CF1, D1, Folder 1

John Adams, 1735-1826

1. Black and White 8 x 10 glossy photograph of a painting of John Adams

2. Dictionary of American Biography entry on John Adams

3. “Massachusetts: John Adams…next on Olympus”, 32 pages

4. “Our second president was born in the fourth generation from Henry Adams”

CF1, D1, Folder 2

Samuel Adams, 1722-1803

1. Dictionary of American Biography entry on Samuel Adams

2. Letter from the Bostonian Society about a requested picture of the Old State House

3. “Massachusetts: Samuel Adams …flung liberty her flaming torch…pages numbered 1-24 and more pages possibly related numbered 384-389 and 400-415”

4. Notes from “American Heritage book of the Revolution” page 152

5. “Ode to the United States on its Bicentennial and to the Rededication of its people to the principles of the Declaration of Independence” with apologies to King David, sweet singer of Israel by Rabbi Samson A. Shain

6. Permission guidelines for reproduction of Hoffbauer murals

CF1, D1, Folder 3

Aeronautics - commercial

1. “50^th Anniversary luncheon Boise, ID 6^th April, 1976 remarks by Richard J. Ferris, President, United Airlines”

2. “Address by Edward E. Carlson, Chairman , United Airlines at Leon D. Cuddeback Christening”

3. “At the half century crossroad”, two copies

4. “Leon D. Cuddeback”

5. “E.E. “Buck” Hilbert”

6. “Leon D. Cuddeback Christening ceremony address by Edward E. Carlson Chairman, United Airlines”

7. Letter from James A. Kennedy, Director of Public Relations with enclosed photographs of Mr. Cuddeback and Captain Hilbert

8. “Old biplane joins United Airlines fleet”, two copies

9. “Pasco – Boise – Elko Flight”, two copies

10. “Pasco, Boise and United Plan Major Celebration”, two copies

11. Photo of Leon Cuddeback and E.E. “Buck” Hilbert standing next to planes

12. Photo “Pioneer Pilot” Leon D. Cuddeback

13. Photo “Swallow tests its wings”

14. Photo “Takeoff into history”

15. Photo “Ugly Duckling into Beautiful Bird”

16. Photo “Up, up, and away”

17. Photo “The way it was April 6, 1926”

18. “Remarks by Richard J. Ferris, President, United Airlines 50^th Anniversary luncheon, Boise, ID, April 6, 1976”

19. “Swallow completes first test flight”, two copies

20. Thank you note from James A. Kennedy, Director of Public Relations, United Airlines, to Charles L. Emerson”

21. “United reenacts historic flight”, two copies  

CF1, D1, Folder 4

Aeronautics - commercial

1. “The 30’s – passenger service becomes Western’s prime concern” by Robert J. Serling

2. “Flying the big sky”

3. Letter to Western Airlines

4. Letter to World Way Postal Center

5. “[Maude Campbell] Nation’s first woman airline passenger recalls first flight [1926 from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles]”

6. Copy of above article sent to the airline

7. “Of bubbles, breakfasts, and birds” after the war years, Western Airlines achieved that valuable commodity, a charismatic image based on quality of service and innovative concepts. By Robert J. Serling

8. Permission from Western Airlines to use whatever material he wants in his book

9. Photo of Maude Campbell baking cookies for a boy and a girl

10. Photo of Maude Campbell in an airplane

11. Western Airlines 50^th Anniversary brochure “Oh, how we flew, 1926-1976”

12. “Whatever happened to Maude Campbell” as told to Frank M. Hiteshew

13. [Women pilots] “No longer a novelty”

14. “When Western went to war” by Robert J. Serling

 CF1, D1, Folder 5

Aeronautics - history

1. Aviator C.F. Walsh (Welsh) in the aero queen

2. “Aviator Walsh (Welsh) here tomorrow”, The Kearney Daily Hub

3. “Balloonists pay farmer”

4. “Charles F. Walsh…Exhibition aviator”, 16 page manuscript

5. “Charles F. Walsh…Exhibition aviator”, 6 pages with pictures

6. Flying Machine Exhibits at Kearney

7. Letter from Emerson to Nebraska State Historical Society, July 26, 1973

8. Letter of Permission from Nebraska State Historical Society, July 31, 1973

9. Letter that accompanied photo from Nebraska State Historical Society, July 31, 1973

10. Letter from Nebraska State Historical Society

11. Letter from librarian at Nebraska State Historical Society, August 23, 1973

12. Letter to librarian at Nebraska State Historical Society, August 19, 1973

13. Letter to the editor of the Columbian, July 30, 1973

14. “Letters in Flight” by Ted Van Arsdol

15. Nebraska Aviation History in Historical News Letter, Nebraska State Historical Society, June 1973

16. “Old Card recalls first flight” by Ted Van Arsdol

17. Permission from the Columbian to reprint articles

18. Photo of man in mail plane

19. Photos of post cards

20. Slide of Terry Baldwin and family

21. Thank you letter to librarian who sent photo and news clippings

22. “Walsh (Welsh) wrecks his aeroplane”

