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Miramelinda Arribas-Douglas Interview
No full textMiramelinda Arribas-Douglas was born on August 15, 1975 in Jakarta, Indonesia. At the time of this interview, she held the position of Welcome Toledo Lucas County Specialist at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. In her interview, she talks about her childhood, education in various countries, early adulthood, career, and personal life
James M. Ashley campaign letter, May 1, 1864
No full textThis letter was written on May 1, 1864, by James Mitchell Ashley, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio between 1859 and 1869. The letter was written confidentially, to an unnamed person, requesting renomination to Congress.[Confidential]
Washington. D.C.
May 1 1864.
My Dear Sir.
The Union Congressional Committee at
the request of [a majority of] the Union County Committees in the District have,
as I learn, so amended their present call for a convention on
the 24’ of May, as to include the nomination of a Union
Candidate for Congress.
A number of friends had written
me that the matter was talked of, but I did not
know whether the suggestions of the Union County
Committees would be adopted by the District Committee or
not, until I received the Daily Commercial a day
or two ago, containing the announcement.
The reasons given for the change are entirely satisfactory
to me. I know, as a friend in Defiance County, writes,
“how difficult it will be for farmers to leave their work
to attend Conventions, now that so many men are taken
from the District for the army.” Another friend [friends]
say, in a letter which I received yesterday, that “it costs
money & time to attend Conventions. Not less than
from two to five dollars for every County Convention,
and from five to ten dollars for every District
Convention, besides the time lost in going and
returning.” and he adds “the farmers cannot
afford to do it.” For this reason he says in another
part of his letter, “I want but one County & District
Convention this year.” and he very justly adds, “If two
or three County and District Conventions are to be held, none
but politicians can or will attend them, and for one I
am unwilling to give up everything to them.” No one
has cause to endorse the foregoing sentiment more than I have
The politicians and tricksters have always been against me
and I could never have been nominated & elected to
Congress in our District but for my steadfast friends in
the Country.
I have just finished a letter for publication
addressed to Hon George Laskey in answer to a letter
from him on the subject of my renomination. I
publish it so that I can at once answer all who have
written on that subject. Permit me to call [your] attention to it.
I write now more particularly to request you to attend
in person and to ask all reliable union men to go to
our primary and County Conventions, and see that no
proslavery rebel sympathizer, pretending to be a union man
is sent as a delegate, either to your County, or to the
District or State Conventions. Let none but tried and
true men be “put on guard” at such a time as the
present. We certainly have men enough who are
not “doubtful” to act as Representatives of the Union party
in our National, State District & County Conventions. If
we have not, in heavens name let me beg you
to send open=throated rebels rather than “doubtful
noncommittal sneaks. We have been deceived and
betrayed often enough I trust by these pretenders.
To you I do not disguise the fact that I desire
a re-nomination. I know that a nomination on the
24” will be an election. All I ask of my friends
in view of this fact, [if] is for them to give me the nomination.
After that I will see [that] as I always have done
heretofore, that I am elected without additional trouble,
loss of time, or expenditure of money by any one.
Politically, this is the trial hour of my life. If I am
renominated and elected I have a future. If I am not,
my future is very uncertain. You will excuse me
then if I feel and express to my friends some anxiety
about it. I want to complete the “record” which I
commenced, on the Slavery question on my entry into Congress
five years ago. I want to make that “record” historical.
I desire neither money or power. My highest ambition
is to have my name recorded where it will stand
forever intimately assosiated in the history of my Country
with the grand events which are now transpiring. I
wish to remain in Congress until this terrible contest is undid-
the union restored, and until in all this broad & beautiful
land there is not a single slave.
I do not want to appear egotistical, but I know
that I am stronger in Congress and stand higher
to day before the Country than either you or I expected
I would stand when I first came here. Entering
Congress in 1859 unheralded & unknown outside of
my own District, with but few acquaintences and
no money I have gradually but surely worked my
way to position and influence, so that as a
Representative [I] can now be of some service to a
constituency and I trust of some value to the Country.
It is said that, Thomas H. Benton, was in the Senate
of the United States nearly six years before he even attempted
to make a speech. If Webster, Clay & Benton or any one
of our great Statesman had been continued in Congress
but four or six years who does not know that they
could never have left such records as now illustrate
the history of the Country.
