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01 August 1963
Kennedy, John F. (1917-1963)
Pardon of Fred Frank Paul (c/s Robert F. Kennedy [AG])
Convicted of violating Sect.202 T.18 USC; pardoned as he is now law-abiding
GLC00525
20 February 1946
Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972)
to Kenneth W. Snyder
Writing to Snyder in Kansas City, Missouri, Truman responds to Snyder's 13 February 1946 letter and comments on an editorial from the Kansas City Star that advocated continued government participation in local community issues. Truman argues against...
GLC00782.21
1951/01/27
to Dean Acheson re: Madame Tussaud's Waxworks likeness of him
Signed as President on White House stationery. (Accompanied by a typed copy of Acheson's reply with the Feb. 2 Truman memo reponding to his memo as .121). Quite humorous.
GLC02793.091
1951/02/24
to J. Howard McGrath re: attacks on Truman by the Chicago Tribune
Signed as President on White House stationery to his Attorney General. Truman feels the attacks are libelous and may be criminal.
GLC02793.092
1952/04/01
to Harry I. Schwimmer re: his intention not to seek re-election
Signed as President on White House stationery.
GLC02793.093
1952/06/13
to Edward H. Pruden re: a prayer he said since his youth, with prayer
Written as President on White House stationery, accompanied by the prayer on White House stationery. Pruden was minister at the First Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.
GLC02793.094
1955/05/06
Eisenhower, Dwight David (1890-1969)
to Brig. Gen. Arthur S. Nevins re: rearing quail, garden plots on his farm
Signed "DE" as President on White House stationery. Eisenhower kept a farm at Gettysburg, Pa.
GLC02793.095
1957/11/08
to Evan Aurand re: "tempest in a teapot" created by his riding in helicopter
Memorandum for Captain Aurand
GLC02793.096
1958/10/06
to Irving Geist re: his golf game
GLC02793.097
1961/02/07
to David Mynders Smythe re: thanking Smythe for his support
Signed as President on White House stationery. JFK has struck the official typed salutation for "Dave." Accompanied by TLS (carbon) of David M. Smythe to Kennedy 1/25/1961 to which JFK was responding.
GLC02793.099
1961/03/11
to Rev. E. C. Leadley re: Solomon Island native who helped rescue the PT-109
Signed as President. Accompanied by a certified copy of letter from N. Biuku Gasa (certified and signed by E. C. Leadley) for the man who carried hidden messages for the crew of JFK's PT-109, with envelope.
GLC02793.100
1961 ca?
to Dean Acheson re: thanking him for his recent letter
Written as President on White House stationery.
GLC02793.101
1962/04/20
to Emily Davis Chamberlain re: thanks for her letter of support, happy birthday
Signed as President on White House stationery, with a handwritten postscript "yours was almost the nicest letter we have received since being in the W.H."
GLC02793.102
1963/08/15
to Seymour Halpern re: Halpern's remembrance for the loss of their son
Signed as President on White House stationery. JFK has struck the formal salutation "Congressman Halpern" and inserted "Seymour."
GLC02793.103
1968/04/03
Johnson, Lyndon B. (1908-1973)
to Orville Poland re: placing peace & freedom above personal concerns
GLC02793.105
1969/01/16
to Dorothy Nichols re: thanks for her support and looking forward to retirement
GLC02793.106
22 November 1975
Ford, Gerald R. (1913-2006)
to Ron Nessen re: a TV interview at half time of the Ohio State-Michigan game
Written on White House stationery. Nessen was Ford's Press Secretary. Date from later typewritten note of Nessen's Secretary, with note by Nessen. Ford was a Michigan alumnus and former football player.
GLC02793.111
4 February 1976
to George D. Vaill re: rumor that his autograph on his arm would become a shrine
Light-hearted piece signed as President. Accompanied by Vaill's sardonic query. Ford had signed Vaill's arm.
GLC02793.112
10 August 1976
to Ruth K. Stroh re: thanking her for support, her research on genealogy
GLC02793.113
1977/09/20
Carter, James E. (1924- )
to Sarah McClendon re: her "superb questions" at press conferences
GLC02793.114
1981/04/06
Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004)
Postcard of thanks to nurse at hospital
Written as President to a nurse at George Washington University Hospital
GLC02793.115
1982/02/01
to Patti Davis re: thanking her for birthday gift, weather
Written as President on White House stationery to his daughter. Date inferred from content.
GLC02793.116
1982/09/16 ca.
Handwritten drafts of five letters, including one to William F. Buckley, Jr.
Written as President. Date inferred from contents; one of the letters, to Jim Curtis, was discovered by a previous owner to be dated September 16, 1982. A series of written drafts on yellow paper intended for his secretary. Although the letter to...
