Riverdale Children's Association; Colored Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.); Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans (New York, N.Y.); Charities--New York (State)--New York; Children, Black--New York (State)--New York; African American...
The records of the Colored Orphan Asylum document the activities of the institution from 1836 to 1972, with the bulk of the records falling between 1850 and 1936. The records include minutes of general meetings, the Executive Committee, the...
Letter from Maude Littlefield Baillard to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, dated November 2, 1928. Requesting participation from the Whitney Studio Galleries for an advertising campaign titled "In the New York Art Galleries".
Letter from Maude Littlefield Baillard to Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, dated November 2, 1928. Requesting participation from the Whitney Studio Galleries for an advertising campaign titled "In the New York Art Galleries". Typewritten on letterhead.
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
10-page letter dated April 12, 1846, from Thomas Earle in Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to George Bradburn, giving his opinions on Lysander Spooner's book [The Unconstitutionality of Slavery].
21-page manuscript draft of George Bradburn's obituary written by Lysander Spooner and envelope addressed to his wife, Frances H. Bradburn. Includes editorial remarks made [probably by Frances Bradburn] and a poem by a "Miss Child."
22-page letter dated January 9, 1854, from William Goodell in New York, to Lysander Spooner [in Boston, Massachusetts], discussing Goodell's references to Spooner's work, and the accusation of copyright infringement.
Missing in action; Military hospitals; Military discharges; War casualties;
A friend of Jim's writes to Ellis after Jim is goes missing. He says that he and Jim shared a birthday and read each other's mail to the other. In doing so, they came to know the other's mother quite well. He tells Mrs. Lardner that he would...
Memorial rites & ceremonies; Meetings; Labor unions;
A memorial to Harry Malofsky given by the International Workers Order, of which he was a member. The flier includes the memorial program and its sponsors.
A plea to the soldiers of Franco. A description of how the Loyalists treat enemy soldiers and prisoners of war with care. They prisoners are given the choice to join the Republican ranks; if they choose not to, they are sent to a city to work and...
A Resolution of the Independent Auctioneers Association, of which Mr. Benjamin Greenfield was a member, expressing their deepest sorry and sympathies on the death of Herman Greenfield.
