MULTIETHNIC SMALL COLLECTIONS
ASPINWALL, WILLIAM HENRY
One letter from Aspinwall, a railroad tycoon, to Judge Edward Pierrepont who later served as Attorney General under President Grant. The letter proposes creation of an organization to pay for the passage of emigrants, particularly from Ireland and Germany, to the American West.
CITIZENSHIP CLASSES, PHOENIX, ARIZONA
This collection consists of a roll book, three tests from a citizenship class, and a related letter. The roll book contains information on the students in what appears to be two separate classes taught by a Mrs. W.G. Flay for the YWCA in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1943 and 1945. Included are students' names, addresses, ethnicity, attendance, and what appear to be grades. Two of the tests have student notes on the subjects of the questions and answers to the questions penciled on the backs. Ethnic groups represented in the roll book include German, English, Italian, Russian, and Mexican.
The collection was donated by Mr. and Mrs. James W. Krank in 1976.
DISAPPEARANCE OF JOHN CHINAMAN
Manuscript, ca. 1930
This essay describes the presence of the Chinese in California and their "peculiar" ways.
There are also references to Mexicans and Japanese in California.
Samuel Harris was a farmer in New Gloucester, Maine. The bulk of the collection consists of letters to him from his son Tilson from several locations in South Carolina and Georgia. Also present are letters from Harris' son Charles and his friend Henry High, Samuel's brother Ira, and Samuel's brother-in-law I. Waterman. Both Tilson and Ira Harris fought on the Confederate side in the Civil War and were killed. The letters discuss subjects such as the effects of the War on the family and on the South, the conduct of the war, slave life, the impact on the South of the freeing of the slaves, and farming and farm machinery.
The folder list of the register of the correspondence of Samuel Harris is one page long and available upon request. The charge is $0.25 per page, in addition to $2.50 for shipping and handling.
HOLLAND AMERIKA LIJN
Passenger Lists, 1889-1900
These volumes contain alphabetical lists of passengers aboard the S.S. Obdam, S.S. Veendam, WS.S. Edam, S.S.P. Caland, S.S. Amsterdam, and S.S. Rotterdam, for the Commissioners of Emigration, New York. Passenger's countries of origin and embarkation points are not indicated.
In this letter to Mr. Lowell, Poole appeals for funds for visiting nurses to serve children living in the tenements on the East Side in New York City.
Stoddard was the author of The Riding Tide of Color Against White Work Supremacy. These letters to "Coleman" concern his book, President Harding's recommendation of it, and the upcoming Eugenics Congress in New York City.