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Unknown

Photograph

Title: [Cyanotype of Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico]

One cyanotype of Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico. Image displays adobe dwellings in the middle of construction. Backside of document includes Pure Linen watermark.

GLC09680

9 May 1898

Unknown

Newspaper clipping

Title: Scene of the Pending Great Naval Battle Between the United States and Spain

Map of area covered in the expected battle between Spain and the United States. The Spanish fleet is between the island of St. Thomas and St. Domingo. The American fleet is on its way to Puerto Rico, to fight the fleet from Cape Verde. Date from second page.

GLC02691.12.12

4 April 1964

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Civil Rights Protest at World Fair Grounds]

United Press International photograph of a civil rights demonstrator. Caption explains that she is lying down in the road outside the Flushing Meadow World's Fairgrounds. There is one female protestor in the front and center of the picture and another protestor in the background whose face upper body are not seen. There are multiple policeman nearby and trucks that have been stopped in the road. Caption explains that police soon removed the protestor; 28 people were arrested including the leader of the school boycott movement, Rev. Milton A. Galamison.

GLC09733.06

2 August 1943

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: [Associated Press Photograph of Two Men Arrested After New York Race Riot]

Photograph from Associated Press showing New York police leading two African American men to the police station. One of them men is injured. Caption explains that the men were captured by police after a night of street fights between the police and African Americans, in which three people died, eight were shot, and "scores were injured". On the back of the photograph is the clipping from when the photograph was used in a newspaper article, stamped with the date August 8, 1943 (though the picture was originally dated as August 2, 1943.).

GLC0733.01

10 May 1882

Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Saney

One letter to Mrs. Saney dated New York, May 10, 1882. Request that she notify her when she has arrived home. Asks that she report to Miss Rachel G. Foster who will be travelling with May Wright Sewall from North Pennsylvania to Indianapolis. Language used by Anthony alludes to fighting a battle whereby she refers to an "enemy," "ammunition," "war" and "to fight this battle." Also mentions the need to raise $10,000 likely to use in a campaign for the women's vote in Nebraska on November 7.

GLC09755

1 December 2015

Dole, Bob (1923- )

Typed document signed

Title: to Sheila Stone

A thank you note from Bob Dole for a copy of "Letters in a Box." He enclosed a copy of his own war memoir, GLC09620.347. It is signed by Bob Dole. A note with the collection states "Dick Button introduced me to his friend John Zentay, a Washington D.C. lawyer who was a good friend of Bob Dole's. John asked up to send Senator Dole a copy of our book and in return he sent me his back (inscribed) and this letter."

GLC09620.213

2 November 2015

Stone, Sheila (1935- )

Printed document signed

Title: to Sheila Stone

Printed email from Jane Rosen thanking Sheila Stone for the donation of "Letters in a Box." Jane Rosen works for the Imperial War Museums.

GLC09620.204

8 November 2015

Smith, Jenn (fl. 1982)

Newspaper

Title: Legacy of Letters

An article from the Lifestyles section of the Berkshire Eagle newspaper describes how the "Letters in a Box" project began. Mentions that Sheila Stone was going to give the collection to the World War II Museum in New Orleans. This copy is the same as GLC09620.248.02.

GLC09620.248.01

8 November 2015

Smith, Jenn (fl. 1982- )

Newspaper

Title: Legacy of Letters

GLC09620.248.02

23 July 2015

Stone, Sheila (1935- )

Typed document

Title: Calendars for the years 1943-1945

Calendars used to date letters and objects for "Letters in a Box."

GLC09620.212

2015

Stone, Sheila (1935- )

Typed document

Title: ["Letters in a Box" beginnings]

Document detailing how the book of Robert Stone's letters, "Letters in a Box," came to be, starting with an oral history interview done by Otis Baker.

GLC09620.205

2015

Stone, Sheila (1935- )

Typed document

Title: [Sample page]

A sample page from "Letters in a Box" with the book's introduction.

GLC09620.206

2015

Stone, Sheila (1935- )

Typed document

Title: [Sample pages]

Background history on Robert L. Stone and the oral history transcript by Otis Baker. It briefly explains a B-24 plane and how the Norden bombsight was operated.

GLC09620.207

2015

Stone, Sheila (1935- )

Typed document

Title: [Application for Commission]

A typed document that states Robert Stone's civilian and military experience and awards.

GLC09620.208

2015

Stone, Sheila (1935- )

Typed document

Title: Robert L. Stone Dates

A typed document that includes the highlights of Robert L. Stone's dates from May 1942 to December 1945.

GLC09620.209

2015

Stone, Sheila (1935- )

Typed document

Title: ["Letters in a Box" research]

Typed document with additional information on the veterans of World War II and the 431st Bomb Squadron, 11th Group.

