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Bronx County Trust Co. Promotes Patriotism
Banks; Schools; Organizations
Bronx County Trust Co. gives students of St. Pius Commercial H.S. a portfolio of historical documents. The bank took on this project to encourage an understanding of American history and values and to promote loyalty to the county in the Cold War...
Lehman College, Bronx Business for Everybody

The Land of Sleepy Hollow
Title: Wolfert's Roost; Chronicle 1; Page 37; Chapter starts with About; A is raised lettering with scrollwork
Greenburgh Public Library, The Land and People of Greenburgh

Letter of Support, May 29, 2010
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Social action
Letter of support sent to President Dammann following decision to admit African American student “Dear Mother Dammann, A notice has been brought to my attention which urges the Alumnae of Manhattanville to protest the admission of a negro girl...
Manhattanville College, History of Social Action

Letter of Support, May 16, 1939
Civil rights Religious aspects Catholic Church; Dammann, Grace Cowardin, 1872-1945; Discrimination in education; Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Social action
May 16, 1938 Letter of support sent to President Dammann following decision to admit African American student "Dear Mother Dammann, I wish to thank you for your kind invitation to the blessing of Mary Moran Memorial Hall on Wednesday, the...
Manhattanville College, History of Social Action

Statement exhibiting the amount of hires, or probable value, or expence of negroes, belonging to the estate of the late William Browne for the years 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813
Slaves--Virginia--Jamestown; Slavery--Virginia--Jamestown
Two-page statement of values and expenses relating to fifty slaves belonging to William Browne [possibly William Browne, Jr., of Four Mile Tree Plantation near Jamestown, Virginia] between the years 1809 and 1813. Includes slave's names, ages,...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Charles Sumner's The anti-slavery enterprise, 1855
Antislavery movements--United States
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft, ca. 1855, of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The...
New-York Historical Society, Manuscript Collections Relating to Slavery

Circus in Paint
Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions ; Circus in art
Catalogue of an exhibition held 1929 at the Whitney Studio Galleries. Introduction by Lloyd Goodrich. Includes announcement card.
Whitney Museum Library, Whitney Studio Club and Galleries, 1907-1930

Secretary to the Director, Cincinnati Museum Association, to Miss Harriet H. Masterson, April 1, 1929
Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions--Correspondence; Exhibitions--Planning;
Letter from Marion Chamberlain, Secretary to the Director, Cincinnati Museum Association, to Harriet Masterson, dated April 1, 1929. Regarding insurance for paintings included in an exhibition. Requested information for the following paintings:...
Whitney Museum Library, Whitney Studio Club and Galleries, 1907-1930

George William Eggers to Mrs. Juliana R. Force, December 17, 1929
Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions--Correspondence;
Letter from George William Eggers to Juliana Force, dated December 17, 1929. Regarding paintings Eggers would like to include in the Exhibition of American Art for Sweden, 1930. See also: JRF to Mr. George William Eggers, December 21, 1929...
Whitney Museum Library, Whitney Studio Club and Galleries, 1907-1930

Coleman lithorgraphs, 2 single to Brooklyn Museum of Art Print Department, Mar 21, 1929
Art, American--20th century--Inventories; Whitney Studio Galleries--Paperwork (Office practice);
Loan receipt between Whitney Studio Galleries and Curator of Prints, Brooklyn Museum, dated March 21, 1929. On loan: "The Bowery" and "Coney Island" by Glenn O. Coleman. Values noted.
Whitney Museum Library, Whitney Studio Club and Galleries, 1907-1930

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