Quetta is the capital and largest city of what is now Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. In 1935 it was a major British cantonment city with 12,000 troops and a total population of around 70,000. At 3:03 AM on May 31st, an earthquake struck Quetta, reducing the city to rubble, destroying towns and villages to the south and leaving 30 to 60 thousa...
Created:
1935
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
A published telegram in the DETROITI UJSAG [Detroit Hungarian News] to President Eisenhower supported by the American Hungarian Federation, American Bulgarian League, American Czecho-Slovak Federation, American Latvian Association, American Life Insurance Association, Estonian American Association, Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, Latvi...
Created:
1956
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Telegram addressed to August Vestmanis, American Latvian Association representative, from President Richard Nixon encouraging his vote on Election Day, November 7, 1972.
Creator:
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Created:
1972
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Channing Heggie Tobias was born 1 February 1882 in Augusta, Georgia. He was educated in the public schools of Augusta, and went on to earn a B.A. from Paine College in 1902, a B.D. from Drew Theological Seminary in 1905, and did special work at the University of Pennsylvania. Gammon Theological Seminary (Atlanta, Geo.) conferred on him the honor...
Creator:
Tobias, Channing H., 1882-1961
Created:
1945
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
This telegram is in reference to an Educational Council radio broadcast in which Ruth spoke on the subject "Literature in the Primary Grades." A newspaper clipping about the program is included in the original album, but is not included in the digitized version.
Creator:
Karon, Robert Joseph
Created:
1936-01-29
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth