Salinger, J.D.  American author of Catcher in the Rye. Typed letter signed “JDS”. 1972. Written during his extended correspondence with Eileen Paddison, this two-page letter offers sustained reflection on Taoist philosophy as a lived discipline rather than abstract doctrine. Salinger frames himself as “a cluttered man...writer, parent, chauffeur, cook, snow-remover,”.....

[Slavery & Abolition] Larison, C. W. Silvia Dubois (Now 116 Yers Old): A Biografy of the Slav who Whipt her Mistres and Gand her Fredom (1883) documents the life of an African American woman born into slavery in New Jersey. It is one of the few nineteenth-century printed narratives centered.....

[Mexico] [New Spain] Apodaca, Juan Ruiz de. Official proclamation dated July 5, 1821 announcing his resignation as Viceroy of New Spain during the final months of the Mexican War of Independence. Issued during a political crisis following the Plan of Iguala earlier that year, the document records the transfer of.....

[Drag][Las Vegas] Las Vegas Drag photo album, circa 1970s, depicting female impersonators and performers during a formative period in LGBTQ+ performance history. Several images show drag showgirl Joey Skilbred, known professionally as Jocelyn Somers. The album provides direct visual evidence of Las Vegas drag performance culture as it developed in.....

Industrial Extraction and Scientific Farming in the Interwar Midwest: Ruhm’s Phosphate & Chemical Company (Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee). Photograph album documenting phosphate mining, processing, fertilizer application, and Illinois farm yield demonstrations. Circa 1928. Oblong black album (11 x 7½ inches) containing 77 silver gelatin photographs (majority captioned in typed slips, several.....

[Harley Davidson Motorcycle] Southern Eagles Motorcycle Club photograph archive documenting Harley Davidson riders connected with the Cable dealership in Winston Salem, North Carolina between 1958 and 1968. The photographs illustrate the growth of organized motorcycle clubs, dealership sponsorship, and competitive racing culture during the expansion of recreational motorcycling in postwar.....

[Biker Subculture] Southern California biker community photo albums documenting motorcycle culture during the 1970s and 1980s, a period when custom chopper building, club rides, and regional motorcycle gatherings characterized a flourishing biker subculture in the post Vietnam era. The photographs record a network of riders with heavily customized motorcycles participating.....

[Mexico] [Photography] Vernacular photograph album documenting daily life, labor, and civic culture in Mexico and California, 1906–1908, with substantial visual material from the late Porfirian era preceding the Mexican Revolution. The album records markets, religious architecture, rural labor, and public spectacle across central Mexico, alongside views of communities in the.....

Stanford University Military Engineering Archive Documenting the First Army Ordnance Reserve Gauging Program, ca. 1930. Stanford University photo archive documenting the emergence of interwar military-industrial technical education, ordnance gauging instruction, and precision engineering research on campus during the early development of Stanford’s engineering and applied science programs. Rather than depicting.....

Cold War missile and rocketry archive documenting the technical training, range testing, and operational instruction behind American ballistic missile development from the late 1950s through the 1970s. The material spans the Air Force’s intercontinental ballistic missile program, Strategic Air Command crew preparation, White Sands Missile Range instrumentation, and Army missile.....

Social and athletic life of partially identified Black male college students at one of the oldest historically black universities, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1854 in Pennsylvania, Lincoln University became an important center for Black intellectual development, producing generations of educators, clergy, political leaders, and professionals during the era of.....

[Subculture][Motorcycles] Two Mighty Carson Alley Bikers photo albums chronicling the Southern California motorcycle subculture in the 1980s. The albums record custom motorcycle craftsmanship, organized rides including the 1985 Yuma Prison Run, and the social networks of biker subculture. The images show community among working class motorcycle enthusiasts in Southern California.....

Boston lesbian and gay pride photo negative slides documenting public queer mobilization in Boston in 1980. The sequence shows how Boston Pride was staged in public space: speeches from a podium, crowds gathered in the park, identifiable groups under banners, and marchers moving into the street. Compiled by an attendee.....