Postal data: posted, postmarked (KIRKVILLE, N.Y., APR 25, 6 PM 1917), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (CORRESPONDENCE HERE; ADDRESS ONLY); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Written message: (Dearest Haidey will write just a few words...
Postal data: unmarked, unposted [inward-pointing arrows within squares at corners of blank stamp box]; Postcard type: divided back; (This side may be used for correspondence; This side for address only); Logo: (POST CARD) in stylized lettering;...
A teenaged mother tends to her toddler at the Roberto Clemente State Park. She is surrounded by cots and a cribs used at this shelter for homeless families.
After a difficult birth, a teenaged mother holds her new baby daughter who is only eight hours old. They are at the Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Correspondence; Political organizations; Political parties; Coffeehouses; Military life;
Paul thanks Mus for her long letter and is sorry to have missed Mother Bloom's birthday. Mother Bloom was a popular communist figure in the 1930's. Paul asks Mus to keep sending magazines (with chewing gum and show laces tucked in). He mentions...
Military hospitals; Medical aspects of war; Medical personnel;
Herman writes from a hospital where he is recovering from yellow jaundice. He is sure his mother would love to work in a place where people from many different countries come together for a common cause. He discusses how well the sick are treated...
James writes to his mother that contrary to the advice of Vincent "Jimmy" Sheean, he has decided to enlist to fight. He also asked Ernest Hemingway for advice; he thought it was a noble idea, but a personal one. James includes on page two his...
James is currently away from fighting and tells his mother it is a miracle he wasn't hit. Promises to wire a note assuring her he is safe once he is far enough away from the artillery. He is glad to have gotten his mother's letter which caught him...
Correspondence; Economic & social conditions; Medical aspects of war; Medical personnel; Military medicine; Food supply;
Herman is sorry to hear that the financial conditions are home are not doing well. He tells his mother that she would love Spain, especially how medical staff are treated. He discusses his health and the food that has been generously sent to...
Jim tells his mother he will be going to Spain for his vacation, but promises to stay out of harm's way. He hopes that his research in Spain will lead to his writing a book. He has started taking Spainish lessons in preparation of his trip and...
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Social action
Letter of support sent to President Dammann following decision to admit African American student
“Dear Mother Dammann,
A notice has been brought to my attention which urges the Alumnae of Manhattanville to protest the admission of a negro girl...
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church ; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Social action; Society of the Sacred Heart
Letter from Reverend Mother Bodkin responding to negative reaction to admission of African American student
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; LaFarge, John, 1880-1963; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Social action; Society of the Sacred Heart
Letter sent to Reverend Mother Gertrude Bodkin with enclosed LaFarge letter requesting admission of African American student.
Catholic universities and colleges--United States; Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church ; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; LaFarge, John, 1880-1963; Society of the Sacred Heart
Response from Reverend Mother regarding Father John LaFarge request to admit African American student
Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston; Abolitionists--Massachusetts--Athol; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--United States
Four-page letter dated October 27, 1845, from Lysander Spooner in Athol [Massachusetts] to George Bradburn in Boston, discussing Supreme Court decisions related to slavery, the death of Spooner's mother, and the public reception of his book [The...
Depositions--United States; Slavery--United States
Two-page deposition of John Champneys describing the circumstances surrounding charges of financial support for William Binnie [Junior], the "negro wench Jenny" and her children. Champneys purchased Jenny at "St. Augustine's when the whole property...
