STILL, William. The Underground Rail Road. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872. First edition, first printing. Contemporary rebinding with black boards and attractive gold gilt title on spine. 9.25" x 6.5" in. 780 pages. A foundational text on freeing slaves in America written by one of the most active African American.....
Radical prison reform newspaper Anvil. May-June 1973. San Francisco: United Prisoners Union. 8 pages. 15" x 11.5" inches. This issue of the Anvil focuses on the San Quentin Six - the six inmates at San Quentin State Prison in California accused of participating in an escape attempt that left six.....
Black Dialogue. Vol. IV, No. 2, Summer 1970. 32 pages. 11" x 8.5" inches. New York. Black Dialogue was a magazine active in the 1960s and 70s that acted as a forum for Black discourse, featuring debates on contemporary politics as well as poetry and short stories. It was was.....
Black Panther broadside calling on citizens to attend a hearing on police misconduct in response to the murder of 15-year-old Melvin Black by Oakland Police in 1979. 11" x 8.5" inches. The broadside states that Black was "shot 12 times in the back by three Oakland police officers", "had no.....
Extensive archive from Methodist minister and revivalist preacher Irving R. Lovejoy from 1880-1888. This archive of 334 handwritten pages by the Reverend includes 20 handwritten and handbound sermons totaling 219 pages. Also includes an additional 115 pages of handwritten notes (mostly related to sermons and religions), letters and personal documents.....
Large archive of 15 items, mainly large silver gelatin photographs and original documents documenting African American Nebraska legislator John Adams Jr. Photos range in size from 5" x 10" inches to 16" x 20" inches. Dates are 1918 to 1940. John Adams Jr. was an African American lawyer who served.....
Cairo Solidarity Rally broadside from an alliance of Black groups, including the Black Economic Development Conference, West Philadelphia, NAACP, Council of Black Clergy, and the Black Workers Congress.June 17, 1971. 14" x 8.5" inches. The Broadside has a graphic of a Black preacher marching with a bible in one hand.....
Proclamation of Emancipation Broadside. Davenport, Iowa: Designed by W.H. Pratt and lithographed by A. Hageboeck, 1865. Broadside. 15" x 12" inches. A calligraphic portrait memorial of Lincoln, using shading to form his likeness with the text of his Emancipation Proclamation. "Designed and written by W.H. Pratt and printed in Iowa.....
File of material related to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference campaign to create a national legal holiday in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. Atlanta, GA: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1969. 25 pages of printed and handwritten material. Included in the file are (1) a cover letter on SCLC letterhead.....
Outcry! from Occupied Berkeley. Vol. 2. May 1969. Distributed by the Radical Student Union at UC Berkeley. Quadruple folded. This newsletter gives the chronology of the clash over People's Park that occurred on May 15, 1969, which was precipitated by the University's desire to turn a lot near campus that.....
Small archive of 3 pieces of ephemera from Mount Holyoke College. The archive includes the 1837-45 annual catalogue pamphlet measuring 9" x 6" inches, the 1840 address delivered at the third anniversary of the school's founding measuring 5.25" x 8.5" inches and an invitation to the 1915 commencement ceremony measuring.....
Archive of 12 catalogues from Mount Holyoke College. 1844-89. Pamphlets measure 9" x 6" inches and range from 16 to 40 pages. The annual catalogues list faculty and students in attendance during the respective year with later catalogues including attractive illustrations of campus views. Mount Holyoke College was founded in.....
Collection of 31 photos of men and women exploring gender and identity. 1920s-1940s. Photos range in size from 10" x 8" to 3.5" x 2.5" inches. The photos are a mix of posed and candid, small groups and couples, friends and lovers, women in suits and coveralls, men in ballet.....
"Association of University Women Teachers, Thirtieth Annual Report." 1914. Soft cover pamphlet measuring 8.5" x 5.5" inches. 69 pages. In its preface the report declares its intention, "The Commitee consider it desirable to preface the Annual Report by a brief account of the Association, since they have found that outsiders.....
"Three Addresses to Girls at School," J.M Wilson. Percival and Co: London, 1890. 7" x 5" inches. 74 pages. Soft cover pamphlet. A series of speeches delivered by the vice president of the Clifton High School for Girls in Covent Garden, 1890. The speeches were given on "Education," "High School.....
An extensive archive of 39 handwritten letters totaling 148 pages written to Dora Keen, a female American alpinist, traveler, and educator. In 1912 Dora Keen became the first person to reach the 16.390 foot summit of Mount Blackburn and the first woman to mountaineer in Alaska. The archive span the.....
Tintype photograph of African American baby girl. C. 1870. Measuring approximately 2 x 3.5 inches. Portrait with studio credit on verso: "J. Fenton. Photographer - South street- Philadelphia" The African American baby wears a white dress wiht lacy collar and little leather boots, her expression suspicious as she looks directly.....
[LGBTQ] Promotional poster for The Bostonian magazine advertising the play The Coming Woman, 1877. Measures 16.5" x 12" inches. A large square of bright red covered in white text reads "A monthly magazine of local interest price 15 cts" along the top of the poster and in large, bold print.....
[African American Education] William Seneca Sutton. “The Education of the Southern Negro”. Bulletin of The University of Texas. No. 221. General Series 23. March 1, 1912. Austin, TX: The University of Texas. 9 x 6 in. Original paper wraps. 24 pages. “The education of the Southern negro should be marked.....
Salinger, J.D. American author of The Catcher in the Rye. Typed letter signed “Jerry”. 2 pages. August 4, 1979. To Eileen Paddison, a close friend and aspiring writer who maintained a correspondence with Salinger for over 15 years. A letter detailing his distrust of “the typical AMA-abiding mind” (by which.....
Vintage original Gelatin silver print press photo. Marjorie Crawford, woman aviator. May 23, 1929. 8 ½ x 6 ½ in. Black and white photo of Marjorie Crawford standing beside an airplane. Pencil inscription on back (in part): "Marjorie Crawford Aviator". Marjorie Crawford was one of the first women aviators, active.....
[HOWE, Julia Ward]. RICHARDS, Laura E. and HOWE ELIOTT, Maude. "Julia Ward Howe: 1819-1910." Boston and New York, 1915. First Edition in 2 Volumes. Octavo, original brown cloth and paper boards with gilt spine and titles. One of only 450 copies printed. 23 illustrations and frontispiece portrait of Howe. Includes.....
Collection of 12 medical texts on various subjects from 1854-1966. Topics range from medical history to practices being implemented worldwide during different periods in history. 1. Gardner, Augustus K. The Causes and Curative Treatment of Sterility, with a Preliminary Statement of the Physiology of Generation. With Colored Lithographs and Numerous.....
Ellet, Elizabeth Fries. Rare Second Edition of the original 2 Volume Set of Ellet’s The Women of the American Revolution, 1848. Published by Baker & Scribner in New York, 1848. Together with letter signed by Ellet to her female publisher, Sarah Hale, dated May 2, 1835, regarding the publication of.....
Extensive archive of 103 photos with every photo showing an unidentified flying object owned and studied by UFO investigator and researcher, Lieutenant Colonel Wendelle Stevens. Archive also includes over 50 photo negatives of the images and the 2001 photo development receipt. Col. Wendelle Stevens was a pilot in the United.....