CF1, D1, Folder 6

Aeronautics – history

1. First Powered Airborne Wilbur and Orville Wright, December 17, 1903

2. Illustration of Roger Sommer of France who in 1909 beat Wilbur Wright’s flying record

3. The instant it happened [photo of first flight], The Columbian, Sunday, January 19, 1975

4. Letter to the Superintendent of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, January 20, 1975

5. Letter to the United States Department of the Interior, February 5, 1975

6. Letter to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, February 10, 1975

7. Letter to the United States Department of the Interior, February 13, 1975  

8. Note cards (3) for an article

9. Photo of Wright Brothers’ first airborne flight

10. Photo of Wright Brothers’ first flight memorial

11. Wilbur Wright negative

12. Wilbur Wright photo, two copies

13. Wright Brothers National Memorial Brochure small

14. Wright Brothers National Memorial Brochure large

 CF1, D1, Folder 7

African Americans – Biography

1. “Facts & Conjecture concerning the demise of John Mercer Langston, the naming of the town of Langston, the Nexus between the man & the University”, 6 pages

2. Shorter version of above with a chronological sketch, 3 pages

3. “John Mercer Langston, Ohio attorney”, 6 pages

4. “John Mercer Langston, Ohio Attorney Achieved National Prominence”, Ohio Historical Society Echoes, March 1980

5. Letter from Langston University, OK, May 14, 1980

 CF1, D1, Folder 8

African American Women

1. Marian Anderson

2. Josephine Baker

3. Mary McLeod Bethune

4. Letter to Frederick Douglas Museum of African Art, March 20, 1979

5. Letter from museum of African Art, Frederick Douglass Institute, March 26, 1979

6. Letter to Howard University, April 9, 1979

7. Letter to Howard University, April 8, 1980

8. “Reenact Black Freedom Flight”, Cappers Weekly, February 5, 1980

9. Selected bibliographical works of Harriet Tubman at Howard University

10. “Sisters spoke out against slavery” by Mary Ann Strauss, February 19, 1980

11. Mary Church Terrell

12. Sojourner Truth

13. Harriet Tubman entry from Notable American Women, 1607-1950

14. Harriet Tubman note card

15. Harriet Tubman stamp, January 24, 1978

16. Harriet Tubman sketch and bio reproduced by E.J. Haley

17. “Harriet Tubman…the sword of the spirit…”, 14 pages

18. Madame C.J. Walker

 CF1, D1, Folder 9

Agricultural Extension Work

1. Busy Bobbin 4H Club notes

2. Letter from Busy Bobbins 4H club

3. Photo of Busy Bobbins 4H club giving a plaque to Bill Ferguson

4. Photo of 4H parade float entitled “Squaw needum 4H”, 5 copies, 1 color

5. Negatives of above photo

6. Oak 100 4H pledge/patriotic vow/history, 4 pages

7. Another copy of above but 5 pages

8. Photo of 4H parade float entitled “Out where the west begins we pledge ourselves to our country”

9. Photos of Oak 100’s Busy Bobbins 4H club women playing in the snow by the drinking fountain they gave Oak 100 Oregon Trail Park (2)

10. Photos of Oak 100 public school and class in 1973 (2)

11. Thank you note from Terri Gillan

12. Thank you note from Lynal Scroggin, June 24, 1975

CF1, D1, Folder 10

Agricultural Extension Work    

1. 4H brochure

2. 4H business card for Enid Cox

3. Aerial view postcard of Vancouver missing

4. Check to Mrs. Evelyn Herzberg, June 12, 1972

5. Letter and pictures of buildings, church, houses, and tombstone from Mrs. Evelyn Herzberg

6. Letter to Mrs. Evelyn Herzberg, June 12, 1972

7. Letter to Mrs. Evelyn Herzberg, June 27, 1972

8. Letter to Mrs. Evelyn Herzberg, June 29, 1972

9. Letter to Mrs. Evelyn Herzberg, August 15, 1974

10. Letter to Miss Emma Sunderman, May 22, 1972

11. Letter to Mrs. Robert Watkins, June 28, 1972

12. Notes about the pictures from Mrs. Herzberg

13. Permission from Emma Sanderson to use Hometown Heartbeat article, June 12, 1972

14. Postcard from Emma Sunderman

15. “Town and County – 4H is everywhere”, 4 pages

16. “The Very Beginnings” [4H book] by Faye Whitmore and Manila Cheshire, 1963

CF1, D1, Folder 11

Agriculture - Iowa

1. Chautauqua at the big brown tent, Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Reunion, 1964

2. Midwest old settlers & threshers association, Inc, 15^th annual reunion, 1964

3. Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Reunion, September 2-6, 1965

4. “Northwest retains practice…threshing bees recall bygone era” by Archie Satterfield, The Spokesman Review, October 30, 1966

 CF1, D1, Folder 12

Agriculture - Kansas

1. “Ag Hall of Fame elects officers”

