church in Williamston, North Carolina, also includes an insert of a reminder of their mission. Includes the processional music, responses, scriptures, and community notices...
GLC09641.35
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
1972
Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005
"Bring U.S. Together, Vote Chisholm 1972, Unbought and Unbossed.
Collection of two posters dated 1972, "Bring U.S. Together, Vote Chisholm 1972, Unbought and Unbossed," created for Shirley Chisholm's 1972 campaign.
GLC09721
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
1968
[Collection of press photographs related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., 1968][Decimalized .01-.82]
Collection of press photographs dated 1968. Images were printed by Associated Press and United Press International. Majority of images are related to riots that took place following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr in April 1968. One image...
GLC09740
1962-1991
[Press photographs related to confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, 1962-1991] [Decimalized .01-.13]
Collection of press photographs related to Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas dated 1962-1991. Consists of 13 wirephotos, telephotos, laserphotos related to the nomination and confirmation hearings for each justice...
GLC09741
1945
Mission Inn International Shrine of the Birdmen
St. Francis Medal
One St. Francis Medal owned by Robert L. Stone. The medal was carried by Stone on all of his bombing missions during World War II. During training at March Field, Bob and a fellow cadet drove to the Mission Inn in Riverside, California there was an...
GLC09620.421
2 August 1963
Wetmore, Nellie Joe, 1904-1988
to Mr. H. D. Wetmore
One letter addressed to Davis Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated August 2, 1963. Describes he weather and attending a goin away party the previous evening for Bishop Palmer and his wife for a trip to India and Washington, D.C. Nellie is leaving...
GLC09573.01.27
24 June 1963
to Mr. H. D. Wetmore and Family
One letter addressed to Davis, Betty, Jack, Mike, Clarice and Juan from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated June 24, 1963. Thanks them for making her trip pleasant, how relaxing she found Seattle and remarking on personal ancedotes.
GLC09573.01.01
29 June 1963
One letter addressed to Davis, Jack, Bets, Mike from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated Stratford, June 29, 1963. Pertains to visiting tourist attractions in London with her companion, attending plays, and her hotel accomodation in Stratford on Avon as "second...
GLC09573.01.02
1 July 1963
One letter addressed to David, Bets, Jack and Mike from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 1, 1963. Pertains to attending lectures through a Methodist church. Mentions that her roommate stays up late and that she would be travelling to Paris next.
GLC09573.01.03
3 July 1963
to Mr. H. D. Wetmore Jr.
One letter addressed to Davis from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated London, July 3, 1963. Pertains to her luggage being stolen at the hotel containing her jewlery valued at $250. States that the hotel paid for a new suitcase.
GLC09573.01.04
circa 1963
to Mr. H. D. Wetmore, Jr.
One undated postcard addressed to Davis from Nellie Joe Wetmore. Front side of postcard contains an image of St. Marcus' Square, Venice filled with a flock of pigeons. Reverse side contains the message related to travelling between Hamburg on a...
GLC09573.01.05
7 July 1963
One postcard addressed to Bets, Davis, Jack and Mike from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 7, 1963. Front image of the postcard is Le Jardin des Tulieres in Paris, France. She says history and speeches are challenging. Mentions that she is leaving Paris...
GLC09573.01.06
6 July 1963
One postcard addressed to Davis from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 6, 1963. Front side of the postcard is an image of the Eiffel Tower. Reverse side contains a message pertains to touring Paris and its history; also mentions her health.
GLC09573.01.07
5 July 1963
One postcard addressed to Davis from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 5, 1963. Front side of the postcard is an image of the Royal Shakespeare Theater at Stratford-Upon-Avon. Pertains to feeling lonely while travelling; attending a N.A.T.O. and SHAPE...
GLC09573.01.08
July 1963
to Davis
One letter addressed to Davis from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 1963. Pertains to travelling in France; visiting with the American ambassadors; hotel conditions; and that she has film rolls for Bets which was coincidingly lost with the stolen...
GLC09573.01.09
8 July 1963
One letter addressed to Davis from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 8, 1963. Pertains to travelling in Rome, getting sick and taking antihistamines and that she has since arrived in Egypt. Mentions trying to contact her uncle Rod who left for Munich.
GLC09573.01.10
10 July 1963
One letter addressed to H.D. Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 10, 1963. Pertains to visiting King Tut's collection at the museum, but there was too much in the collection to see all of it. Expresses admiration for Egyptian culture. Also...
GLC09573.01.11
14 July 1963
One letter addressed to Bets, Davis, Jack and Mike Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated Jersualem, July 14, 1963. She confirms receiving letters and a package upon her arrival. Nellie talks about her money situation with her family, her reluctance...
GLC09573.01.12
15 July 1963
to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Neumiller and Mike
One postcard addressed to Bets, Davis, Jack and Mike dated Jersualem, July 15, 1963. The front of the postcard depicts people fishing in Lebanon. On the reverse Nellie from the post office waiting for the customs agent to release the medicine Davis...
GLC09573.01.13
18 July 1963
One letter addressed to Davis Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 18, 1963, She is visiting a girl's vocational school 15 miles outside of Athens, but will be staying in the city with her church group and attending lectures again. She wants to...
GLC09573.01.14
19 July 1963
One postcard addressed to Davis Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated Haifa, July 19, 1963. Front of the postcard is of the Garden of Gethesmane by the city wall of Jerusalem. Reverse side contains a message where she thanks Davis for the letters...
GLC09573.01.15
21 July 1963
One postcard addressed to Davis Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated Galilee, July 21, 1963. Front of the postcard depicts the waterfront of Haifa. She attended church services at a Christian site by the sea. She again comments how beautiful the...
GLC09573.01.16
One letter addressed to Bets, Davis, Jack and Mike from Nellie Joe Wetmore dated July 21, 1963. Notes that she is writing from Galilee. She writes that she is lonely and anxious to come home in a month from the date. Nellie describes having church...
GLC09573.01.17
One telegraph addressed to David Wetmore from Nellie Joe Wetmore. The telegraph confirms for Nellie that Rod is "in for transfer," which means they can visit. She is very happy about this news. The weather has been raining since she arrived. Nellie...
GLC09573.01.18
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