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Michael Schaefer Papers
by Schaefer, Michael (1911 – 1939)
4 folders (0.4 linear feet)
The Michael Schaefer Papers consist of a ledger that documents the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Knights of Columbus from 1911 to 1916 and reports and minutes from the American Federation of Government Employees that date between 1937 and 1939. Schaefer was a member and president of the District of Columbia chapter of the Knights of Columbus and became president of the American Federation of Government Employees. The Knights of Columbus ledger includes communications from local Catholic organizations, information about sponsored events, and minutes from meetings. The chapter was composed almost entirely of Irish-Americans. The American Federation of Government Employees files contain registries of employees and their department, minutes, reports, and bylaws of the organization.
Minutes of the May Day Conference (Baltimore, Maryland)
by May Day Conference (1919)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This journal contains the minutes of the May Day Conference that held meetings in Baltimore, Maryland in 1919. The meetings consisted of delegates from various workers groups in Baltimore, including the Russian, Jewish, Italian and other branches of the Socialist Party, The Karl Marx Club, Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Ladies Garment Workers, Socialist Labor Party, and the Lituanian and Polish branches of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. The delegates gathered to plan a picnic for May Day, with a march and mass meeting preceding the evening, with profits being donated to the Workers Defense Union in New York City. One of the contested issues in the meeting was whether the Conference should obtain the requisite permit from city authorities. Two of the recording secretaries, E.V. Wallis and T.S. Wetter, were prominent in local radical politics.
Myers and Doris Calcott Letters
by Calcott, Doris; Calcott, Myers (1917 – 1951)
9 boxes (4.5 linear feet)
These letters were written between 1917 and 1951 by Myers "Jack" Calcott and Doris Gay and chronicle their relationship as it progressed from friends to spouses. Myers and Doris, who were married on June 18, 1929, began writing each other in 1927 and sent many several page letters until Myers' death on July 10, 1951; letters prior to 1927 are primarily from Myers' mother while he was attending the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as some of Doris' personal letters and school certificates when she lived in Charles Town, West Virginia. Myers' worked for the Merchants and Miners Transportation Corporation after graduating, which meant he moved frequently and was often at sea while Doris and their three daughters remained in Charlottesville, Norfolk, and Newport Beach. Myers served on the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Magoffin as a naval reservist. In 1946 they moved into their first permanent home in Salisbury, Maryland but Myers, who had struggled with drinking problems, became a patient at Perry Point Veterans Hospital.
Nathaniel Rogers Farley's Account Book
by Farley, Nathaniel Rogers (1827)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This account book was kept by Nathaniel Rogers Farley of Rowley, Massachusetts in 1827 and documents his trade as a cobbler in the putting out system. While the entries in the ledger primarily pertain to the sale of shoes and boots, other entries include commodities such as bushels of corn and potatoes, gallons of rum, tons of hay, cords of wood, pounds of tea and coffee, calico cloth, and pecks of lime.
Papers of the House of Corrections of the City of Chicago
by House of Corrections of the City of Chicago (1923)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Papers of the House of Corrections of the City of Chicago document the lives and thoughts of inmates at the Chicago/Cook County, Illinois House of Corrections in 1923. These 17 to 21 year old boys wrote confessions, letters about their daily life, memories of their home lives, and completed various assignments that their teacher, Mrs. Hoerr, tasked to them. Many of the assignments, letters, and other writings are revealing of the daily thoughts and activities of the incarcerated peoples, as well as their jobs or lives prior to the House of Corrections as "hobos," "tramps," or "bums."
Pennsylvania Glass Plate Negatives
by Unknown (circa 1900s)
folders ( linear feet)
This collection of 91 glass plate negatives document life around the turn of the 20th century. Most of the photographs were taken from areas around Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with some possibly from New York or New Jersey. Some of the identified photographs include images of the Strawberry Mansion Fountain in Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, the Harrisburg Capitol building, Benjamin West's painting of William Penn's 1701 Treaty with the Delaware Indians, the lion statue outside the Garden Zoological Society or Philadelphia Zoo, the Indian statue on Council Rock at Wissahickon Gorge, the William McKinley Monument in Niagara Square, Buffalo, New York, a Great Northern Railway train engine, the statue of Matthias Baldwin, the Washington Monument in Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, an ironclad warship and the Monument to the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry at Gettysburg. The rest of the photographs are of families, homes, towns, railroads, or ships and shipyards.
People's Republic of China Propaganda Posters
by People's Republic of China (circa 1968)
1 drawer (0.1 linear feet)
These ten posters were printed as propaganda in the People's Republic of China at various dates around 1968. Several feature images of Mao Zedong, as well as working people.
Phil Decker papers
by Decker, Phil (1983 – 2012)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Phil Decker papers document his experience with Haitian Migrant Farm Workers in Salisbury, Maryland from 1983-1987 and the exhibit developed around his photographs in 2012. Decker’s experience with the farm workers are documented via photographs, activity reports and correspondence with the Salisbury Seasonal and Migrant Farmer’s Association (SMFA).
R.H. Leonard's Laborer Accounts
by Leonard, R.H. (1877)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This account book was kept by R.H. Leonard in 1877 in Talbotton, Georgia and documents the work and payment of his laborers. Also included are his list of household expenses and store purchases.
Reverend B.G. Parker photographs
by Parker, Rev. B.B. (circa 1890, 1900)
1 box (1 linear feet)
The collection of photographic prints created by Rev. B.G. Parker from Western Wicomico County, Maryland depict children, families, buildings, and schools throughout the aforementioned region circa 1890-1900.
Saw Mill and Bobbin Factory Ledger (Scituate, Rhode Island)
by Knight, Richmond (1847 – 1868)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This Saw Mill and Bobbin Factory Ledger was kept by Baptist minister Reverend Richmond Monroe Knight of Scituate, Rhode Island between 1847 and 1868. The mill was founded by Knight's father, Angell Knight. The entries pertain to transactions with local people and the milling and wooden bobbin making activities.
School Teacher and Farm Journal (Genesee County, New York)
by Hamilton, B.F. (1864 – 1886)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This journal was written by B.F. Hamilton in Genesee County, New York and includes two sections: school teaching and farming. The school teaching section, which includes student names, outlines different teaching practices that includes topics such as punishment, singing, letter writing and composition, demerits, recitations, and more. The farming section dates between 1870 and 1886 and provides accounts for financial transactions.