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"Statements Regarding Legislation" [Indian Rights Association records (Collection 1523) Box 330 Folder 8]
Beginning in 1882 the Indian Rights Association was one of the most important organizations establishing and influencing American Indian policy in the 20th century. The records of the organization span from its origins to the 1980s and include…
"Statements Regarding Legislation" [Indian Rights Association records (Collection 1523) Box 330 Folder 9]
Beginning in 1882 the Indian Rights Association was one of the most important organizations establishing and influencing American Indian policy in the 20th century. The records of the organization span from its origins to the 1980s and include…
"Tell the truth," or, The story of a working woman’s wrongs / illustrated by special artists, containing the history of the recent abduction of Maria Halpin from her home in New Rochelle, as it appeared in the New Rochelle Pioneer and other papers, together with the Buffalo Evening telegraph’s "Terrible tale," and comments from leading journals and the religious press.
After Grover Cleveland became the Democratic nominee, it came to light that he had fathered an illegitimate child (Oscar Folson Cleveland) with Maria Halpin [i.e., Marie Hovenden Halpin].
[African American boy butler carrying a bouquet of flowers] [graphic].
Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American boy butler. Shows the full-length portrait of the boy attired in a white shirt and bowtie, a yellow waistcoat, an orange jacket with tails, white gloves, blue pants, and white and black…
[African American boy in tree reaching for eggs in a bird’s nest] [graphic].
Racist trade card promoting Joshua Walker’s bone fertilizer and depicting a caricature of an African American boy in a tree trying to take bird eggs from a nest. The barefooted boy is attired in a straw hat that is torn at the top and on the brim and…
[African American infant sitting on a blanket] [graphic].
Racist, trade card specimen depicting a caricature of an African American infant girl sitting on a blanket. Shows the African American infant, attired in a white dress with pink checks, sitting on top of a pink and yellow blanket. She looks and…