Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding a dinner party she threw, renewed hopes for traveling overseas, and lamenting a broken air conditioner. Gertrude continues to comment on his life in Hawaii and describe her own social life in Washington.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, reminiscing on time spent together at Medway Plantation, rejoicing that the weather turned out ok for her guests, and lamenting the presence of rain in Hawaii. Sidney continues in his letter to describe a cocktail party, given in honor of a admiral, he had attended and describing the atmosphere of the Hawaiian harbor.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding a trip to play tennis with a friend at Chevy Chase country club, relaying news of friends and family, expressing how much she misses him, and discussing their plans for Christmas.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding the war atmosphere in London, describing her typical day and what her weekends entail, including golfing with friends in the country.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding her disdain for her current war job, a weekend trip to Middleburg, Virginia with friends, and describing her social activities. Gertrude also informs Sidney of the shortages of firewood and food.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, day dreaming about their life after the war and spending time with him in Hawaii. Gertrude continues in her letter to describe a dinner party she attended.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Sanford Legendre, regarding an illness his brother, Morris, was facing and describing the atmosphere of Hawaii. Sidney continues in his letter to describe a day dream he had of Gertrude being with him in Hawaii.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding a weekend she and Landine spent at her brother, Stephen Sandford’s, house, relays Landine’s excitement over starting school at Foxcroft, and delivers news of friends and family.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding her arrival in London, England. Gertrude continues in her letter to describe the atmosphere of London in war time and deliver news of their friends.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding an afternoon she spent with friends playing tennis at the Chevey Chase country club.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, recounting a story about being fined for blackout, their discovery that there are a lot of Princeton alumni on the island, and the waste he has heard is occurring on the continental United States. Sidney continues in his letter to promise to send her a picture soon and write of his anticipation of his upcoming day off spent at the beach.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, recounting the difficulties he had trying to connect with her for a telephone call and discussing their telephone conversation. Sidney continues in his letter to compare his life on the island to what he has heard of the continental United States, relay news of his brother, Morris’s, baby, and tell her about a book one of their Medway Plantation workers wrote.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, trying to persuade her to be happy about their situation, because it could be much worse, describing a say off he spent swimming at the beach, and recounting a debate he and Morris had over a movie they had gone to see. Sidney continues in his letter to describe the meals they have at the Bachelor Officers’ Quarters (BOQ) and the view from their office window.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding a visit to Foxcroft school, discussing the business affairs of Medway Plantation and the possibility of getting a night job in addition to her day job.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding her life in London, England, her social activities, and relaying news of their friends.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding a scheme to join him in Hawaii and telling him of a party she attended, amongst other social activities.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, regarding the possibility of her joining him in Hawaii, delivering news of their friends, and the progress of her war job in Washington.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, discussing her escape from internment as a prisoner of war in Europe and a possible scheme for her to join him in Hawaii, and relaying news of friends and family.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, describing a woman he had met and a dance that occurred at the hotel the previous Saturday. Sidney continues in his letter to discuss events of the war and comment on social stigmas, the general public’s attitudes, and things he had noticed.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, alerting her to keep an eye on the mail for a gold clip he has sent her, ranting against the people who think it is a good idea to buy houses in Washington, D.C., and relaying his frustrations with his job as he feels he is not doing anything to truly benefit the war.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, recounting the events that lead up to their eventual telephone call, discussing the business affairs of Medway Plantation, and relaying the attitudes of people in Hawaii regarding the war. Sidney continues in his letter to discuss news of their friends moving to Washington, D.C., informing her that the newspaper clippings she is enclosing in her letters are not arriving, and speculating over how nice it must have been for her to spend with her brother, Laddie.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, describing their average evening, recounting the events of he and Morris playing tennis, and updating her on changes in their office personnel. Sidney continues in his letter to tell her a story of a few men who bought a car together and inform her that all telephone conversations are recorded and sound hilariously disjointed on paper.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his brother, Armant Legendre, thanking him for hosting them at his home in New Orleans during Mardi Gras and informing him that he’d be taking over the support payments for their old nurse, Addie Hall.
A scrapbook by Erastus W. Everson (1837-1897) documenting his time spent serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861- 1865); the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands during the American Reconstruction Period (1865-1877); as a librarian at the University of South Carolina and a newspaper editor.
This scrapbook is comprised of letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other documents related to Gertrude Legendre's work with the Office of Strategic Services in England and France and her subsequent internment as an American prisoner of war in Germany.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, regarding the discrepancies between the censorship of their letters and what the media is reporting, his tour around a submarine, and the cooking he and Morris do with canned goods. Sidney continues in his letter to recount his end of the story of their difficulties trying to connect on a phone call and his irritation at being told they have to move offices again.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, discussing news of their friends and family and the work they’ve done to the apartment house they purchased in Hawaii, describing time spent with his brothers, Morris and Armant, and telling of their returning a lost puppy to its’ owner.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, describing her new life in London, England. Gertrude continues in her letter to express her desires to have a dog and describe her social activities.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, regarding gossip he’d heard about someone she had asked him to look up in Hawaii, lamenting how out of shape he and Morris are, and discussing the college professors they’d had to stay at the house with them.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, penning his dreams of their lives for after the war, discussing how the Pacific War has moved away, rendering their office almost obsolete, and instructing her to thank her sister-in-law, Olive Legendre, for keeping their children over the winter.
