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Handwritten letter from Phoebe H M Stickney to Sojourner Truth. Stickney writes to Truth about recent family matters and requests hired help in…
Handwritten letter from Jehiel Worthington Stewart to Amy Kirby Post, October 22, 1867.
Handwritten letter from Jehiel Worthington Stewart to Isaac Post, May 12, 1865.
Handwritten letter from Jehiel Worthington Stewart to Isaac Post, November 19, 1864.
Darren Stevenson, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon for their collaborative opera "Don't Blame Anyone"
Letter sent from BOA managing editor Steven Huff to Karl Frauhammer at book printing company McNaughton & Gunn
[Contemporary engraving]. Harpers Bazaar, Feb. 1, 1890. "Gilbert and Sullivan's New Operetta [The Gondoliers]." by Albert E. Sterner.
Stephens seeks safe passage in order to arrive in Washington and discuss terms for ending the war.
Handwritten letter from G B Stebbins to Amy Kirby Post, November 29, 1846?
Handwritten letter from G B Stebbins to William R Hallowell, August 7, 1846.
Handwritten letter from G B Stebbins to Amy Kirby Post, April 8, 1845.
Handwritten letter from J a Stave? to Hazael Stave, March 1, 1829.
President Lincoln is invited to the funeral of Archbishop Hughes.
Starr wonders if President Lincoln will be attending the funeral of Archbishop Hughes.
Handwritten letter from Benjamin Starbuck to Isaac Post, December 8, 1856.
Handwritten letter from Benjamin Starbuck to Isaac Post, November 14, 1856.
On February 15, 1900 a large reception was held at the Lafayette Opera House in Washington, DC in honor of Susan B. Anthony’s 80th birthday. Elizabeth…
This document was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and signed by Lydia Mott, Ernestine L. Rose, Martha C. Wright and Susan B. Anthony. Stanton…
This volume was inscribed by Susan B. Anthony to the University of Rochester Library in 1903.
Handwritten letter from Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Sojourner Truth. Stanton writes to Truth about attending the upcoming American Equal Rights…
Handwritten letter from Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Amy Kirby Post, 1849. Stanton writes to Post and introduces her to fellow activist, Amelia Bloomer.…
"Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man": The first Neilly Series Lecture in 2014 will be presented by Walter Stahr, a highly acclaimed biographer…
!['[Trade card]. Ricksecker’s Dentaroma. New York: Stahl & Jaeger Lith. (ca. 1885).](https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/files/fullsize/23611ba581e85d6cb812d3e3898dbcf9.jpg "'[Trade card]. Ricksecker’s Dentaroma. New York: Stahl & Jaeger Lith. (ca. 1885).")
'[Trade card]. Ricksecker’s Dentaroma. New York: Stahl & Jaeger Lith. (ca. 1885).
Harold Baim presents The Craziest. The Zaniest. The Whackiest. The Maddest. Musical Ever Filmed! The Cool Mikado. Adapted from the Gilbert Sullivan…
[Advertising souvenir]. New York: Squires Bros., [1885]. Mikado. Illustrated paper napkin. Gilberts lyrics surround an advertising parody verse.
[Contemporary engraving]. Vanity Fair (London), Feb. 14, 1891."Royal English Opera" [Richard D'Oyly Carte] by "Spy."
![[Contemporary engraving]](https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/files/fullsize/7d18d52cccb44964c083e4e6fb0cbd58.jpg "[Contemporary engraving]")
[Contemporary engraving]. Vanity Fair (London), May 21, 1881."Patience" [W. S. Gilbert] by "Spy."
Handwritten letter from Mary Springstead to Amy Kirby Post, April 7, 1851.
Handwritten letter from Mary Springstead to Amy Kirby Post, September 9, 1850.
Spirit Writing to unknown recipient, March 17, 1868.
Spirit Writing to Willet E ? Post, 1859.
