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Henry Adams, Jr. letter to father, February 5, 1952
No full textThis letter was written by Henry Adams Jr. to his father, Henry Adams, expressing his feelings and experiences during his time in the army. Junior, as he was called in the family, had been posted to Alaska after his basic Army training, and assigned to an otherwise all-white company.
In this three-page letter written on decorative notepaper, Junior writes about his army experiences, and says that he feels like Jackie Robinson, a test case for integrated units in the military. The United States Army was not integrated during World War II; African Americans and whites served in separate units. Harry Truman issued an executive order intended to end segregation in the Army in January of 1948, and letters such as this indicate that the executive order took some time to become fully effective
Henry Adams, Jr. letter to family, December 1951
No full textThis letter was written by Henry Adams Jr. to his family back home, expressing his feelings and experiences during his time in the army. Junior, as he was called in the family, had been posted to Alaska after his basic Army training, and assigned to an otherwise all-white company.
In this one-page letter written on pink paper, he describes the reaction of his fellow servicemen to his presence on post He feels the other soldiers do not appreciate having a skilled African American among them, as all the others are either manual laborers or cooks, while he is a watch repairman. He is still awaiting his assignment within the company. The letter is undated but the envelope is post-marked December 9, 1951.
The United States Army was not integrated during World War II; African Americans and whites served in separate units. Harry Truman issued an executive order intended to end segregation in the Army in January of 1948, and letters such as this indicate that the executive order took some time to become fully effective
Oral History Interview with Kenneth V. Adams, February 16, 1976
No full textInterview with Navy veteran Kenneth V. Adams. The interview includes Adams' personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Henley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
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Oral History Interview with Kenneth V. Adams, February 16, 1976
No full textInterview with Navy veteran Kenneth V. Adams. The interview includes Adams' personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Henley during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
Asenath Annie Kiskadden Adams [2]
No full textBlack and white photograph of Maude Adams Mother Asenath "Annie" Adams Kiskadden as a leading woman of the Deseret Dramatic Company (photo from the collection of Mrs. C. S. Burton Per the Green Book Magazine V.14 1915 p.164
Eleanor Adams, France V. Scholes, Angelico Chavez
No full textUniversity of New Mexico Press photograph of Eleanor B. Adams, France V. Scholes, and Angelico Chavez, used for the book, Missions of New Mexico
Charles H. Adams letter to Anna Pemberton, April 18, 1904
No full textShort note from a librarian, archivist, historian or records administrator Charles H. Adams, stationed at the Adams Building in Boston, Massachusetts, in response to an inquiry from Ms. Anna Pemberton -- working on a "Life" (or biography) of Benjamin Lundy -- as to whether the collection contains correspondence between Lundy and John Quincy Adams. Charles Adams responds to Pemberton, informing her that an investigation has been undertaken, and, 33 letters are available for her research between Lundy and John Quincy Adams. Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His Genius of Universal Emancipation was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
The works of John Adams, second President of the United States: with a life of the author, notes and illustrations,
No full textVol. 6 has imprint: Boston, C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1861.(Cont) v. 5. Defence of the constitutions ... vol. II-III.--v. 6. Defence of the constitutions ... vol. III, cont. Discourses on Davila, a series of papers on political history. Four letters, being an interesting correspondence between John Adams and Samuel Adams, on government. Three letters to Roger Sherman on the Constitution of the United States. Roger Sherman to John Adams, in reply. Letters to John Taylor, of Caroline, Virginia, in reply to his strictures on some parts of the Defence of the American constitutions. Review of the propositions for amending the Constitution, submitted ... in 1808.--v. 7-8. Official letters, messages, and public papers, 1777-1799.--v. 9. Official letters, messages, and public papers, 1797-1801. Correspondence originally published in the Boston Patriot. General correspondence, 1770-1811.--v. 10. General correspondence, 1811-1825. Indexes.(Cont) v. 4. Novanglus; or, A history of the dispute with America, from its origin, in 1754, to the present time. Letter to Richard Henry Lee, 15 November, 1775. Thoughts on government, applicable to the present state of the American colonies. Letter to John Penn, January, 1776. Report of a constitution or form of government for the commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1779. Defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America, against the attack of M. Turgot, in his letter to Dr. Price, 22 March, 1778. vol. I.--v. 1. Life of John Adams. [By C. F. Adams]--v. 2. Diary, with passages from an autobiography. Notes of debates in the Continental Congress, in 1775 and 1776. Autobiography.--v. 3. Autobiography (cont.) Diary. Notes of a debate in the Senate of the United States. Essays: On private revenge. On self-delusion. On private revenge. Dissertation on the canon and the feudal law. Instructions of the town of Braintree to their representative, 1765. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford. Instructions of the town of Boston to their representatives, 1768. Instructions of the town of Boston to their representatives, 1769. On the independence of the judiciary: a controversy between W. Brattle and J. Adams, 1773.--Mode of access: Internet
Frankie V. Adams, circa 1965
No full textA portrait of Frankie V. Adams. Written on verso: Miss Frankie V. Adams; cg. 1965 when she was working with Economic Opportunity Atlanta
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