GLC09620.210

2015

Stone, Sheila (1935- )

Typed document

Title: ["Letters in a Box" proposal pages]

The prelimary proposal and sample pages for "Letters in a Box."

GLC09620.211

12 April 2005

Dole, Bob, (1923- )

Book signed

Title: One Soldier's Story

An autobiography by Senator Bob Dole recounting his time as a solider in Italy during World War II. It draws on letters that he sent to his family throughout his time in the army. This book was given to Sheila Stone and is inscribed "To Sheila, With appreciation for Bob's brave service and thanks to you for documenting it... Bob Dole." This book came with GLC09620.213.

GLC09620.347

2002-2008

Unknown

Photograph

Title: Photograph of Sylvia Weiner

A photograph of Sylvia Wiener in a wheelchair

GLC09414.1667

2002-2008

Unknown

Photograph

Title: Photograph of Sylvia Weiner

A photograph of Sylvia Wiener in a wheelchair in front of the Cove House hotel

GLC09414.1668

2002-2008

Unknown

Photograph

Title: Photograph of View

View from the window of a hotel room possibly Cove House

GLC09414.1669

2002-2008

Unknown

Photograph

Title: Photograph of Sylvia Weiner

A photograph of Sylvia Wiener in a wheelchair in front of the Cove House hotel waiving to the camera

GLC09414.1670

2002-2008

Unknown

Photograph

Title: Photograph Inside the hotel room.

View of the inside of a hotel room possibly Cove House

GLC09414.1671

2002-2008

Unknown

Photograph

Title: Photograph of a flower.

A photograph of a flower

GLC09414.1672

2002-2008

Unknown

Photograph

Title: Photograph of the living room in the suite.

View from the inside of a hotel room possibly Cove House, Sylvia sits in the doorway in a wheelchair facing out.

GLC09414.1673

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OUT OF PRINT - African American History, 1619–1897

Poster Caption: This pictorial history of African American people in America was designed as a poster for the Negro Exhibition Building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville, 1897. Each scene captures a moment or figure in African American history from the introduction of the first slaves in Jamestown in 1619 and the death of Crispus (here, Christopher) Attucks in the Revolutionary era, to the lives of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and all the ordinary black people chronicled at lower right. (Goes Litho. Co., Chicago, Ill., 1897) These posters are 22" x 30", full color

OUT OF STOCK #18 North American Colonies, 1733

Poster Caption: Despite inaccuracies in scale and detail, this 1733 map shows the sweep of British colonial possessions in the New World set amidst their French and Spanish counterparts. (Map of the British Empire, by Henry Popple, published in London, 1733) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

OUT OF PRINT - British Troops Landing in Boston, 1768

Poster Caption: As tensions heightened following the Boston Massacre of March 1770, Paul Revere published this engraving that recalls the military occupation of Boston by the British army and navy in 1768. Protests against British taxes and policies boiled up in the late 1760s and early 1770s until war broke out in April 1775 at Lexington and Concord. (Print by Paul Revere, Boston, Mass., 1770) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

#01 The Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770

Poster Caption: This hand-colored engraving by Paul Revere, patriot and artisan, elevates a street skirmish in Boston in 1770 into a “Massacre.” A brilliant piece of propaganda, it stirred the colonists against the British government. (Paul Revere, 1770) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss white stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

#03 Declaration of Independence, 1776

Poster Caption: Copies of the Philadelphia printing of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) were sent to the thirteen colonies and then reprinted locally to spread the news to outlying areas. On the left is the Philadelphia 1776 version of the Declaration, as reprinted in 1823 by order of President John Quincy Adams, who worried that the 1776 document would be lost. On the right is the only surviving copy of the Charleston, South Carolina 1776 printing, recently rediscovered. Note that by signing his name, the printer, Peter Timothy, literally put his life on the line. These posters

#05 Runaway Slave Ads, 1791 and 1852

Poster Caption: Runaway slave ads were a reality in America as long as slavery existed, as these two broadsides from Maryland in 1791 and Missouri in 1852 attest. Under close scrutiny, the lives of particular slaves begin to emerge in fragmentary details, including names, physical descriptions, talents, personalities, and other hints of their individuality. (Left: Runaway slave broadside, Frederick County, Maryland, 1791. Right: Runaway slave broadside, St. Louis, Missouri, 1852) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that

#38 Abolitionist Flag, c. 1859

Poster Caption: The flag represents an abolitionist reconfiguration of the United States, deliberately excluding the slave states of the South. The twenty stars represent the free and border states in 1859, while the four stripes representing the slave-holding states of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia have been eliminated, leaving stripes for nine of the original thirteen states. This flag was discovered in 1996 at a tavern frequented by abolitionists in Cherry Valley, Ohio, where one of the sons of the militant abolitionist John Brown lived. These posters are 22" x 30