2. Agriculture, Kansas

3. Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center brochure

4. Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center officers, 1971-72

5. America’s Agricultural Roll of Honor, Agricultural Hall of Fame, Bonner Springs, KS

6. “Barbed Wire Information”

7. “Barbed Wire membership form”

8. “Coast to Coast”

• “Stretch necks at annual barbed wire splice meet”

• “Powder Puff”

• “Men’s Splicing”

• “Barbed Wire Splicing”

• “Kansas Barbed Wire Collectors Association”

• “Barbed Wire Information”

10. “Establishment of Hall of Fame for Agriculture”, Congressional Record – Senate

11. “Freight Wagon to the Moon” by Ted. L. Hoeye

12. “Historical Society Mirror”, Topeka, Kansas, September 1975

13. “Land of the Sun and Sage” by Ted L. Hoeye

14. “Letter to the Agricultural Hall of Fame from Mr. Emerson”, July 14, 1981

15. “Letter to the Agricultural Hall of Fame from Charles Emerson”, November 29, 1971

16. “Letter to the Agricultural Hall of Fame from Charles Emerson”, January 17, 1971

17. “Letter to the Agricultural Hall of Fame from Charles Emerson”, March 3, 1972

18. “Letter to the Agricultural Hall of Fame from Charles Emerson”, February 2, 1972

19. “Letter from Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center to Mr. Emerson”, February 29, 1972

20. “Letter from Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center to Mr. Emerson”, January 20, 1972

21. “Letter from Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center to Mr. Emerson”, January 24, 1972

22.  “Letter from Mr. Emerson to The Barbed Wire Association Museum”

23. “Letter from Mr. Emerson to the Barbed Wire Collectors Association”, August 22, 1972

24. “Letter from Mr. Emerson to the Barbed Wire Collectors Association”, March 3, 1972

25. “Letter from the Barbed Wire Collectors Association to Mr. Emerson, March 1, 1972

26. “Letter from Mr. Emerson to the Barbed Wire Collectors Association”, January 17, 1972

27. “Letter from Mr. Emerson to the Kansas Barbed Wire Collectors Association”, January 10, 1973

28.  “Letter to Mr. Emerson from Kansas State Historical Society”, January 11, 1972

29.  “Letter from Mr. Emerson to Ivan Krug”, September 5, 1972

30.   “Letter to the University Press of Kansas from Mr. Emerson”, September 30, 1975

31. “Letter from the University Press of Kansas to Mr. Emerson”, October 3, 1975

32.  “Kansas Barbed Wire Collectors Association, La Crosse, Kansas” …organized in 1967

33. La Crosse, Kansas, Barbwire Capital of the World brochure

34. “Large crowd attends fourth annual barbed wire convention, estimated 5,000 people”, Rush County News, May 7, 1970

35. “Limestone posts with a pioneer personality” post card

36. “Memo from the Director’s desk”, Agricultural Hall of Fame News Log, Winter 1981

37. “Pictorial History of barbed wire”, Ottumwa Courier, October 1, 1968

38. “The Post Rock Era meant finer homes and some industry to a growing land”

39. “The Post Rock Museum” pamphlet and photocopy of two pages

40. “Post Rock Museum  once pioneer’s home”, Capper’s Weekly, 2-20-73

41. “Public Law 86-680 to incorporate the Agricultural Hall of Fame”

42. “Purpose and Ultimate Goal: Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center”, 19 pages

43. “School Children Enjoy Tours”, Agricultural Hall of Fame News Log, Spring 1981

44. “A Short Story of the Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center”, by D.W. Hininger, 7 pages, two copies

45. “What is the Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center?”

CF1, D1, Folder 13

Agriculture – Kansas

1. Brochure for the Post Rock Museum

2. Coast to Coast…Stretch necks at annual barbed wire splice meet

3. Geological cross section of the earth showing the greenhorn strata and the fence post rock, along with comments of geological interest

4. Two postcards of an annual threshing show

5. Pictorial History of Barbed Wire

6. Postcard of a blacksmith shop

7. Postcard of the inside of a log cabin

8. Postcard of horse drawn carriages

9. Postcard of a woman playing a piano under a painting by George Stone

10. “The post rock era meant finer homes and some industry to a growing land” by Mrs. Grace Muilenburg

11. “Purpose and ultimate goal, Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center”, 19 pages

12. “What is the Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center?”

