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3 November 1948
Chicago daily tribune. [Vol. CVII, no. 264 (November 3, 1948)]
Infamous incorrect printing of the results of the 1948 election. Main headline reads, "Dewey Defeats Truman."
GLC08815
January 20, 1953
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
[First inaugural address]
Signed by Eisenhower on the first page. Focuses on protecting freedom and equality, unity and promoting international economic interdependence. Outlines nine principles to advance peace and freedom throughout the world. "The peace we seek, then...
GLC01548
February 20, 1946
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
to Kenneth W. Snyder
Writing to Snyder in Kansas City, Missouri, Truman responds to Snyder's 13 February 1946 letter and comments on an editorial from the Kansas City Star that advocated continued government participation in local community issues. Truman argues against...
GLC00782.21
March 31, 1950
to Dean Acheson
A personal letter to Acheson, then secretary of state. Responding to a letter of Acheson dated 28 March and enclosing a copy of his previous day's press conference. Mentions Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg and Henry Stimson as arguing from the...
GLC00782.22
1952/08/12
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
[Portion of an address on the containment of Communism]
Incomplete draft of a speech Kennedy delivered 12 August 1952 to the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Federation of Labor. Reflects on Communist expansion and America's need to contain it. Working manuscript with many insertions and deletions...
GLC02313
1946
Bill, Alfred Hoyt, 1879-1964
The Beleaguered city: Richmond, 1861-1865
II Nevins 212.
GLC00267.226
1947
Eisenschiml, Otto, 1880-1963
The American Iliad; the epic story of the Civil War as narrated by eyewitnesses and contemporaries
Edited by Eisenschiml and Ralph Newman. 1st edition, published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.
GLC00267.253
Blackford, Susan L., 1835-?
Letters from Lee's army...
Dornbusch 1194
GLC00267.343
1949
Williams, Kenneth P., 1887-1958
Lincoln finds a general: A Military Study of the Civil War
GLC00267.347
Grolier Club
One hundred influential American books printed before 1900...
(title continues)... Catalogue and addresses. Exhibition at The Grolier Club, April eighteenth-June sixteenth, MCMXLVI. Published by the Grolier Club. Contents include the committee's selections, "America as Frontier," a catalogue of the...
GLC00352
February 15, 1951
to Lewis Strauss
Thanks him for his memoranda. Thinks it is crucially important to maintain good relations with Jewish, Catholic and Protestant world leaders, "As you know, I have been trying my best to organize the moral forces of the world..."
GLC00162.19
July 31, 1953
to Lewis L. Strauss
Eisenhower replies to a letter from Strauss written on the same page. Strauss informs that despite headlines about the atomic powered submarines, there was no security breach. States that the news came from a report made to Congress by Strauss'...
GLC00162.21
April 12, 1957
Memorandum for the Secretary of State and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
Informs that he has approved H. R. 5866 which enables the United States to cooperate with Berlin to use atomic energy peacefully. Interprets language in the Act and informs that it is his intention to have the Secretary of State handle negotiations...
GLC00164
June 22, 1949
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
to Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.
Written in reply to Pennsylvania Congressman McConnell's request that he give his views on education legislation (the federal "grants-in aid") before the Committee on Education and Labor. Former President Hoover asserts his strong personal interest...
GLC00200
5 August 1953
to Samuel Cavert
Thanks him for his letter on behalf of the National Council of Churches of Christ about the Korean Armistice. Expresses his relief to see the end of the bloodshed in Korea and hopes for a lasting peace. Mentions that is necessary that the United...
GLC03208
1951/01/27
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
1952/04/01
to Harry I. Schwimmer re: his intention not to seek re-election
Signed as President on White House stationery.
GLC02793.093
15 January 1953
[Farewell Address]
Discusses the events of his presidency. A good part of the address speaks about using American resources and the United Nations to fight the menace of Communism and increase food production, amongst other things. In his conclusion, he looks beyond...
