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1914-1918
Keystone View Company
After the Strenuous War Days -- American Boys Enjoying a Rhine Excursion.
After the armistice, American soldiers enjoy an excursion on a river steamer on the Rhine River.
GLC09584.256
1966
Feiffer, Jules Ralph (1929- )
Feiffer On Civil Rights
One book entitled "Feiffer On Civil Rights" by the Jules Ralph Feiffer dated 1966. Book features a collection of political cartoons concerning Civil Rights and segregation issues. There is a foreword by Bayard Rustin explaining the collection of...
GLC09767.03
3 September 1964
National Associaton for the Advancement of Colored People
The Civil Rights Front
One edition of Midstream entitled, "The Civil Rights Front," dated September 3, 1964. Includes non-fiction essays, fiction, poetry and book reviews. Essays cover various aspects of civil rights, art in Israel, an Arab boycott of Israel, and other...
GLC09640.116
1900
Wilson, Herbert Wrigley (1866-1940)
The downfall of Spain: Naval History of the Spanish-American War
With long note of James E. Carr, Jr., regarding his receiving this book on loan. Carr's bookplate affixed to front cover.
GLC05642
1963
Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government
The Civil Rights Cases
One pamphlet printed in 1963 opposing John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Act. The item details the history of "Force Acts" as violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and that businesses should not have to abide by what the legislation was requesting...
GLC09641.32
September 1943
The Annals
The Annals: The American Family in World War II [September 1943]
One issue of periodical, The Annals dated September 1943. Consists book reviews of new literature in social science. Contains four categories of essays, "Background and Comparison," "Changing Family Structure and Adjustments," "Special Problems of...
GLC09640.285
1863
Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird) (1820-1871)
The record of Hon. C. L. Vallandigham on abolition, the Union and the Civil War.
Published by J. Walter & Co. in Ohio. Vallandigham signs 19 January 1864 in Windsor, Ontario, where he was living in exile.
GLC03441
1894
Johnson, Rossiter (1840-1931)
Campfire and battlefield : an illustrated history of the campaigns and conflicts of the Civil War
With contributions of J.T. Morgan, O.O. Howard, W. B. Howard, John B. Gordon, James Tanner, George Kilmer and Mrs. L.C. Pickett. First edition, published by Bryan, Taylor & Company. SIgned by Clark Hine on 11 November 1896. Heavily illustrated...
GLC00267.267
1809
Lamb, Roger (fl. 1809)
An original and authentic journal of occurrences during the late American war
Signed by William Steele.
GLC06246
7 March 1964
Associated Press
Civil Rights Demonstrators Block Bridge
One photograph entitled, "Civil Rights Demonstrators Block Bridge," taken by Associated Press dated March 7, 1964. Image is of five demonstrators from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) sitting in the middle of the road blocking the Manhattan...
GLC09733.05
1961
New York Public Library
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 2 New York
GLC08880.053
Civil Rights and Legal Wrongs
One pamphlet printed in 1963 by the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government arguing against the passage of President John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Act (S. 1731). The document outlines negative aspects of sections in the bill; voting rights...
GLC09641.30
26 March 1965
Civil Rights Marchers Reach Montgomery
One wirephoto of marchers with Martin Luther King Jr., and his wife Coretta Scott King at the front. Wire transfers describes marchers as a "stream," as they walked 50 miles from Selma, Alabama. Protesters carry American flags. On reverse side is an...
GLC09737.05
1969
Wilkins, Roy (1901-1981)
"Haynsworth Dissenting (On Civil Rights)
One pamphlet entitled, "Haynsworth Dissenting (On Civil Rights)" dated 1969 by Roy Wilkins. Wilkins argues that Clement F. Haynsworth's segreationist attitudes disqualifies him from being on the Supreme Court. This is due to his opinions that upheld...
GLC09640.182
1814
Madison, James (1751-1836)
Message of the President [war of 1812 re: American defeats on Canada border]
Fuller title: "Message from the President...as may tend to explain the causes of the failure of the arms of the U. States on the northern frontier." Printed by A & G Way. Message no. 54.
GLC05218
1865
Harcourt, William George Granville Venables Vernon (1827-1904)
American neutrality
Written by Harcourt as a journalist in Britain under the pseudonym "Historicus." Cover says the pamphlet is reprinted version of his letters to the London Times of 22 December 1864. The letters focused on questions of international law resulting...
GLC00267.360
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 3, New England States
GLC08880.054
1962
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 5, Indiana and Ohio
GLC08880.056
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 7, Index of Names
GLC08880.058
1899
Lynk, Miles V. (Miles Vandahurst) (1871-1957)
The black troopers, or the daring heroism of the negro soldiers in the Spanish-American War
Published by the M. V. Lynk Publishing House. Contains a photo of Lynk opposite the title page. Includes a section devoted to African American soldiers listed in the regular army, and a section pertaining to African American soldiers who served as...
GLC06131
15 February 1944
Baruch, Bernard M. (1870-1965)
Report on war and post-war adjustment policies
Co-authored with John M. Hancock. Report on how best to demobilize soldiers and civilians after World War II, and return them to work. Also discusses how to return the government's workforce to peacetime leadership. Commissioned by James F. Byrnes...
GLC01592.01
13 May 1943
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
War Housing Program
One pamphlet entitled, "War Housing Program," dated May 13, 1943. This pamphlet concerns a plan to ensure that all war workers are housed. It notes that three fifths of the need is being taken care of by existing buildings. New construction is only...
GLC09693.27
Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, Vol. 1, Northern States, Part 4, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
GLC08880.055
Civil Rights Marchers Swarm On the Capitol
One wirephoto entitled, "Civil Rights Marchers Swarm On the Capitol," taken by Associated Press dated March 26, 1965. Image is of a crowd in front of the Alabama State Capitol on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery march. Wire transfer...
GLC09734.20
1807
Unknown
War Without Disguise
or "The Frauds of Neutral Commerce. A Justification of Belligerent Captures, with observations on the Answer to War in Disguise, and Mr. Madison's Examination. Showing that the true interests of America require the rigid application of the British...
GLC03107.05324
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