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The collection contains the 1958 performance program of "The Confederacy."

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The collection contains 12 menus from lunches and dinners at the Greenbrier Resort (White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia) between 1973 and 1976, as well as one from a dinner in 1986.

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This collection contains a battle account from the 1863 Battle of the Cumberland Gap.

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The collection consists of plans and information about 15 demonstration houses in a model village at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.

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This collection includes three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs and programs associated with theatrical performances in New York City.

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Letter from Oren Thoits, a farmer living in Fort Fairfield, Maine, during the American Civil War, written May 5, 1861, to aunt and uncle, relaying family news and discussing the recent outbreak of war.

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The collection contains two handwritten recipe books from the Thomas Family of Baltimore, Maryland. These cookbooks highlight Maryland specialities (oysters, clams, crabs, and terrapins), as well as preserves, cakes, puddings, and other dishes. The majority of the recipes range from the 1870s to the 1910s, but at least one dates back to 1831.

Abstract Henry Goddard Thomas was born in Maine and entered the American Civil War as a private yet rose to the rank of brigadier general by the war's end. After 1862 he was involved with the recruitment and organization of Black troops in the Union Army. He commissioned several troops, in particular the 79th and 19th U.S. Colored Infantries. He remained in the U. S. Army after the war and retired in 1891. His collection consists of twenty-two letters to Thomas from friends and relatives. Many of the...

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The W. C. Thomas Papers were created by Thomas on his trip to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in July 1940.

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This collection conains an account book of William Thomas, a merchant in Blacksburg, Virginia, during the mid-19th century.