GLC04935.01
1946/01/09
to Sir John Anderson
A brief letter thanking Anderson (Chairman of the Advisory Committee to the [British] Government on Atomic Energy) for a note and calendar, mentioning the "constructive results from atomic energy."
GLC04935.03
1953/01/15
Press release of last Presidential Address
Signed on page 2. Printed front and back. Discusses events of his presidency including the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the end of WWII and Korea. "I suppose that history will remember my term...as the years when the "Cold War" began to...
GLC06802
1945/12/18
Gaffey, Hugh J., 1895-1946
to Renee Stockdale re: news that Patton will be crippled from car accident
Conveying a surgeon's opinion that Patton would survive the injuries suffered in a car accident, although without the ability to walk. Gaffey writes in part "It seems unfair that a man who had gone through as much as he had during the war should be...
GLC06760.13
1949/04/28
to Edward Weinfeld re: public housing
Truman extends greetings for the 18th Annual meeting of the National Public Housing Conference. He mentions the possibility that Congress will pass legislation "establishing national public housing policy." Weinfeld was president of the National...
GLC06699
1985/11/25
Nixon, Richard M., 1913-1994
to Konstantin Simis
Praises Simis' book "The Corrupt Society" (USSR--the corrupt society : the secret world of Soviet capitalism) as an "antidote to some of the gushy sentimentality about our Soviet Friends coming from the media in Geneva." Suggests that it should be...
GLC06281
13 September 1967
Goldstein, Israel, 1896-1986
to John D. Buchanan
Written on stationery of Congregation B'Nai Jeshurdun, New York. Goldstein writes that the United Nations, "weak and faulty an instrument as it is," has been a major deterrent to a world war in the troubled times following World War Two. He...
GLC05508.111
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
May 28, 1953
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
to Rose Russell [in German]
Signed with initials. Speaks about the spirit of the Constitution and the Fifth Amendment during the McCarthy hearings and argues that "it is a misuse of congressional immunity to carry out practices which rightly belong to the competence of the...
GLC05322
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
1953/10/16
Address of Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts at Executive Committee Meeting
Advance copy of the address given at American Legion National Headquarters, Indianapolis, Indiana. Criticizes the weakness of the American Air Force, compared to the Soviets, and advocates "a Strategic Air Force with sufficient retaliatory powers."...
GLC05313
1959/02/11
[Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy to the National Rural Electric Cooperation Association]
Speech given in Washington, D.C. on the topic of rural electrification. Advocates continuing the development of electricity championed by Senator George W. Norris during the New Deal. Argues that electric power will be central to America's...
GLC05628
29 March 1952
to Victor Emanuel
As NATO Supreme Commander, affirms idea of a spiritual awakening in the US: "One part of your letter that impresses me very much is your realization that there must be a definite appeal to the spiritual if we in the United States and what is left of...
GLC08345
1948/05/16
Marcus, David, 1901-1948
to John H. Hilldring
Describes the situation in Israel, including the law and order in Jewish Palestine and Israel's ability to withstand the surrounding nations, which would be greatly helped by the supply of weapons.
GLC06196.006
1952/06/03
Hilldring, John H., 1895-1974
to Albert L. Warner.
Mentions Russia, Germany, Nazism, JCS plan.
GLC06196.024
1955/07/21
Essay on Russia, and how propaganda spread by "NATO and SHARE can penetrate the Iron Curtain
GLC06196.282
circa 1950
South Korean War flag.
GLC06196.208
September 1950
Kent, Virginia Williams, 1918-1987
to Cordelia Williams
Envelope addressed to Mrs. Cordelia S. Williams at 221 Harrison Avenue, N.E, Roanoke, Virginia. It is from Virginia Williams who was living at 610 Kenyon St., N.W., Washington, D.C when the letter was sent. Postage stamp on upper right corner cost...
