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28 October 1923
Reese, Lizette W. (1856-1935)
[Whether we climb...]
Four lines of poem: "Whether we climb, whether we plod,/Space for one task the scant years lend--/To choose some path that leads to God,/And keep it to the end."
GLC05508.211
6 February 1924
Sangster, Margaret E. (1894-1981)
to Henry W. Winslow
Sangster thanks Winslow for requesting a handwritten copy of her poem, "A Prayer," and is happy to oblige. She encloses a copy and apologizes for her handwriting.
GLC05508.224.01
A Prayer
Poem Sangster sent to Henry W. Winslow, handwritten on his notebook paper. Includes a newspaper version of "A Prayer" printed in the Christian Herald.
GLC05508.224.02
1922
Speaks, Oley (1876-1948)
April Ecstasy
Signed sheet music by Oley Speaks, verse by Madison Cawein.
GLC05508.232.02
1927
Sacco & Vanzetti
2 Broadsides and 1 newsletter related to the Sacco Vanzetti case [decimalized]
Materials relating to the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in 1927.
GLC05712
circa July 1927
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Justice the issue! Shall Sacco and Vanzetti be judicially murdered?
This document is a printed broadside put out by the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee which attacks the exclusive judgment of Judge Webster Thayer and says in part: "The issue is not only for Massachusetts. It is for America. The world will judge...
GLC05712.01
circa August 1927
Unknown
[Broadside against the Sacco-Vanzetti execution]
This document is a printed broadside that quotes a columnist from the New York World and reads, "What more can these immigrants from Italy expect? it is not every prisoner who has a President of Harvard University throw on the switch for him." Sacco...
GLC05712.02
September 1927
The official bulletin of the Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee [Vol. I, no. 15 (September 1927)]
Newspaper or newsletter issued after the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The first page has a printed statement denouncing the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti and comparing the case to the Salem witchcraft trials. The rest of the...
GLC05712.03
circa 1928
Collection of three items related to Thomas Edison and agriculture [Decimalized .01-.03]
GLC05791
circa February 1928
Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931)
[Interview responses about experiments to grow rubber plants in the United States]
A series of questions typed on the back of stationery from the Hotel Royal Palm, in Fort Meyers, Florida, with answers written by Edison in pencil. Most questions concern his experiments in trying to find alternative plant sources for rubber. Other...
GLC05791.01
20 February 1928
[Telegram to Wheeler McMillan]
Western Union telegram sent from Edison in Fort Meyers, Florida, to McMillan with the following information, "Farm and Fireside 250 Park Ave New York NY." Edison ends with, "Will see you anytime - T A Edison."
GLC05791.02
McMillan, Wheeler (b. 1893)
[Write up of an interview with Thomas Edison on agriculture and rubber production]
Manuscript written after McMillan interviewed Edison on his new interest in agriculture. Describes how Edison became interested in farming and includes quotes from Edison. Also discusses Edison's experiments in manufacturing rubber. Contains some...
GLC05791.03
1920
Grimke, Angelina W. (1880-1958)
Rachel. A play in three acts
First play written, produced and acted by African-Americans, attempting to dramatize racial inequities. The program notes call the play "the first attempt to use the stage for race propaganda in order to enlighten the American people relative to the...
GLC06859
1920 ca.
Letters to Mrs. [Sarah Secor] Edward Bissell re: Suffrage [decimalized]
Four letters originally mounted on a board with ribbons and a "Votes for Women" felt banner in a display prepared ca. 1920. They were a part of the Bisselll Archive and Suffrage Memorabilia.
GLC06895
1920/06/24
Upton, Harriet T. (1853-1945)
to Mrs. Edward Bissell re: collecting histories of Ohio suffrage associations
GLC06895.04
1923
Gilman, Charlotte P. (1866-1935)
His Religion and Hers
Concerning gender roles with respect to religion. In original dust-jacket.
GLC06973
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
10 October 1922
Taft, William H. (1857-1930)
To George Lorimer
Disputes with Theodore Roosevelt
GLC08052
1917-1982
Southern, Neta Snook (1896-1991)
Archive of Neta Snook [Southern] [Decimalized .01- .08]
The archive includes a letter written by Amelia Earhart, two personal diaries, a signed copy of Snook Southern's book "I Taught Amelia to Fly", photographs, airplane blueprints, personal papers.
GLC07243
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
[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
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
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