Spirit Writing to Isaac ? Post, June 30, 1856?
Spirit Writing to unknown recipient, July 19, 1869.
Spirit Writing to unknown recipient, June 17, 1868.
Spirit Writing to unknown recipient, March 19, 1868.
Spirit Writing to Amy Kirby Post, January 9, 1866.
Spirit Writing to Isaac Post, n.d. Letter criticizes practices in the commercial world, describes the spirit world and tells how spirits aid in the…
Spirit Writing to Isaac Post, n.d. Isaac expresses his religious vision for human happiness and advancement.
Spirit Writing to unknown recipient, n.d.
Spirit Writing to Amy Kirby Post, n.d. A spirit communicating one letter at a time gives advise to individuals present.
Spirit Writing to Amy Kirby Post, n.d. Letter attributes Willet's illness to bad water and offers spiritualist consolation to Friend Abott, who has…
Spirit Writing to Isaac Post, n.d. This spirit communication explains the nature of communciation between spirits and a medium.
Handwritten letter from G Colpwell? to unknown recipient, October 8, 1859.
Handwritten letter from G Colpwell? to Horace Stone, January 27, 1860.
A portrait painting of painter John Fabian Carlson done by Eugene Speicher in 1911.
![“Then was Sir Lancelot sent for, and the letter [of Elaine of Astolat] read aloud by the clerk.”](https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/files/fullsize/40e4752b95a40e913477d1f846a21d70.jpg "“Then was Sir Lancelot sent for, and the letter [of Elaine of Astolat] read aloud by the clerk.”")
Lancelot Speed. Original watercolor. “Then was Sir Lancelot sent for, and the letter [of Elaine of Astolat] read aloud by the clerk.”
Lancelot Speed. Original watercolor. “’This girdle, lords,’ said she, ‘is made for the most part of mine own hair, which, while I was yet in the…
Lancelot Speed. Original watercolor. “Waving her hands and muttering the charm, and presently enclosed him fast within the tree.”
Lancelot Speed. Original watercolor. “The giant sat at supper, gnawing on the limb of a man, and baking his huge frame by the fire.”
Handwritten letter from L H Spear to Amy Kirby Post, August 20, 1860.
Handwritten letter from L H Spear to John Kedzie, August 20, 1860.
Handwritten letter from L H Spear to John Kedzie, August 1, 1860.
Handwritten letter from John M Spear to Isaac Post, August 28, 1856.
Handwritten letter from John M Spear to Isaac Post, March 1, 1856.
Handwritten letter from John M Spear to Isaac Post, November 14, 1855.
Southeastern Massachusetts University Seventy-Eighth Commencement, Dartmouth, Mass., 4 June 1978. Williams received an Honorary Doctor of Literature…
Paul Smith, drama, for Eight and Twenty Mansions, a poetic drama presented at Strong Auditorium by the University of Rochester Stagers, May 11-12.
Handwritten letter from Olive H ? Smith to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Handwritten letter from Mattie G V Smith to Amy Kirby Post, 186-.
Handwritten letter from Mattie G V Smith to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Handwritten letter from Lewia C Smith to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Green linen finish cloth binding stamped in white, black and gold
Tan linen finish cloth binding stamped pictorially in green, red, brown, white and black
Handwritten letter from Alijah Smith to Amy Kirby ? Post, August 5, 1867.
Handwritten letter from A. K. Smith to Sojourner Truth. This letter is one of a number of responses Truth received after placing an advertisement in…
Jocelyn Macy Sloan, sculpture, for work in alabaster, stone, and terracotta.
Harold Sliker, drama, for Unto Us The Living, a choric drama presented at Monroe High School.
Eleanor Chapin Slater, literature, for Quest, a volume of poems. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Handwritten letter from H ? Slade to Amy Kirby Post, April 15, 1868.
Handwritten letter from H ? Slade to Amy Kirby Post, April 9, 1868.
