Pamphlet entitled, "Henry Winston Meets Angela Davis," providing a transcript of a conversation between the Winston and Davis at the New York Women's House of Detention.
Court documentation for the case of Angela Davis versus John V. Lindsay, Mayor of the City of New York, for the purpose of relieving the plaintiff of the "dangerous and intolerable prison conditions in the Women's House of Detention of the City of New York and from imposing special conditions of solitude."
United States District Court, Southern District of New York complaint from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee against the United States of America, Attorney General of the United States, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al., acting as "an action for money damages and injunctive relief arising under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States."
Photograph album of Laura M. Bragg, 1881-1978. Bragg was the founder and first librarian of the Charleston Free Library in 1931 and was the director of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts from 1932-1939. Includes Citadel and Virginia Military Institute commencement invitations, postcards and photographs of Miss Bragg with Chinese cadets.
In this letter Charlotte Manigault states that General Wade Hampton has taken over Mrs. Anemm's house. Charlotte updates Esther on her family and friends, social life, and any engagements, illnesses and births.
Three bone buttons acquired from the bodies of John Brown's raiders. The bodies were reinterred at the John Brown Farm in North Elba, New York in 1899. Mounted and framed with a caricature of John Brown.
This letter states that Charlotte Manigault is glad to see Henrietta Drayton, Charles, and Louisa and hopes that a visit to Cuba will cure all their maladies. She has not been able to write because of preparing for Edward to go to college. Charlotte Manigault writes that she has had her third granddaughter.
In this letter Charlotte Manigault discusses recent illnesses and deaths and the travel of family and friends to various locations including New York, Philadelphia and Saratoga.
A letter from Lomax telling Rivers a bit about his family's history in Virginia, where he grew up. From there, the letter transitions to Lomax telling Rivers to "take off the kid gloves and kill the so-called Civil Rights Bill."
A letter from a white Northern supporter of Rivers' opposition to the Civil Rights Bill. He states that integration doesn't work in New York like Congress says. He thinks integration has decreased the value of white lives. He believes that most whites in his district agree with southern thought and are uncomfortable socializing with blacks.
Formal portrait of unidentifed infant sitting on table. The infant is dressed in a gown. The lower lefthand corner is embossed with the word "Aldene, N.Y.," presumably the photographer or photography studio.
A letter from Abigail Cornell in Far Rockaway, New York discussing the details surrounding the days leading up to and the eventual death of John Ball. The letter states that John Ball arrived at the Cornell house to lodge and was under the care of Dr. Martin. His symptoms were a cold, head pain, blisters on his neck and temple, a fever and swelling of the head. Cornell details how she sat with John Ball reading to him and asking him questions about death and God.
A letter from Alwyn Ball in New York to his cousin William Ball in South Carolina asking for financial help, having to sell furniture to "keep the wolf from our door," getting into a retail butter stand, spending one and a half years in an asylum for drinking, and not receiving any assistance from other friends and colleagues.
This 1949 photograph was taken in New York and shows Francine and her cousin, Laddie Lefer. Francine came to America before her fiance, Harry Taylor, who had broken his leg.
