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Anne Stiles, an expert on the intersection between science and literature during the Victorian era, presents the Neilly Lecture, “Rewriting the Rest…
Handwritten letter from Mrs. James Annin to Sojourner Truth. This letter is one of a number of responses Truth received after placing an advertisement…
Under the leadership of our second president, David Jayne Hill, an Extension Department was organized in 1894 to offer evening and Saturday lectures…
The Wednesday, March 20th Neilly Series Lecture guest speaker is Anthony Giardina, the author of the novels Men with Debts (1984), A Boy's…
"The Anthony Home Calendar" for 1901 features photographs of the Anthony home taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston and quotations from Anthony’s letters…
Handwritten letter from Asa? Anthony to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Handwritten letter from Matilda Anthony to Amy Kirby Post, April 1, 1845.
Handwritten letter from Matilda Anthony to Isaac ? Post, January 8, 1858.
![Anthony, Susan Brownell. Letter to [Joseph W Post?].](https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/files/fullsize/fccd5e33eb0223417982036c42e5ef57.jpg "Anthony, Susan Brownell. Letter to [Joseph W Post?].")
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to [Joseph W Post?]. Anthony writes to "Dear Friends", possibly Joseph Post about Parker Pillsbury's…
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post, n.d. Anthony hopes to spend time with Post's family and friends.
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post, 1853? Anthony share with Post the names of possible speakers at an upcoming woman's…
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post, October 1, 1855. Anthony writes to Post asking her to invite certain abolitionists…
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post, June 2, 1857. Anthony writes to Post about an upcoming meeting in Waterloo, New…
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post. Anthony writes to Post about gathering names on a petition and the details of the…
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post. Anthony writes to Post about a meeting planned to encourage women to speak about the…
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post, April 13, 1863.
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post. Anthony writes to Post about the upcoming eleventh annual National Woman's Rights…
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post. Anthony writes to Post about preparations for the Monroe County Convention.
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post. Anthony writes to Post about the activists who will speak at an upcoming meeting.
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post, December 24, 1866? Anthony writes that she and her brother Daniel Anthony are…
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post. Anthony writes to Post to share with her the proceedings of a recent woman's rights…
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Amy Kirby Post. Anthony appeals to Post to ensure that members of the Working Women's Association…
Handwritten letter from Susan Brownell Anthony to Mary Post Hallowell. Anthony writes to Hallowell asking her to review the 1848 Seneca Falls and…
This document was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and signed by Lydia Mott, Ernestine L. Rose, Martha C. Wright and Susan B. Anthony. Stanton…
Includes testimony by Susan B. Anthony and others before the Senate Judiciary Committee, January 23, 1880.
Several photographs from the book "Art for the People," by Jessica Marten. The book was originally published to accompany the Memorial Art Gallery…
A group of costumed people standing outside of a gallery building. Captioned "Art Gallery Costume ball, July 14th 1923." Likely from one of Carl…
Cover design by Margaret Armstrong [signed MA]
Art sheet with Gambian Sword in the Stone stamps
Arthur and Guinever Kiss before All the People
Arthur Entrusting Excalibur to Bedivere
Arthur Sze will discuss "Tyuonyi: Multicultural Perspectives on Poetry." Tyounyi, a Keresan word, is the name of a meeting place situated in…
An article from the October 10-16, 2001 edition of The City about publishing and working with BOA Editions Ltd.
Article from publication announcing the American Book Awards, the Before Columbus Foundation, 1998.
A group of artists, including Carl Peters, at work painting harbor scenes in Rockport, Massachusetts.
Ashendene Press edition of Mort DArthur, illustration of Arthur in the barge to Avalon.
Handwritten letter from S ? Asher to Esther ? Titus, October 5, 1862.
ASSESS THE MESS." Original typescript of song lyrics (2003).
An unidentified assistant with Carl Peters' "Algonquin Fishermen" mural for Charlotte High School.
An unidentified assistant in front of Carl Peters' "Science and Humanity" mural for the Dr. John R. Williams Medical Museum at the Rochester Academy…
An unidentified assistant to Carl Peters standing with the set of murals titled The History of the Lake Ontario Region, painted to go in Charlotte…
Handwritten letter from Edwin A. Atlee to Elias Atlee, n.d. Atlee writes respectfully and in effusive Biblical language to an older man (possibly…
Aubrey Anable applies affect theory to game studies, arguing that video games let us “rehearse” feelings, states, and emotions that give new tones and…
Handwritten letter from C W Austin to Amy Kirby Post, June 2, 1867.
Arthur Sullivan. Autograph letter, signed. To [George] Cooper. 47, Claverton Terrace. February 10, 1870. Three pages, small 8vo.Sullivan, as organist…
W. S. Gilbert. Autograph letter, signed. To Messrs. Dalziel. 8 Essex Villas, August 12, 1870. Two pages, small 8vo. Gilbert requests supplies after…
Arthur Sullivan. Autograph letter, signed. To [Alfred] Mellon. 3 Ponsonby St. S.W., n.d. (ca. 1863). One page, small 8vo. Sullivan, age 21, promotes a…
[Unidentified correspondent "Will".] Autograph letter signed. To unidentified recipient "George". New York State Senate, June 14, 1879. Four pages,…
W. S. Gilbert. Autograph letter, signed. To [George] Boughton. 39 HarringtonGardens, Dec. 17, 1886. Three pages, small 8vo. With a full page drawing…
Arthur Sullivan. Autograph musical quote, signed. December 1895. Three bars of music from The Golden Legend.