CF1, D1, Folder 14

Air-Ships

1. “Aerial Ambassadors” pamphlet

2. “Aerial Ambassadors, leader in lighter than air”, twelve pages, two copies

3. “Blimp on last flight”, Tuscaloosa News, July 5, 1982

4. “Color slides of Goodyear blimp” 21 slides, 1973 and 1976

5. “Iowa thunderstorms wreck visiting blimp”, CW, 7-29-79

6. Vital statistics of the Goodyear blimp, three copies

7. “Who wouldn’t love a blimp?”, The Mini Page, The Tuscaloosa News, August 14, 1981

CF1, D1, Folder 15

Alabama – Economic Conditions

1. “The Boll Weevil Monument” from Coffee Grounds by Fred S. Watson

2. “Boll Weevil statue back home”, National Tattler, 3-21-76

3. “Hail Boll Weevil” by Fred S. Watson, 7 pages

4. Offer of help from Emma Thompson, Librarian at Enterprise Public Library

5. Picture of the Boll Weevil Monument

CF1, D1, Folder 16

Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888

1. “Louisa May Alcott” from Notable American Women, 1607-1950, 5 pages

2. Letter to the Director of the Concord Free Public Library, 1980

3. “Pennsylvania/Massachusetts: Louisa May Alcott”, 17 pages

4. Picture of Louisa May Alcott

CF1, D1, Folder 17

Horatio Alger, 1834-1899

1. “Horatio Alger” from the Dictionary of American Biography

2. “The Horatio Alger Stamp”, The Hoosier Voice of Fellowship, May 26, 1982

3. “Horatio Alger, Jr.”, The Hoosier Voice of Fellowship, May 28, 1975

4. “Massachusetts: Horatio Alger drew rags to riches” 6 pages

5. Picture of Horatio Alger, Jr. at age 40

CF1, D1, Folder 18

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

1. ASCAP’s 60^th birthday, Feb. 13^th 1974, 8 pages

2. Photo of ASCAP President Stanley Adams

3. Irving Berlin bio

4. Eddie Cantor obituary

5. “Death halts work of composer who captured canyon” The Columbian, April 4, 1972

6. George Michael Cohan bio

7. Two George M. Cohan stamps

8. Al Jolson obituary

9. Letter to Mr. Fletcher, April 5, 1972

10. Letter from Compix, April 12, 1972

11. Letter to ASCAP, April 17, 1972

12. Letter from ASCAP, April 20, 1972

13. Letter to ASCAP, April 28, 1972

14. Letter from ASCAP, May 4, 1972

15. Letter to ASCAP, May 25, 1972

16. Letter to ASCAP, November 20, 1974

17. Letter from ASCAP, December 9, 1974

18. Letter to ASCAP, April 16, 1975

19. Letter from ASCAP, April 18, 1975

20. Letter to ASCAP, April 24, 1975

21. “Independent and Free – that’s the spirit”, Capper’s Weekly, 6-27-78

22. Yankee Doodle Dandy, CW, 6-27-78

CF1, D1, Folder 19

Susan B. Anthony

1. “Americans line up for new $1 coin”, The Macon Telegraph, July 3, 1979

2. “Susan’s $ with us”, three pages

3. “Susan Brownell Anthony” The Hoosier Voice of Fellowship, February 14, 1979

4. “Susan Brownell Anthony… Napoleon of woman’s rights…” 21 pages

5. “Susan B. Anthony” from Notable American Women, 1607-1950, 7 pages

6. “Susan Anthony has a circulation problem”, CW, 9-18-79

7. Letter to Susan B. Anthony Memorial, March 9, 1979

8. Letter to Library of Congress, July 3, 1979

9. Letter from Library of Congress, July 18, 1979

10. “Parties, dollar days to welcome Anthony Dollar”

