This manuscript is a letter written by Jacob Siler, a former Agent of the State (1839-40) working within North Carolina and nearby states and sent to William Holland Thomas. In the letter Jacob Siler is requesting payment for...
Joe Bird is the son of Charles Asbury Bird and Sally Bird. Joe attended the School for the Deaf and Dumb in Morganton, North Carolina, because he was partially deaf from a childhood accident. At the school he studied to be a...
This manuscript is a single personal document from the Dr. John R. Brinkley Papers: a five-page letter dated December 2, 1928 and addressed to Brinkley’s infant son, John Richard Brinkley III. When read carefully, the letter...
Sujeito:
Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942 e Families--History
This letter card, written on June 27, 1937, comes from the correspondence of John R. Brinkley and was addressed to Amanda Avaline Wike Jackson (“Aunt Amanda”). The card was composed during Brinkley’s summer tour of Europe with...
Sujeito:
Brinkley, John Richard, 1885-1942, Hotels e Travel
This postcard was commercially printed and entitled “Golfo della Spezia.” In a short message written in black ink and postmarked June 13, 1937, Dr. John R. Brinkley informs his aunt that he and his son had eaten in Lerici while...
The following edition is based on a letter written by playwright, novelist, and poet Josefina Niggli, addressed to her family on June 20th, 1935. The letter itself, written home to her family, recounts Niggli’s experiences...
Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a renowned author and librarian who changed the course of his urban life to pursue his true passion recording the intricacies of the Southern Appalachian wilderness and its people. In addition to...
This manuscript is a transcription of a letter written from Levi Morrison Bogart to his sister, Martha Jane (Bogart) Misemer, on April 21, 1865 during the United States Civil War. This transcription and its attendant...
This manuscript is a transcription of a letter written on July 13, 1864 from Levi Morrison Bogart to his sister, Martha Jane (Bogart) Misemer, during the United States Civil War. This transcription and its attendant...
This manuscript is a transcription of a letter written June 16, 1864 from Levi Morrison Bogart to his sister, Martha Jane (Bogart) Misemer, during the United States Civil War. This transcription and its attendant annotations,...
