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  • Letter and poetry to Miss Hattie, 1887 May 16 
    Bennet, William Baker (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1887)
    A letter from W.B. (William Baker) Bennet to Harriet ("Hattie") L. Stevens, dated May 16th, 1887, in Quitman, regarding a recent visit in which he expressed romantic feelings which she did not reciprocate, and promising ...
  • An Anniversary Oration: Patronage of the Arts and Sciences, 1848 February 22 
    Bennet, William Baker (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1848)
    The text of a speech written and delivered by W. B. Bennet (William Baker Bennet, 1827-1908) before the Phi Delta Society on February 22, 1848, at Mercer University, then located in Penfield, Georgia. Bennet describes the ...
  • Letter to Mary A. Stevens, 1837 March 19 
    Stevens, Oliver (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1837)
    Letter from Oliver Winn Stevens, in Walthourville, dated March 19th, 1837, to his betrothed, Miss Mary Anna Stevens, in which he expresses his love for her and discusses their impending marriage, on March 28th, 1837.
  • Letter to Mary A. Stevens, 1837 January 30 
    Stevens, Oliver (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1837)
    Letter from Oliver Winn Stevens, in Walthourville, dated January 30th, 1837, to his betrothed, Miss Mary Anna Stevens, in Palmyra, in which appears to dispel any doubts she may have over their impending marriage, and convey ...
  • Letter to Mrs. Stevens, 1836 December 10 
    Stevens, Oliver (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1836)
    Letter from Oliver Winn Stevens, in Sunbury, Ga., dated December 10th, 1836, to Mrs. (Amarintha) Stevens, mother of Mary Anna Stevens, in which he asks for her daughter's hand in marriage, and expresses his deliberation ...
  • Letter to Mary A. Stevens, 1837 January 15 
    Stevens, Oliver (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1837)
    Letter from Oliver Winn Stevens, in Walthourville, dated January 15th, 1837, to his betrothed, Miss Mary A. (Anna) Stevens, in Palmyra, in which he apologizes for not being able to see her due to his work obligations. He ...
  • Reminiscences of a bank employee and his travels along the coast of Georgia, 1826 
    Unknown author (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1826)
    Reminiscences (dated 1826) of an employee of the Bank of the State of Georgia in Savannah, about his business travels to Darien, Augusta, and Athens, with stops in Washington, Cherokee Corner, and Wassaw sound, by stage ...
  • The Crisis 
    Hedlund, Joan; Frost, Olivia (The Crisis Publishing Company, 1960-07)
    The book is in fairly good condition with few to no tears on the book itself. There are multiple chapters throughout the book talking about the recent foundation of the Students for Integration. Furthermore, there are ...
  • Southerners and Schools 
    Fuller, Helen (The New Republic, Ca.1959)
    This 31 Page book talks about how school integration was performed across the south. The book details how southern states differ in how they react to forced integration. Specifically, the book talks about Georgia, Louisiana, ...
  • Paul Robeson Souvenir Book 
    Greenstone, Al (Columbia Concerts, 1945)
    Stapled, large (4to), souvenir book with pictorial wraps featuring an exceptional B&W image of Robeson against a white background and white titles on a red banner at bottom. This copy has had the cover professionally ...
  • Historical Note on the Employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution 
    Moore, George H. (New York Historical Society, 1862)
    Beige, somewhat toned wraps with black titles. Covers have been retipped to pamphlet which was originally stitched (threads are gone.) Front wraps have a chip on lower spine edge, a bad scuff part of which is worn throgh ...
  • For These Things We Fight 
    Hood, William R. (1951)
    Stapled, B&W, pictorial wraps with photograph of meeting and black and white titling. Some toning along edges but, otherwise only light wear. VG to VG+. This pamphlet is the transcript of the speech given by William R. ...
  • Mortality among urban Blacks, W.E.B, DuBois Sponsored Atlanta study 
    Bradford, George; Wright, R. R.; et al. (Atlanta University Publications, 1903)
    Original wrappers, 24pp. Through the Conference proceedings detailed in this booklet took place shortly before W.E.B DuBois became Professor of History and Economic at Atlanta University, it was his initiative in launching ...
  • The Changing Status of Negro Labor 
    Johnson, James Weldon (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1918)
    Originally, this address was published in the Proceedings of the National Council of Social Work in 1918.The NAACP published this separately in a series of pamphlets. WorldCat locates only one of these NAACP pamphlets which ...
  • Birth of a Nation, Theatre Program, 1918, Fitchburg Massachusetts 
    Griffith, D. W. (Cummings Theatre, 1918)
    Single-fold (4 pp.) program for the showing of D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation at the Cummings Theatre in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1918. The program has an old, mostly flattened, horizontal fold through the middle ...
  • "Back to Slavery" The New Deal Party and the Negro in Tennessee 
    Colored Division, Republican State Headquarters of Tennessee (Republican State Headquarters of Tennessee, 1940)
    Single-fold (4 pp.) heavy-stock, newsprint pamphlet with general light wear and aging with some minor, flattened creasing on corners. Overall VG. This pamphlet produced by the Colored Division of the Tennessee Republican ...
  • The Origin and History of the Negroes and the Dark Races And Their Achievements Before and After Slavery 
    Merriwether, W. G (self-published, 1950)
    This is a personal, self-published history of African-Americans by this Texas minister. It is a truly scarce book; WorldCat locates only one copy..
  • Origin of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 
    Driver, Edmund H. (Self-Published, 1938)
    Scarce booklet by white resident of Tuskegee, Alabama on the establishment of Tuskegee Institute. This booklet seems to have been reprinted by a firm in Birmingham (also in 1938) but this is the author's original, ...
  • Glimpses of Negro Americans 
    Church of Christ (Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1930)
    Stapled, Pale Green wraps with black titles and frame. This booklet has very light wear but has a number stamped on the front, top right, a star, top left over a faded name. It has very light age toning overall the booklet ...
  • Knight, William W., Letter to Mary Knight. April 2, 1863 
    Knight, William W. (Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 1863-04-02)
    In this letter dated April 2, 1863, written from Camp Young, William W. Knight expresses his sadness that his wife Mary has been ill recently. He blames her constant studying and encourages her to embrace the Christian ...

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