Universities and Colleges--New York (State)--New York--Anniversaries, etc.
Through a newsletter entitled Postscript, the writer assisted in the placement of women, minorities, and the handicapped in wartime jobs, including the famed "Rosie the Riveter." The college received national recognition for its "unique preparatory...
Two-page letter to Governor M. L. Bonham of Columbia, South Carolina, from E. B. C. Cash regarding the release of his negro man Jim from the Richland District jail. Includes note that states, 'this letter relates to the article entitled 'A Daring...
Four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated December 21, 1860, discussing an extradition case in Toronto, Canada [involving slave John Anderson]. Letter includes an undated newspaper clipping entitled "The...
UPTON SINCLAIR
LOS ANGELES WEST BRANCH
CALIFORNIA
May 1933
Dear Friend:
I didn't expect to send you another circular this spring; but it appears that I have written another book!
So many persons have been asking me for something on the...
Slaves--New York (State); Slavery--New York (State)
Form of compliance for Philip Wendell of New York, regarding the July 9, 1798 act of Congress entitled, "An act to provide for the valuation of lands and dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves, within the United States. Signed by Harmanus...
Castle Thunder Prison (Richmond, Va.)--Songs and music; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
Three handwritten pages of lyrics entitled "Castle Thunder song," undated, written by an unnamed prisoner at Castle Thunder, circa 1863. Lyrics describe life and conditions in the prison.
Dayton, Charles W. (Charles Willoughby), 1846-1910; New York (State). Supreme Court; Metropolitan Fair (1864 :New York, N.Y.); Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863; Elections--United States--1864.; New York (N.Y.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; New...
The Charles Willoughby Dayton papers include diaries, composition books, speeches, miscellaneous writings, published materials, ephemera and photographs. Of the four volumes in the collection, two are composition books dated 1858 and 1862,...
Collins, James B., b. 1843; Collins, Joseph T., d. 1863; Collins, John W., bookbinder; Collins, Mary Anne; Collins, John W., bookbinder; Commodore Barney (Steamboat); Monitor (Ironclad); Monticello (Steamer); United States--History--Civil War,...
66 autograph letters, signed, between James B. Collins and his brother Joseph T. Collins, their parents John W. and Mary Anne Collins, and a handful of friends and relatives, all dated between February 4, 1862 and July 9, 1863. The bulk of the...