GLC02793.117
1989/02/08
Bush, George (1924-)
to Dennis Fogle re: telling his paddleball buddies "I'm ready"
Written as President
GLC02793.118
1990/04/25
to Dr. F. Terry Hambrecht re: enjoying "The Toy Shop" and a story of Lincoln
GLC02793.119
1951/02/02
to Dean Acheson re: uncomplimentary wax statue at Mme Tussaud's museum
Goes with GLC 2793.091
GLC02793.120
1 October 1949
Pardon related: commuted sentence for Arthur R. McCleary (c/s Peyton Ford)
No conviction mentioned
GLC02866
circa 1962
Harris & Ewing (fl. 1937)
[Portrait of Supreme Court Justices]
Formal group portrait of the Supreme Court Justices in robes. Signed by justices William O. Douglas, Hugo L. Black, Earl Warren, Felix Frankfurter, Tom Clark, Charles E. Whittaker, John Marshall Harlan, William J. Brennan Jr., and Potter Stewart.
GLC02929.02
6 February 1959
Allred, Dave (1933-1996)
to Sam Houston Allred
Writes to his brother about a chat he had with Senator John F. Kennedy. Dave had mentioned Sam in their conversation and Kennedy remembered him from the previous summer. Kennedy commented on his namesake, Sam Houston, being featured in his book...
GLC02530.02
1946
Bill, Alfred H. (1879-1964)
The Beleaguered city: Richmond, 1861-1865
II Nevins 212.
GLC00267.226
1965
McCrea, Tully (1839-1918)
Dear belle: Letters from a cadet and officer to his sweetheart, 1858-1865
I Nevins 125
GLC00267.251
1947
Eisenschiml, Otto (1880-1963)
The American Iliad; the epic story of the Civil War as narrated by eyewitnesses and contemporaries
Edited by Eisenschiml and Ralph Newman. 1st edition, published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company.
GLC00267.253
1951
Korn, Bertram W. (1918-1979)
American Jewry and the Civil War
I Nevins 9.
GLC00267.268
1985
Rhodes, Robert H. (1937- )
All for the Union: A history of the 2nd Rhode Island volunteer infantry...
Publishing the diary and letters of E.H. Rhodes
GLC00267.329
1958
Lewis, Lloyd (1891-1949)
Sherman: fighting prophet
Reissue of 1932 original with foreword by Bruce Catton
GLC00267.336
[1950]
Townsend, George A. (1841-1914)
Rustics in rebellion
I Nevins 46
GLC00267.341
Blackford, Susan L. (1835- )
Letters from Lee's army...
Dornbusch 1194
GLC00267.343
1986
Wheeler, Richard (b. 1922)
Sword over Richmond
GLC00267.345
[ 1952 ]
Wiley, Bell I. (1906-1980)
The Life of Billy Yank
I Nevins 178.
GLC00267.346
1949
Williams, Kenneth P. (1887-1958)
Lincoln finds a general: A Military Study of the Civil War
GLC00267.347
14 April 1964
Wallace, George (1919-1998)
to Ms. Martin
Wallace, Governor of Alabama, replies to Martin's request for literature on the subject of segregation in the South. Informs Martin that the Governor's office does not have any material on the subject of segregation, stating "we have never had a...
GLC00295
1987
Parrish, T. Michael (1953- )
Confederate Imprints: A bibliography
The first definitive bibliography of Confederate imprints, this formidable reference work will prove indispensable to scholars, libraries, collectors, and bookmen interested in the Civil War era. Completely revising, correcting, and extending the...
GLC00350
Grolier Club
One hundred influential American books printed before 1900...
(title continues)... Catalogue and addresses. Exhibition at The Grolier Club, April eighteenth-June sixteenth, MCMXLVI. Published by the Grolier Club. Contents include the committee's selections, "America as Frontier," a catalogue of the...
GLC00352
1967
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (1876-1952)
Collected catalogues of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach
GLC00354
25 November 1946
Collection of two items related to Dwight D. Eisenhower [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC00456
1948
Crusade in Europe.
1304 of 1426 numbered copies. Signed on printed facsimile of D-Day message. Illustrated with photographs. Published by Doubleday & Company. Discusses World War II, including the prelude and aftermath.
GLC00471
18 September 1961
[Signature of Truman and his wife Bess]
Signatures and date are contained on a small card. A typed line underneath the signatures states "Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman."
GLC00477.02
Crusade in Europe
Inscribed to Brigadier General Frank Caffey (Commander of the 34th Infantry) on a facsimile of D-Day message. "Outstanding soldier in two World Wars, with best wishes and lasting regard to him and his wife, Louise, from their devoted friend."...
GLC00601
26 May 1960
to Harold Ward
Quotes Barry Goldwater stating that the Herlong-Baker bill (concerning tax reform) can only be gotten out of committee through a letter-writing campaign. Rejects the idea of a third party of economic conservatives, saying that he joined the...
GLC00782.17
31 March 1950
to Dean Acheson
A personal letter to Acheson, then secretary of state. Responding to a letter of Acheson dated 28 March and enclosing a copy of his previous day's press conference. Mentions Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg and Henry Stimson as arguing from the...
GLC00782.22
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