Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amendment photomontage

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  The fifteenth amendment

  Visual Materials

  Image of a parade celebration in Baltimore, Maryland, for the passing of the Fifteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution (allowing African American men the right to vote) on May 19, 1870, surrounded by vignettes and portraits with captions; African American men, women, and children are portrayed in various daily activities as equals to others, including as workers, soldiers, religious figures, politicians, married couples, educators, and voters; portraits of President Ulysses S. Grant, Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Vice President Schuyler Colfax, John Brown, and Abraham Lincoln surround center image along with quotes from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

  priJLC_POL_002657

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  Constitution, By-Laws and Amendments

  Manuscripts

  The collection consists of letters and documents which formed a portion of the Business Women's Legislative Council of California's records. The items in the collection pertain to the organization, maintenance and activities of the Council. The records span the years from 1927 to 1943, although there is a general gap in the files before 1929 and from 1936 through 1938. Grouped into folders, by document type, the folders are in alphabetical order by and files within every folder are arranged chronologically. Notable correspondence includes letters from elected officials as well as candidates in California and the governors of nearly all states in response to questions about their positions on "equal rights for women wage-earners." Prominent gubernatorial signatories include Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Bilbo, and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. Among the many letters from California legislators, the one from Culbert Olson is the most notable. Ephemera includes pamphlets on women's rights from other organizations, newspaper clippings/transcripts and convention programs.

  mssBusiness Women's Legislative Council

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  Abraham Lincoln collection

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  This collection contains correspondence and documents of Abraham Lincoln dating from 1813 to 1865, especially relating to his presidency and the election of 1864, and to the Civil War, including appointments, military commissions, instructions and orders to generals, pardons, and passes. Several items pertain to slavery, including letters and notes, documents regarding gradual emancipation in Delaware, and signed copies of the 13th Amendment. There is a small amount of material for the Lincoln and Todd families. Also present are legal documents, 1838 to 1860, primarily relating to various cases handled by Lincoln during his law partnerships, especially with William H. Herndon. In addition, the collection includes items dating from 1865 to 1911 that concern Lincoln's assassination and the conspirators, his funeral, and his legacy.

  mssLincoln

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  New York City - Demonstration of the colored inhabitants of New York in honor of the adoption of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States - Friday April 8, 1870

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  Image of bands, horses, and groups of people parading down a street in New York in a demonstration in honor of the passage of the fifteenth amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted the right to vote to African American men in the United States; buildings along street in background.

  priJLC_POL_002629

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  Death Bed of Lincoln

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  Albumen print. Face of the dying president was modeled after the Mathew Brady profile photo taken Feb. 9, 1864 & later adapted for the copper penny. Rare as engraving, but achieved popularity in this format -- as CDV for family albums. Depicts Lincoln on his deathbed, surrounded by his cabinet and generals. A young man (Robert Lincoln?) covers his face in grief, Mary Lincoln is on her knees at the bedside weeping

  photPF 25498

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  Amendments to the California Constitution

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  The collection deals primarily with the professional and personal activities of Samuel Brooks Morris, a civil engineer of note in Southern California who was most active from the 1930s into the early 1960s. The collection deals with local (Pasadena and Los Angeles), state and national engineering concerns, largely related to water reclamation, dams, hydrogeology, water litigation, and a wide range of related technical publications. The material consists of a highly diverse mix of manuscripts and printed materials, including correspondence, maps, notes, charts, fliers, and brochures, often interspersed within each folder. The correspondence is primarly to and from colleagues, but also includes discusion with government officials at all levels from local to national. The collection includes a small number of photographs, located in appropriate sections of the collection by subject.

  mssMorris, Samuel papers