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Frederick Douglass photograph
No full textFrederick Douglass (1818-1895) was a famous passenger on the Underground Railroad and worked as a station agent in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. After escaping slavery, he worked tirelessly for the cause of abolition and equal rights as an orator, author, and statesman
Whittier House donor letter and list from Frederick P. Craig
No full textWhittier House scrapbooks document Whittier House programs, events, and anniversary celebrations through newspaper clippings, lecture fliers, newsletters, event programs, and ticket stubs. Newspaper clippings are primarily from the Jersey Journal. There is also Whittier House fundraising materials, including pamphlets, appeal letters, brochures, and postcards. The Whittier House Social Settlement, the first settlement house in New Jersey, was established in Jersey City, N.J. (Hudson County) in 1894. Founded by Cornelia Foster Bradford, who would remain with the organization as headworker until 1926, Whittier House was based on the settlement house, Toynbee Hall, in England. Whittier House provided various recreational and educational programs, along with much needed social services, for the immigrant populations of Jersey City. Many of these successful services were used as models for large-scale social reform movements through the state. In 1935, the Whittier House was taken over by the Boys' Club of Jersey City
Frederick Wilson, Author-Lecturer, Feb. 1, 1947
No full textNoted Author and lecturer Dr. Frederick Taylor Wilson will speak at the Winthrop College assembly. Dr. Wilson, a nationally recognized authority on the Constitution and American Presidents, will give a lecture entitled The Birth of Our Liberties. Dr. Wilson is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, after which he taught history, as well as taught and practiced law
Dominican Republic, aerial view of Cordillera Central range
No full textCrossing the Cordillera Central, alt. 10,500 ft. Dom. Rep., June 2, 1935GrayscaleClapp Nitrate Negatives, Box
Ouest Department (Haiti), Chaîne de la Selle mountain range near town of Kenscoff
No full textKenscoff - Haiti's principal summer resort 3,500 ft. alt. on Massif de la Selle. July 7, 1935GrayscaleClapp Nitrate Negatives, Box
[Manuscript] of [ _Snarleyyow, or, The Dog Fiend_ ] / [Frederick Marryat].
No full textThe pages of this manuscript fragment are numbered 39 and 40 [a note on the recto states that these correspond to 296 in the printed text]; a pencil note at the top of the recto attributes the work to Captain Frederick Marryat [the novel alluded to may have been Marryat\u27s _Snarleyyow, or, The Dog Fiend_ (1837)].A popular novelist and author of children\u27s adventure fiction like _Masterman Ready_ (1841), a castaway tale, Marryat entered the navy as a teenager and by 1815 had risen to the rank of commander. He was active in the Anglo-Burmese war in 1823, after which he was made a CB and awarded the gold medal of the Royal Humane Society; Marryat was made a fellow of the Royal Society for his innovations in signaling
Quiet Girl
No full textTess is the new girl at school, and as everyone knows, that's always a hard thing to be. When she notices Bella, a girl who always keeps to herself, she makes the decision to approach her. Soon, a friendship is formed. But there is something going one with Bella, something she is unwilling to tell anyone...A short story presented at Agora.
Works by this author are identified by the name used in the item: "J.L. Frederick".
The link to the story leads to its location on Wattpad. The formatting on the website is automatic.Copyright held by authors.Friendshipfirst personfemale protangonistSuspenseEnglishShort stor
Frederick Augustus Pike
No full textAn image scanned from a black and white photograph of Frederick Augustus Pike, 1817-1886, husband of Maine author Mary Hayden Green Pike.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/spec_photos/2895/thumbnail.jp
Frederick Douglass slave, writer, abolitionist
No full textProfiles the life of Frederick Douglass, his escape from slavery, his career as an author and orator, and his quest for justice
Frederick W. Alt und David G. Schatz werden mit dem Paul Ehrlich- und Ludwig Darmstaedter-Preis 2023 ausgezeichnet
No full textDie Immunologen Frederick W. Alt (73) von der Harvard Medical School und David G. Schatz (64) von der Yale Medical School erhalten den Paul Ehrlich- und Ludwig Darmstaedter-Preis 2023. Das gab der Stiftungsrat der Paul Ehrlich-Stiftung am 20. September bekannt. Die beiden Forscher werden für die Entdeckung von Molekülen und Mechanismen ausgezeichnet, die unser Immunsystem zu der erstaunlichen Leistung befähigen, Milliarden verschiedener Antigene schon beim ersten Kontakt zu erkennen. Die Preise werden am 14. März 2023 um 17 Uhr vom Vorsitzenden des Stiftungsrates der Paul Ehrlich-Stiftung in der Frankfurter Paulskirche verliehen
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