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1943
Newsmap: Monday, August 2, 1943
One newsmap dated August 2, 1943. Depicts the war front on Sicily. The item is entitled, "Sicily: A Pictorial Record of Invasion." Shows developments through articles, photographs and maps.
GLC09865.02
Newsmap: Monday, August 9, 1943
One newsmap dated August 9, 1943. Depicts the war fronts within Europe, Asia and the Pacific Islands. Also shows developments of the Navy through articles, photographs and maps.
GLC09865.03
Newsmap: Monday, August 23, 1943
One newsmap dated August 23, 1943. Depicts the war fronts within Europe, Asia and the Pacific Islands. Also shows developments of the Navy through articles, photographs and maps.
GLC09865.05
1944
Industrial Services Division
Newsmap: Monday, July 31, 1944
One newsmap dated July 31, 1944. Depicts the war fronts within Europe and Asia. Also shows developments through articles, photographs and maps. Shows a map of Italy.
GLC09865.25
Newsmap: Monday, August 28, 1944
One newsmap dated August 28, 1944. Depicts the war fronts within Europe and Asia. Also shows developments through articles, photographs and maps. Shows a map of France.
GLC09865.27
January 1945
Social Science Institute at Fisk University
Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations [Vol. 2, No. 6, January 1945]
One pamphlet entitled, " Monthly Summary of Events and Trends in Race Relations, January 1945" printed by the Social Science Institute. Reports on employment, Japanese-Americans release from internment camps, Jewish Americans, civil rights, health...
GLC09640.257
circa 1861-1877
[Statue of Abraham Lincoln]
One statue of Abraham Lincoln seated on a white chair with two children. The American flag is positioned behind them.
GLC10046
September 1950
Socialist Commentary [Vol. 4, No. 7, September 1950]
One pamphlet entitled, "Socialist Commentary" dated September 1950. Consists of articles pertaining to international socialist issues; segregation in Georgia; Brazilian presidential elections; a socialist conference in Madras, India; France's...
GLC09640.270
29 March 1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
To: Ulysses S. Grant.
Re: Troop movements at Port Stedman at the end of the war: "From what direction did the enemy come?"
GLC08089
17 December 1861
Terry, Robert B., fl. 1861-1865
to Sister and Father
First half of letter written to his sister from Camp Pierpont. Includes newspaper clippings, noting that they are in regards to General George McCall and his division, as well as some "poetry dedicated to the Ranger's which I knew you will like it...
GLC03523.08.24
12 August 1790
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of War Knox informs Secretary of State Jefferson that President Washington wants to ratify the treaty with the Creeks the following day at noon.
GLC02437.04688
9 September 1889
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
to George F. Hoar
Begins by asking Hoar to support John D. Powell Jr. of Boston, an African American for a position in the Navy. States, "He is quite a remarkable man ... His energy and activity are unlimited. He knows no fear ...These with other good qualities are...
GLC09010
1865/04/15
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
The President is Dead
A dramatic printed version of Stanton's announcement of Lincoln's death to General John A. Dix, U.S. Military Commander of the Department of the East, headquartered in New York. In full: "The President is Dead! [rule] War Department, Washington...
GLC06680
27 April 1945
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
Sylvia heard that the American allies and the Russians have met.
GLC09414.0580
July 26, 1924
Mitchell, William E., 1879-1936
to Lester D. Gardner
Signed as Brigadier General, Air Service, Assistant Chief of Air Service. Advises that he will come to New York as soon as possible but that he has to have his tonsils out. Remarks that the Air Force "has almost ceased to exist ... " Believes that...
GLC00950
1861-1877
Nevin, M., fl. 1860
Battle at Lexington
One engraving entitled, "Battle at Lexington" circa 1861-1877. Depicts combat between British forces and American minute-men. On the left an unkown man sits in shock holding the lifeless body of his comrade with another fallen American at his feet...
GLC08878.0052
28 April 1864
J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 101 (April 28, 1864)]
Official correspondence that has passed between Governor Brown of Georgia, and Secretary Sedden, Secretary of War, An insiders look at General Lee's mode of living.
GLC05959.56.162
18 September 1895 - 19 September 1895
Goodhue, W.F., fl. 1890
Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Reunion of the Association of the Third Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Veteran Volunteers
The officers that have died are remembered. Membership dues are listed. Then there is a historical record that looks back at their experiences in the war.
GLC02198.57
5 May 1863
Ward, Edward K., 1837-1864
to his sister
Advises his sister that in order to keep a sweetheart she should give him a daguerreotype and not a photograph of herself. Writes that his "sweetheart," Miss Melinda, has replaced him for another fellow. He discusses how many of the soldiers get...
GLC02232.17
1757/08/11
Leonard, Ephraim, 1730-?
[Notice to Joseph Hall, "Captain of a military foot Company in the Town of Taunton"]
In accordance with an order from the Governor of Massachusetts, Colonel Leonard tells Hall to have his company armed and in a state of readiness to march to defend the frontiers of the province from the French and Indians encamped at Fort William...
GLC01450.199.01
1945/07/16
Orders.
Orders sending Hilldring to the Potsdam Conference as an American delegate (3 copies).
GLC06196.253
1832
Converse, John Kendrick, 1801-1880
A Discourse, on the moral, legal and domestic condition of our colored population, preached before the Vermont Colonization Society, at Montpelier, October 17, 1832.
Converse preaches that Blacks, "though they might be freemen in name, can never be raised to the rank and privileges of freemen in this country." He blames white American racism for this situation and proposes colonization as the solution. First...
GLC00267.050
9 February 1865
Walton, James M., fl. 1865
[Orders for U.S. Colored Troops in the campaign on Cole, Battery, and James Islands]
Orders indicating the role of Union African American troops during the campaign leading to the 18 February 1865 Union occupation of Charleston, South Carolina. Issued by the command of Colonel A. S. Hartwell. Walton, Assistant Adjutant General at...
GLC06379
circa April 1861
Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885
[Charcoal illustration of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina]
Depicts the 12-13 April Confederate attack on Fort Sumter. Illustrates cannonballs soaring toward the Fort, which was situated in Charleston Harbor. Reveals firing cannons emerging from windows of the Fort as smoke billows above the building. An...
GLC04408
28 March 1863
Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863
The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 38 (March 28, 1863)]
Editorial examines identity of perennial writer of letters to the editor, "Nuff Ced." Commentary on cavalry, cost of war. Diagnoal floral pattern in white, gray, and cream.
GLC06208.22
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