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Uris, Leon
[This night is different...]
"This night is different because we celebrate the most important moment in the history of our people. On this night we celebrate their going forth in triumph from slavery to freedom."
GLC05508.248
9 October 1969
Vonnegut, Kurt (1922-2007)
to students of Marshall E. Bean
Vonnegut thanks the class for the Thanksgiving card and comments they sent him and explains that another "Mr. Bean" was the best teacher he had as a child. He includes a poem from one of his books about how the whole world is doing God's work. The...
GLC05508.250
23 December 1964
Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966)
to Mrs. White
Waugh writes to thank White for her compliments on the book, "Helena," on which Waugh worked hardest but is least popular. Waugh suggests reading her "Life of Ronald Knox," and congratulates White on her recent conversion to Catholicism. Waugh...
GLC05508.257.01
19 July 1865
Waugh writes to White thanking her for new pictures of the revised Catholic mass (after Vatican II, said in the vernacular language), and expresses her dislike of it. She graciously declines White's suggestion to write a book on the martyrs. She...
GLC05508.257.02
20 July 1865
to Lord Bishop
Waugh writes to an unknown bishop declining a proposal of his for writing a work (unknown topic). She discusses martyrs of the English Counter-Reformation.
GLC05508.257.03
7 December 1987
Lear, Norman (1922-)
to Atlee Kohl
Response to Kohl's solicitation letter. Lear's letter talks about things he would pack for his "spiritual journey": words of Jesus, memories of individuals he's loved in a Christian way, religious writings of George Bernard Shaw and Ralph Waldo...
GLC05508.287.01
1956
Kennedy, John F. (1917-1963)
Profiles in Courage
First edition, published by Harper & Brothers. Inscribed "To Sam Houston Allred - a distinguished bearer of a great Texas name -" and signed by Kennedy. Written during a period of convalescence, Senator Kennedy highlights the great courage and...
GLC02530.01
1948
Common Ground
Common Ground [Autumn 1948]
One issue of Common Ground dated Autumn 1948. Features topics and authors of various cultures and backgrounds. Includes material related to prejudice expressed through poetry, essays, photographs of dock workers, segregation, and Puerto Rico's...
GLC09640.050
1954
Himes, Joseph S. (1908-1991)
Social Planning in America, A Dynamic Interpretation
One pamphlet entitled, "Social Planning in America, A Dynamic Interpretation," by Joseph S. Himes dated 1954. Himes observes communities' methodology to organize and mobilize in the United States. One example is the Tennessee Valley Authority group...
GLC09640.078
April 1980
Howard University Press
Catalog [Howard University (1980)]
One catalog from Howard University Press dated April 1980. Content consists of book reviews, forthcoming journals, sales information, policies and images of student life at Howard University.
GLC09640.089
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