Sentiment books were popular in the 19th century – a precursor to high school yearbooks and their personal messages from friends. Martha Colvin’s book…
The story of HIV/AIDS is likely the most cogent corporeal metaphor for the turn of the 21st century, a story of gender, race, class, identity, access…
Awista Ayub will talk about her work forming a young women's soccer team in Afghanistan. In 2003, she founded the Afghan Youth Sports Exchange, a…
Ayad Akhtar is the author of the critically acclaimed, poignant, coming-of-age novel, American Dervish. Since its debut, the book has been embraced…
Lulu Scott Backus, ceramics, for pottery and new ceramic glazes, shown at the Memorial Art Gallery in May.
Handwritten letter from Theodore Backus to Sojourner Truth. This letter is one of a number of responses Truth received after placing an advertisement…
Handwritten letter from Isaac Baker to Amy Kirby Post, January 7, 1873.
Handwritten letter from Mary Ann Baker to Amy Kirby Post, July 19, 1826.
Handwritten letter from J C ? Baldwin to Amy Kirby Post, November 13, 1838.
Handwritten letter from A. Bales to Isaac Post, December 24, 1857.
Bookplate: Douglas Maxwell Moffat. Bookseller's ticket: Maclehose 61 St. Vincent St. Glasgow. Autograph: J. K. Tod
She went before the Supreme Court and won. In 2004, she successfully argued that detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be able to challenge their…
Handwritten letter from M P Barber to Amy Kirby Post, January 3, 1870.
Handwritten letter from Helen J Barden to Amy Kirby Post, April 26, 1870.
Handwritten letter from Elijah Baright to Isaac Post, May 1, 1844. This letter may have been misdated as May 1, 1844, and instead may be dated "11day…
Handwritten letter from Elijah Baright to Isaac Post, April 28, 1845.
Wayne Barlow, music, for False Faces, a ballet suite for orchestra, performed by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, October 30.
Handwritten letter from L E ? Barnard to Isaac Post, October 29, 1856.
Handwritten letter from Phebe M ? Barney to Esther ? Titus, September 15, 1863.
BEARDEN, Romare and Nanette. Christmas card, featuring a reproduction of Bearden's painting Black Mother and Child, signed "Love, Nanette and Romie."
BEARDEN, Romare. Autograph letter (postcard), signed, to Williams. 1969.
BEARDEN, Romare. Autograph letter, signed, undated.
![Beatrice [Dawkins] Simmons, ca. 1955.](https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/files/fullsize/43f2c6c3af53811addb4b65481a94ae3.jpg "Beatrice [Dawkins] Simmons, ca. 1955.")
Bound in dark brown net grain cloth stamped in gold
Blue sand grain cloth binding stamped in blind, black and gold
Beauty salon interior. Beautician Laura Walker styles Beatrice Simmons’ hair. ca 1960, Rochester.
Handwritten letter from Peter J Becker to Charles D B Mills, July 4, 1859.
Handwritten letter from Emily G ? Beebe to Amy Kirby Post, October 10, 1859.
Handwritten letter from Emily G Beebe to Amy Kirby Post, July 20, 1859.
Handwritten letter from Emily G Beebe to Amy Kirby Post, June 28, 1869.
Bound in pale green paper over boards
Handwritten letter from E ? Beles to Amy Kirby Post, September 8, 1865.
Handwritten letter from June P Bell to Helen M Jarvis, July 15, 1857.
The November 1st Neilly Series Lecture will be held in San Francisco, with Benjamin Sáenz as the guest speaker. Sáenz was raised in New Mexico,…
Handwritten letter from Peter Bennett to Amy Kirby Post, December 4, 1856.
Warren Benson, music, for Capriccio for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano.
Bound in cream cloth pictorially stamped in green, yellow and black
Handwritten letter from C Bigelow to Amy Kirby Post, October 5, 1860.
[Periodical cover]. New York: Sunday News, June 18, 1939. Bill Robinson in Hot Mikado.
Blue vertical rib cloth binding
Handwritten letter from Hannah Birney to unknown recipient, March 24, 1861.
Handwritten letter from Sarah Birney to Amy Kirby Post, n.d.
Handwritten letter from Maria Bishop to Willets George, September 2, 1827.
Black Knight (Marvel One-Shot #1) Comic Book.
Color poster. The Black Mikado by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan: James Verner by arrangement with
Picadilly Plays LTD. In association with Paula…
Picadilly Plays LTD. In association with Paula…
Black Writers Hall of Fame, Chicago State University, 1998.
Handwritten letter from Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell to Amy Kirby Post, September 3, 1851.
Handwritten letter from Henry Brown Blackwell to Amy Kirby Post. Blackwell writes to Post that he's received her subscription information for the…
Blotter, with add for Brinks & Sons, featuring Galahad.
Copy 2 of 4 copies, each a binding variant: Off-white diagonal rib cloth pictorially stamped in brown, white, black and gold
In 1992, the custom of the "Passing of the Boar" was initiated for one Greek Life group to recognize another, was soon adopted as an award for one…
Telling the "Tale of the Boar" has been an annual ritual since at least 1982, but the records in the University Archives are incomplete for the full…
Handwritten letter from Frances Lord Bond to Amy Kirby Post, July 1, 1860.
Handwritten letter from Frances Lord Bond to Amy Kirby Post, July 3, 1860.
An early draft of the book cover for Book of My Nights by Li-Young Lee, artwork done by Daphne Poulin-Stofer
Blue morocco grain cloth binding stamped in gold. Vignette of family playing charades on covers
Photograph mounted on front cover. Cover and spine engraving by John Leighton [signed JL]. Binder's ticket: Virtue and Co., London
Bookends depicting Watts' Sir Galahad
Philip Bornarth, painting, for his retrospective exhibition, "Earth, Air, and Water: Drawings and Paintings of The American Landscape," shown at The…
Bound in blue-green morocco grain cloth stamped in blind and gold
Handwritten letter from Ansla F Bowen to Isaac Post, June 28, 1852.