#39 John Brown, 1800–1859

Poster Caption: The raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), by the militant abolitionist John Brown on October 16, 1859, polarized a nation already divided on the question of slavery. The attack convinced Southerners that their political and economic survival was threatened, while Brown’s execution rallied Northern abolitionists. After his execution, artists and writers popularized the story of Brown blessing an African American child on his way to the gallows. After the abolitionists’ goal of emancipation had been realized at the end of the Civil War, artist Thomas Satterwhite

#07 Abraham Lincoln, 1860

Poster Caption: Newly nominated presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, photographed two weeks after the Republican National Convention in Chicago that catapulted him to national prominence and, ultimately, the Presidency. (Photograph taken June 3, 1860, by Alexander Hesler, Springfield, Illinois) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

#08 Civil War Scenes, 1861

Poster Caption: Two of the nineteen images sketched by a private in the Union army (Henry Berckhoff, Company B, 8th New York Infantry) offer glimpses into a soldier’s life during the Civil War: a scene in camp near Hunter’s Chapel, Virginia, in 1861, and a fiery battle at Haymarket, Virginia, in 1862. (Watercolors by Henry Berckhoff, 1861–1863) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

#09 Emancipation Proclamation, 1863

Designed by a 14-year-old Californian and signed by Abraham Lincoln, this unique copy of the Emancipation Proclamation conveys in its layout the precision with which the President crafted this monumental document. (Engraving published in San Francisco, California, 1864) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

#22 Emancipated Slave Children, 1863

Poster Caption: This 1863 photograph of two recently emancipated children from New Orleans was used in a fundraising campaign to support schools and social programs for former slaves in Louisiana. The complexity of racial categories and the legacy of the “one drop” rule are readily evident. (Photograph by Kimball, New York, NY, 1863) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

#24 Sojourner Truth, 1864

Poster Caption: Having emancipated herself from slavery in New York in 1826, Sojourner Truth (ca. 1797–1883) went on to become a leading abolitionist and advocate for the rights of African Americans and women. This 1864 photograph was widely reproduced to raise funds for her work on the behalf of newly freed slaves. These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

#12 Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, 1865

Poster Caption: Delivered when the defeat of the Confederacy was known to be imminent, this address reflects both President Lincoln’s forgiveness toward the South and his eloquent use of language. The blue ink is significant: copies published after Lincoln’s death (April 15, 1865) were printed in black, as a gesture of mourning. (Broadside, ca. March 4–early April 1865) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

#13 Fifteenth Amendment, 1870

Here legislation takes symbolic form. The artist depicts African Americans’ hopes arising from the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870: education, family life, jobs, and the vote. Among the collage of images are portraits of Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln. (Broadside published in New York, NY, 1870) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

OUT OF PRINT - Yellowstone: First National Park, 1872

Poster Caption: In 1871, a partnership of ordinary citizens and railroad executives persuaded government officials to withhold a large portion of Wyoming Territory from a public land auction, in recognition of its importance as an example of the grandeur and diversity of America’s natural resources. An Act of Congress in 1872, signed by President Ulysses S. Grant, made Yellowstone the first national park in the world. Since then, the United States has designated nearly 400 national parks, sites, and monuments to preserve the nation’s natural, historical, and cultural heritage. (Photograph of

#29 Theodore Roosevelt, 1906

Poster Caption: Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth president, sits at his desk in 1906, the year he created two national parks (Platt and Mesa Verde) and five national monuments (among them Petrified Forest New Mexico), and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating the Portsmouth Treaty, ending the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. (Photograph by Harris and Ewing, Washington, DC, 1906) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss ivory stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

#15 The Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1915

Poster Caption: These two political broadsides, one from New Jersey, the other from New York, present separate but parallel reasons for men and women to support the women’s suffrage movement. Begun in the 1840s, the political struggle culminated with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, enfranchising women as voters. (Left: Broadside printed for the New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association, Plainfield, New Jersey, ca. 1915; Right: Broadside printed for the Woman Suffrage Party of the City of New York, New York, 1915) These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a

#30 Suffragist Movement, 1917

Poster Caption: These suffragists demonstrating in New York in 1917 were part of a larger movement dating back to the mid 1800s. The suffragist marches of the early 20th century became a powerful tool in shaping public opinion, and their techniques would be revived during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, finally guaranteed women the right to vote. These posters are 22" x 30", full color, and printed on a semi-gloss white stock. Each one features a caption that places the image in historical context.

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