Letter to Eugene Holman, Chairman, Standard Oil Company, written by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Washington, D.C. discussing the events in Hungary and the role of Radio Free Europe in promoting democracy.
Creator:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Created:
1957-01-08
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter to Estella Mucha from Elsa M. Butler, Executive of the Polish Grey Samaritan School, New York, regarding her appointment to serve in the first relief aid unit to go to Poland through the American Relief Administration.
Creator:
Butler, Elsa M.
Contributor:
Young Womens Christian Association of the U.S.A.
Created:
1919-07-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter to Emilie Wehle (in Vienna, Austria) written by her younger brother Arthur Sch. and his wife Lisa Sch. on July 26, 1953, in Buenos Aires, Argentine.Arthur Sch. lived from 1907 in Buenos Aires, where he worked as a businessman. His wife Lisa Sch. had migrated with her family from Silesia (Poland). After Lisa Sch.’s sister had visited Emi...
Creator:
Arthur and Lisa Sch.
Contributor:
Gerhalter, Li (transcription); Wagner, Birgitt (translation)
Created:
1953-07-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter to Emilie Wehle (in Vienna, Austria) written by her friend Malvine R. on November 28, 1946, in Champaign, Illinois. Malvine R. (née K., 1877-1951) was married to the internist Dr. Oskar R. (1869-1943) and was a mother of three sons. The married couple was also active in the art trade. Like Emilie Wehle (who had converted in 1913 to the Pr...
Creator:
Malvine R.
Contributor:
Gerhalter, Li (transcription); Wagner, Birgitt (translation)
Created:
1946-11-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter to Emilie Wehle (in Vienna, Austria) written by her younger brother Arthur Sch. on August 14, 1914 in Buenos Aires, Argentine. Arthur Sch. was living in Buenos Aires from 1907. From 1912 he was employed as a secretary at the local branch of a German company. At the beginning of the First World War he was drafted from there for military se...
Creator:
Arthur Sch.
Contributor:
Gerhalter, Li (transcription); Wagner, Birgitt (translation)
Created:
1914-08-14
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter to Emilie Wehle (in Vienna, Austria) from her younger brother Walter Sch. written on June 9, 1907, in Dar es Salaam in „Deutsch-Ostafrika" (German colony until 1918), today Tanzania.Walter Sch. was hired as a 21-year-old in 1906 as Office Assistant for the "Imperial Government" of German East Africa (German colony until 1918, today Tanz...
Creator:
Walter Sch.
Contributor:
Gerhalter, Li (transcription); Wagner, Birgitt (translation)
Created:
1907-06-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter to Emilie Wehle (in Vienna, Austria) from her younger brother Oskar and his wife Lola written on November 25, 1904, in New York.In 1904, Oskar Sch. emigrated from Vienna to New York, where he married Lola F. The couple had met in Vienna. Their relationship was initially rejected by the family, because Lola F. was already married and was t...
Creator:
Oskar and Lola Sch.
Contributor:
Gerhalter, Li (transcription); Wagner, Birgitt (translation)
Created:
1904-11-25
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
A letter from Richard Wright to Elizabeth Ames, the executive director of Yaddo, an artist residency program in Saratoga Springs, New York. Wright recommends his friend Henrietta Weigel for the program.
Creator:
Wright, Richard
Contributor:
Ames, Elizabeth (correspondent)
Created:
1941
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
The letter is on Hotel La Salle stationary and includes a number of abstract illustrations. A Hotel La Salle envelope is also included. The envelope is addressed to Ruth Edelstein.
Created:
1933-07-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This letter was written by a University of Minnesota Duluth librarian. It expresses many safety concerns around the City of Duluth's plans to begin offering curbside pickup service at the Duluth Public Library, and strongly urges the Mayor to reconsider these plans. This is the second of two letters.
