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The Bloomer Waltz, William Dressler, 1851
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,…
Dowell, A E W. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from A E W Dowell to Amy Kirby Post, January 2, 1855.
Dove, H.P. Letter to Horace Stone.
Handwritten letter from H.P. Dove to Horace Stone, August 7, 1847.
Letter from Frederick Douglass to Theodore Tilton, November 22, 1862<br />
On November 22, 1862 Frederick Douglass writes to his fellow abolitionist Theodore Tilton that "Our friend Miss Anthony is at home watching by the…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post, June 10, 1887. Douglass writes to Post about his recent travels in England and Europe.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post, August 21, 1882. Douglass writes to Post about his upcoming visit to Rochester, New…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass describes his wife, Anna's recent illness and expresses his condolences of the…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post explaining why he cannot lend Sojourner Truth money.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his plans to visit her.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his duties as a United States Marshal.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent lecture tour.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his current lecture tour.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his campaign efforts for the 1872 Presidential election.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Jacob Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Jacob Kirby Post. Douglass expresses his condolences for his father's, Isaac's death.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about the abuse he received while riding a train from Buffalo,…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his stay in England, following John Brown's raid on…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about how long he expects to remain in Canada, following the…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
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,…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass describes the recent cholera epidemic.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post and explains why he cannot accept her invitation.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about the details of the upcoming anti-slavery meeting taking…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about the developments in the Ellen and William Craft fugitive…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about Ellen and William Craft, two fugitive slaves.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent anti-slavery lectures.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his opinions regarding Spiritualism.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
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…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Isaac Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Isaac Post. Douglass writes to Post and asks him to serve on the finance committee for his newspaper,…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to William R. Hallowell
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to William R. Hallowell. Douglass writes to Hallowell to ask if he will serve on the financial committee…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post in response to her letter regarding the financial state of his…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent illness and lecture tour of the mid-west.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Isaac Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Isaac Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent illness while on a speaking tour in the Michigan…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Isaac and Amy Kirby Post.
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…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent success finding subscribers for his newspaper,…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes about his collaboration with Boston abolitionists.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby to Post. Douglass writes to Post about recent events in the abolitionist movement.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.<br />
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his experiences in England and Scotland.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post to ask if he might hear a local music prodigy.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Isaac and Amy Kirby Post.
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…
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post about his recent visit to Washington, D.C.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. Douglass writes to Post to inquire about the ill health of her son, Willie.
Douglass, Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post. This letter served as a pass on the Underground Railroad.
Douglass, Charles R. Letter to Isaac Post.
Handwritten letter from Charles R Douglass to Isaac Post.
Douglass Jr., Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass Jr to Amy Kirby Post, July 8, 1882.
Douglass Jr., Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass Jr to Amy Kirby Post, October 30, 1872.
Douglass Jr., Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass Jr to Amy Kirby Post, February 14, 1872.
Douglass Jr., Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass Jr to Amy Kirby Post, February 8, 1872.
Douglass Jr., Frederick. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Frederick Douglass Jr to Amy Kirby Post, January 20, 1871.
Doty, Willet R. Letter to Isaac Post.
Handwritten letter from Willet R Doty to Isaac Post, n.d.
Doty, Susan R. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, February 14, 1852.
Doty, Susan R. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, November 1, 1851.
Doty, Susan R. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, September 16, 1850.
Doty, Susan R. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, 185-.
Doty, Susan R. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, November 5, 1849.
Doty, Susan R. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, August 8, 1849.
Doty, Susan R. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, November 22, 1848.
Doty, Susan R. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Susan R Doty to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Doty, Mary S. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Mary S Doty to Amy Kirby Post, September 7, 1862.
Doty, Mary S. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Mary S Doty to Amy Kirby Post, May 25, 1860.
Doty, Mary S. Letter to unknown recipient.
Handwritten letter from Mary S Doty to unknown recipient, 186-.
Doty, Mary S. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Mary S Doty to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Doty, D R. Letter to Willet E Post.
Handwritten letter from D R Doty to Willet E Post, December 8, 1863.
Morgan le Fay with Excalibur
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
"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
A knight kneeling before the Grail Maiden, cover art for Stories of King Arthur and the Round Table, by Beatrice Clay
Ragnarok : the age of fire and gravel
Green diagonal rib cloth binding stamped in blind and gold
Donnell, Quajay (2022)
In recognition of his accomplishments in photography, and specifically his 2022 RBSC exhibition of photographs documenting artists’ engagement across…
Dods, Jenny. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Jenny Dods to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Letter from A. Dixon to William Henry Seward, October 13, 1863
Dixon writes of war strategies and international relations.
