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Between the Covers Rare Books

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Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Anti-Wallace Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4732
Scope and Contents This mimeographed flyer, produced by the Congress of African People in Philadelphia in 1970, promotes “The People’s Ball,” an event opposing George Wallace and his segregationist policies, referred to as “Wallace-ism.” The flyer invites attendees to meet John Cashin, an African American dentist, civil rights activist, and gubernatorial candidate in Alabama, and to support the fight against racism in the South. It features an illustration of George Wallace with a footprint on his face,...
Dates: 1970

Carl S. Auerbach World War II letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4202
Abstract

Letters from this WWII sailor to his wife and family.

Dates: 1936-1945

City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Yearbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4728
Scope and Contents

This printed item is the Year Book of the City Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Birmingham, Alabama, for the year 1950-1951. Published by Forniss Printing Company, this twenty-seven page pamphlet provides an overview of the organization's activities, membership, and governance. It includes a brief history of the Federation, lists of affiliated clubs, members, and committees, as well as a month-by-month calendar of events for the year.

Dates: 1950-1951

Cuba Photograph Album and Journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4173
Abstract

Part photograph album and part travel log, this album, kept by an American woman while on vacation in Havana, Cuba, in the summer of 1946.

Dates: 1946 July

Everett B. Andrews Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4170
Abstract

Letters describing camp life written by Everett B. Andrews to his sister Lillian in St. Albans, Vermont, while he was stationed on the Island of Tinian in the Marianas after Allied forces captured it in 1944.

Dates: 1945

Henry Gant Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4172
Abstract

Scrapbook, which covers over fifty years, focuses on the Gant family of Hiller and Brownsville, Pennsylvania, particularly on Henry Gant and his sons, Gene and Tim.

Dates: 1932-1988

Gordy Brule Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4166
Abstract

Letters written by and to Gordon "Gordy" Brule who served in the 447th Bomb Squad World War II.

Dates: 1943 - 1949

National Negro Fair Prospectus

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4731
Scope and Contents This prospectus announces the National Negro Fair, scheduled to be held in Mobile, Alabama, in the fall of 1909. It details the event's objectives, emphasizing the promotion of African American industrial and intellectual achievements on a larger scale than ever before. The document highlights the fair’s mission to inspire and encourage greater productivity within the race while seeking to reshape public perception of African Americans. Additionally, the prospectus outlines the opportunity...
Dates: 1909

Photographic Album of an African American Family

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-002
Abstract

Small rectangular photo album containing photographs of prominent African American family probably from around Washington, District of Columbia area.

Dates: 1910 - 1955

Roger Hertz Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4167
Abstract

Almost daily letters written by Hertz and his family between 1944 and 1946 while he was serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Dates: 1944 - 1946

Alma Simpson Travel Journals

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4204
Abstract

A detailed account of a family's travels during the early 1920s as described by an independent young college woman during her summer vacations.

Dates: 1923-1925

Taylor Family Evangelical Tent Revival Meetings and Travel Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4203
Abstract

Photographs depicting this traveling evangelical family's travels in California, Idaho, Michigan, Wisconsin and other places in the early twentieth century.

Dates: 1914-1915

Eva T. Tinnesz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4139
Abstract

Papers and memorabilia of a United States Coast Guard Women's Reservist during World War II

Dates: 1918-1945

World War I and World War II Photographic Albums

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-001
Abstract

This collection consists of nine photogrpahic albums from World War I and World War II.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1912 - 1947

World War II letters collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-3688
Abstract

Collection of letters to and from service men and women during World War II.

Dates: 1940-1945

World War II Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4091
Abstract

Photograph album containing mainly 2.5" x 2.5" snapshots of an unidentified African American soldier during the 1940s

Dates: between 1941 and 1950

Additional filters:

Subject
World War, 1939-1945 8
Correspondence 5
African Americans 3
Photograph albums 3
Daily Life and Family 2