11. Photo of Susan B. Anthony

CF1, D1, Folder 20

Archaeology

1. “A once in 10 lifetime’s discovery” by Mark Childress, Southern Living

2. “Distant galaxies found?” Tuscaloosa News, March 2, 1981

3. “Fossil hunters strike it big” by Laurie Cain, Tuscaloosa News, July 14, 1983

4. “New ice age being forecast” by Kevin McKean, Tuscaloosa News, 3-30-81

5. The Northern Arch, KY

6. Photo of three archaeologists with bones, Kentucky Vacation Region: The Northern Arch

CF1, D1, Folder 21

Artists – Georgia

1. Georgia – “The Lady Anna [Hunter]”, 4 pages plus 3 rough drafts,  2 copies of a  bibliography and loose notes

2. Letter from Anna Hunter, May 2, 1974

3. Letter from Anna Hunter, November 8, 1974

4. Letter to Anna Hunter, November 13, 1974

5. Letter to Anna Hunter, April 11, 1975

6. Letter to Savannah Morning News, April 24, 1975

7. Letter from Anna Hunter, April 17, 1975

8. Letter to Anna Hunter, April 25, 1975

9. Letter from Anna Hunter, May 9, 1975

10. Letter to Anna Hunter, June 5, 1975 with receipt for insured mail

11. Letter from Anna Hunter, June 9, 1975

12. Letter from Anna Hunter, June 10, 1975

13. Letter to Anna Hunter, June 11, 1975

14. Letter to Anna Hunter, June 18, 1975

15. Letter to Anna Hunter, August 25, 1975

16. Letter to Anna Hunter, May 21, 1976

17. Photo of “Dancing around the Great White Throne” by Anna Hunter, 8 photos

18. Photo of drawing of woman presumed to be Anna Hunter, two copies

19. Photo of Anna Hunter, Oglethorpe Trophy winner, two copies

20. Very tiny photo of article about the award

21. Photo of woman, presumed to be Anna Hunter, 3 copies

22. Photo of woman and man, woman presumed to be Anna Hunter, 2 copies

23. Photo of “Shuckin’” by A.C. Hunter, 3 photos

24. Negatives of above photos

CF1, D1, Folder 22

John James Audubon, 1785-1851

1. Santo Domingo: “John James Audubon…for the birds…”, 14 pages

2. John James Audubon, from Dictionary of American Biography, 5 pages

3. Drawing of Audubon

4. Picture of portrait of Audubon

CF1, D1, Folder 23

Audubon Societies

1. “The Miracle of Felix Neck” by Edith Blake, 2 copies

CF1, D1, Folder 24

Automobile Industry and Trade – Nebraska

1. “Pioneer Automobile Manufacturing: The Fuller Car of Angus, Nebraska” by Frances Fuller Beilharz, 9 pages

2. Letter from Nebraska State Historical Society, August 24, 1977

3. Letter from Nebraska State Historical Society, September 2, 1977

4. Letter to Nebraska State Historical Society, September 5, 1977

5. Letter from Nebraska State Historical Society, December 5, 1977

6. Letter to Nebraska State Historical Society, December 7, 1977

7. Letter from Nebraska State Historical Society, December 29, 1977

8. Photo of woman in Fuller Car manufactured in Angus, Nebraska, 1907-1909

9. Photo of what seems to be the manufacturing plant for the Fuller car

10. Photo of Angus Automobile Company

11. Photo of car

12. Photo of different car

13. Photo of another car with man driving

14. Photo of car chassis

15. Photo of first automobile made in Nebraska, 1902

16. Photo of handsome man, probably Mr. Angus

17. Photocopy of car

CF1, D1, Folder 25

Balloons – History

1. “179 years, balloons to jets, ‘first manned flight’ cited in Deptford Township”, 3 pages

2. “The First Air Voyage in America, the times, the place, and the people of the Blanchard balloon voyage of January 9, 1793, Philadelphia to Woodbury” by Jean Pierre Blanchard, 29 photocopied pages

3. Typed copy of above, 46 pages

CF1, D1, Folder 26

Balloons – History

1. “The Cradle of the Penitentiary, the Walnut Street Jail at Philadelphia, 1773-1835” by Negley K. Teeters

2. “First Manned Flight cited in Deptford Township”

3. “The First Successful air flight in America”, Northwest Magazine, September 19, 1976 plus another copy of the front page

4. “Jets: 179 years of flight”, McGuire Airtides, January 14, 1972

5. “John Jeffries” from Dictionary of American Biography, 2 pages

6. Letter from Gloucester County Historical Society, April 16, 1972

7. Letter from John Maier, July 21, 1972

8. Letter to John Maier, August 15, 1972

9. Letter to the Pennsylvania Prison Society, September 21, 1976

10. Letter from The Pennsylvania Prison Society, September 24, 1976

11. Letter to the Pennsylvania Prison Society, September 27, 1976

12. Letter from The Pennsylvania Prison Society, October 11, 1976

13. Letter from the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, April 4, 1977

14. Letter to The Pennsylvania Prison Society, July 23, 1979

15. Letter to Mayor of Deptford, July 26, 1979

16. Letter to the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, July 26, 1979

17. Letter from The Pennsylvania Prison Society, August 1, 1979

18. Order form and cancelled check from Smithsonian

19. Photo of drawing of Dr. John Jeffries

20. Photo of Mayor John Maier

21. Photocopy of journal of 45^th balloon ascension and first performed in America inscribed to George Washington

22. Typed copy of above, 25 pages

CF1, D1, Folder 27

Clara Barton, 1821-1912

1. Artistic picture of Clara Barton by Charles Stevenson Jr.

2. [Clara Barton], Voice of Fellowship, September 26, 1973

3. “Clara Barton Chapter No. 1 American Red Cross, Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration, Dansville, NY” program

4. “Clara Barton Chapter No. 1 – The American National Red Cross” brochure

5. “Clara Barton Heroic Woman” Red Cross brochure, two copies

6. “Clara Barton lived in pre-fab home” by Henry N. Ferguson

7. “Clara Barton National Historic Site” brochure

8. “Clara Barton National Historic Site” flier

9. “Clara Barton National Historic Site” general information

10. Letter to Free Public Library, Oxford, MA, January 21, 1974

11. Letter from Free Public Library, Oxford, MA, January 30, 1974

12. Letter to Free Public Library, Oxford, MA, February 7, 1974

13. Letter to Clara Barton Camp and Center, February 7, 1974

14. Letter to Department of the Interior, May 2, 1978

15. Letter from United States Department of the Interior, May 10, 1978

16. Letter to Clara Barton Chapter, May 15, 1978

17. Letter to U.S. Department of the Interior, June 16, 1978

18. Letter to Clara Barton Chapter, July 14, 1978

19. Letter from former Public Information Chairman of Clara Barton Chapter, July 19, 1978

20. Letter to Red Cross, September 15, 1978

21. Letter from American National Red Cross, October 13, 1978

22. Letter to Red Cross, October 16, 1978

23. Official Program – Celebration of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, July 3,4,5,6, 1913

24. Photo of house in Dansville, NY where Clara Barton lived from 1887-1896

25. Photo of Clara Barton at age 18

26. Photo of Clara Barton by Matthew Brady

27. Photo of Clara Barton’s birthplace at North Oxford

28. Photo of Clara Barton National Historic Site in present day Glen Echo, MD

29. Photo of the Lutheran Church at Danville, NY where the first Red Cross was organized in 1881

30. Red Cross Edition of Genesee County Express, 75^th anniversary of Clara Barton Chapter No. 1 of the American Red Cross