Created:
2020-04-21
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This letter was written by a University of Minnesota Duluth librarian. It expresses safety concerns around the City of Duluth's plans to begin offering curbside pickup service at the Duluth Public Library, and urges the Mayor to reconsider these plans. This is the first of two letters.
Created:
2020-04-03
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Letter to Demetrios Callimachos residing likely in Athens, Greece, from R. Orphanidis residing in Alatsata (present-day Alacati), Turkey, written on August 6, 1900.
Creator:
Orphanidis, R.
Contributor:
Callimachos, Demetrios (recipient); Karadimitriou, Sofia (transcription and translation)
Created:
1900-08-06
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Letter to Demetrios Callimachos, residing probably in Athens, Greece, from Helen, residing at formerly Greek Dardanellia (Turkey), written on October 15, 1893
Creator:
Helen (Eleni)
Contributor:
Callimachos, Demetrios (recipient); Karadimitriou, Sofia (transcription and translation)
Created:
1893-10-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
President Eisenhower replying to a letter sent by Mr. Pink concerning Brotherhood Week, a public awareness campaign promoting religious tolerance sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Creator:
Eisenhower, President Dwight D.
Created:
1948-02-20
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Letter to C. B. Johannides, Executive Secretary, AHEPA, written by Thomas N. Christie, Publicity Director, AHEPA, concerning the quota of war bonds, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Creator:
Christie, Thomas N., Publicity Director, AHEPA
Contributor:
Chapter No. 66 Order of AHEPA, 908 8th Ave So. Minneapolis, Minn.
Created:
1943-04-23
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Copy of a handwritten letter by Alice Stone Blackwell, editor of the WOMEN'S JOURNAL, to Bedros Keljik on the topics of Armenian poetry translation and recent news. The Library of Congress holds the originals.
Creator:
Blackwell, Alice Stone (1857-1950)
Created:
1894-01-27
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
A letter of commendation to Arthur Kleiner from the USO written on behalf of Captain Miller (Glenn Miller?), for musical accompaniment at a dance given at Mitchell Field. The date is given as Sunday July 23rd without reference to a year. The letter is signed by Manuel Manisoff, Area Hospital Director.
Creator:
Manisoff, Manuel
Created:
1923-07
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Letter to Arthur Kleiner from Donald Leavitt, Head, Recorded Sound Section at the Library of Congress thanking him for his time and soliciting his advice.
Creator:
Leavitt, Donald L.
Created:
1970-02-19
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
The author states: “I fear if the Marshal is not explicit in the conditions of sale the purchaser may be involved in disputes… as to what share they are entitled owing to different constructions.”
Creator:
Buckley, William
Created:
1802-01-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1828-05-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1824-08-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1828-05-26
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1828-10-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1829-02-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This collection traces the history of seven Dutch sugar plantations in Guiana (the colony of Surinam) through nearly a century of major developments, including the Napoleonic Wars and the transition from a slave to a free labor economy. The records consist of correspondence regarding the administration of the plantations in the Surinam colony, a...
Created:
1757-06-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, James Ford Bell Library.
This file folder is from the collection of records of La Raza Student Cultural Center (name changed to Mi Gente Latinx Student Cultural Center as of 2021), which includes administrative documents, newsletters, news clippings and flyers, correspondence, minutes, etc. that document the beginnings of La Raza on campus, including its founding as the...
Creator:
La Raza Student Cultural Organization
Created:
1993
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
This is correspondence from Erwin Oreck and Alec Ruttger, from Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge. Ruttger is writing in response to a letter Oreck previously sent about the use of the word """"restricted"""" on the folder of brochure matterial for the lodge that is given out. Ruttger assures Oreck that """"restricted"""" was not meant to only restrict Je...
Created:
1947
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
This folder contains administrative materials regarding the founding and activities of the Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Materials include faculty files, meeting minutes and agendas, newsletters, handbooks, correspondence, and memos. On January 14, 1969, members of the Afro-American Action Com...
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Dept. of Afro-American and African Studies.
Created:
1973
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.