TwoCivil War era holograph letters written by W. C. Holliday, chaplain of the 90th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In one, written near Ooltewah, Tenn., he describes a trip to Chattanooga and seeing General William T. Sherman. In the second letter,...
This collection mainly consists of reprint articles and reports related to soil and erosion particularly in the areas of Israel and Palestine. Some of these reports or articles were authored by Lowdermilk, but the majority were authored by others. This...
One Civil War era holograph letter written from Newton, Iowa. Drew explains his wish to volunteer for an Iowa company and discusses the organization of armed militias in Missouri, threatening to invade Iowa.
One Civil War era note (ANS) and 1 b/w photo (carte de visite), ca. 1862. One b/w photo (carte de visite) of Captain [?] Schindel on reverse of same sheet, n.d. Also, one photo (carte de visite) of Mrs. Brownlow...
50 original sepia and black and white photographs with captions in album by W. G. Wilson, illustrating a cruise around South America in 1930. Includes nine photos of Havana (Cuba), six photos of Lima (Peru) and eight photos of La...
One holograph bill from the town of Pembroke to Dr. W. H. H. Bryant for services and expenses as Recruiting Agent from Aug. 6/64 to Feb. 1/65. It lists the date, the number of days served, the number of recruits,...
Typescript, photos, documents, and correspondence re Walter (Wally) Hitshew Jones, Jr. life, much of it spent abroad in places like Eritrea, French Morocco, Yemen and Europe, for many years as an official with the Bechtel Corporation.
W. H. Talbot (built 1891; schooner, 4m) logbook and newspaper clipping (SAFR 16449, HDC 165) includes a ship's log kept by mate O.E. Beden. He recorded nautical calculations of the voyages between Port Townsend and Shanghai. The collection is available...
Ethnographic portraits, snapshots and scenes of the Negritos of the Philippines: their customs; activities; dwellings, structures and other material culture; and natural surroundings. Specific subjects include basket weaving, a burial, scarification, and a group of hooded self-flagellants. Also includes portraits...
Contains correspondence and planning documents concerning the funding, planning, and construction of the Ten Meter Telescopes (TMT) on the summit of Mauna Kea, Island of Hawai'i. Also includes press releases and publicity regarding the telescopes. Additionally the collection includes audio...
Some reflect politics in England. Include letters from John Gellibrand Hubbard, first Baron Addington; William George Spencer Scott, Earl Compton; Catherine (Glynne) Gladstone; Maria Georgina (Shirreff) Grey; John Hutton; Sir Edward Lee; William Henry Forester Denison, first Earl of Londesborough;...
The collection consists of five bound letterbooks of letters sent to W. P. Fuller & Co. from September 1896 to September 1921. The letters are from the Pioneer White Lead Works and the Pioneer Color Works, subsidiaries of the company;...
The collection contains a diverse selection of documents relating to Marin County, California, as well as to business and household affairs in nineteenth century California. Primarily ephemera, documents include business and household reciepts and bills as well as legal documents....
One holograph letter written from New York City to Mrs. [Rebecca Ord] Peshine. Sherman recounts his memories of Peshine's mother, Maria de las Angustias de la Guerra Ord, from his time in California.
Two holograph letters to David Milliken, Jr., Secretary of the Union League Club in New York City. Sherman declines two social invitations, including a reception for the inauguration of the Statue of Liberty.
Interview with Jackson re his career as a history professor and practicing public historian, and his reflections on the emergence of public history programs in the U.S. Interviewer: David E. Russell, 6/16/94 (tapes 1-3) and July 8, 1997 (phone interview,...
William W. Light was born in Claremont County, Ohio on July 29, 1819, and was a boyhood friend of Ulysses S. Grant. He began studying medicine at age eighteen in Cincinnati, entered the practice of dentistry in 1840, and arrived...
Collection includes 2 photograph albums and various papers pertaining to the Wa Sung Athletic Club, a Chinese-American semi-professional baseball team based in Oakland in the 1920s and 1930s. One album, untitled, compiled by team manager Ed Bowen, contains action poses...