CF1, D1, Folder 28

Clara Barton, 1821-1912

1. “Clara Barton – The Founder, American Red Cross” 12 pages

2. Clara Barton chronology and list of other places to look for information

3. Photo of Clara Barton wearing a brooch with a cross on it

4. Photo of Clara Baron’s house with Clara Barton and others on the porch

5. Photo of one of the Red Cross hotels built to house flood victims

6. Photo of Clara Barton’s grave with a red granite cross on top

CF1, D1, Folder 29

Bells

1. Ariel photo of Casper College Wyoming

2. “The Art of the Big Bells” by C.H. Echols, Jr.

3. “By order of the province of Pennsylvania …Liberty was a much prized quality in the American Colonies…”, pages 2-25

4. “Faculty Directory, Casper College”, 1974-75

5. “Fred Goodstein bio” 2 pages

6. “Goodstein Foundation Library Open House, September 24, 1967

7. “Goodstein Library [at Casper College, WY] displays miniature of Liberty Bell”

8. Letter to the President of Casper College, November 23, 1976

9. Letter from Casper College Library, December 6, 1976

10. Letter to Casper College Library, December 8, 1976

11. Letter to the Casper College Library, December 14, 1976

12. Letter to Gordon Hargraves, February 7, 1977

13. Letter from Gordon Hargraves

14. Map of Casper College, Casper, Wyoming

15. “Meet a Great American – the Bell” by Donald Culross Peattie, 3 pages

16. “The Whitechapel Bell Foundry announces the Liberty Bell Limited Edition” booklet and photocopy

17. Photo of miniature Liberty Bell, two copies 

CF1, D1, Folder 30

Bells

1. “Big Ben’s Chimes Silent” CW, 8-3-1976

2. Letter to Whitechapel Bell Foundry, February 24, 1976

3. Letter from Whitechapel Bell Foundry, March 2, 1976

4. Letter to Whitechapel Bell Foundry, March 10, 1976

5. Letter from Whitechapel Bell Foundry, March 15, 1976

6. Letter to Whitechapel Bell Foundry, March 31, 1976

7. Letter from Whitechapel Bell Foundry, April 5, 1976

8. Letter to Whitechapel Bell Foundry, May 18, 1976

9. Letter from Whitechapel Bell Foundry, May 21, 1976

10. Letter from Whitechapel Bell Foundry, August 27, 1976

11. Letter from Whitechapel Bell Foundry, September 14, 1976

12. Letter to Reverend Dean, December 8, 1976

13. Letter from Reverend Lemoine, December 28, 1976

14. “Liberty Bell maker: we don’t make cracked bells”, by Richard Kepler Brunner, The Columbian, February 22, 1976

15. “Liberty Bells”, The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Diocese of Long Island, Garden City, NY, The Very Reverend Harold F. Lemoine, D.D., December 28, 1976

16. “North Church bells repaired” Capper’s Weekly, 3-29-83

17. Photo of a copy of the Liberty Bell

18. Photo of a man tuning some bells

19. Photo of a man making a bell at Whitechapel

20. Photo of several men casting a bell at Whitechapel

21. Photo of library director, Gordon Hargraves, and college president, Dr. T. H. Alley at Casper College

22. Photocopy of an envelope postmarked in London, NJ

23. Whitechapel Bell Foundry booklet

CF1, D1, Folder 31

Bison – United States

1. “Buffalo in Pennsylvania? Well Sir!” by Gail M. Gibson, 11 pages

2. “Buffalo in Pennsylvania” map, 3 copies

3. “Buffalo Place Names in Virginia” map

4. “Historical Evidence of the Buffalo in Pennsylvania” by Gail M. Gibson, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, April, 1969

5. Letter to Virginia State Library, July 30, 1980

6. Letter from Virginia State Library, August 12, 1980

7. Note card about buffalo in Pennsylvania

8. “Some notes on Bison in early Virginia” by Gary S. Dunbar, 3 pages plus a 2 page appendix of buffalo place names, 2 copies

