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Manuscript

Letter to Horace S. Fries

Date: 12 26 1933
Description: A two-page letter written by John Dewey to Horace Fries.
Manuscript

Seventies Stationery

Date: 1972
Description: Letter from Carol Lampe of Fairfield, Connecticut to Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on colorful stationery with a writing surface in the shape of a...
Manuscript

Letter from Ronald Reagan to Lee Dreyfus

Date: 04 30 1982
Description: A friendly letter from President Ronald Reagan to Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus.
Manuscript

Rosa Parks Letter

Date: 02 25 1956
Description: A typed letter written to Myles Horton of Highlander Folk School from Rosa L. Parks.
Manuscript

Letter From Rosa Parks — Page 1

Date: 06 02 1959
Description: The first page of a two page letter written by Rosa Parks to Septima Clark.
Manuscript

Letter From Rosa Parks — Page 2

Date: 06 02 1959
Description: The second page of a two page letter written by Rosa Parks to Septima Clark.
Poster

Comment ils écrivent L'Histoire

Date: 1918
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 ...
Manuscript

Theodore Roosevelt Letter

Date: 09 09 1913
Description: First page of a three page letter, written by Theodore Roosevelt on the letterhead of "The Outlook," a weekly magazine.
Manuscript

Letter to Mom

Date: 11 15 1945
Description: The first page of a letter home to her mother from Signe Skott Cooper on United States Armed Forces stationery.
Photograph

Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy sitting at a desk writing a letter, Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. There is a telephone on the desk, and books are...
Document

Letter to Albert Maltz from Frank Sinatra

Date: 08 31 1945
Description: Letter to Albert Maltz from Frank Sinatra dated August 31, 1945. Sinatra is telling Maltz how moved he was after seeing the film "The Pride of the Marines...
Manuscript

President Roosevelt Letter to Evjue

Date: 10 20 1936
Description: Photocopy of a letter from President Franklin Roosevelt to William Evjue, Editor of the Capital Times, thanking him for his support.
Document

Letter to Harry Tugend from Dalton Trumbo

Date: 02 02 1948
Description: Letter to Harry Tugend from Dalton Trumbo dated February 2, 1948. Trumbo is explaining to Tugend that because he has been blacklisted he does not have the ...
Manuscript

Letter to George Seaton from Milton Pickman

Date: 11 22 1968
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...
Photograph

Irna Phillips Dictacting to Her Secretary

Date: 10 1940
Description: Irna Phillips sits at her desk dictating a letter to her secretary.
Manuscript

Earth Day Stationery

Date: 1972
Description: Letter from Martha MacMillan of Farmington, Michigan to the group Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on stationery bearing an Earth Day logo.
Photograph

Visiting Nurse Service Friendly Visitor Program

Date: 02 09 1961
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...
Photograph

Ladies Of The Press Breakfast

Date: 04 25 1954
Description: Madison women interested in writing get together to talk over their work at the Ladies of the Press Breakfast. Left to right are Mrs. Frank (Gladys) Dean,...
Drawing

Anti-Communist Envelope

Date: 1962
Description: Envelope of a letter addressed to Senator William Proxmire from a constituent in Kansasville, Wisconsin, which graphically illustrates a perceived connecti...
Drawing

Drawing on a Letter to William Proxmire

Date: 03 06 1962
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 ...

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