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An autograph, unsigned letter written in pencil with envelope; it is a draft of a circular letter with corrections and additions. The contents of the letter were adopted by a committee appointed by a mass meeting of the citizens of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, held at Cottage Grove, July 31, 1886. The purpose of the committee is described as a practical movement for the abolition of miscegenation and in the letter directs interracial couples to leave Bossier Parish for a more tolerant community where miscegenation and social equality will be accepted. The pictorial envelope portrays the Montgomery Female College, Christiansburg, Virginia, and is addressed to Dr. James S. Milling of Dickinson Cross Roads, La.; James S. Milling (1831-1895) was a native of South Carolina who moved to Louisiana in 1857, and fought with the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The envelope also contains a list of names written on the verso in pencil.
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The collection consists of the personal papers and correspondence of Margaret Collier Graham, as well as materials related to her husband, Donald McIntyre Graham, and other related family papers. Much of the subject matter in the collection focuses on life in California (chiefly in early Pasadena and Anaheim) and California real estate and development, including the establishment of Elsinore and Wildomar.
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The Edwin B. Hoffman collection mostly consists of professional correspondence and records related to Hoffman's career at sea, from 1901-1921. The first series includes accounts, forms, correspondence, financial records, legal documents, photographs, and printed ephemera pertaining to his time at the United States Lighthouse Service and United States Shipping Board. Letters and telegrams detail the loss of P.J. Abler (schooner) in 1915 and the collision of Dorr (schooner) and Oklahoma (schooner) in 1916. Included is a certificate indicating Hoffman was pilot on the first torpedo flotilla aboard the United States Ship Whipple. Most of the correspondence in this series is addressed to Hoffman. The second series includes accounts, certificates, correspondence, documents, logs, manifests, and reports concerning his service as Master of Eastern Leader (steamboat) in 1921. Letters and reports detail an accident to the rudder on 1921 May 26, while undocking in Limerick, Ireland for New York. Most of the letters are typed copies retained by Hoffman addressed to colleagues and family.
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The 54 items, which are arranged chronologically, include correspondence, military records, reports, programs, and a newsletter. The collection also contains some ephemera related to the groups and individuals MacDonald was investigating. The material before 1947 deals with MacDonald's early Army career and his appointment as a Security Protective Agent for the War Department and the Corps of Engineers. The material after 1947 pertains to MacDonald's espionage work and his monitoring of radical groups in Los Angeles. These items include material MacDonald collected about the groups as well as his reports on their activities. Some of the groups and people he investigated are: the Congress of American Women, the Federation of American Citizens of German Descent, Dr. Wesley A. Swift, and a conference on civil rights held by the Los Angeles Community Relations Council. Also included is a copy of the newsletter Alert: a weekly confidential report on communism and how to combat it. The collection deals with the following subjects: anti-communist movements, anti-Jewish propaganda, anti-Semitism, Communism, espionage, race relations in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the Women's International Democratic Federation, and subversive activities. Some notable authors of correspondence are: Agnes Ayres, George Van Horn Moseley, Gerald L. K. Smith, Colonel Edwin C. Kelton, and Major General Ralph H. Van Deman.
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