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Bloomers were a form of dress consisting of long loose trousers with a mid-length skirt over them. They were created as a reaction against the tight,…
Downey requests that Lincoln include representation from the Pacific area in his cabinet.
Handwritten letter from A E W Dowell to Amy Kirby Post, January 2, 1855.
Handwritten letter from H.P. Dove to Horace Stone, August 7, 1847.
On November 22, 1862 Frederick Douglass writes to his fellow abolitionist Theodore Tilton that "Our friend Miss Anthony is at home watching by the…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post, June 10, 1887. Douglass writes to Post about his recent travels in England and Europe.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post, August 21, 1882. Douglass writes to Post about his upcoming visit to Rochester, New…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass describes his wife, Anna's recent illness and expresses his condolences of the…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post explaining why he cannot lend Sojourner Truth money.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his plans to visit her.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his duties as a United States Marshal.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent lecture tour.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his current lecture tour.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his campaign efforts for the 1872 Presidential election.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Jacob Kirby Post. Douglass expresses his condolences for his father's, Isaac's death.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about the abuse he received while riding a train from Buffalo,…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his stay in England, following John Brown's raid on…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about how long he expects to remain in Canada, following the…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post and asks her to send him the recent edition of the newspaper,…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass describes the recent cholera epidemic.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post and explains why he cannot accept her invitation.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about the details of the upcoming anti-slavery meeting taking…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about the developments in the Ellen and William Craft fugitive…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about Ellen and William Craft, two fugitive slaves.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent anti-slavery lectures.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his opinions regarding Spiritualism.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes in response to Post's February 2, 1850 letter, in which she shares her…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Isaac Post. Douglass writes to Post and asks him to serve on the finance committee for his newspaper,…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to William R. Hallowell. Douglass writes to Hallowell to ask if he will serve on the financial committee…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post in response to her letter regarding the financial state of his…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent illness and lecture tour of the mid-west.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Isaac Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent illness while on a speaking tour in the Michigan…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Isaac and Amy Kirby Pos. Douglass writes to the Posts about recent events during his stay in New York…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent success finding subscribers for his newspaper,…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes about his collaboration with Boston abolitionists.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby to Post. Douglass writes to Post about recent events in the abolitionist movement.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his experiences in England and Scotland.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post to ask if he might hear a local music prodigy.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Isaac and Amy Post. Douglass writes to the Posts that he's sorry they're unable to accept his…
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent visit to Washington, D.C.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post to inquire about the ill health of her son, Willie.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. This letter served as a pass on the Underground Railroad.
Handwritten letter from Charles R Douglass to Isaac Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass Jr to Amy Kirby Post, July 8, 1882.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass Jr to Amy Kirby Post, October 30, 1872.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass Jr to Amy Kirby Post, February 14, 1872.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass Jr to Amy Kirby Post, February 8, 1872.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass Jr to Amy Kirby Post, January 20, 1871.
Handwritten letter from Willet R Doty to Isaac Post, n.d.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, February 14, 1852.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, November 1, 1851.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, September 16, 1850.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, 185-.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, November 5, 1849.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, August 8, 1849.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, November 22, 1848.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Handwritten letter from Mary S Doty to Amy Kirby Post, September 7, 1862.
Handwritten letter from Mary S Doty to Amy Kirby Post, May 25, 1860.
Handwritten letter from Mary S Doty to unknown recipient, 186-.
Handwritten letter from Mary S Doty to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Handwritten letter from D R Doty to Willet E Post, December 8, 1863.
Morgan le Fay with Excalibur, painting by Dora Curtis.
"Merlin and Vivian," illustration for Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table by Beatrice Clay
A knight kneeling before the Grail Maiden, cover art for Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table, by Beatrice Clay
Arthur Entrusting Excalibur to Bedivere
Lancelot Denied a Vision of the Grail
Green diagonal rib cloth binding stamped in blind and gold
In recognition of his accomplishments in photography, and specifically his 2022 RBSC exhibition of photographs documenting artists’ engagement across…
Handwritten letter from Jenny Dods to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Dixon writes of war strategies and international relations.