Johanna Skibsrud’s first novel, The Sentimentalists, won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada’s most prestigious literary prize, in 2010. The book was…
Handwritten letter from Isaac Sisson to Isaac Post, January 3, 1857.
Excalibur. An original watercolor illustrating the lines “‘Lo!’ said Merlin, ‘yonder is that sword that I spake of.’ With that they saw a damosel…
Ashendene Press edition of Mort DArthur, illustration of Arthur in the barge to Avalon.
Item in the Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection. A loosely bound collection of four documents. Southwell was asked to write a biography…
This is a set of notes made by Sir Robert Southwell discussing the life and times of James Butler, Duke of Ormond to be used on an untitled biogrpahy.
The cameo was cut by Pio Siotto of Rome, set in gold by the London jeweler George Blogg & Co., and inscribed on verso to Mary S. Anthony. Siotto…
SIONS, Harry. Typed letter, signed. 29 July 1966.
Handwritten letter from Prudence K Sinton to Amy Kirby Post, May 12, 1870.
Handwritten letter from Prudence K Sinton to Amy Kirby Post, January 20, 1870.
Handwritten letter from Prudence K Sinton to Amy Kirby Post, 187-?
Handwritten letter from Prudence K Sinton to Amy Kirby Post, February 18, 1869.
Handwritten letter from William J Simpson to Willet E Post, April 1, 1872.
Handwritten letter from William J Simpson to Willet E Post, January 19, 1872.
[Thomas H. Simpson.] J.R.C. Freight Boat Sarah Jane. A Burlesque on Pinafore. Lynchburg Va: Virginian Book and Job Print, 1884. Libretto for a local…
Whiz Kids basketball team coached by Rocky Simmons. Baden Street Center, Rochester, 1950s. Top row, left to right: Josh Jeffries, John Beckley, James…
Girls’ basketball team coached by Rocky Simmons. Baden Street Center, Rochester, 1950s. Photograph by Rocky Simmons.
Beauty salon interior. Beautician Laura Walker styles Beatrice Simmons’ hair. ca 1960, Rochester.
George Mitchell, Rocky’s friend and business partner.
Group of three musicians, with “Sonny” in the middle. Club in Rochester. ca 1970.
Frankie Kay and the Swinging Vee Jays, Frankie Kay on guitar, Mr. Graham on saxophone, Mr. White on bass and Mr. Cooke on drums. Rochester, ca 1960.
Singing group, left to right: Jerry Phillips, Louis A. “Bubbles” Johnson (Grammy Award co-winner 1986 for “Sweet Love”), Isaiah Williams, Wade Davis.…
“Mr. Wonderful Lounge.” Many musical groups got their start in this night club that was located on West Main Street in Rochester from 1969-1971. Rocky…
Liquor store interior as new business enterprise, Jefferson Avenue, Rochester.
Elks Club Marching Band, Clarissa St. Rochester, ca 1950s.
Restaurant kitchen worker, Rochester, ca 1950s.
Pastor Enlis Long of the Peace Baptist Church, 5 Leopold St. Rochester, ca 1950s.
The Elverays, from left to right: Freddy Huston, Buddy Granston, Albert Hartzog, Robert “Bojack” Jackson, Phil Montgomery and Teddy Walker. Rocky…
Brown linen grain cloth binding stamped in black, white and gold
Handwritten letter from Anna E Sikes to Amy Kirby Post, April 3, 1870.
Inscribed on title page: "Miss Mary A Watson, from the author--Nov 26th 1835"
A photograph of the Erie Canal waterfront in Fairport, N.Y., focused on the Fairport Lift Bridge.
Carl Peters' mural "The Early Days of the Erie Canal," painted for the building that was originally the Fairport Public Library, constructed as a WPA…
Headstone of Carl W. Peters, located in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Fairport, N.Y.
Handwritten letter from John Shisser to Isaac Post, May 6, 1850.
