The collection chiefly consists of the administrative, scientific, and personal correspondence of Walter S. Adams spanning the years 1921 to 1956, including his work during World War II. Adams and the observatory staff worked, in secret, with the...
The collection contains correspondence and manuscripts. The correspondence and manuscripts are arranged together alphabetically. The correspondence covers the years of 1790-1876, with the majority between 1831 and 1876. The majority of the...
Leonard John Rose, Jr. was an amateur historian and this collection contains drafts of his memoirs and descriptions of 18th and 19th century California social life and customs. In "A Serial in Three Parts," L. J. Rose, Jr. thoroughly describes the...
The collection consists of manuscripts by Dunstan Thompson, including book reviews, diaries, essays, plays, poems, and short stories, and correspondence (both to and from Thompson), photographs, drawings and ephemera. Correspondents represented in...
Stereograph showing General Grant's railroad battery and crew near Petersburg, Virginia. The cannon is mounted in a specially made armored car that moves along the track close to or away from the enemy as required.
This collection is organized to preserve, whenever possible, Robert Hine's original order. This includes most of his original folder titles, the original order of folders, and the original order of some of the boxes. The collection contains Hine's...
The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence and records (accounts, bills, estimates, receipts, orders to pay and promissory notes). Correspondents represented in the collection include: Cadell & Davies, Thomas Cadell, 1742-1802, Thomas...
A cartes-de-visite advertisement for a "cure-all" product called "Dr. Bicknell's Syrup", with an oval-shaped image of President Abraham Lincoln and his youngest son Thomas, usually referred to as "Tad" (spelled here "Thad") in the center.
A cartes-de-visite advertisement for a "cure-all" product called "Dr. Bicknell's Syrup", with a bust-length oval-shaped portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the center.
A cartes-de-visite advertisement for a "cure-all" product called "Dr. Bicknell's Syrup", with a bust-length oval-shaped portrait of John Wilkes Booth in the center.
The collection consists of a small number of manuscripts by and about Gladstone, as well as photographs, engravings, prints and ephemera. The bulk of the collection is made up of letters by Gladstone, which deal mainly with British politics and...
The entire collection spans 240 years of American history and includes seven generations of the Howell and Taylor families. Subjects covered are: the Society of Friends; land ownership in the New Jersey colony; Mount Ephraim, New Jersey; fisheries...
The Manuscripts series contains various poems, stories, and historical accounts written by Samuel L. Kreider. Many of these accounts relate to individuals like Charles Victor Hall and Mary Hall (original homesteaders of Los Angeles' West Adams...
The 54 items, which are arranged chronologically, include correspondence, military records, reports, programs, and a newsletter. The collection also contains some ephemera related to the groups and individuals MacDonald was investigating. The...