CF1, D1, Folder 32

Daniel Boone, 1734-1820

1. “Daniel Boone in Pennsylvania” 31 pages

2. Dates and events of early Missouri explorers

3. “Early Missouri Explorers” map

4. Letter from Western Publications, April 6, 1976

5. Letter to Western Publications, May 25, 1976

6. Letter from Western Publications, May 31, 1976

7. Letter to Western Publications, October 30, 1978

8. Letter from Western Publications, November 6, 1978

9. Letter to Mr. Raymond Thorp, Jr., November 17, 1978

10. Letter to the State Historical Society of Missouri, December 7, 1978

11. Letter to Western Publications, December 20, 1978

12. Letter from Western Publications, January 3, 1979

13. Letter from The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, January 15, 1979

14. Letter to Western Publications, July 17, 1979

15. Letter from Western Publications, July 19, 1979

16. Letter from Western Publications, July 26, 1979

17. Letter from Marketplace, October 15, 1979

18. “D. Boon, 1776, A Western Bicentennial Mystery” by Louise Rutledge, 2 copies, one 5 pages and one 10 pages

19. “D. Boon, 1776, War has two sides” drama by Louise Rutledge, Bonita Pendleton, and Gene Rutledge

20. “Old West [magazine]”, Summer, 1966 including “Colter’s Boone” by Raymond W. Thorp, pages 10-12

21. Photo of portrait of Daniel Boone

22. Photo of Daniel Boone Homestead

23. Photo of map to Daniel Boone homestead

24. Postcard of a bedroom in the Daniel Boone home in Defiance, MO

25. Postcard of the Judgment Tree at the Daniel Boone home, Defiance, MO

26. Postcard of the master bedroom at the Daniel Boone home, Defiance, MO

27. Postcard of Daniel Boone’s original burial place, Defiance, MO

28. Postcard of the bedroom where Daniel Boone died at the Daniel Boone house, Defiance, MO

29. Reproduction of map in Daniel Boone home, Defiance Missouri entitled “Map of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas compiled from the latest authorities”

CF1, D1, Folder 33

Daniel Boone, 1734-1820

1. “1774 – The Wilderness Road” 1 page article

2. “1774 – The Wilderness Road” photo of painting by Carl Rakeman

3. Big Bone Lick slides, 4

4. “Before Boone”, 2 pages

5. “Colonial Frontier Spawned our American Spirit”

6. “Daniel Boone” from The Encyclopedia Americana International Edition, 2 pages

7. “Daniel Boone Headed West”, by W. Stitt Robinson, Encyclopedia Americana

8. “Daniel Boone Homestead, Pennsylvania Trail of History”, 3 pages

9. “Daniel Boone Homestead Brochure”, near Birdsboro, PA, 2 copies

10. “Daniel Boone in Pennsylvania” booklet

11. Letter to KY Dept. of Public Info., Frankfort, KY, January 9, 1968

12. Letter from Dept. of Public Information, Travel Div., Frankfort, KY, January 12, 1968

13. Letter to Department of Public Information, Travel Division, Frankfort, KY, January 17, 1968

14. Letter to State of KY, Travel Info. Dept., January 20, 1967

15. Letter to Travel Div. KY Dept. of Public Info., December 8, 1967

16. Letter from the Dept. of Public Information Travel Division, December 19, 1967 with an envelope that advertises “Join the nation in a Kentucky Vacation with a little jockey man”

17. Letter to the PA Historical and Museum Commission, August 7, 1969

18. Letter from PA Historical and Museum Commission, August 12, 1969

19. Letter to Associate Historian, Harrisburg, PA, May 22, 1970

20. Letter to Associate Historian, Harrisburg, PA, June 19, 1970

21. Letter to Associate Historian, Harrisburg, PA, July 10, 1970

22. Letter from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, July 20, 1970

23. Letter to the Bureau of Public Roads, November 23, 1976

24. Letter from U.S. Dept. of Transportation, December 21, 1976

25. Photo of Big Bone Lick State Park display, Boone County, KY

26. Photo of memorial to Dr. Thomas Walker, KY’s first explorer and one photocopy

27. Photo of Boone Homestead in PA, 2 copies, 1 closer up

28. Photo of inside the Boone Homestead, possibly a basement

29. Photo of den of Boone Homestead in PA

30. Photo of kitchen of Boone Homestead in PA

31. Postcard of White Rocks Land Mark on the Wilderness Road Cumberland Gap National Historical Park near Ewing, VA

32. Postcard of Pinnacle Overlook at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, KY, VA, and TN

CF1, D1, Folder 34

“Reproduction of map [of Missouri] in Daniel Boone Home, Defiance, MO”

1. “Reproduction of map [of Missouri Territory, formerly Louisiana] in Daniel Boone Home, Defiance, MO”

2. “Reproduction of map [Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Missouri] in Daniel Boone Home, Defiance, MO”

CF1, D1, Folder 35

Economic Botany

1. “Big Country, Baker County, OR” brochure

2. Card from “farmterials inc.” man who directed him to tumbleweeds

3. Card that reads “Welcome to Baker, it’s the gold capital of Oregon”

4. “Celebrity Attractions” The gala 1973/74 15^th Anniversary Season, Portland OR, brochure

5. “Chenopodiaceae”, Russian Thistle, two pages, from Selected Weeds of the United States, March 1970