Correspondence from Cleveland Sellers to the Office of Admissions and Records for Howard University regarding forwarding Sellers' Howard University transcript to University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Flyer for the All African People's Revolutionary Party organized, "African Liberation Day March on Washington," held at Malcolm X. Shabazz Park in Washington D.C. on May 22, 1976.
African Liberation Day Coordinating Committee press release for the occasion of the birthday of El Hadj Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X), written by Owusu Sadaukai, Chairman.
Correspondence from Friends of Curtis Hayes Williams to Eugenia A. Wadsworth Stevenson, Liberian Ambassador, registering "to the Liberian Government our concern for his well-being and safety."
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, recounting the events of a party he and Morris attended at a friends house, describing the events of a luau he and Morris attended and the first day at the office after Morris left for gunnery school.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, relaying her unhappiness and how it feels to be separated from him, the guests she encountered at a dinner party, and a cocktail party she threw.
Letter from Gertrude Legendre to her husband, Sidney Legendre, discussing his previous letter and asking questions about his life in Hawaii, describing their daughter, Bokara, to him, and telling him about her social activities.
Correspondence from Jan Bailey to Steve Farrow regarding Bailey being unavailable for the regularly scheduled All African People's Revolutionary Party's Central Committee meeting on March 14, 1974.
Memorandum from Jan Bailey, Chief Administrator, to Lou Hunt, Representing the Housing Committee of the All African People's Revolutionary Party, regarding guidelines for establishing a national office.
Memorandum from Stokely Carmichael, Bob Mants, Tina Harris, and "Alabama Staff" to "Staff" regarding a proposal for a "Poor Peoples Land Corporation," pages 1, 3, and 4.
Correspondence from "Fletcher" to Cleveland Sellers including an All African People's Revolutionary Party memorandum regarding the definition of Washington D.C. State Boundaries.
Center for Black Education document entitled, "Curriculum Programs for Students of the Pan-African Community," providing a course plan containing aims and objectives.
Student Organization for Black Unity writing, "Communications Project," containing information on the publication of the Black Student Press and the Pan African.
Tentative Agenda for the National Program Committee Seminar to be held at the Party Communications Center on February 20-22, 1976, themed, "The Need to Intensify Our Efforts To Build The [All African People's Revolutionary Party]."
Correspondence from J. Arthur Brown to President John F. Kennedy requesting that the recipient send "federal troops into Oxford, Mississippi to assure the enforcement of law."
Photocopy of memorandum from Cleveland Sellers to Washington D.C. Central Committee regarding a "project report, geographic definition, communication center, new work study, and national fundraiser."
Handwritten correspondence from H. A. Sojourner to Cleveland Sellers regarding "the wonderful news that [Sellers] finally received the long overdue pardon."
Correspondence from Charles E. Cobb to the Honorable Louis Stokes of the Black Caucus regarding the Commission for Racial Justice of the United Church of Christ contacting Stokely Carmichael "lifting up the necessity for some conversation."
Correspondence from John Lewis, Congressman, 5th District of Georgia, to Cleveland Sellers regarding an invitation to a Forum for the Greensboro Housing Authority.
Student Organization for Black Unity program for benefit dinner entitled, "Is There a Role for Black Students at the White University," held at Howard University.
All African People's Revolutionary Party memorandum regarding state and regional political education seminars on the "Role of Women in the African Revolution."
Correspondence from Inez Smith Reid, Executive Director for Women's Community Development Foundation, to its members regarding being "approached repeatedly by persons searching for Black women to fill executive and administrative positions."
Jesse Jackson for President Committee document entitled, "National Fund Raisers Debate Event Guidelines," including blank contributions and Individual's Registration forms.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, describing a dream he had about her, debate about the war he had with a coworker, and how he has aged during the war. Sidney continues in his letter to describe the business affairs of the dress shop he has purchased in Hawaii and advise her on who to talk to in Washington about joining him in Hawaii.
Letter from Sidney Legendre to his wife, Gertrude Legendre, regarding her speculation as to when the war will be over and regarding her post war plans, encouraging her to again attempt joining him in Hawaii. Sidney continues in his letter to describe the movie, Lassie, that he recently saw in theaters and reductions that were made to his work load.
Invitation to the inauguration of Lyndon Baines Johnson as President of the United States of America with portraits of Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey.
All African People's Revolutionary Party memorandum including the tentative agenda for the Central Committee Meeting to be held on January 11 to 14, 1980.
Photocopy of an announcement issued bt the Afro-American Studies Program at Howard University regarding guest speakers Septima P. Clark and William Saunders.
