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| Date: | 08 28 1960 |
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| Description: | An insurance executive carries on with work after he was hit by a car, dictating letters to his secretary from his hospital bed, with his leg in traction. |
| Date: | 09 05 1963 |
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| Description: | From a group of letters written on toilet paper by Feingold and other prisoners arrested during a demonstration in Plaquemine, La. on September 1, 1963. Th... |
| Date: | 11 05 1963 |
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| Description: | A typed letter written to Myles Horton of Highlander Folk School from Martin Luther King, Jr., who was President of the Southern Christian Leadership Confe... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | First page of a draft of a letter from the Racine branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urging more militant activity in... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Second page of a draft of a letter from the Racine branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urging more militant activity i... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Letter from James V. Rizzo, Chairman of the Racine AFL-CIO Council's Community Service Committee, to Leland E. Johnson, President of the Racine Community S... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | A telegram to President John F. Kennedy from James Farmer, the National Director of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). The message reads, "Continued armed... |
| Date: | 08 19 1966 |
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| Description: | First page of a letter from Robert and Vicki Gabriner to Russell Gilmore at the Wisconsin Historical Society describing their experiences collecting civil ... |
| Date: | 08 19 1966 |
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| Description: | Final page of a letter from Robert and Vicki Gabriner to Russell Gilmore at the Wisconsin Historical Society describing their experiences collecting civil ... |
| Date: | 06 23 1966 |
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| Description: | Letter of introduction for Mrs. Robert (Vicki) Gabriner indicating that she is authorized by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin to collect materials... |
| Date: | 05 13 1966 |
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| Description: | Letter from Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette to State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director Les Fishel, regarding the state's liability in... |
| Date: | 03 06 1962 |
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| Description: | A pencil drawing of a man holding his hands over his ears, standing next to his bed as though he's just leapt out of it. His expression is similar to that ... |
| Date: | 02 09 1961 |
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| Description: | Barbara Bruemmer (left) writing a letter for Mrs. Floyd L. Dudley, who is a patient of the Visiting Nurse Service. Barbara is a volunteer "friendly visitor... |
| Date: | 06 29 1965 |
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| Description: | Two girl scouts from Mexico (Alejandra Christlieb and Maria Grobet) present Madison mayor Otto Feske with a letter from the regional director of the United... |
| Date: | 11 22 1968 |
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| Description: | Letter dated November 22, 1968 from Milton Pickman to George Seaton. Pickman is trying to convince Seaton to cast his client Rita Hayworth in the role of I... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Fan Mail. Writes widow in rest home: 'I think WVLR has put new pep into everybody.'" |
| Date: | 06 17 1969 |
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| Description: | A letter written by Rabbi Richard Winograd of the Hillel Foundation to Shirley Abrahamson. |
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