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| Date: | 10 20 1936 |
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| Description: | Photocopy of a letter from President Franklin Roosevelt to William Evjue, Editor of the Capital Times, thanking him for his support. |
| Date: | 05 18 1960 |
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| Description: | Page one of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun." |
| Date: | 05 18 1960 |
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| Description: | Page three of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun." |
| Date: | 05 18 1960 |
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| Description: | Page four of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun." |
| Date: | 05 18 1960 |
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| Description: | Page five of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun." |
| Date: | 09 20 1954 |
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| Description: | A photocopied newspaper article by Faye Emerson titled "A Few More Lapses — Then Censorship." To the right of the article is a handwritten note to Sylveste... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The cover design of a pamphlet titled "You and your family are in this picture!" featuring an illustration of a family watching television. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting three soldiers resting on a battlefield. One soldier is smoking a pipe, one soldier is writing a letter, and the third soldier is looking ... |
| Date: | 12 02 1953 |
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| Description: | J. Frank Wilkinson signs autographs for Tom Novick and three boys at the annual father-son banquet at University Methodist Church. |
| Date: | 03 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Milton S. Mayer (1908-1986), journalist with a column in the Progressive Magazine. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Wounded German soldiers writing quick notes home before the departure of the train. A sign on the far left reads: "Annahme von Handgepäck." |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Threatening note written on a matchbook, signed "K.K.K." (Ku Klux Klan) that was thrown through Daisy Bates' window in August 1957 with a rock and rag. The... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A page from the working script for "The Threepenny Opera" production at the Theatre de Lys in New York City in 1954. The page is from the start of the oper... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Reverse side of a script page for "The Threepenny Opera" with two possible alternate stanzas for the song Mack the Knife; one stanza is typewritten and the... |
| Date: | 04 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Anne Kleiner and John Triggs were awarded top prizes in the local National Sales Executive Club's essay contest. Shown at the award ceremony are (left to r... |
| Date: | 04 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Governor Vernon W. Thomson sits at his desk during a press conference. Newsmen seated around the governor's desk are (from the left): Mack Hoffma... |
| Date: | 06 02 1959 |
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| Description: | The first page of a two page letter written by Rosa Parks to Septima Clark. |
| Date: | 06 02 1959 |
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| Description: | The second page of a two page letter written by Rosa Parks to Septima Clark. |
| Date: | 05 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Annual Wisconsin State Journal correspondents' conference held at the Nob Hill Supper Club. Shown are (left to right): John R. Prindle, assistant state edi... |
| Date: | 05 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Annual Wisconsin State Journal correspondents' conference held at the Nob Hill Supper Club. Shown are some of the long-time area correspondents. Seated lef... |
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