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2 May 1919
Lyons, Curtis Blair (1894-1968)
to Helen Lyons
Writes to his wife that he is about 900 miles out at sea and plans to write once he lands. Written on a YMCA postcard aboard the Santa Ana.
GLC07810.073
10 May 1919
Writes to his wife that he is still at Camp Mills and describes the slow process of discharging. Wonders why she has stopped writing letters. Inquires as to his daughter's well-being. Written on Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association...
GLC07810.075
circa 1 November 1918
Writes to his wife about having landed in Europe. Describes the weather and inquires as to their daughter's well-being. Promises to write again once he is settled. Written on Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association letterhead.
GLC07810.077
circa November 1918
Sends his wife a quick note reassuring her he is happy and healthy and promises to write again once he is settled. Written on an American Expeditionary Force postcard.
GLC07810.079
24 October 1918
Pape, Joseph J. (fl. 1918)
to Walter MacCredie
Writes to a friend about his daily life, recent travels, and the fun he is having in Europe. Mentions being published in his local Albany daily newspaper and discusses mutual friends.
GLC07810.081
19 December 1918
Perry, George W. (fl. 1918)
to Mrs. Perry
Writes to his parents about travel plans for Christmas. Describes the rigorous fighter pilot tests he has been enduring. Discusses possible career opportunities for the future and what a great experience the war and Europe has been. Jokes that he...
GLC07810.084
18 April 1918
Schmidt, John L. (fl. 1918)
to Kenneth S. Anderson
Discusses his classes at the University of Marseilles and the long hours of studying. Reports on his social life at school. Mentions having seen a submarine and a British ocean liner from his apartment window. Written on Knights of Columbus...
GLC07810.086
13 July 1918
Schoomaker, Lee (fl. 1918-1919)
to Gladys Schoomaker
Replies to his niece and discusses camp life, especially the entertainment at the YMCA. Promises to let her know when the next Vaudeville show is planned so she and her sister can fly to France to join their uncle.
GLC07810.087
23 February 1919
Writes to his niece about his daily duties. Wonders why he has not received a furlough in the year he has been in the army. Discusses his upcoming return home. Written on YMCA letterhead.
GLC07810.089
20 April 1919
Writes to his niece on board the USS Mount Vernon. Discusses his trip home and his doubts in getting a speedy discharge. Written on YMCA letterhead.
GLC07810.090
18 October 1918
Traylor, Orville S. (fl. 1918)
to Mrs. S.W. Traylor
Writes to his mother about his lack of mail from home and hopes she has received the handkerchief he sent. Discusses his daily activities and looks forward to market day when the townspeople gather to discuss local news and the war. Mentions a...
GLC07810.092
4 December 1918
Tuell, Porter E. (fl. 1918-1919)
to Hazel Reese
Writes to a friend about how news of the armistice was recieved in camp. Discusses coming home and his Thanksgiving. Wishes he could be home with Hazel for Christmas and jokes that if he is lucky, he will be home in time for New Years' 1920!...
GLC07810.095
3 January 1919
Thanks Hazel for the letter that lifted him from the depths of despair. Hopes she has received his letters. Discusses his daily activities, school and the furlough he will soon receive. Describes his Christmas. Puts her mind at ease regarding the...
GLC07810.096
28 February 1919
Writes to his friend about his daily activities now that the war is over and the troops are preparing to return home. Shares his hope to stay in Europe and travel with the YMCA shows. Promises to tell her all about his furlough once he returns to...
GLC07810.099
8 March 1919
Writes to his friend about being held at Camp Coetquidan rather than shipping out as planned. Discusses the troops' desperation in leaving the camp, which is located miles from the nearest town, and how they are occupying themselves. Mentions that...
GLC07810.101
6 November 1917
Chase, Ernest Dudley, (1878- )
Service Stamps from World War I
Partial sheet of stamps supporting American soldiers overseas. Envelope reads, "One Hundred Service Stamps: These stamps upon your letters, To all the world will say, 'I'm proud because my loved one Serves Uncle Sam today.'" 75 stamps, depicting a...
