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| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Pages 54 and 55 of the diary kept by John H. Goddard on a timber cruising trip. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Professor William F. Allen seated and writing at a desk in the study of his home at 228 Langdon St. His son Will is seated in a chair and reading. A large ... |
| Date: | 08 1889 |
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| Description: | A key to the members of the 29th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, consisting of a piece of paper with numbered circles punched through it. When this key is p... |
| Date: | 1776 |
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| Description: | This was one of the first maps available for the general British populace featuring America during the Revolutionary War. It includes forts, cities, topogr... |
| Date: | 1769 |
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| Description: | Double hemispherical map showing the continents, islands, countries, and a few major cities of the world. The routes of a few explorers are depicted and la... |
| Date: | 1780 |
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| Description: | Map of North and South America, showing the boundaries of colonial territories, cities, settlements, rivers, lakes, and Native American land. Particular em... |
| Date: | 1747 |
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| Description: | Map of America showing rivers, lakes, mountains, and regions, but primarily focusing on the French and Native American settlements along the Mississippi th... |
| Date: | 1758 |
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| Description: | Map showing lakes, rivers, cities, Native American land, and the boundaries of French and English claims in America and Canada north of New York. A title c... |
| Date: | 1762 |
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| Description: | Map including the land and islands surrounding the Gulf of Mexico. The regions and islands are labeled, as are a few rivers and cities. This map was engrav... |
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| Description: | The final page of a letter written by Charlotte Perkins Stetson to Dr. Weir Mitchell. |
| Date: | 1676 |
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| Description: | Map of Virginia and Maryland, based on John Smith's 1612 map and Augustine Herman's 1673 seminal map. It shows borders, counties, Native American land, tri... |
| Date: | 11 11 1920 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dorothy H. Wright sitting at a desk, holding a pen. On the back of the image she has written: "To A.W. Lawson from Dorothy H. Wright, Nov. 11 -... |
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| Description: | View down slope towards several men posing at the shoreline while taking part in a lakeside gathering. Many of them are sitting on the grass or on boats dr... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View of Fish Creek from the bay, with the main dock in the center, and the White Gull Inn on the right. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis." |
| Date: | 1675 |
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| Description: | Three maps found within John Speed's atlas A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World along with the corresponding text. The first map shows V... |
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| Description: | Page two of five typed pages containing "notes on the Work of the Composers Collective of NY" from the Marc Blitzstein papers. |
| Date: | 04 01 1973 |
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| Description: | A candid portrait of Alice E. Smith sitting behind a typewriter. She appears to be sitting on an outdoor patio, and is writing on a pad of paper. |
| Date: | 05 28 1779 |
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| Description: | Letter written by John Monture to John Dodge. |
| Date: | 07 14 1863 |
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| Description: | An account of the Battle of Gettysburg written in pencil in the diary of Rufus Dawes. |
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