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...
Art, American--20th century ; Art, Modern--20th century--Societies, etc.
Announcement of the disbanding of the Whitney Studio Club. Original context and source of publication unknown. Penciled notations on document dispute the date range in announcement heading. Publication date taken from penciled note on top-right...
Buildings; Public Buildings; Advertising; Parks; Fountains; Stores
View of park fountain behind Borough Hall. This fountain was originally in City Hall Park and was moved to the Bronx. Note the neighborhood apartment buildings, stores and advertising in the background.
Military retreats; Air warfare; Military discharges;
Bill discusses the recent air raid over Barcelona which killed hundreds of women and children, but didn't attack the boats in the harbor. He mentions that the International Brigades will be clearing out of Spain in the next six weeks, and he...
Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery--Law and Legislation
Manuscript draft of a four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated January 31, 1859, discussing the rights of slaves and outlining a strategy for aggressive liberation from the South.
Catalogue of an exhibition of American paintings organized by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. The Overseas Exhibition was shown in Venice, London, Paris and Sheffield, returning to the Whitney Studio in November 1921. Introduction by Gertrude...
Catalogue of an exhibition of American paintings organized by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. The Overseas Exhibition was shown in Venice, London, Paris and Sheffield, returning to the Whitney Studio in November 1921. Introduction by Gertrude...