GLC07810.106
July 30, 1912
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
to The State and County Chairmen of the National Progressive Party
One letter from Theodore Roosevelt to The State and County Chairmen of the National Progressive Party date July 30, 1912. The letter is regarding woman's suffrage, with many handwritten corrections and notations.
GLC07818
20 April 1906
Mack, Silas W. (fl. 1906)
to Clara W. Mack
Writes to his mother in Canada describing the San Francisco earthquake. Says half of the chimneys at the Hotel Del Monte crumbled and damaged the roof. One chimney crashed through a newlywed's room and killed both the bride and groom. Reports...
GLC08697
26 January 1929
Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937)
to Neta Snook Southern
Typed on "Hearst's International" letterhead. Writing as aviation editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine, Earhart reminisces the days when she flew with Snook Southern.
GLC07243.001
1917-1920
Southern, Neta Snook (1896-1991)
Diary of Neta Snook [Southern]
The bulk of the diary documents Snook's experiences as a pilot between 1917 and 1920 when she was a student at the Davenport and Curtiss Schools of Aviation. Includes various formulas and notations on engineering and aerodynamics. In addition...
GLC07243.002
1920 ca.
Unknown
[Photograph of Neta Snook with airplane]
Image of Neta Snook as a young woman in flight clothing.
GLC07243.006.03
[Photographs of Neta Snook and others]
The photographs are mounted on a black photo album page on both sides. The recto has five photographs containing images of Neta Snook with her dog Cam, Snook's Canuck airplane, and possibly employees of Goodyear field in Ames, Iowa. The verso of...
GLC07243.006.04
[Photographs of Neta Snook and unknown man]
Image of Neta Snook holding a bouquet of sunflowers accompanied by an unknown man.
GLC07243.006.05
1927
Mother Curtiss
A black and white photocopy of a photograph containing an image of Neta Snook and an unknown man. Title from verso.
GLC07243.006.06
no date
[Curtiss airplane blueprints]
A collection of blueprints detailing the parts of a Curtiss Jenny airplane; the type of airplane flown by Neta Snook. The blueprints come from the David D. Hatfield Aviation Collection.
GLC07243.007
7 November 1901
Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)
A signed and dated one page statement of the current state of her work for equal rights for women
Anthony states: "The one purpose of my life has been the establishment of perfect equality of rights for women...civil and political-industrial and educational."
GLC07337
1900/11/10
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
to Sam Houston re: information to be used in biography of Gov. John Letcher
Written in blue ink. (Water damage.)
GLC07346
23 June 1915
to Oscar King Davis
"I am pretty well disgusted with our government ... in a democracy like ours people will always do well or ill largely in proportion to their leadership. If Lincoln had acted after the firing on Fort Sumter in the way that Wilson did about the...
GLC08003
10 October 1922
Taft, William H. (1857-1930)
To George Lorimer
Disputes with Theodore Roosevelt
GLC08052
1904; published October 1905
Hewitt, Arthur (fl. 1904-1905)
[Half-length portrait of Roosevelt in civilian clothes with hat]
Copyright by Arthur Hewitt. Published in October 1905. Photo mounted on cloth back, with completed permission to publish form affixed to back.
GLC07002.73
14 July 1904
Pach Bros.
[Oval bust portrait of Roosevelt in civilian clothes]
Completed license to publish form made out to McClure's Magazine on reverse. Top-left corner of image and mount are damaged. Bottom-left corner of mount is damaged, but image is fine.
GLC07002.74
1904
[Square bust portrait of Roosevelt]
Pose slightly varied but wearing same clothes as in image GLC07002.74. Inscription on verso reads "Return to Charles Scribner's Sr.(?)" Blind stamp of Pach Bros. of New York in lower right corner.
GLC07002.75
1905; January 1906
McFarlandm J. Horace (fl. 1905)
"Pres. Roosevelt at work in his temporary executive office in his summer home at Oyster Bay"
Title from verso. Note in ink on bottom front assigns copyright to J. Horace McFarland Co., 1905. Published January 1906. Penciled note on back reads: "The President at his desk, Sagamore Hill." Completed publication form affixed to reverse.