Letter from Cornelius Ryerrs Disosway to Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1864
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.
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 dissertation.
DICKINSON, Gloria Harper. "Self-Concept in the Novels of John A. Williams and Chinua Achebe." 18 January 1978. Howard University doctoral…
Dick, John. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from John Dick to Amy Kirby Post, March 28, 1854.
Junot Diaz: Neilly Series Lecture
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: Neilly Series Lecture
Brian Dettmer will speak on Sunday of Meliora Weekend at the Memorial Art Gallery on University Avenue on the topic of "ReMixed Media."  Dettmer…
Letter from Josiah Dent to Abraham Lincoln, October 31, 1861
Dent writes on behalf of Mr. Walter Mitchell of Port Tobacco, Charles County Maryland, to be allowed to return home.
Voice
Green cloth binding pictorially stamped in blue, pink, green and white
Degraw, Mary John. Letter to Amy Kirby ? Post.
Handwritten letter from Mary John Degraw to Amy Kirby ? Post, May 1, 1867.
Degraw, Mary John. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Mary John Degraw to Amy Kirby Post, January 19, 1865.
Degraw, Mary John. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Mary John Degraw to Amy Kirby Post, December 12, 1862.
Journal of the plague year : or, Memorials of the great pestilence in London, in 1665
Green dot and dash grain cloth binding stamped in blind, black, red and gold
Illustrations of  Sir Lancelot (for King Arthur’s Crown) showing several stages of the development of the image.<br />
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Color illustrations of Sir Lancelot (for King Arthur’s Crown) showing several stages of the development of the image.
Hot Mikado, Washington D.C., 1986
Ford's Theatre Society presents Hot Mikado. A Sizzling Swingtime Celebration of Gilbert Sullivan's Comic
Musical. Musical Supervision Arrangements by…
Dean, Phebe E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe E Dean to Amy Kirby Post, March 6, 1866.
Dean, Phebe E. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe E Dean to Amy Kirby Post, January 1O, 1865.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, June 5, 1871.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby ? Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby ? Post, May 1, 1871.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, April 28, 1870.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, April 17, 1870.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, September 18, 1868.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, August 4, 1868.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, July 29, 1868.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, May 7, 1868.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, April 27, 1868.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, April 7, 1868.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, March 23, 1868.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby ? Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby ? Post, April 20, 1867.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, August 22, 1866.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Isaac Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Isaac Post, March 19, 1866.
Dean, Phebe B. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Phebe B Dean to Amy Kirby Post, October 3, 1865.
De Garmo, Rhoda. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
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.
Davison, Edward F. Letter to Ruden Post.
Handwritten letter from EDW F. Davison to Ruden Post, October 11, 1911.
In the fog
Blue diagonal rib cloth binding stamped in gold with chromolithograph by Frederic Dorr Steele onlay
Vera the medium
Purple vertical rib cloth binding stamped in green and gold
Ranson's folly
Maroon cloth binding pictorially stamped in yellow, gray, blue, white and gold
Davis, Paulina Kellogg Wright. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis to Amy Kirby Post, February 12, 1844. Davis writes to Post about a recent anti-slavery fair.
Davis, Paulina Kellogg Wright. Letter to [?] Coe.
Handwritten letter from Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis to [?] Coe, n.d. Davis describes the preparations for an upcoming woman's rights convention.
Davis, Mary Penn. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Mary Penn Davis to Amy Kirby Post, January 16, 1870.
Letter from David Davis to Abraham Lincoln, March 6, 1861
David Davis writes to the president with two suggestions for candidates for judgeships.
Davis, Andrew Jackson,. Letter to Isaac Post.
Handwritten letter from Andrew Jackson, Davis to Isaac Post, March 4, 1854.
Davis, Andrew Jackson. Letter  to Isaac Post.
Handwritten letter from Andrew Jackson Davis to Isaac Post.
Davis, Andrew Jackson. Letter to Isaac ? Post.
Handwritten letter from Andrew Jackson Davis to Isaac ? Post, n.d.
Davies, N W. Letter to Isaac Post.
Handwritten letter from N W Davies to Isaac Post, September 3, 1866.
Letter from copyeditor David Caligiuri to Li-Young Lee about Book of my Nights edits
Opening letter from copyeditor David Caligiuri to Li-Young Lee regarding Caligiuri's edits on Book of My Nights
Sorcerer
[Poster]. The Sorcerer. London: David Allen &amp
Davenport, Ira Erastus. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
Handwritten letter from Ira Erastus Davenport to Amy Kirby Post, August 11, 1867.
Darling, C. A. Letter to Sojourner Truth.
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…
Dargis, Alfonsas (1961)
Alfonsas Dargis, painting, for abstract oils.
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