World War, 1939-1945--Food supply; Award presentations; Seafood industry--Maryland.; Tilghman Packing Company (Tilghman, Md.)
Program for the presentation of the War Food Administration Achievement "A" Award to the workers of the Tilghman Packing Company in Tilghman, Maryland on August 12, 1944. The program includes the text of letters exchanged between the War Food...
Church Home (Baltimore, Md.); Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884;
In this letter dated September 14, 1863 and written from Baltimore, Maryland, Maria Clemm informs Neilson Poe she is now living in the Church Home on Broadway in Baltimore. Although her stay is being paid for by the ladies of St. Paul's Church, she...
Couden, Robert, 1708-; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Green, William, d. 1770; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;...
Maryland eight dollar note dated March 1, 1770 and signed R [Robert] Couden and J [John] Clapham: serial number 5727.
Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Continental period, 1775-1780; Printing. United States. History;
Maryland four dollar note dated December 7, 1775 and signed Chas. [Charles] Irvine and Al. [Alexander] Irvine: serial number 1026.
Clapham, John; Eddis, William, 1738-1825; Engraving, Colonial; Green, Anne Catharine, d. 1775; Green, Frederick, 1750-1811; Green, Jonas, 1712-1767; Maryland. History. Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Money. United States. History. Colonial period,...
Maryland eight dollar note dated April 10, 1774 and signed Wm [William] Eddis and J [John] Clapham: serial number 5111.
Coal--Conservation--Government policy; Horse-drawn vehicles in art; United States. Fuel Administration; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by J. C. (Joseph Christian) Leyendecker (1874-1951) that shows a team of draft horses pulling a coal wagon, with the driver standing in the tilted wagon bed using a shovel to deliver the coal. Printed in red letters above the wagon are...
Churches--Massachusetts--Concord; Freedom; French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931; Fund raising; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Concord; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by JA (Jonathan Atherton, 1900-1952) that shows the Concord, Massachusetts Minute Man statue in the foreground and a large white church with clock tower in the background. Sculpted by Daniel Chester French, the "Minute Man" statue...
United States. Marine Corps--Flags; United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918; United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting Station (Baltimore, Md.); War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918; World War,...
Color poster that features four marines in khaki uniforms leading a column of marines across a beach. The two marines in the center are carrying United States Marine Corps flags. These marines are flanked by two other marines carrying rifles....
United States Employment Service; United States. War Manpower Commission; V-mail; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by Lawrence Nelson Wiibur (1897-1988) that shows an attractive young woman clutching V-mail messages to her chest and looking longingly in the distance, with the words "Longing won't bring him back sooner... get a war job!" positioned...
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. Speeches. Selections; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Black and white poster created from excerpts of a speech delivered before the House of Commons by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on June 4, 1940 that begins with these words: "We shall not flag nor fail." At the top center is letterhead...
Baltimore (Md.); Bloom, Marion; Letters; Marriage; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Marion Bloom ca. August 1923. Mencken and Marion Bloom were intimate for years, but the relationship grew rocky for a variety of reasons. Mencken wrote this cursory letter when he learned of her marriage to Mr. Lou...
Lancaster (Pa.); Letters; Marriage; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Virginia Mencken Morrison, June 27, 1941. Virginia Mencken (1915-1980) was the only child of Mencken's brother, Charles. She had married David Morrison the previous month, and this union would generate two sons. Note...
In this letter dated March 6, 1809 and written from Stockerton, George Poe, Jr. tells William Clemm about troubles from a couple of Baltimoreans, relatives of the family. This letter includes the only known copy of a note by Edgar Allan Poe's...
In this letter dated December 27, 1865 and written from Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison tries to calm Maria Clemm, Edgar Allan Poe's mother-in-law, who is distraught because she has not received a letter from Harrison recently. Addressing her...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Death; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter mistakenly dated Saturday evening October 28th, 1849 (Saturday occurred on October 27 in 1849) and most likely written from Providence, Rhode Island, Sarah Helen Whitman, engaged to Edgar Allan Poe in 1848, expresses her sympathy to...
Letters; Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Rice, Sara Sigourney, 1831-1909;
In this letter dated April 4, 1876 and written from Paris, France, Stéphane Mallarmé responds to Sara Sigourney Rice's letter requesting a few lines from Mallarmé to be included in a book entitled Edgar Allan Poe: A Memorial Volume. Rice was...
Original manuscript of the poem entitled "A Valentine" written by Edgar Allan Poe for Mrs. Frances Sargent Osgood on February 13, 1846. (Editor's note: Beginning in 1845, Edgar Allan Poe conducted a literary courtship with Frances Sargent Osgood...
Browne, William Hand, 1828-1912; Letters; Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898; Memorial rites and ceremonies; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Rice, Sara Sigourney, 1831-1909;
William Hand Browns' English translation of Stéphane Mallarmé's letter dated April 4, 1876 and written from Paris, France to Sara Sigourney Rice concerning Rice's request for a few lines from Mallarmé to be included in a book entitled Edgar...
January, Josephine Emily Poe (January, H. C. [Harry Churchill], Mrs.); Letters; Poe, Amelia Fitzgerald; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
In this letter dated December 2, 1908 and written from the Shelton Hotel in New York City, Amelia Fitzgerald Poe tells her niece, Mrs. H. C. (Harry Churchill) January (Josephine Emily Poe January) about various letters and items related to Edgar...
Death; Letters; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Rice, Sara Sigourney, 1831-1909;
In this brief letter dated April 20, 1875 and written from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "in great haste" and without his usual cordiality, replies to Sara Sigourney Rice about a testamonial to Edgar Allan Poe. For Poe's...