Disosway seeks justice for W. W. Disosway of the N. Y. Mounted Rifles, who he claims was unjustly killed by Patrick Boyle.
Two lobby cards from Disney's The Sword in the Stone.
DICKINSON, Gloria Harper. "Self-Concept in the Novels of John A. Williams and Chinua Achebe." 18 January 1978. Howard University doctoral…
Handwritten letter from John Dick to Amy Kirby Post, March 28, 1854.
Diaz is the 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which also won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Diaz is…
Brian Dettmer will speak on Sunday of Meliora Weekend at the Memorial Art Gallery on University Avenue on the topic of "ReMixed Media." Dettmer…
Dent writes on behalf of Mr. Walter Mitchell of Port Tobacco, Charles County Maryland, to be allowed to return home.
Denison seeks repayment for personal expenses incurred while working in England.
Green cloth binding pictorially stamped in blue, pink, green and white
Handwritten letter from Mary John Degraw to Amy Kirby ? Post, May 1, 1867.
Handwritten letter from Mary John Degraw to Amy Kirby Post, January 19, 1865.
Handwritten letter from Mary John Degraw to Amy Kirby Post, December 12, 1862.
Green dot and dash grain cloth binding stamped in blind, black, red and gold
Origami figure: Arthur on horseback
Illustration (1) for King Arthur's Crown by Barbara Tepa Lupack
Illustration (2) for King Arthur's Crown by Barbara Tepa Lupack
Color illustrations of Sir Lancelot (for King Arthur’s Crown) showing several stages of the development of the image.
Ford's Theatre Society presents Hot Mikado. A Sizzling Swingtime Celebration of Gilbert Sullivan's Comic
Musical. Musical Supervision Arrangements by…
Musical. Musical Supervision Arrangements by…
Handwritten letter from Phebe E Dean to Amy Kirby Post, March 6, 1866.
Handwritten letter from Phebe E Dean to Amy Kirby Post, January 1O, 1865.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, June 5, 1871.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby ? Post, May 1, 1871.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, April 28, 1870.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, April 17, 1870.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, September 18, 1868.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, August 4, 1868.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, July 29, 1868.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, May 7, 1868.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, April 27, 1868.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, April 7, 1868.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, March 23, 1868.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby ? Post, April 20, 1867.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, August 22, 1866.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Isaac Post, March 19, 1866.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, October 3, 1865.
Handwritten letter from Rhoda De Garmo to Amy Kirby Post, n.d. De Garmo asks in a very brief note that Amy send some notes to other Quaker meetings.
Handwritten letter from EDW F. Davison to Ruden Post, October 11, 1911.
Blue diagonal rib cloth binding stamped in gold with chromolithograph by Frederic Dorr Steele onlay
Purple vertical rib cloth binding stamped in green and gold
Maroon cloth binding pictorially stamped in yellow, gray, blue, white and gold
Handwritten letter from Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis to Amy Kirby Post, February 12, 1844. Davis writes to Post about a recent anti-slavery fair.
Handwritten letter from Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis to [?] Coe, n.d. Davis describes the preparations for an upcoming woman's rights convention.
Handwritten letter from Mary Penn Davis to Amy Kirby Post, January 16, 1870.
David Davis writes to the president with two suggestions for candidates for judgeships.
Handwritten letter from Andrew Jackson, Davis to Isaac Post, March 4, 1854.
Handwritten letter from Andrew Jackson Davis to Isaac Post.
Handwritten letter from Andrew Jackson Davis to Isaac ? Post, n.d.
Handwritten letter from N W Davies to Isaac Post, September 3, 1866.
Opening letter from copyeditor David Caligiuri to Li-Young Lee regarding Caligiuri's edits on Book of My Nights
Lady of the Lake with Excalibur
Handwritten letter from Ira Erastus Davenport to Amy Kirby Post, August 11, 1867.
Handwritten letter from C. A. Darling to Sojourner Truth. This letter is one of a number of responses Truth received after placing an advertisement in…