William Strickland's watercolor sketch of Pope Gregory XVI and representative sketches of members of the Capuchin Order. Also in the sketch is a cardinal receiving a papal blessing. Strickland provides a description of "Good Friday Services" and...
World War, 1914-1918; Sailors; African Americans; Warships; Arms & armament; Naval warfare
Unidentified seamen aboard the U.S.S. Rambler during convoy escort duty. The men are operating the ship's 3"/50 gun. The inscription on the photograph incorrectly identifies the ship as the U.S.S. Rumpler.
Two-page letter from Elisha W. Harris to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of the war being upon them with bloody consequence. He has abandoned his efforts to cling to the union and...
Three-page handwritten letter from Ammons at Lai Khe Base Camp to his family describing his assignment to the 3rd Platoon as a Rifleman. He will be carrying the M79 grenade launcher, two Claymore mines, trip flares, grenades, and a .45 caliber...
This is another page of the Christmas program that was given to the POWs at Stalag Luft III in 1944. It includes a dedication page that reads, "The Senior American Officer extends very cordial season's greetings to all officers and men under his...
Military officers; Military uniforms; Militias; Military training; Military education
Tennesse State Guard officers who attended military training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia in 1942. There are approximately forty-three officers in the photograph.
Small broadside advertises the services of healer and adviser Holy Sister Temple, a self-proclaimed religious holy woman who guarantees that she can heal the sick and ailing. She also lists her address.
Report submitted by Lieutenant William Alonzo Wainwright, Regimental Quartermaster of the 75th Indiana Infantry. This monthly departmental form,designated No. 8, names twenty-eight civilian employees due pay. All but one are listed as "Colored"...
War; War relief; War damage; First aid; Emergency medical services; Military hospitals; World War, 1914-1918
Photograph pictures a first aid station located on the Rue de dixmude at the "Dead End" of the Ypres Canal. The facility's location is marked by a Red Cross flag. The area is surrounded by wartime destruction and debree. The image features shelled...
Oversize forms providing the list of names of individuals and the jobs they were hired to perform. Forms specify the wide array of services performed by the Quartermaster in Nashville and list "colored employees" specifically and separately. The...
Off-center broadside print advertises the Fayetteville undertaking business of J. B. Wilson. Gives location, undertaking services, and promotes warranted furniture-making as well.
Mr. and Mrs. Patton, proprietors, pictured in front of the Sampson Sanitarium. Sign indicates services of the sanitarium include mineral baths, swedish massage, diet, and general physiotherapy. Black and white image. Card no. 7170.
List of expenses of Captain B. J. Semmes for the Confederate Army in the third quarter of 1863. Expenses include $145.60 and $150.00 to H. P. Piper for driving cattle and services respectively; $936.60 to J. B. Hamilton for pasturing cattle;...
Invitation to the memorial service for former U. S. President Andrew Johnson (deceased), to be held in Nashville, Tennesseee, October 2, 1875. Former United States Senator Joseph S. Fowler of Tennessee is to deliver an address on "the life,...
Correspondence; Fathers; Children; Families; Mothers; Civil Wars; War
Correspondence from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samiel R. Latta. In this four-page letter, she expresses concern for the safety of her husband. She states that she is "beginning to feel the terrible realities of war in earnest now."
Certificate of payment for Confederate Major General B. F. Cheatham for services from June 1 to July 1, 1863, for a total of $300.00. Signed by M. B. Pilcherd, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Paymaster in Cheatham's Division.
