Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
An account of the tenure of President Robert Theobald (served 1949-1958), who dismissed three faculty members for alleged subversive activities: Vera Shlakman (Economics), Oscar Shaftel (English), and Dudley Strauss (English). The author notes that...
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
An account of the tenure of President Robert Theobald (served 1949-1958), who dismissed three faculty members for alleged subversive activities: Vera Shlakman (Economics), Oscar Shaftel (English), and Dudley Strauss (English). The author notes that...
Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
An account of the tenure of President Robert Theobald (served 1949-1958), who dismissed three faculty members for alleged subversive activities: Vera Shlakman (Economics), Oscar Shaftel (English), and Dudley Strauss (English). The author notes that...
Envelope and eight-page manuscript copy of a letter from Gerrit Smith Peterboro [New York] to John Cochrane dated July 20, 1860, discussing Smith's libel suit against Royal Phelps and others.
Two-page letter and envelope from Gerrit Smith in Peterboro [New York] to Lysander Spooner dated July 3, 1862, discussing Spooner's work, "Diest's Reply" [The Diest's Reply to the Alleged Supernatural Evidences of Christianity].
Two-page deposition of Dr. John Archer of Annarundel [Anne Arundel] County [Maryland], describing circumstances surrounding the death of Jos, a slave belonging to Mr. James Lee. Archer testifies that an autopsy of the victim showed cause of death...
The collection includes three volumes, correspondence, and documents, 1768-1803, related to English abolitionist and reformer Granville Sharp. The first volume contains copies of letters and related documents, 1768-1773, sent to Granville Sharp,...
