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circa 1905
Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929
America
Also known as "America the Beautiful," Bates' lyrics begin "O beautiful for spacious skies..." Four stanzas, carbon printed.
GLC05508.031
circa 1970
Bolinger, Truman, fl. 1970
to Mrs. Howard
Bolinger, a sculptor, argues that people on welfare do not appreciate what they receive because they have not exchanged anything for it. He then offers his own interpretation of the phrase (from the Sermon on the Mount) "Ask and ye shall receive...,"...
GLC05508.042
1 June 1940
Cheatham, Kitty, fl. 1940
[Webster defines "Success"...]
This is a speech dedicating the Drake Memorial Mausoleum Shrine to the world's first oil well, drilled in Titusville, Pennsylvania by Edwin C. Drake in 1859. Cheatham's speech discusses the meaning of success. She refers to Jesus Christ as the world...
GLC05508.066
28 July 1927
DeMille, Cecil Blount, 1881-1959
to Duncan Boss
Responding to Boss's letter congratulating DeMille for his film "The King of Kings." DeMille expresses his happiness that his movie spreads the message of Christ and has an appeal that crosses denominational lines.
GLC05508.084
1892
Battle of Gettysburg and Little Round Top
B. W. Kilburn, Littleton, N. H. [Photograph of the Cyclorama at Gettysburg.]
GLC05137.035
The Last day at the Battle of Gettysburg
GLC05137.036
1770
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
A Philosophical Enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Sixth edition, printed by J. Dodsley in London. Signed on the title page by James Wilson and Bird Wilson. This was an influential eighteenth century English tract on aesthetics.
GLC07322
1890/02/21
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907
to Wm. R. Ware? re: illustrated letter on placement of Shaw 54th Mass. memorial
Letter concerning the placement of the Shaw Memorial for 54th (colored) Massachusetts Regiment near the Boston State House.
GLC07262
1862/11-1863/10
Chaffee, Samuel J., fl. 1862-1863
Diary of Captain Samuel J. Chaffee, Co. D, 49th Mass. Volunteers.
Seige of Port Hudson, battle descriptions, black soldiers, sketches, etc.
GLC07921
1909/06/28
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
to R.U. Johnson re: free art amendment to tariff bill
Taft proposes that he will most likely be able to prevent the free art amendment from being altered in committee. He does state, however, that the 20 year proviso might not be as detrimental to the bill as Johnson might think.
GLC07896
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