6. “Climatological Summary of Baker, OR, December, 1970

7. “Eastern Oregon Museum, Haines, Oregon” brochure “fun country…your guide to recreation facilities” provided by Idaho Power Company

8. “Ghost towns of Baker County Oregon”

9. “Gold Display” U.S. National Bank of Oregon postcard

10. Letter from Wessington Beadle Co., March 14, 1894

11. Letter to The SD State Historical Society, November 27, 1972

12. Letter from SD State Historical Society, December 11, 1972

13. Letter to SD State Historical Society, January 3, 1973

14. Letter to SD State University, January 3, 1973

15. Letter from Cooperative Extension Service, January 23, 1973 with envelope

16. Letter to SD State University, January 29, 1973

17. Letter to ND State University, January 29, 1973

18. Letter from ND State University, February 12, 1973

19. Letter to ND State University, March 9, 1973

20. Letter to the Baker, OR Chamber of Commerce, April 5, 1973

21. Letter to Baker County, OR Chamber of Commerce, May 16, 1973

22. Letter from Baker County Chamber of Commerce, OR, May 17, 1973

23. Letter from ND State University, August 14, 1974

24. Letter to ND State University, August 19, 1974

25. Letter from ND State University, November 21, 1974

26. Negative of interesting pasture

27. Newspaper photo of tumbleweed leaning against a fence, Idaho Statesman, December 28, 1974

28. “Northeast Oregon Vacationland” brochure

29. Photos (6) and a note card about Tumbleweeds (Russian thistle)

30. “Radium Hot Springs, Haines, Oregon” brochure

31. “…Russian immigrants brought…Russian thistle…” from South Dakota: Its history and its people by George W. Kingsbury

32. “Russian thistle, common saltwort, from weeds of the North Central States, October, 1960

33. “Russian thistle” from Cyclopedia of American Agriculture

34. “Russian Thistle Life History and growth”, ND Agricultural College, June, 1943

35. “Russian thistle, Salsola kali”, from South Dakota Weeds, March 1967, 1 page

36. “Russian thistle, Salsola kali var. tenuifolia” from Weed Control a textbook and manual

37. “Russian Thistles for Hay, Silage and Pastures” by F.W. Christensen, Specialist in Animal Nutrition, North Dakota Experiment Station

38. “Sportsmen’s map of Northeast Oregon”

39. “The Stump Dodger”

40. “Tumbleweeds hamper traffic”, The Columbian, January 12, 1977

41. “Tumbleweeds keep rolling”, by Cecil M. Ouellette, Northwest Magazine, November 26, 1972

42. “Tumbling Along with the Tumblin’ Tumbleweed”, by Dr. O.A. Stevens, Professor Emeritus, North Dakota State University, Fargo

CF1, D1, Folder 36

James Bowie, 1799-1836

1. James Bowie from the National Cyclopedia

2. Drawing of James Bowie

3. Note cards about Bowie, 2

4. “Tennessee: James Bowie…edged fame…”, 4 pages

CF1, D1, Folder 37

Bradford family

1. William Bradford, 12 pages

2. William Bradford from Dictionary of American Biography, 4 pages

CF1, D1, Folder 38

James Bridger, 1804-1881

1. “James Bridger” 5 pages

2. James Bridger article from a reference book “Bridger kept maps in his head” from Jackson County Historical Society Journal, Summer 1981

3. Drawing of Jim Bridger

4. Memorandum and voided returned check fro Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department

5. Note card about James Bridger

6. Photo of Jim Bridger

7. Photo of James Bridger’s name on a Wyoming Hill

8. Photo of Green River Ferry

9. Photo of painting of Fort Bridger in 1889

10. Photo of picture of Fort Bridger in 1849

11. Photo of Fort Bridger today, no date

CF1, D1, Folder 39

William Cullen Bryant, 1794-1878

1. “William Cullen Bryant who first led American verse” 55 pages

2. Dictionary of American Biography article about William Cullen Bryant

3. Note card about William Cullen Bryant

CF1, D1, Folder 40

Cabinet Officers

1. “Colonel Dick Thompson, The Persistent Whig”, by Charles Roll

2. Copy of “Richard W. Thompson Memorial” by Dr. D. W. Henry sent to Vigo County Public Library in Terre Haute, IN with letter and insured mail receipt

3. “Interlude from Horace Greeley: Nineteenth Century Crusader” by Glyndon G. Van Deusen, 1953

4. Letter to Vigo County Public Library, November 7, 1969

5. Letter from Vigo County Historical Society, November 16, 1969, original and 5 faded copies

6. Letter to the Indiana Historical Society, January 14, 1970

7. Letter from Indiana State Library, January 21, 1970

8. Letter to Vigo County Public Library, January 23, 1970

9. Letter to the Indiana State Library, January 23, 1970

10. Letter to University of California, January 23, 1970

11. Letter to Oregon Historical Society, January 24, 1970

12. Letter from Oregon Historical Society, January 30, 1970