The constant changes of Representatives has been
the great mistake of the North. The South always
controlled the government because she retained
her men in Congress, and thus practically educated
then for Statesman. No man I care not how able
he may be, can become a Statesman & leader in four
or six years. We would not think of everything a
builder who had never worked at his trade more than
a year or two to put up any kind of a valuable building
nor would we employ a teacher to instruct our children
who could not pass an examination before a Board
of School Examiners; yet the people of this Country often
confide the destiny of the Nation to men whom they
would not think of employing to teach their children
or to conduct the most ordinary business transaction.
If I have, while in Congress faithfully
representated your views of public policy & you can give
me your influence for re=nomination I shall
always regard it as a very great personal favor
and if again elected, I shall hope to so discharge the
duties of a Representative as to command the approval
of friends and the respect of honorable opponents.
This letter is of course intended to be strictly
private, or for the perusal of confidential friends only.
May I ask you to write me fully & frankly
what the feeling is in your neighborhood so far
as you know about my re-election. Do you
know of one man who voted for me two years
ago who will not vote for me now? If so, do you
know why? Do you know any who two years ago
voted [for] against me who are for me now?
Please write & give me the result of doings of
your County Convention on the 14th [may].
Trulyyourfriend
JMAshle
Centennial Church Service program, September 19, 1937
No full textA program for the Centennial Church Service in Toledo, Ohio on Sunday, September 19th, 1937 at 8pm at the Toledo Zoological Park Amphitheatre. The service was presented by the Toledo Council of Churches, located at 405 Richardson Building in Toledo, Ohio
Greeting card, undated
No full textA lace and cardstock card with a poem partially attributed to Lord Byron printed inside
Robert C. Ogden letter to the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute Board of Trustees, January 10, 1907
No full textA letter dated January 10, 1907 and written by Robert C. Ogden, President of the Board of Trustees of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now known as Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama. Ogden's letter, along with the 1906 report concerning the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, was forwarded to Tuskegee Board members. The report was written by Seth Low and was dated December 29, 1906. An undated explanatory note by Booker T. Washington is attached to the last page of the report
Robert R. Moton letter to Mr. C. H. Gibson, September 21, 1934
No full textA typed letter on stationery from the Office of the President of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Insitute, now known as Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama. The letter is addressed to Mr. C. H. Gibson, signed by Robert R. Moton, and is dated September 21, 1934. The letter is a notice that Gibson will be acting as President of Tuskegee Institute.OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALABAMA
Mr. C. H. Gibson:
September 21, 1934.
I have appointed an Executive Committee consisting of Mr. Charles
H. Gibson, the Treasurer, and the Commandant. This Committee will handle
such matters as may be referred to it by the President.
During the absence of the President, Mr. Charles H. Gibson will act
as President.
The Commandant will be Executive Officer of the Committee and will
communicate all of its decisions and actions "By Direction of the
President". The Commandant is also charged with following up and
supervising the execution of the decisions of the Executive Committee.
Please advise all of your assistants and workers as to this
Ccmmittee and its functions. I know we will have your full and
hearty cooperation.
s
President
Toledo History Vertical Files - Ethnic Groups - Hispanic and Latinx / Latine
No full textVertical file created by the Toledo Lucas County Public Library from newspaper clippings on Toledo's Hispanic and Latinx / Latine communities in the 1960s and 1970s. Articles are drawn from the Toledo Blade and other sources
World War II Clippings Card File, Pe - Pr
No full textAn index of cards and newspaper clippings of Toledo-area soldiers in World War II, created by the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Local History and Genealogy Department. This index is organized by the last name of the soldier. The cards may include a newspaper clipping from a local newspaper, direct a researcher to a different card within the index, or only list a discharge date. This resource has not yet been transcribed. Keywords: World War 2, World War Two, World War I
TAGALA, Vol. 29, Nos. 1-12, 2011
No full textThe Toledo Area Gay and Lesbian Affiliation (TAGALA) newsletter was a publication serving the LGTBQIA+ community in Toledo from 1983 to 2019. TAGALA was anchored by several organizations over time including Pro and Lavendar Triangle. The newsletter covered community events, political news, community resources, social events, religious organizations, comics and more. As of February 2019, TAGALA is no longer in publication