Relates to the role of the historian Frank A. Golder in developing the library and archival holdings of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. Includes sound recordings of interviews of Thomas A. Bailey and Mabel Junkert, and written...
This collection contains constituent correspondence, mayoral and city council campaign records, and some personal papers of Joel Wachs, Los Angeles city councilman from 1971 until 2001. The holdings are especially valuable for understanding the critical mayoral campaigns in Los Angeles...
Klaus Wachsmann was a British ethnomusicologist of German birth and a pioneer in the study of African music. Between 1949 and 1952 Wachsmann compiled an extensive collection of field recordings while living in Uganda. This collection, one of two Klaus...
Frank and Trixie Wachsner were both children of Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai to escape persecution during World War II. The collection consists of items related to their experiences living in China and the reunions they attended in later...
The Wada family photographs features two negatives and ten pre-World War II images of mainly the Wada family as well as some images of members from the Ushijima family. Most of the items in this collection have been digitized and...
This collection contains materials regarding Tomoji Wada's business on Terminal Island, California, immigration materials, and incarceration camp records pertaining to Tomoji Wada and his family. Included are taxes, receipts of expenses, and ledgers, receipts for his donations to Japanese American...
Charles Wilkin Waddell was an educator and scholar whose emphasis was on the education of teachers. He served as the director of the training department at the Los Angeles Normal School and continued as a professor of education when the...
This collection contains material related to Dr. Thomas Waddell (1937-1987), who is best known for founding the Gay Games. It includes correspondence, subject files, memorabilia, and a small amount of photographs.
Gladys Waddingham (1900-1997) was an author and Spanish teacher at Inglewood High School. The Gladys Waddingham collection contains materials collected during Waddingham's travels to Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, and other countries -- mostly during the 1950s. Included in the collection are...
The collection contains three letters relating to Benjamin F. [B. F.] Wade (1800-1878), abolitionist and Whig/Republican Senator from Ohio, 1851-1869. Wade was co-author of the Wade-Davis bill on reconstruction, which was pocket vetoed by President Lincoln, and the subsequent Wade-Davis...
Documents and correspondence relating to the service and experience of Benjamin Newton Wade, M.D., in the U.S. Army, both state-side and in france, from 1917-1919. Collection contains twenty-five military documents (several being duplicates), two incoming and two outgoing letters, and...
The Robert A. Wade papers document Wade's career writing noir mysteries with his partner H. BIll Miller (who died in 1961) until Wade's death in 2012. THe collection inculdes personal and business correspondence, diaries, first editions of their books, ledgers,...
Primarily account books, most belonging to Charles J. Wade of Boston, ca. 1872-1909. Also an account book with the name Mary E. Howard written in, 1876. Several diaries, including a travel account from 1909 which records a trip beginning in...
Photographs taken by J.D. Wade during the late 1960s and early 1970s. This set of black and white prints and original negatives document the States Line Steamship Company picket during the late spring of 1969.
Novel, essays, petitions, and other writings by Yang Guang, Wei Jing-sheng, and other Chinese dissidents, relating to political conditions and civil liberties in China, and the arrests of Yang Guang and Wei Jing-sheng. Includes photographs of Yang Guang and translations...
Collection consists of photographs, two photograph albums, and biographical notes and clippings about Ruth Collins and Elbert Wade. Photographs include the Wade's 50th wedding anniversary and Northern California family scenes....
Kevin Wadsworth Johnson (n Wadswoth; born 1948 May 22) is gay U.S. Marine Corps veteran and former Republican Party activist. Wadsworth Johnson ran against Harry Britt for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1979 and 1980. He was active...
Heinrich Waelsch, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally respected researcher, was intimately connected with both the development of the field of neurochemistry and the founding and growth of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). This collection covers IBRO documents and correspondence from...
Collection consists of script material related to the acting career of Charles Wagenheim. Included are scripts for a variety of television and motion picture projects produced between the 1950s and 1970s. The bulk of the collection includes over thirty scripts...
Waldo Wade Waggoner (1860-1939) served as County Surveyor of Nevada County, California and as California Debris Commissioner. The small collection contains his report and map on the Dry Creek Reservoir Site in Nevada County as well as three letters from...
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