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1966
Menconi, Ralph, 1915-1972
[Thomas Jefferson medal]
Issued by the Society of Medalists and based upon Jean-Antoine Houdon's portrait of Jefferson.
GLC08626
1951/01/27
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
to Dean Acheson re: Madame Tussaud's Waxworks likeness of him
Signed as President on White House stationery. (Accompanied by a typed copy of Acheson's reply with the Feb. 2 Truman memo reponding to his memo as .121). Quite humorous.
GLC02793.091
1951/02/02
to Dean Acheson re: uncomplimentary wax statue at Mme Tussaud's museum
Goes with GLC 2793.091
GLC02793.120
16 July 1963
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
Pardon of Otelia Pendergast re: convicted of violation of section 265
GLC03590
1990
Carter, Keith, 1948-?
George Washington
One photograph entitled, "George Washington," taken by Keith Carter dated 1990. Image is of a young Black boy holding a gilt-framed print of Gilbert Stuart's "Athenaeum," a portrait of President George Washington.
GLC04502
1981
Robert and Shelia Stone meeting Queen Elizabeth II
One photograph taken by Pic Photos dated 1981. Photograph taken at a London Theater at a command performance of the 1981 movie "Absence of Malice" starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, and directed by Sidney Pollack. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince...
GLC09620.423
09 June 1949
Pardon of Sol Lewis (c/s Thomas Clark [AG])
(Alias Sollis Levinsky.) Convicted as an illegal alien; pardoned since law-abiding while serving parole, had partly paid $5000 fine and would be deported if not pardoned.
GLC00068.23
20 December 1946
Johnson, Ed. (fl. 1946)
To Margaret and Paul Lobik
This is a card and a note that was enclosed.
GLC09579.01.14
19 December 1946
Johnson, Marge. (fl. 1946)
To Margaret Lobik
This letter was included in a greeting card, GLC09579.01.14.01. The letter discusses both Margurites, and Ed's health as both have been sick, and the doctior recomends that they move south or west.
GLC09579.01.14.02
9 February 1989
Arnaz, Desi, Jr., 1953-
to Atlee Kohl
Arnaz responds to Kohl's solicitation letter. Arnaz discusses his struggles to deal with fear and anxiety, which initially led him to believe "personal gain eases personal pain." He later discovered the real gains in life are spiritual, and that...
GLC05508.274
19 October 1988
Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991
A response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Bellamy writes of his belief in a "force" behind creation. He doesn't necessarily call this force God, but he does worship it.
GLC05508.275
circa 1987-1989
Leigh, Janet, fl. 1987-1989
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
13 December 1987
Cummings, Robert, fl. 1987
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Cummings writes that one can accomplish anything by acting with all their heart. This can be achieved by focusing on God rather than the seeming impossibility of the task at hand. One just has to believe they...
GLC05508.281
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
17 October 1988
Windom, William, 1923-?
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Windom quotes Alfred Lord Tennyson: " 'What is it all but a trouble of ants in the gleam of a million million suns?' Sums it up neatly for me"
GLC05508.292
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
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
Johnson, Frances B., fl. 1966
Hampton Institute Album [exhibition catalog]
"44 photographs...from an album of the Hampton Institute." Black and white exhibition catalog from the New York Museum of Modern Art. Collateral to Hampton Institute photographs.
GLC07444
18 April 1967
Ferrer, Jose, 1912-1992
to Marshall E. Bean
Ferrer thanks Bean for his inspirational message of faith.
GLC05508.101
21 March 1966
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986
Grant cannot send a photo of him and his wife. He hopes that through prayer and faith Bean will overcome his illness.
GLC05508.115
17 February 1981
Hines, Jerome, 1921-2003
[Excerpt from "This is My Story, This is My Song"]
Souvenir excerpt from "This is My Story, This is My Song." Signed in the home of Florida Southern College President Robert A. Davis and his wife, at a dinner honoring Mr. Hines as 1981 Honorary Chancellor of Florida Southern College.
GLC05508.130
1978-1987 circa
Manners, David, fl. 1978-1987
to Alan Brock re: death and eternal existence
Actor David Manners writes about death and eternal existence as a response to Brock's "record of human horrors," apparently attempting to cheer him up. He mentions giving Alan Irene Rich's address, invites him to visit, and mentions names of some...
GLC05508.174
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
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