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Book

Title: Just a Neighbor: A Child's Memoir of the Civil Rights Movement

GLC09895

1960-1975

Unknown

Object

Title: [Green anti-war button]

One undated green pin with a printed image of a cemetery. Pertains to anti-Vietnam war sentiment. [Similar to GLC09894.02]

GLC09894.01

1960-1975

Unknown

Object

Title: [Green anti-war button]

One undated green pin with a printed image of a cemetery. Pertains to anti-Vietnam war sentiment. [Similar to GLC09894.01]

GLC09894.02

Header Record

Title: 14 letters to Ross D. Schleigh, a serviceman stationed at Camp Travis and Camp Bullis in Texas during World War I

GLC09889

Header Record

Title: Two letters written by a World War serviceman stationed in France

GLC09890

Header Record

Title: Congressional hearings on Communism in the United States

GLC09897

Header Record

Title: Set of 17 items related to William Wilberforce and documents regarding slavery

GLC09898

Header Record

Title: Letters written by Air Force serviceman Don E. Fiene

GLC09909

Autograph letter signed

Title: Letter from WWI Serviceman PVC J.C. Roberts

GLC09907

Header Record

Title: Collection of WWII V-Mail letters from 36th Armored Infantry

GLC09901

Pamphlet

Title: The Reds in Our Labor Unions

GLC09920

Photograph

Title: State Senator Constance Baker Motley

GLC09913

Header Record

Title: Two 1934 poll tax receipts from Travis County, Texas

GLC09917

Scriven, E.

Engraving

Title: Engraving of William Wilberforce

GLC09791.0035

Photograph

Title: Various press photographs, 1958-1977

GLC09794

Photograph

Title: Various photographs, 1966-1981

GLC09795

Photograph signed

Title: Signed lithographs of astronauts Vance Brand and Sally Ride

GLC09797

Photograph signed

Title: Signed photographs of Mikhail Gorbachev

GLC09796

Various

Title: Photographs and letter signed by Jesse Owens

GLC09798

1788

Bickerstaff, Isaac (1733 - 1812)

Pamphlet

Title: The Padlock

JB00128

1788

Bickerstaff, Isaac (1733 - 1812)

Pamphlet

Title: The Padlock

JB00129

1769

Bickerstaff, Isaac (1733 - 1812)

Pamphlet

Title: The Padlock

JB00130

February 1970

Newsletter

Title: Alcatraz: Indians of All Tribes [Volume 1, No.2, February 1970]

One newsletter entitled, "Alcatraz: Indians of All Tribes," dated February 1970.

GLC09792

Various

Title: Collection of 19 items related to the Apollo 11 moon landing

GLC09799

Morgan, Monica (fl. 1995)

Photograph

Title: [Portrait of Rosa Parks]

One undated photograph of Rosa Parks at a microphone.

GLC09778.02

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