GLC09587.397
27 January 1951
to Dearest Mom
Letter from Gin, most likely Virginia, to "dearest Mom," most likely Cordelia Williams saying that she received her letter yesterday at school and that she should not worry about her turning back. She went to see her lawyer today. He "drew up the...
GLC09587.398
16 April 1951
Letter from "Gin," Virginia Williams to "dearest Mom," Cordelia Williams. She writes that the [divorce] case came up Saturday but the only thing decided on was the maintencance. The judge ruled that she gets $70.00 per month for the kids. They...
GLC09587.399
1 November 1947
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
N.A.A.C.P Conference
Booklet is from the twelfth annual convention of the Virginia state conference of the N.A.A.C.P, which met to discuss "complete educational equality a prerequisite for real democracy." It says at the bottom "pay your poll tax, register to vote." It...
GLC09587.247
July 1948
N.A.A.C.P Youth
Note certifies that Geraldine Williams is a member of the N.A.A.C.P. The reverse of the note lists the organization's purpose, including to stop lynchings. Accompanied by a photograph (GLC09587.296).
GLC09587.248
circa 1946
Foreword
A page taken from "The Addisonian" the high school yearbook for Lucy Addison High School. The page contains a note from the editor that the Class of 1946 is presenting the high school's first annual in twelve years. The editor also writes that now...
GLC09587.267
12 April 1947
Thirteenth Annual Music Festival at Virginia State College Petersburg, Virginia
Program for the 13th Annual Music Festival held at Virginia State College. The first page is a title page and lists when different types of musical groups will perform. The groups all appear to be high schools. At the top of the page is written, "E...
GLC09587.299
9 April 1948
Fourteenth Annual Music Festival at Virginia State College Petersburg, Virginia
Program for the 14th Annual Music Festival held at Virginia State College. The first page is a title page and lists when different types of musical groups will perform. The groups all appear to be high schools. On the first page is handwritten, "1...
GLC09587.300
March 1946
The H I-Y Club (Roanoke, VA) fl. 1945-1946
The Addisonian
Volume 1, No. 2. "The addisonian" published by the HI-Y club. Articles written by students on various issues such as growing up and sports. There are also word games, poetry, cartoons and trivia. Ads in the back of the pamphlet.
GLC09587.302
20 September 1949
Hurt, Evelyn, fl. 1949
Dear Mrs. Williams
Evelyn Hurt begins the letter by stating it is the most difficult one she has ever written, and she is deeply shaken by Eugene Williams' death. She congratulates Cordelia for being the mother of such a great son, saying that Eugene called Cordelia...
GLC09587.311
1 December 1949
Lawson, Sadie, fl. 1949
My dear Mrs. Williams
Sadie V. Lawson, principal, thanks Cordelia Williams for the donation of an Encyclopedia Britannica in honor of Eugene Williams. It is written on Roanoke City Public Schools stationary.
GLC09587.312
8 July 1947
War Department
The President of the United States of America
Document appointing Eugene Warsenure Williams First Lieutenant, Air Corps. Below the title, an engraving of an eagle. Signed by the Adjutant General (illegible).
GLC09587.159
4 October 1949
Wiggs, Norman S., fl. 1949
A letter to Cordelia Williams informing her when Eugene Williams' remains will arrive in the country. It is signed Norman S. Wiggs, Lieutenant Colonel and Quartermaster General of the United States Army. It is written on letterhead from the...
GLC09587.176
1 March 1947
George Washington Carver High School (New York, N.Y.)
Western District Tournament
Note is a season ticket to the 10th annual western district tournament, help at George Washington High School for finals and dance. Admission cost $1.20. Holes are numbered and nine are punched out on top of ticket.
GLC09587.246
30 October 1948
Howard University
[Dance invitation for Howard University]
An invitation to a semi-formal dance at Howard University honoring the Gridiron Queen.
GLC09587.255
November 1948
The Howard Players Present The Wild Duck
The program for the Howard Players' performance of "The Wild Duck" by Henrik Ibsen.
GLC09587.257
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