GLC07002.76
1905
Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952)
Seated three-quarter-length portrait of Mrs. Edith Roosevelt.
GLC07002.79
1918
Legendre, C.
Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt Derby
Theodore Roosevelt, in retirement, holding his granddaughter, Edith Roosevelt Derby, in 1918.
GLC07002.80
1900-1905 ca.
Roosevelt standing with young Kermit on the lawn in Oyster Bay.
Inscription on verso related to cropping instructions.
GLC07002.84
06 October 1912
Roosevelt, Kermit (1889-1943)
"Col. Roosevelt standing beside a water buffalo which he has shot."
Photograph taken by Theodore Roosevelt's son, Kermit Roosevelt. Ink definition added to Roosevelt, gun and water buffalo. Stamp of New York Sunday American on reverse.
GLC07002.85
Portrait of Roosevelt with his four sons.
GLC07002.87
July 1918
U.S. Committee on Public Information
"At the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt."
Chaplain Francis P. Duffy conducts a service at the grave of Lt. Quentin Roosevelt, near Chamery, France. Lt. Roosevelt's plane was brought down back of the German lines, July 14, 1918. The American advance brought the spot within American lines a...
GLC07002.90
1924/12/05
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
to John M. Callahan re: the Democratic Party
FDR describes his opinions as a Democrat. He states "We are unequivocally the party of progress and liberal thought". Callahan was a Democratic party leader in Milwaukee.
GLC07024
1925 ca.
Bates, Katharine Lee (1859-1929)
America the Beautiful [printed text, signed, with accompanying text]
Printed text of the four stanza poem, signed at the end on the bottom of page 1, with an additional text on accompanying pages explaining the circumstances of her originally writing it, when inspired by vistas at Pike's Peak. Bates also details the...
GLC07123
circa 1919
unknown, fl. 1919;
The Map Proves It [Women's suffrage map]
One map entitled "The Map Proves it" published circa 1919. This map illustrates the United States with different shading and colorizations of each state. The patterns and colors illustrate the status of the states in regards to women's suffrage...
GLC09773
3 October 1922
to Sharpless D. Green
One letter From Franklin D. Roosevelt to Sharpless Dobson Green, dated October 3, 1922. Responds to Green's plea for advice to his senior students at Trenton High School. Roosevelet advises that it is an American citizen's duty to invest in the good...
GLC09783.01
9 May 1924
One note from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Sharpless Dobson Green, dated May 9, 1924. Thanks Green for letter received on May 6. Note is on letterhead from Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.
GLC09783.02
27 November 1927
One letter From Franklin D. Roosevelt to Sharpless Dobson Green, dated November 27, 1927. Note refers to a personalized message included in a bound version of Roosevelt's speech, "Whither Bound."
GLC09783.03
18 April 1906
Schmitz, Eugene E. (fl. 1857-1906)
Proclamation by the Mayor
Broadside declaring martial law by the Mayor, in the aftermath of the San Fransico earthquake. Authorizes security forces to kill looters, requests citizens to remain at home from dark until dawn, and has directed that electricity and gas remain off...
GLC04967.01
circa 1915
Edwards, Jack (fl. ca.1915)
[Instructions for house managers for the showing of David W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation"]
Contains spaces for house managers to fill in information, including performance or film dates, company arrival and departure times, and manager names. Jack Edwards, a Southern Representative of the performance or film, instructs theater house...
GLC05091
1914-1918
Keystone View Company
Serajevo, Yugoslavia -- Scene of Murder of Crown Prince which Started Flame that Engulfed All Europe
Shows landscape of houses, buildings, bridges, and scenery in Sarajevo, Bosnia during its occupation by the Austro-Hungarian empire.
GLC09584.001
Parade of Cuirassier Guards Marching to the Parade Ground, Berlin, Germany.
Shows ranks of Prussian soldiers, mounted and on foot, marching towards a parade in Germany.
GLC09584.002
Helmeted German Soldiers Lined Up for Review
Side view of lines of German soldiers in full uniform standing at attention for review.
GLC09584.003
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