Pennsylvania

Abstract Photographs, majority are iconographic, filmstrips, slides, audio cassettes, hand-written notebooks, microfilms and negatives, bulk dates: 1860-mid 1900s. A procedure is now underway of accessing and housing the ‘photographic’ collection. Photographs originally stored in 22 cartons and one Hollinger boxes; other items include 7 cartons of Alabama filmstrips, 5 Hollinger boxes containing filmstrips and audio tapes relating to history of Alabama, Florida, Illinois, California, Ohio and...

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Photographs depicting portraits of unidentified people, visit to Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, fairgrounds, school children with their teachers, canoeing, and covered bridge in Cambridgeboro, Pennsylvania.

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Diary of a Pennsylvania minister and agent of the American Tract Society, written while he was in New Orleans and Greenville, Louisiana, in 1839 and 1846.

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Courtship letters between Ira Keagy and Grace Lykens of Pennsylvania. There are also letters to Grace from several other pen pals.

Scope and Contents This collection is of one photographic album of 70 pages with 270 black and white photographs assembled by Mary Yost of a group of friends and spouses who were motorcycle enthusiasts and their travels through the American southeast. Captured are images of an unofficial motorcycle club and their trips, travels, daily life in Virginia and surrounding states, and images of military men at American bases during World War II. Photographs measure between 2¾”x 2½” and 3½” x 5” and most are...

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A letter to Joshua P. Eyre from his friend, Fred M. Owen in Chester, Pennsylvania.

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Letters, manuscripts of unpublished poems, first editions and published pieces by this California poet.

Scope and Contents The diary of Corporal Rudolph H.F. Roessel documents his service in the Union Army as a member of Company B, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. Spanning from 1862 to 1863, the diary provides a firsthand account of his enlistment, military movements, battles, and personal experiences as a soldier.Roessel details the regiment’s formation in Easton, Pennsylvania, in September 1862, its deployment to Washington, D.C., and subsequent participation in...

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Civil War diary of a soldier from Marengo County, Alabama. It contains entries describing camp life, marching, and fighting in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Georgia; including the Battles of Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and Lookout Mountain.

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This collection consists of seven photographs depicting people from Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and New York.

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This collection consists of twelve photographs depicting people in Kentucky and Pennsylvania.